Offenders

Cunning, sadistic and deadly - the world's most notorious lady killers are brought together in this shocking true crime compendiumWhat drives women...

The extraordinary case in 1874 of the Tichborne Claimant generated the longest trial, to that point, in British legal history. Was the stout man cl...

Most forensic psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers involved in the assessment of sex offenders today have a good grasp of where the fiel...

Generativity or giving back is regarded as a common life stage, occurring for many around middle age. For the first time, this book offers qualitat...

It is difficult to imagine a more heinous crime than the sexual abuse of children. Yet, terrifyingly, a new case of child sexual abuse is reported ...

This book offers guidance for speech and language therapists and other professionals who are working in a criminal justice setting or who are inter...

The line that separates those who kill from those who only think about it, and from those who injure themselves, is often thinner than we imagine. ...

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

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

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

AS SEEN ON TV.'For too long, the work of the Parole Board has been shrouded in secrecy. This book provides a detailed view of how decisions are rea...

A resource for arts therapists and other clinicians on working with people who have committed sexual offences.There is a strong focus on the value ...

Identifying crimes and classifying them as serial murders is the first step towards determining who the offender is and what his or her motives and...

Assessments in Forensic Practice: A Handbook provides practical guidance in the assessment of the most frequently encountered offender subgroups fo...

An authoritative and in-depth treatment of the latest research into the criminal careers of sex offenders, providing background and investigating t...

This handbook combines the latest theory on a high-profile, complex subject in criminology, exploring the legal and ethical dimensions of societys ...

Fifty years ago, a small unit in HM Prison Barlinnie, Glasgow, became a radical experiment whose approach polarised opinion. It encouraged shared d...

An illustrated collection of recipes and advice based around the experiences of women separated from their families by imprisonment. Beyond Porridg...

This book explores possible therapies for treating aggression in people diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder. In recent years, we have seen a grow...

A darkly funny, harrowing and heartbreaking look at the reality of prison life, with first-hand accounts from men who found themselves on the wrong...

An authoritative, interdisciplinary book which outlines how solution focused practice is particularly effective in addressing violent behaviour in ...

Side-by-side, time-lapse photos and interviews, separated by twenty-five years, of people serving life sentences in prison, by the bestselling auth...

Interrupted Life is a gripping collection of writings by and about imprisoned women in the United States, a country that jails a larger percentage ...

Interrupted Life is a gripping collection of writings by and about imprisoned women in the United States, a country that jails a larger percentage ...

An Irish Times and The i Book of 2022'Tense and intimate . . . an education' - Geoff Dyer'Enriching, sobering and at times heartrending. A wonder' ...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A BIT OF A STRETCH'It's a cracking book. He really can write' James O'Brien, LBC'Eloquent, witty, engaging and enrag...

Exploring the experiences of both male clients and female sex workers, Chinas Commercial Sexscapes expands upon the complex dynamics of sex worker ...

Human trafficking has emerged as one of the top international and domestic policy concerns, and is well covered and often sensationalized by the me...

Human trafficking has emerged as one of the top international and domestic policy concerns, and is well covered and often sensationalized by the me...

Individuals who have committed a number of crimes over their lifetimes have had complex, multi-faceted life experiences often characterized by extr...

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is an important actor in the American gun debate. While popular explanations for the groups influence often fo...

Convict criminology (CC) is based on the belief that the convicts voice has been traditionally ignored or marginalized in scholarship and policy de...

*A Radio 4 Book of the Week*'Powerful' Observer 'Superb' Daily Mail 'Brilliant' Radio Times __________Few people leave prison unchanged. It's a pla...

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Britain had eased its problem of crowded jails and surplus criminals by packing them into ships and se...

Volume 51 is a thematic volume on Prisons and Prisoners. Since 1979, the Crime and Justice series has presented a review of the latest internationa...

Disordered Personalities and Crime seeks to better understand how we respond to those individuals who have been labelled at various points in time ...

Law today is incomplete, inaccessible, unclear, underdeveloped, and often perplexing to those whom it affects. In The Legal Singularity, Abdi Aidid...

In Criminals, Nazis, and Islamists, Vera Mironova examines conflicts and cooperation between inmates in male prisons in the former Soviet Union. Sh...