Crimes Criminals category: 7162 books
Internet Sex Work
Beyond the Gaze
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book takes readers behind the screen to uncover how digital technologies have affected the UK sex industry. The authors use extensive new datasets to explore the working practices, safety and regulation of the sex industry, for female, male and trans sex workers primarily working in the UK. Insights...
by Bernard O'Mahoney
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
In December 1995, three key members of the infamous Essex Boys firm were executed in their Range Rover after being lured to a deserted farm track by the promise of a lucrative drug deal. The police predicted that the void left as a result of the murders would cause a gangland war that would extend...
The Twisting Lane
Some Sex Offenders
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Few crimes provoke such outrage and upset as the sex offence, making the subject - including the problems it poses to our society and criminal justice system - a natural one for sociologist Tony Parker, whose work consistently shed light into dark corners of human behaviour. The Twisting Lane,...
To Catch a Predator
Protecting Your Kids from Online Enemies Already in Your Home
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2007
An urgently needed primer on how to protect kids from the increasing threat of online predators
Over 40 million Americans have seen Dateline’s ongoing popular series To Catch a Predator, which has caught over two hundred potential child predators. Here, Hansen shares the true stories of families...
Criminology
A Sociological Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Building on the success of the second edition, Criminology: A Sociological Introduction offers a comprehensive overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to pressing contemporary issues such as the globalization of crime, crimes against the environment and state crime.
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Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Crime, Justice and Society in Scotland is an edited collection of chapters from leading experts that builds and expands upon the success of the 2010 publication Criminal Justice in Scotland to offer a comprehensive and critical overview of Scottish criminal justice and its relation to wider social...
Cybercrime
Investigating High-Technology Computer Crime
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
This innovative text provides an excellent introduction to technology-assisted crime and the basics of investigating such crime, from the criminal justice perspective. It presents clear, concise explanations for students and professionals, who need not be technically proficient to find the material...
by Linda Rosencrance
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2006
Fatal Blaze?
"The Bride Who Cried." That was the title of the dinner-theater murder mystery presented at Maryland's luxurious Harbourtowne resort on Valentine's Day weekend, 1998. But no tears were being shed by Kimberly Hricko at 3 a.m. when she reported a fire in the room she shared...
by J. Thorsten Sellin
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
The classic and groundbreaking study of penal slavery throughout the ages is finally available again. Previously a rare book, despite the fact that it is widely quoted and cited by scholars in the field of sociology, penology, and criminology, this book can now be accessed easily worldwide and be...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Research and theorizing on criminal decision making has not kept pace with recent developments in other fields of human decision making. Whereas criminal decision making theory is still largely dominated by cognitive approaches such as rational choice-based models, psychologists, behavioral economists...
Deadly Injustice
Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015
The murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his assailant, George Zimmerman, sparked a passionate national debate about race and criminal justice in America that involved everyone from bloggers to mayoral candidates to President Obama himself. With increased...
Conferencing and Restorative Justice
International Practices and Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Conferencing and Restorative Justice: International Practices and Perspectives offers an analysis of conferencing practices around the world, examining the range of approaches to different types of crimes and offender age groups, and assessing their outcomes. First developed in New Zealand and Australia...
by R. A. Duff
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2003
The question "What can justify criminal punishment ?" becomes especially insistent at times, like our own, of penal crisis, when serious doubts are raised not only about the justice or efficacy of particular modes of punishment, but about the very legitimacy of the whole penal system. Recent theorizing...
School Shootings:
What Every Parent and Educator Needs to Know to Protect Our Children
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
When You Send Your Children To School In The Morning,
Do You Worry That You May Never See Them Again?
In this insightful look at the danger that threatens students and families today, investigative journalist and longtime educator Joseph A. Lieberman takes us inside the minds and hearts of...