Crime & Criminology

Mafia-type organizations generate several distorting effects on the economy. In Italy their presence is endemic, and not only in Southern regions s...

Originally published in Spanish in 2017 by Libreria Bosch, Barcelona, the Atlas of Forensic and Criminal Psychology is a one-of-kind book made avai...

Originally published in Spanish in 2017 by Libreria Bosch, Barcelona, the Atlas of Forensic and Criminal Psychology is a one-of-kind book made avai...

This volume offers a diverse set of perspectives on transnational crime. Providing a wide-ranging overview of the legal and policy issues that aris...

The goal of this resource manual is to help students understand crime, the origins of criminological theory, the emergence of sociological criminol...

Deviant behavior is not a subject that you study in school and then file away. It is a study of life and is ever changing. Defining the concept of ...

As a result of recent scandals concerning evidence and proof in the administration of criminal justice - ranging from innocent people on death row ...

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to criminological theory for students taking courses in criminology at both undergra...

This title was first published in 2002: The issue of immigration and crime in all of its many contexts and forms, is a problem which affects numero...

During the early development and throughout the short history of green/conservation criminology, limited attention has been directed toward quantit...

Handbook on Punishment Decisions: Locations of Disparity provides a comprehensive assessment of the current knowledge on sites of disparity in puni...

When the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts erupted in violent protest in August 1965, the uprising drew strength from decades of pent-up frustratio...

This volume provides up-to-date and nuanced analysis across a wide spectrum of capital punishment issues. The essays move beyond the conventional l...

In Philip K. Dicks short story Minority Report, the institution of Precrime punishes people with imprisonment for crimes they would have committed ...

This title was first published in 2003. The Red Mafia in Russia have become the subject of increasing international interest and considerable misin...

This book presents a compelling and highly sophisticated politico-legal history of a particular security operation that resulted in one of the most...

According to the World Health Organisation during their lifetime more than one quarter of all individuals will develop one or more mental or behavi...

Since the shutdown of our public psychiatry system, the seriously mentally ill are now mostly managed by public safety officers, school officials, ...

This title was first published in 2001. Terrorism is today a global problem and, as was recently demonstrated in Kenya and Tanzania, no country is ...

Much of a societys resources are devoted to dealing with, or preparing for the possibility of, crime. The dominance of concerns about crime also hi...

Ludic Ubuntu Ethics develops a positive peace vision, taking a bold look at African and Indigenous justice practices and proposes new relational ju...

This book provides a complete guide on fraud hotlines. It is designed to educate readers with respect to the history, purpose, operation, use and u...

It is traditionally viewed that vulnerable inmates form captive audiences for violent terrorist offenders who, in turn, are destined to turn prison...

Most of the research aimed at counterterrorism, fraud detection, or other forensic applications assumes that this is a specialized application doma...

Fingerprints: Analysis and Understanding the Science, Second Edition is a thorough update of Mark Hawthornes classic written by two professionals w...

Requirements for the defendant to actively participate in the English criminal process have been increasing in recent years such that the defendant...

Counterterrorism: Reassessing the Policy Response promotes a more nuanced understanding of the effectiveness of current counterterrorism practices ...

First published in 1998, this volume seeks to examine a range of policing techniques which are new, if not in their conception, then at least in th...

The process of investigation is dynamic and fluid. The approach must be reasonable and the investigator flexible. However, in order to be successfu...

Professionalization has come to the field of threat management. It has developed a systematic theory unique to the field, recognized authorities ha...

As police work has become increasingly professionalized, classrooms have become a preferred environment for training. However, the best preparation...

This title was first publishde in 2001. Occupational crime is found in the whole range of occupations and at all levels. Despite the fact that acti...

Lessons can be learned from major fraud cases. Whether the victim is a company, public agency, nonprofit, foundation, or charity, there is a high l...

This title was first published in 2000: This book provides an empirical account of social control and deviance in a South Asian community in Scotla...

Why is punishment not more effective? Why do we have such high re-offending rates? How can we deal with crime and criminals in a more cost-effectiv...

Corrections: Exploring Crime, Punishment, and Justice in America provides a thorough introduction to the topic of corrections in America. In additi...

The police in Taiwan played a critical role in the largely peaceful transition from an authoritarian regime to a democracy. While the temptation to...

This volume provides an essential update on current thinking, practice and research into the use of restorative justice in the area of family viole...

Environmental criminology is a term that encompasses a range of overlapping perspectives. At its core, the many strands of environmental criminolog...

Over recent decades criminological research has changed from a gender-blind discipline which equated crime with men and thus ignored questions abou...

Criminality has accompanied social life from the outset. It has appeared at every stage of the development of every community, regardless of organi...

Fraud, corruption and bribery in and around public services have become an increasing concern in recent years. The reported level of fraud and corr...

This book describes how a group of young people make decisions about drug taking. It charts the decision making process of recreational drug takers...

This innovative new book recognises that, while criminal justice studies is a core component of all criminology/criminal justice undergraduate degr...

This title was first published in 2003. The Red Mafia in Russia have become the subject of increasing international interest and considerable misin...

The question of what works in offender treatment has dominated the field of prisoner re-entry and recidivism research for the last thirty years. On...

This book responds to the call for more research on transnational environmental crime and its governance by investigating the illegal trade in elec...

This book examines the concept of witness protection which is still at an early developmental stage in several African countries including Nigeria,...