Crimes Criminals category: 7162 books
by Jacqueline L. Schneider
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
The illegal trade in endangered species is a worldwide problem that involves not only animals but also plants, and it contributes to troubling factors such as organized crime as well as the further decline of the earth's natural climate. This book explores the extensive endangered species illegal...
The Evolution of the Juvenile Court
Race, Politics, and the Criminalizing of Juvenile Justice
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
A major statement on the juvenile justice system by one of America’s leading experts
The juvenile court lies at the intersection of youth policy and crime policy. Its institutional practices reflect our changing ideas about children and crime control. The Evolution of the Juvenile Court provides...
by Matthew Lippman
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2019
Essential Criminal Law provides a highly accessible introduction to U.S. criminal law that helps students, including those with no prior exposure to case law, build their legal reasoning skills. Drawing from more than 30 years of teaching experience, best-selling author Matthew Lippman guides readers...
by Philip Bean
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
This book provides an authoritative and highly readable review of the relationship between madness and crime by one of the leading authorities in the field. The book is divided into four parts, each essay focusing on selected features of madness which have relevance to contemporary society.
Part...
Social Network Analysis in Predictive Policing
Concepts, Models and Methods
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
This book focuses on applications of social network analysis in predictive policing. Data science is used to identify potential criminal activity by analyzing the relationships between offenders to fully understand criminal collaboration patterns. Co-offending networks—networks of offenders who...
Deadly Goals
The True Story of an All-American Football Hero Who Stalked and Murdered
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
The gripping true story of a small town football hero and the murder he almost got away with.
A star athlete with a winning smile, Pernell Jefferson had no trouble attracting women.
But beneath his immaculate exterior lurked a beast that left nothing but battered women and broken dreams...
The Unlawful Society
Global Crime and Security in a Complex World
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Exploring the dynamics of law-making in a world where the pace of technological change is outstripping our capacity to capture new forms of transnational crime, this book uses the innovative concept of unlawfulness to examine the crimes of the global overworld, forming a unique analysis of global order in the twenty-first century.
The Costly U. S. Prison System
Too Costly in Dollars, National Prestige, and Lives
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
The prison system in the U.S. is in crisis. We have far too many prisoners and spend far too much on housing them and building more prisons. We have far too harsh penalties for less serious nonviolent crimes, so we are unnecessarily incarcerating people who could be productive...
The Society Murders
The true story of the Wales-King murders
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
In April 2002, wealthy socialite Margaret Wales-King and her husband Paul King left their home in a leafy eastern suburb, dined with her son and his family and then disappeared into thin air. Twenty-five days later, after an investigation that swamped the front pages, their bludgeoned bodies were...
Restorative Justice Dialogue
An Essential Guide for Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2010
"Although Restorative Justice Dialogue is not a long text, it is an impressive achievement. Each chapter is rich in content, as Umbreit and Armour blend theory, practice, empirical research, and case studies to discuss a range of topics from specific models of restorative justice to the role...
Sons of Cain
A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
From the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes.
Before the term was coined in 1981, there were no "serial killers." There...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
This Handbook presents current and future studies on the changing dynamics of the role of immigrants and the impact of immigration, across the United States and industrialized and developing nations. It covers the changing dynamics of race, ethnicity, and immigration, and discusses how it all contributes...
by William J Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Michael R. Gottfredson and Travish Hirschi’s 1990 A General Theory of Crime is a classic text that helped reshape the discipline of criminology. It is also a testament to the powers of clear reasoning and interpretation.
In critical thinking terms, reasoning is all about presenting a solid...
Violence, Restorative Justice, and Forgiveness
Dyadic Forgiveness and Energy Shifts in Restorative Justice Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
A groundbreaking book founded on extensive original research, designed to determine how restorative dialogue works, and the role of forgiveness within it.
The research involved interviews with 20 victims who went through a Victim Offender Dialogue (used in crimes of severe violence), and documents...