Social Services & Welfare, Criminology

In this revised, updated and expanded edition, the author explores the life of Theodore Bundy, one of the more infamous--and flamboyant--America...

This handbook is an international, comprehensive, reference tool in the field of trafficking in people and slavery. It covers everything from histo...

Master story teller Marc Mappen applies a generational perspective to the gangsters of the Prohibition eramen born in the quarter century span from...

Fascinating . . . vividly recounts one of the most tragic true stories to emerge from the Iraq War . . . eloquent, disturbing, and haunting. Mark B...

With gripping photos, an engaging magazine-like format, and riveting examples straight from today''s headlines, CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN ACTION: THE COR...

Now world famous for football and music, in the nineteenth century Liverpool had a very different reputation. One of the greatest ports in the worl...

Imprisonment, homicide, non-lethal assault and other crime, chronic and infectious disease, substance abuse, suicide, and accidents all contribute ...

In the years leading up to the World Wars, Germany and Austria saw an unprecedented increase in the study and depiction of the criminal. Science...

Ira Aten (1862-1953) was the epitome of a frontier lawman. When as a youth he heard of the killing by Rangers of the notorious outlaw Sam Bass at R...

Joseph Brown confessed to a burglary he committed with an accomplice, who got even by accusing Brown of a murder. Brown was convicted and senten...

Luke Short perfected his skills as a gambler in locations that included Leadville, Tombstone, Dodge City, and Fort Worth. In 1883, in what became k...

This is the first biography of Stanley Mosk (1912-2001), iconic protector of civil rights and civil liberties during his 37 years as a justice o...

Virginia's capital city knew poverty, injustice, slavery, vagrancy, substandard working conditions, street crimes, brutality, unsanitary conditi...

With an emphasis on crime in the United States, Crime and Criminals surveys the scope of modern crime and the dangers posed by criminal activity in...

Each book in this series offers all the statutes, legal opinions, and studies students need to structure a cohesive argument on a given controversi...

Juvenile Crime, Revised Edition examines juvenile offenders, their crimes, and the consequences they cause to themselves, their victims, and societ...

From the first incident of petty theft to modern media piracy, crime and punishment have been a part of every society. However, the structure and v...

This reference book provides comprehensive coverage of legal executions performed in the state of California from 1851 (when the Criminal Practices...

In this book, the authors discuss recent advances in criminology research. In the first chapter, the author gives a spatial analysis of the causes ...

In the late seventeenth century, France prided itself for its rationality and scientific achievements. Yet it was then that Raphaël Lévy, a French ...

The Eighth Edition of CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN ACTION places you in the center of the action and helps you learn about criminal justice. You''ll explore...

Legal protection for employees who report illegal misconduct by their employers have increased dramatically since the late 1970s when such protecti...

Sexual assault remains one of the most problematic and controversial issues in law, medicine, and in society at large. Following the outcry against...

This Major Reference Work synthesizes the global knowledge on cybercrime from the leading international criminologists and scholars across the soci...