Crime & Criminology

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,...

Written by one of the leading figures in biosocial criminology and evolutionary psychology, this work explores the tight relationship between crimi...

This book addresses the issue of the timing of transitional justice policies in countries that had negotiated transitions from authoritarianism to ...

This book examines the evolution of the contemporary crime victims procedural place within modern Western societies. Taking the history of the Iris...

Forced Mobility of EU Citizens is a critical evaluation from an empirical perspective of existing practices of the use of transnational criminal ju...

This book examines the drug dealer in contemporary society from an interdisciplinary perspective and considers the increasingly blurred demarcation...

Community Justice discusses concepts of community within the context of justice policy and programs and addresses the important relationship betwee...

Community Justice discusses concepts of community within the context of justice policy and programs and addresses the important relationship betwee...

This book revisits the 1970 Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre, using a new approach of currere and...

This book explores the growing body of research associated with police legitimacy. It reports on a systematic review to trace, evaluate, and synthe...

'Can you come round?' Dad says tremulously. 'Of course. Are you OK? Is it Mum?''No!' He almost shouts it. 'Just come quickly. The garden...the...bo...

All Ava ever wanted was to be a good wife. But now, her father is taking her down a path more dangerous than she could have ever believed possible....

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. Drawing on womens lived...

Endorsed by WJEC/Eduqas, this revised edition of the best-selling Student Book offers high quality support you can trust. All four units are cover...

This book is the first Australian study, based on extensive fieldwork, of the personal backgrounds and processes by which juveniles get drawn into ...

The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Eighth Edition continues to demonstrate the vital role research plays in criminal jus...

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

Crime Prevention: Approaches, Practices, and Evaluations, Eleventh Edition, meets the needs of students and instructors for engaging, evidence-base...

This book brings together internationally renowned academics and professionals from a variety of disciplines who, in a variety of ways, seek to und...

Written for the undergraduate and graduate future practitioner, Correctional Counseling, Treatment, and Rehabilitation will provide an overview of ...

The Unmaking of Crime documents the pathways of offenders reforming their journey and desisting from crime, and assesses the opportunities and limi...

Effective Threat Management: A Primer presents the ABCs for identifying, assessing, and managing potentially violent individuals. By offering pract...

Effective Threat Management: A Primer presents the ABCs for identifying, assessing, and managing potentially violent individuals. By offering pract...

This book critically examines the complex interactions between media and crime.   Written with an engaging and authoritative voice, it guides you...

Erasing Frankenstein showcases a creative exchange between federally incarcerated women and members of the prison-education think tank Walls to Bri...

Soon to be a MAJOR MOVIE. A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles from Care tells the 30-year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover...

Legal decisions continue to mystify: why was this person sentenced to 20 years in prison, but that person to just 10 years for the same crime? Why ...

This book examines social patterns in 2,000 mass shootings in the United States between 2013 through 2020. While mass shootings are often described...

The greater fool theory of economics states that its possible to make money by buying paper (securities), whether overvalued or not, and later, sel...

'Heather is a bright star in the world of gangland writing...Read it, you won't be disappointed' Jacqui Rose If you can't trust your family, who ca...

What role does physical and virtual space play in gender-based violence (GBV)? Experts from the Global North and South use wide-ranging case studie...

What role does physical and virtual space play in gender-based violence (GBV)? Experts from the Global North and South use wide-ranging case studie...

As featured in Geoffrey Wansell's UPCOMING TRUE CRIME TV series, Murder By The Sea on CBS Reality . . . A fascinating exposé of the country's most ...

This volume of The ANNALS brings together a leading set of scholars to present new research on trends in the spatial forms of immigration that are ...

Presented from a criminal justice perspective, Cyberspace, Cybersecurity, and Cybercrime introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of cybe...

Heather is a bright star in the world of gangland writing...Read it, you won't be disappointed' Jacqui Rose To survive, theyll need to stick togeth...