Causes & Prevention of Crime

P&P Brantingham’s enormous contribution to criminology has paved the way for major theoretical and empirical developments in the understanding ...

The main objective of the second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology is twofold: (1) to provide original chapters that cover ...

The rational choice perspective (RCP) is currently the core theoretical approach underpinning situational crime prevention (SCP). To date, many cri...

This book explores the problem of scientific dishonesty and misconduct – a problem that affects all disciplines, yet whose extent remains largely u...

This book offers a critical introduction to trends and developments in contemporary criminological theory. Designed both as a companion to An Intro...

This book offers a critical introduction to trends and developments in contemporary criminological theory. Designed both as a companion to An Intro...

This book presents a critical history of Western criminological thought from the Enlightenment to the development of modern criminological theories...

This book represents an effort by a number of leading criminologists to articulate a pragmatic crime policy for America—a policy that combines acad...

Over the past quarter-century, U.S. politicians have responded to the public's fear of crime by devoting ever more resources to building and streng...

The nightly news and other media provide a constant reminder of illegal drug transport over American borders and along routes between various U.S. ...

This book brings together the most recent advances in theory and research on the relationship between social inequality and the control of criminal...

In the past fifty years, street crime rates in America have increased eightfold. These increases were historically patterned, were often very rapid...

This practical resource gives educators in grades K through 6/8 a flexible, ready-to-use curriculum focusing on a wide range of contemporary topics...

This book provides specific guidance for architects, planners, and housing managers on designing to deter crime. While every estate and neighbourho...

INCREASE THE LIFE SPAN OF YOUR SMALL BUSINESS The average small business has a life span of about five years, and inadequate internal controls are ...

There is increasing pressure, soon to be legislation, for particular offenders to be given a choice of psychological treatment or imprisonment, eve...

Criminal behaviour continues to be a matter of major publicconcern. How society should respond to it and what should be donewith those who repeated...

Long accepted as a cost of doing business, occupational fraud has recently proven to be much more dangerous to a company than previously thought. E...

In recent years, fire-raising has become an increasing problem in Britain and elsewhere, and now involves many professionals in the investigation a...

While some European nations share similar crime rates and trends, many differ widely in their approach to criminal justice. And as Europe's interna...

The rational choice perspective (RCP) is currently the core theoretical approach underpinning situational crime prevention (SCP). To date, many cri...

The Italian criminologist Cesare Lombroso (1835 – 1909) is the single-most important figure in the founding of criminology and the study of aberran...

This practical guide provides user-friendly, concise, expert and up-to-date guidance for both new and experienced hate crime caseworkers and advoca...