Causes & Prevention of Crime

Crime Analysis With Crime Mapping, Fourth Edition provides students and practitioners with a solid foundation for understanding the conceptual natu...

Crime and the Craft reveals that the Freemasons have been involved in treason, murder, conspiracy, fraud, and scandal from the time of the English ...

This handbook is an international, comprehensive, reference tool in the field of trafficking in people and slavery. It covers everything from histo...

Do migrants lead to an increase of crime rates in their host societies? This highly contentious issue has become a mainstay in the political debate...

Do migrants lead to an increase of crime rates in their host societies? This highly contentious issue has become a mainstay in the political debate...

In terms of raw numbers, the amount of world urban dwellers have increased four-fold, skyrocketing from 740 million in 1950 to almost 3.3 billion i...

We never lock our doors. This is an often-heard remark expressing a commonplace American attitude or belief that, despite whatever danger might ...

In this unique and timely book, two of the worlds leading criminologists explore the connections between crime and economic conditions. The authors...

How much do you know about key issues in crime, crime control, policing and punishment in the UK? This exciting, dynamic and accessible book pres...

In this outspoken and challenging book, Sarah Nelson argues that progress in addressing childhood sexual abuse has been in fearful or complacent re...

How to think about, conduct, and evaluate research is fundamental to the study and understanding of criminology and criminal justice. Students take...

Cyberspace is defined by the Department of Defense as a global domain consisting of the interdependent networks of information technology infrastru...

In terms of raw numbers, the amount of world urban dwellers have increased four-fold, skyrocketing from 740 million in 1950 to almost 3.3 billion i...

Money laundering is criminalised virtually all around the world and has been a law enforcement priority since the early 1990s. The international na...

In the horrific aftermath of school shootings, distraught communities struggle to make sense of these seemingly senseless acts. Despite massive med...

What is the criminal justice system for? How does it operate? How does it treat victims, suspects, defendants and offenders? Does it work? Is it fa...

The study of crime has focused primarily on why particular people commit crime or why specific communities have higher crime levels than others. In...

In August 2011 the shooting of Mark Duggan by the police sparked an explosion of rioting and lawlessness across the UK. Mobs went on the rampage an...

Why do we need to focus on crime and violence prevention in children, adolescents and young adults? Because it is vital to start when offending beh...

The contributors [to this book] have first-hand experience of conducting research on interventions for drug users and approach the issues from a cr...