Criminal Law category: 2380 books
Deadly Encounters
True Crime Stories of Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1994
Quiet pleasant communties, sparkling under the clear blue skies of Alberta, have witnessed bloody murders and violent mayhem.
From a wide variety of accounts, Babara Smith has selected eight intriguing stories that will astound and amaze you.
Mystery still surrounds the fate of pro golfer...
Summary and Analysis of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Based on the Book by Michelle Alexander
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The New Jim Crow tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Michelle Alexander’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.
This...
Guns and Crime
The Data Don't Lie
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Guns and Crime: The Data Don’t Lie investigates the ways in which the current data on guns and crime are inadequate and inaccurate. Although the majority of murders in the United States are committed with guns, research on gun ownership, the supply of guns, and the relationship between guns and...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
A timely look at a widespread yet largely uninvestigated area of Russian life. Chapters include: consideration of the history and basis in culture for the organization of crime in Russia; the actions of emigres to the USA; and the development of modern sophistications of exchange and networking that...
Ten Great American Trials
Lessons in Advocacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2016
Ten Great American Trials looks at of some of the most highly publicized—and fascinating—court cases of the twentieth century. The book analyzes the use by prosecutors and defense attorneys of trial advocacy techniques (involving discovery, pre-trial motions, jury selection, direct testimony,...
When Caregivers Kill
Understanding Child Murder by Parents and Other Guardians
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
From mothers who kill their children in postpartum fugues, to fathers who murder their kids for revenge against an estranged wife, the stories in this book are chilling yet real, and bring home the message that children are vulnerable to violence even in the care of those who should love and protect...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2011
Over the last two decades, researchers have made significant discoveries about the causes and origins of delinquency. Specifically, we have learned a great deal about adolescent development and its relationship to decision-making, about multiple factors that contribute to delinquency, and about the...
Domestic Violence
Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2010
In Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice, experts working with twelve unique groups of domestic abuse survivors provide the latest research on their populations and use a case study approach to demonstrate culturally sensitive intervention strategies. Chapters focus...
The Psychology of Restorative Justice
Managing the Power Within
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
This ground-breaking collection dares to take the next step in the advancement of an autonomous, inter-disciplinary restorative justice field of study. It brings together criminology, social psychology, legal theory, neuroscience, affect-script psychology, sociology, forensic mental health, political...
Blowing Smoke
Rethinking the War on Drugs without Prohibition and Rehab
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
Alcohol, opiates, cocaine and marijuana, among other drugs, have been used and abused for millennia. Prior to the disease model approach to drug addiction, which posits that addiction is a psychological and biological problem and that sufferers are victims, societies had a workable solution: let people...
Prison Rape: An American Institution?
An American Institution?
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Rape is a fact of life for the incarcerated. Can American society maintain the commitment expressed in recent federal legislation to eliminate the rampant and costly sexual abuse that has been institutionalized into its system of incarceration?
Youth Justice
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
This book provides a comprehensive, student-friendly and critical introduction to youth justice in England and Wales, offering a balanced evaluation of its development, rationale, nature and evidence base. It explores the evolution of definitions and explanations of youth offending and examines the...
by Fernando Castellanos
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 24, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 24, 2013
El Derecho tiene como finalidad encauzar la conducta humana para hacer posible la vida gregaria; manifiéstase como un conjunto de normas que rigen la conducta externa de los hombres en sociedad, las cuales pueden imponerse a sus destinatarios mediante el empleo de la fuerza de que dispone el Estado.
Se...
by Imran Mehboob
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
In this modern era, forensic science has become an intriguing subject for the public yet there are many misconceptions and superstitions prevalent in the society with regard to the limitations of the forensic arts.
A part of this problem are the TV shows that exaggerate and misrepresent the...