Crime and criminology Books

Every modern democracy in our increasingly complex world must confront a fundamental problem: how should politicians manage police, ensuring that they act in the public interest while avoiding the temptation to utilize them in a partisan manner?

Il libro ""Il Fattore Sociale Nella Delinquenza: Secondo La Dottrina Della Scuola Positiva"" scritto da Leone Mucci nel 1898, si concentra sull'analisi del ruolo che il fattore sociale gioca nella delinquenza. L'autore si basa sulla dottrina della Scuola...

Il libro ""Il Congresso Penitenziario Internazionale Di Pietroburgo: Cenni (1890)"" di Pietro Nocito ����� una descrizione completa del Congresso Penitenziario Internazionale tenutosi a San Pietroburgo nel 1890. Il libro offre una panoramica dettagliata...

Il libro ""Discorsi di Filippo Ugolini sulla riforma dei comuni dello Stato Pontificio"" ����� stato scritto da Filippo Ugolini nel 1847. Questo testo ����� una raccolta di discorsi che Ugolini ha tenuto sulla riforma dei comuni nello Stato Pontificio,...

Das Buch ""Die Transitorische Tobsucht: Eine Klinisch-Forensische Studie"" von Otto Schwartzer wurde im Jahr 1880 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um eine Studie, die sich mit einer speziellen Form von Geisteskrankheit auseinandersetzt, der...

Das Buch ""Die Organisationen der Arbeiterinnen Deutschlands, ihre Entstehung und Entwicklung"" wurde 1893 von Emma Ihrer verfasst. Es beschreibt die Entstehung und Entwicklung der Arbeiterinnen-Organisationen in Deutschland. Dabei geht die Autorin auf...

Das Buch ""Die Lebens- und Leidensgeschichte der Frisen: Insbesondere der Frisen n������rdlich von der Elbe"" von Clement und Knut Jungbohn wurde im Jahr 1845 ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt von der Geschichte und Kultur der friesischen Bev������lkerung...

Die Gefangenen-Schutzhatigkeit: Und Die Verbrechens-Prophylaxe ist ein Buch von Adolf Fuchs, das im Jahr 1898 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit dem Thema der Gefangenenbetreuung und der Verbrechenspr�����vention. Der Autor untersucht...

Das Buch ""Die Gefangenen Und Die Verbrecher: Unter Dem Einflusse Des Christenthums"" wurde 1889 von F. A. Karl Krauss geschrieben. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit der Rolle des Christentums bei der Rehabilitation von Gefangenen und Verbrechern. Krauss...

Le livre ""De La France Contemporaine Et De Ses Divisions Hierarchiques: Reponse A L'Ouvrage De M. Guizot, De La Democratie En France (1849)"" de William Wellesley est une r�����ponse ������ l'ouvrage de M. Guizot ""De La Democratie En France"",...

""De La Experimentaci������n Fisiol������gica Como Prueba Pericial: En Los Casos De Envenenamiento (1868)"" es un libro escrito por Pedro Mata que aborda la utilizaci������n de la experimentaci������n fisiol������gica como prueba pericial en casos de...

Le livre ""Affranchissement Des Classes Desheritees"" a �����t����� �����crit par Henri Delaage en 1848. Il s'agit d'un ouvrage qui traite de la question de l'�����mancipation des classes d�����favoris�����es. L'auteur y expose sa vision d'une...

Das Buch ""�����hrenlese aus den Verhandlungen des Preu�����ischen Abgeordnetenhauses, 1862-1864"" wurde im Jahr 1865 von Georg Hirth ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich dabei um eine Sammlung von Reden und Diskussionen, die im preu�����ischen...

""Actenmassige Notizen: �����ber eine Anzahl Gauner und Vagabonden des Nordlichen Deutschlands"" ist ein Buch von G.L. Giese aus dem Jahr 1828. Es handelt sich um eine Sammlung von Gerichtsdokumenten und polizeilichen Aufzeichnungen �����ber Kriminelle...

Basing his argument on natural law, Graham J. McAleer asserts that only public authority has the right to intentionally kill. He draws upon the work of Thomas Aquinas and Francisco de Vitoria, defending the claim that these natural law theorists have...

The assumption that rewards and punishments influence our choices between different courses of action underlies economic, sociological, psychological, and legal thinking about human action

Ethnic organized crime is a phenomenon that has been largely ignored by social scientists and historians, and dismissed as a subject not to be taken too seriously by those researching the mobility patterns of their own ethnic ancestors or current...

Social learning theory has been called the dominant theory of crime and delinquency in the United States, yet it is often misrepresented

The social learning theory of crime integrates Edwin H

Why are certain methods of punishment adopted or rejected in a given social situation? To what extent is the development of penal methods determined by basic social relations? The answers to these questions are complex, and go well beyond the thesis that...

The question of national responsibility for crimes against humanity became an urgent topic due to the charge of ethnic cleansing against the previous Yugoslav government

Developmental and life-course criminology aims to provide information about how offending and antisocial behavior develops, about risk and protective factors at different ages, and about the effects of life events on the course of development

Facts, Frameworks, and Forecasts calls for rethinking the development of criminological theory. Examining the discipline's research design, methodology, and quantitative analysis efforts, the contributors identify significant advances in criminological...

In Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency , Terence P. Thornberry and his contributors show that criminal behavior is not a static human attribute, but ebbs and flows over the life course of the individual.

Understanding crime, criminals, and criminal justice from a radical/critical perspective is indispensable in today's academic, applied research, and policy sectors. Neglect of this approach leads to narrow-mindedness and the probability of repeating past...

Willie Sutton, a notorious American bank robber of fifty years ago, was once asked why he persisted in robbing banks

In Crime, Punishment and Disease, Antony Flew makes clear both the meaning and the implications carried by the application of the expression "mental disease

Fraud and piracy of products and ideas have become common in the early twenty-first century, as opportunities to commit them expand, and technology makes fraud and piracy easy to carry out

CTPED and Traditional Security Countermeasures is a handy reference for both seasoned professionals and those just starting out in security and law enforcement. Security practitioners and law enforcement professionals alike will find practical tips...

Requiring no prior hacking experience, Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Guide supplies a complete introduction to the steps required to complete a penetration test, or ethical hack, from beginning to end.

Over the past few years, opposition to the privatisation in public services in the United Kingdom and elsewhere has grown, especially in areas related to criminal justice. Privatisation has existed within the British criminal justice system at least...

In spite of its widespread use within criminology, the term 'criminological imagination', as derived from C. Wright Mills' classic The Sociological Imagination, has yet to be fully developed and clarified as an analytic concept capable of guiding...

This book examines therapeutic correctional relationships within rehabilitative practice. It draws upon primary research that investigated the nature of relationships, their evolution over time and events that threaten their development (ruptures). It...

Why do policymakers sometimes adopt policies that are not supported by evidence? How can scholars and practitioners encourage policymakers to listen to research? This book explores these questions, presenting a fascinating case study of a policy that did...

An anthology of original essays, this book presents debates over practice, theory, and implementation of restorative justice. Attention is focused on the movement's direction toward a more holistic, community-oriented approach to criminal justice...

Original writings explore the issue of white-collar crime and the controversies that surround it, focusing on the vastness of state-corporate and white-collar crime, the victimization that results, and the ways these crimes affect society...

Social media is becoming an increasingly important-and controversial-investigative source for law enforcement. Social Media Investigation for Law Enforcement provides an overview of the current state of digital forensic investigation of Facebook and...

This highly acclaimed criminology text presents an up-to-date review of rational choice theories. It incorporates current examples of deterrence research regarding domestic violence, drunk driving, and capital punishment, and features thought-provoking...

Every year, esteemed scholars and practitioners meet at the International Police Executive Symposium to discuss contemporary issues in policing and share ideas about effective strategies in their jurisdictions. Drawn from the proceedings at the...

This book identifies, traces, and interrogates contemporary American culture's fascination with forensic science. It looks to the many different sites, genres, and media where the forensic has become a cultural commonplace. It turns firstly to the most...

Quality refers to the amount of the unpriced attributes contained in each unit of the priced attribute.Leffler, 1982Quality is neither mind nor matter, but a third entity independent of the two, even though Quality cannot be defined, you know what it is...

This book explores the profound transformations that prisons and offender rehabilitation programmes in Eastern Germany have undergone with respect to religion. Drawing on participant observation and interviews of inmates, ex-prisoners, chaplains and...

This book delves into the heart of a prison-based cognitive behavioural programme, examines its inner workings and its effects on inmates' narrated experience and provides realistic suggestions for improving policy.

I Lie Not is based on truth passed down from the literal beginning of time. Who are the key people and how it affects you directly. The Messenger whose name we don't know, shows the worlds secrets of both the Occult and the Christian laws. These facts...

Ronald Fino, one of the FBI's foremost undercover operatives, does not scare easily.That is why he's not afraid to name names in this undercover exposé. For years, Fino wanted to write about his experiences, but each time the FBI managed to stop him...

No-Body Homicides: The Evolution of Investigation and Prosecution examines how police and prosecutors have become more successful in obtaining convictions for homicide when the remains of the victim are unavailable as evidence. Based on an examination of...

First published in 1977, Angel Face documents the penal life of Walter Probyn, who spent 30 out of 44 years in prison and escaped 15 times. He describes the succession of events which began when he was a nine-year-old 'blitz kid' who 'stole' a can of...

This book offers a solution-focused and strengths-based guide to becoming an effective Prison Officer. Written and developed by a collection of ex-prisoners who are all now professionals, practitioners, and educators in the criminal justice field, the...