Crime and criminology Books

Terrorism, continuing unabated in the contemporary world, is having a serious impact on the lives of people and nations. Once, only govern­ ments and ruling classes possessed the power to coerce large segments of the world's...

Indigenous communities are typically those that challenge the laws of the nation states of which they have become-often very reluctantly-a part. Around the world, community policing has emerged in many of these regions as a product of their physical...

In the past ten years, much has changed in terms of youth justice policies in Canada as well as in the way Canadian society has evolved.Canada has a new Act governing youth crime, and there are indications that the Act will be...

An Inquiry Concerning The Relation Of Death To Probation is a book written by George Frederick Wright in 1882. The book explores the relationship between death and the concept of probation, which refers to the period of time in which a person is given...

The other report is published by the U. S. State Department and is more "committed," but only as far as the national interest of the world's only su­ perpower is concerned. Therefore, the State Department report must be read...

After losing her parents and many of her siblings during the genocide in Rwanda, Anamaliya was hunted 'like an animal' for weeks. Living through it all, she is able to tell the specific, cruel and inhumane acts of genocide. She becomes a woman who makes...

Il Sistema Penitenziario D'Inghilterra E D'Irlanda (1874) di Scalia, Martino Beltrani ����� un libro che esamina il sistema penitenziario dell'Inghilterra e dell'Irlanda nel 1874. Il libro offre una descrizione dettagliata di come funzionavano le...

Le livre ""Episodes Des Journees De Juin 1848 (1852)"" de Fran�����ois Pardigon relate les �����v�����nements qui se sont d�����roul�����s lors des journ�����es de juin 1848 en France. L'auteur d�����crit les diff�����rentes manifestations, �����meutes...

""Entstehen und Entwickelung der Slavisch-Nationalen Bewegung in B������hmen und M�����hren: Im XIX Jahrhundert"" ist ein Buch von Alfred von Skene, das im Jahr 1893 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es beschreibt die Entstehung und Entwicklung der slawischen...

El libro ""Ensayo sobre la justicia de la pena de muerte"" fue escrito por Ignacio Luis Vallarta en 1857. En este ensayo, Vallarta analiza la pena de muerte desde una perspectiva legal y moral, argumentando que la pena capital es necesaria para mantener...

Das Buch ""Einfluss des Jugendlichen Alters auf die strafrechtliche Zurechnung"" wurde im Jahr 1862 von Fr. Von Meyendorff ver������ffentlicht. Es besch�����ftigt sich mit der Frage, wie das Alter von Jugendlichen bei der strafrechtlichen Verantwortung...

Die Grundbedingungen jeder Gef�����ngnisreform im Sinne der Einzelhaft ist ein Buch von J. Fuesslin, das im Jahr 1865 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch behandelt die Bedingungen, die notwendig sind, um eine Reform des Gef�����ngnissystems...

Die Geistesst������rungen nach Kopfverletzungen: Unter besonderer Ber�����cksichtigung ihrer gerichts�����rztlichen Beurteilung (1886) von Paul Guder ist ein medizinisches Buch, das sich mit den Auswirkungen von Kopfverletzungen auf das Gehirn und die...

Die F�����lschungsverbrechen in dogmatischer und rechtsvergleichender Darstellung V1: Die Urkundenf�����lschung (1897) von Lenz, Adolf ist ein Buch, das sich mit dem Thema der Urkundenf�����lschung befasst. Es bietet eine umfassende Analyse der...

""Die Erblichkeit Der Seelenstorungen Und Ihre Bedeutung Fur Die Forensische Praxis"" ist ein Buch von Richard Von Krafft-Ebing, das im Jahr 1868 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt sich um eine Studie �����ber die Vererbbarkeit von psychischen...

""Die Behandlung des menschlichen Leichnams im Civil- und Strafrecht"" ist ein Buch von Carl Erwin Cramer, das im Jahr 1885 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch behandelt die rechtlichen Aspekte der Behandlung von menschlichen Leichen in sowohl zivil- als...

Das Buch ""Compendium der gerichtlichen Anthropologie: F�����r Gerichts�����rzte, Richter und Verteidiger"" von Johannes Baptista Friedreich aus dem Jahr 1853 ist ein umfassendes Werk �����ber die Gerichtsmedizin und die Anthropologie. Es richtet sich an...

La obra ""Causa Instruida Contra Don Casto De Beraza: Sobre Falsificacion De Firma En El Juzgado 3 Del Ramo Criminal (1875)"" es un libro escrito por Francisco Diaz De Leon y publicado por una editorial desconocida. El libro trata sobre un caso legal que...

""Besserungstrafe und Besserungstrafanstalten als Rechtsforderung"" ist ein Buch, das 1864 von Karl David August Roder ver������ffentlicht wurde. In diesem Werk untersucht der Autor das Konzept der Besserungstrafe und Besserungstrafanstalten als...

""Betrachtungen �����ber die �����ffentlichkeit und M�����ndlichkeit der Gerechtigkeitspflege"" ist ein Buch von Paul Johann Anselm von Feuerbach aus dem Jahr 1821. In diesem Werk besch�����ftigt sich der Autor mit der Frage, wie die Justiz in der...

The Handbook On Jail, Chaingang And Almshouse Management (1918) by Frank E. Broyles is a comprehensive guidebook that offers a detailed insight into the management of correctional facilities and almshouses. The book is written in a clear and concise...

""The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844"" is a non-fiction book written by Friedrich Engels and first published in 1892. The book is a detailed and comprehensive study of the living and working conditions of the working-class people in...

""Political Prisoners At Home And Abroad"" is a book written by George Sigerson and originally published in 1890. The book explores the issue of political imprisonment, both in Ireland and around the world. Sigerson examines the cases of various...

The First Five Years Of The Sabbath Reform, 1857-62: With Twenty Documents Of The New York Sabbath Committee (1862) is a historical book written by the New York Sabbath Committee. The book recounts the events that took place during the first five years...

Das Buch ""Die K������rperstrafen"" von Richard Wrede, ver������ffentlicht im Jahr 1898, besch�����ftigt sich mit den verschiedenen Arten von k������rperlichen Strafen, die im Laufe der Geschichte angewendet wurden. Der Autor beschreibt ausf�����hrlich...

Histoire Des Institutions Municipales De Senlis (1881) est un livre �����crit par Jules Flammermont. Il s'agit d'une �����tude d�����taill�����e de l'histoire des institutions municipales de la ville de Senlis, en France, depuis l'�����poque romaine...

This book provides an analysis of how penal discourses are used to legitimate post-Cold-War military interventions through three main case studies: Kosovo, Iraq and Libya.

The second of two volumes, this book about the criminology of Carlo Morselli includes a diversity of contributions that study the social inter-dependence of criminal phenomena. It presents various studies on the importance and impact of social ties on...

This book features the empirical work of internationally known scholars, providing an in-depth examination of the overlap between online and offline victimization and offending. It will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students...

This book is the first empirical study of police discretion in India. Going beyond anecdotal accounts, it addresses the issues and concerns of arrest discretion behaviour of police with analysis of available literature internationally, testing the...

Bringing new research from true crime writers, scholars, and media practitioners around the world, this book offers fresh perspectives on how women read, write, and are portrayed in true crime stories across different platforms, including documentaries,...

Analysing the representation of youth crime and justice-involved children in popular fictional films, this book explores how what we see on screen contributes to the perceptions of youth justice in society, policy and practice.

This timely book presents a carefully curated selection of essays to celebrate the career of Nigel South, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Sociology and Criminology of the University of Essex, and one of the leading figures in his field.

This book offers a concise and authoritative overview of the full scope of crime prevention, including foundations, theory, application, and techniques.

Canvassing the socio-legal context for youth detention in Australia with a focus on international human rights law and legal frameworks within Australian states and territories, this book examines the recurring children's rights-violations of recent...

This work explores the tight relationship between criminality and indiscriminate sexuality within the framework of life history theory.

This book analyses the impact of Integrated Offender Management (IOM) on contemporary policing and separates the rhetoric from the reality.

The book provides a pentapartite theoretical analysis of socio-economic factors as the grand basis for the evolution of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria.

This timely, insightful, and data-led book fills a gap in gang scholarship by examining gangs in rural areas, specifically focussing on youth gang activity.

Community Justice discusses concepts of community within the context of justice policy and programs, and addresses the important relationship between the criminal justice system and the community in the USA.

This book offers an innovative perspective on the critical distinction between acts and omissions in criminal law, a distinction that runs like a defining thread through all types of criminal offenses. This book will be of interest to researchers,...

2020 deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor rekindled decades old concerns about the legitimacy of policing. This book confirms that the Floyd and Taylor cases are not isolated incidents and provides suggestions toward prevention. It was originally...

This book presents the argument that solution-driven policy and treaty changes, if faithfully implemented, will rekindle the relevance of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in combatting and prosecuting atrocity crimes.

Utilising 70 original interviews from rural and urban area Canadian parents, the book provides an overview of research on 'digital parenting' and illuminates the modern parental experience of managing children's access to internet-connected technologies.

This book provides an overview of theories of juvenile delinquency. Each chapter describes a particular theory by telling the tale of a delinquent youth and thoroughly reviewing the theories and research designed to explain the youth's delinquent...

This book is dedicated to applied research into policing, its characteristics, challenges and opportunities. Despite growing demand for such evidence in crime prevention, remarkably little has been written about the theory and practice of applied police...

This book explores applied research methods used in forensic settings - prisons, the probation service, courts and forensic mental health establishments - and provides a comprehensive 'how-to' guide for forensic practitioners and researchers.It provides...

Political leaders and the popular press tell us that society is in the grip of a moral crisis. 'Where have our values gone?' our newspapers scream at us. 'Benefit scroungers', 'greedy bankers', 'intrusive journalists', 'have-a-go rioters', political...