Criminology category: 4273 books
Retail Crime
International Evidence and Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2018
This edited collection provides an original and comprehensive take on retail crime and its prevention, by combining international data and multidisciplinary perspectives from criminologists, economists, geographers, police officers and other experts. Drawing on environmental criminology theory and...
Public Indecency in England 1857-1960
'A Serious and Growing Evil’
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
Throughout the nineteenth century and twentieth century, various attempts were made to define and control problematic behaviour in public by legal and legislative means through the use of a somewhat nebulous concept of ‘indecency’. Remarkably however, public indecency remains a much under-researched...
White-Collar Offenders and Desistance from Crime
Future selves and the constancy of change
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
The MPs’ expenses scandal in England and Wales and the international banking crisis have both brought into focus a concern about ‘elite’ individuals and their treatment by criminal justice systems. This interest intersects with a well-established concern within criminology for the transgressions...
Child Abuse and Protection
Contemporary issues in research, policy and practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2018
Literature in the child abuse and child protection arena has tended to adopt either a practice or legal perspective. Drawing on their expertise as researchers and leaders in their field, Julia Davison and Antonia Bifulco offer a comprehensive and cohesive book on child abuse and child protection,...
Governing Practices
Neoliberalism, Governmentality, and the Ethnographic Imaginary
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Neoliberalism is among the most commonly used concepts in the social sciences. Furthermore, it is one of the most influential factors that have shaped the formation of public policy and politics.
In Governing Practices, Michelle Brady and Randy Lippert bring together prominent scholars in sociology,...
Delivering Rehabilitation
The politics, governance and control of probation
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Do offenders have the right to be rehabilitated and should the state be responsible for their rehabilitation? Should the public expect punitive and coercive approaches to offender rehabilitation? Why should the state be interested in the reform of individuals and how can helping offenders be justified...
Juvenile Justice in Europe
Past, Present and Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
At a time when Europe is witnessing major cultural, social, economic and political challenges and transformations, this book brings together leading researchers and experts to consider a range of pressing questions relating to the historical origins, contemporary manifestations and future prospects...
#Crime
Social Media, Crime, and the Criminal Legal System
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2018
As research continues to accumulate on the connections between media and crime*,* #Crime explores the impact of social media on the criminal legal system. It examines how media influences our perceptions of crime, the perpetration of crime, and the implementation of punishment, whilst emphasizing...
by Victor Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Spanning almost a century of penal policy and practice in England and Wales, this book is a study of the long arc of the rehabilitative ideal, beginning in 1895, the year of the Gladstone Committee on Prisons, and ending in 1970, when the policy of treating and training criminals was very much on...
The Freedom Fighter
A Terrorist's Own Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
The ability of terrorist groups to inflict death and destruction has markedly increased with technological advances in the areas of communication, transportation, and weapon capability. Using these new tools and networks, terrorists now seek to inflict mass casualties worldwide. Given these realities,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
Contemporary scholars have begun to explore non-normative sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression in a growing victimization literature, but very little research is focused on LGBTQ communities’ patterns of offending (beyond sex work) and their experiences with police, the courts,...
Understanding Crime
A Multidisciplinary Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Explores the interdisciplinary nature and potential of the field of criminology, covering the fields of sociology, economics, psychology, biology, philosophy and religious studies. The conclusion demonstrates various theoretical approaches for policy development and discusses opportunities for incorporating academic contributions into the political process.
Trust and Legitimacy in Criminal Justice
European Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
The book explores police legitimacy and crime control, with a focus on the European region. Using comparative case studies, the contributions to this timely volume examine the effects of a transition to democracy on policing, public attitudes towards police legitimacy, and the ways in which perceptions...
by Kristin C. Thompson, Richard J. Morris
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
This book discusses the relationship between juvenile disability and delinquency, including characteristics of youth with disabilities, how disability relates to delinquency, and its impact during a youth’s involvement with the juvenile justice system. The book details the relationship between developmental,...