Social Services & Welfare, Criminology

Evidence-Informed Interventions for Court-Involved Families provides a critical, research-informed analysis of the core factors to consider when de...

During the 1970s, grassroots women activists in and outside of prisons forged a radical politics against gender violence and incarceration. Emily L...

Advances in new neuroscientific research tools and technologies have not only led to new insight into the processes of the human brain, they have a...

Advances in new neuroscientific research tools and technologies have not only led to new insight into the processes of the human brain, they have a...

Known for their striking full-body tattoos and severed fingertips, Japan's gangsters comprise a criminal class eighty thousand strong - more than f...

Eating the flesh of an Egyptian mummy prevents the plague. Distilled poppies reduce melancholy. A Turkish drink called coffee increases alertness. ...

In 2005 Waverly Duck was called to a town he calls Bristol Hill to serve as an expert witness in the sentencing of drug dealer Jonathan Wilson. Con...

'A colourful tale of love, lust, making good and revenge' The Sun 'Gripping from the very first page... this fast-paced, amoral story should appea...

This textbook is intended for undergraduate students in criminology, sociology, social justice and related disciplines. It is an integrated crimino...

From the bestselling author of the Thrown Away Children series comes another heartbreaking story of life in foster care.Louise has trouble on her h...

Facing Patriarchy challenges current thinking about mens violence against women. Drawing upon radical and intersectional feminist theory and critic...

The United States has both the largest, most expensive, and most powerful military and the largest, most expensive, and most punitive carceral syst...

For fans of Christopher Berry-Dee's Talking with Serial Killers series, this chilling new book explores the dark heart of Russia. For decades, it h...

Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of eight million formerly incarcerated men and women. ...

When we imagine life behind the high walls of the fortress-like prisons that were built and modified as the modern prison system was created in the...

The United States has both the largest, most expensive, and most powerful military and the largest, most expensive, and most punitive carceral syst...

The unbelievable account of life as a hitman from a man who has been doing it for decades. Hitmen commit heinous crimes virtually every day of the ...

In many countries, community-based penalties such as probation, electronic monitoring and parole are the most common sanctions used in the punishme...