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THE FINANCIAL EXPERT GUIDE SHOULD BE IN EVERY LEGAL AND VALUATION LIBRARYFinancial issues are often the centerpiece in marital dissolution cases. Too often disagreements over the division of marital assets and property valuation result in protracted...

The dissertation describes the processes surrounding the production of investigative knowledge within the Danish Police based on in-depth analyses of how investigators seek out, discover, and produce knowledge that can assist in the production of...

Forensic Investigations is an anthology designed to address the information gaps found in typical forensic textbooks. The articles selected for this text provide a deeper understanding of both the theory and the practical applications of...

The Darker Side of Hampton County Hampton County is a rural county in South Carolina with a long and storied history, but it has a shady side. Author Michael DeWitt details the corruption, murders and crimes that remained in the memories of locals for...

Hints For Forensic Practice: A Monograph On Certain Rules Appertaining To The Subject Of Judicial Proof (1905) is a book written by Theodore Frelinghuysen Cornell Demarest. The book is a comprehensive guide to the subject of judicial proof and provides a...

Hereditary Peers and Hereditary Paupers: The Two Extremes of English Society is a book written by Samuel Hughan in 1885. The book explores the two extremes of English society - the wealthy hereditary peers and the impoverished hereditary paupers. Hughan...

Hanging In Chains is a historical account of the practice of hanging criminals in chains as a form of punishment in England. Written by Albert Hartshorne and first published in 1891, the book explores the origins of the practice and its evolution over...

Venture if you will into the thoughts of An Inmate who has spent over 20 years of his life behind bars. Three of them on Death Row. Hear for yourself his emotions , what he deals with in his day to day lifestyle. ...

The history of corporal punishment provides a fascinating window into societal attitudes towards law and order, gender relationships and generational discipline as well. Although a somewhat macabre subject, it affords the interested reader an...

This book assesses the implications of how children and young people are represented in print media in Northern Ireland - a post-conflict transitioning society. Gordon analyses how children and young people's perceived involvement in anti-social and...

This book responds to the claim that criminology is becoming socially and politically irrelevant despite its exponential expansion as an academic sub-discipline. It does so by addressing the question 'what is to be done' in relation to a number of major...

This volume provides a unique collection of essays in honour of the work of Marcus Felson and his notable contribution to routine activity theory, environmental criminology and the discipline more broadly.Chapter 5 of this book is open access under a CC...

Since the late 1990s, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has countered a myriad of 'outlaw' threats at sea including piracy, terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and the threat posed by 'rogue states'. Japan's innovative strategy...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. ...

""Aus dem Leben der deutschen Juden im Mittelalter: Zugleich als Beitrag f�����r deutsche Kulturgeschichte"" ist ein Buch von Abraham Berliner, das im Jahr 1900 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Buch besch�����ftigt sich mit dem Leben der deutschen Juden im...

""Anleitung zur Ausmittelung der Gifte und zur Erkennung der Blutflecken bei gerichtlich-chemischen Untersuchungen"" ist ein Buch von Robert Otto, das im Jahr 1896 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt sich um ein Handbuch f�����r forensische Chemiker...

""Anleitung zur Ausmittelung der Gifte und zur Erkennung der Blutflecken bei gerichtlich-chemischen Untersuchungen"" ist ein Buch, das im Jahr 1870 von Friedrich Julius Otto ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk ist ein Leitfaden f�����r forensische...

Le Trait����� sur l'Art de V�����rifier les �����critures et Signatures Contest�����es est un livre �����crit par Fran�����ois Louis Flambant en 1809. Ce livre est un guide complet pour v�����rifier l'authenticit����� des �����critures et des signatures...

Das Buch ""�����ber die von den Gerichts�����rzten zu erstattenden Gutachten: Nach dem neuen Strafgesetzbuch und der neuen Strafprozessordnung"" wurde 1851 von Peter Joseph Schneider verfasst. Es behandelt die Rolle der Gerichts�����rzte bei der...

Over De Hervorming Van Het Regerings-Stelsel In Nederlandsch West-Indie (1857) is een boek geschreven door Benjamin Elie Colaco Belmonte. Het boek gaat over de hervorming van het regeringsstelsel in Nederlands West-Indi�����. Het boek is geschreven in...

""Opmerkingen Over Artt. 778-785 Wetboek Van Koophandel (1886)"" is een boek geschreven door Willem Henric Van Nes van Meerkerk. Het boek behandelt de artikelen 778 tot en met 785 van het Wetboek van Koophandel uit 1886. In deze artikelen worden de...

Emotions remain largely invisible in the management of criminal justice practice. This book seeks to uncover some of the underground emotional work of practitioners and make visible the impact of both positive and negative emotions, which play a crucial...

This innovative book examines the role of women in the international cocaine trade. Going beyond the stock assumptions about women's roles as drug mules, Fleetwood employs discursive and narrative approaches to offer an alternative account focusing on...

From reporting crimes to volunteering for the police, it is clear that citizens and communities play fundamental roles in policing and the construction of crime control. Embedded in the examples of police-community consultation, community policing,...

Una visión secreta del traicionero viaje de un hombre arrojado de una vida exitosa en Silicon Valley a la oscura y asfixiante prisión de San Quentin, con asesinatos, asesinos en serie, ratas y COVID en cada esquina. Esta historia real es contada por un...

More than 30 years after its birth, the Schengen area of free movement is under siege in Europe: new barriers are being erected along land borders, military assets are increasingly deployed to patrol the Mediterranean, while sophisticated surveillance...

This Handbook brings together the voices of a range of contributors interested in the many varied experiences of women in criminal justice systems, and who are seeking to challenge the status quo.Although there is increasing literature and research on...

Sexual Assault Kits and Reforming the Response to Rape curates the current state of untested sexual assault kit research and highlights emerging best practices by exploring the past, the present, and the future of our collective response to rape.This...

Henry Hunt's harrowing account of his experiences in prison offers a powerful critique of the criminal justice system and the inhumane conditions faced by incarcerated individuals. More than a mere exposé, this moving book is a call to action, urging...

In this gripping work of political conspiracy, Flavius Josephus Van Vorhis exposes the dark underbelly of the American financial system. Drawing on extensive documentary evidence, Van Vorhis lays out a shocking web of corruption and deceit involving some...

In Crook Frightfulness, an anonymous victim, writing in the 1930s, exposes an international syndicate of mind-reading criminals who used ventriloquism to harass and intimidate him. Their relentless campaign spanned three continents and more than ten...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Ku Klux Klan share a long and complicated history. Beginning with their first confrontation in 1922, this book examines the similarities, covert collaborations and common goals of the FBI and the KKK...

This book, as the first one did, will bring readers behind the scenes of the show, talk about cases never before shown, talk about the major forensic breakthroughs of Forensic Science, have a glossary of important terms, talk about the cutting edge...

Drug trafficking is the most visible part of the profits of organized crime, which have grown considerably since the end of the cold war. The mirror of history shows us the impact of the drug trade in the colonization of Asia. The post cold war...

Determinants of the Death Penalty seeks to explain the phenomenon of capital punishment - without recourse to value judgements - by identifying those characteristics common to countries that use the death penalty and those that mark countries which do...

Whilst corruption and organized crime have been widely researched, they have not yet been specifically linked to sport. Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer offers an original insight into this new research area. Adopting a psycho-social approach...

This book explores the profound impact of peer support within the bleak landscape of incarceration.

This book explores the role of the insurance industry in contributing to, and responding to, the harms that climate change has brought and will bring either directly or indirectly. The Anthropocene signifies a new role for humankind: we are the only...

It has long been argued that families play a crucial role in helping support prisoners during and beyond their time in prison. Through harnessing material and emotional support offered through family, prisoners can have a stronger commitment to move...

Who are the perpetrators of modern slavery? Why do they exploit others? What might be done to stop exploitation recurring? These are the questions answered in this book. Reporting on the first primary study of modern slavery offenders, the book depicts...

Criminal Justice and Criminology Research Methods, Third Edition, is an accessible and engaging text that offers balanced coverage of a full range of contemporary research methods.Filled with gritty criminal justice and criminology examples including...

Social tensions between majority and minority populations often center on claims that minorities are largely responsible for crime and disorder. Members of some disadvantaged groups in all developed countries, sometimes long-standing residents and other...