Crime and criminology Books

"Sadly, Christina's journey, and her children's experience of being collateral damage, is not atypical. Kudos for her strength and bravery in putting her story out there as a cautionary tale for others." (Dr. Susan Weitzman, author, Not to People like...

Updated 5th Anniversary Edition Including Exclusive Interview with Steve Avery In 2016-17, while working for the USA TODAY NETWORK's Wisconsin Investigative Team, author John Ferak wrote dozens of articles examining the murder case against Steven...

The second installment of this saga of gangland lore follows gregarious gangster, Michael Hardy, further down his twisted criminal path. The Last Jewish Gangster, The Middle Years, starts in 1968 with Hardy sentenced to twelve years in the world's most...

Probably the best collection there is, Civilizing Criminal Justice is an inescapable resource for anyone interested in restorative justice: truly international and packed with experience while combining history, theory, developments and practical advice...

Following the fall of African dictator Idi Amin, remnants of his army were rounded-up and thrown in jail. John Pancras Orau, a member of Amin's Ugandan Air Force was one of these men. He saw first-hand the privations, isolation, hunger and humiliation in...

This book examines the issues of crime and its control in the twenty-first century - an era of human history where people live in an increasingly interconnected and interdependent world - providing invaluable and first-hand readings for undergraduate and...

When Francine's case notes land on the desk of Dr Michelle, a forensic psychologist, the doctor is shocked by what she sees. Francine is a victim of rape, but she in turn has become a criminal - a killer.Francine's resolve in the face of her ordeal and...

In 1968, the battle in the skies over North Vietnam was a culmination of training, equipment, skill, and mostly luck. Both on the part of Navy Lt. Tony Nargi, his wingman, and the pilots in the MiGs. The terror in the skies would last but a moment. The...

This text provides abridged, easily read Supreme Court cases designed to provide an overview of constitutional issues in American criminal justice. The traditional division of police, courts, and corrections are used, as well as a final section on...

Originally published: San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Co., 1886. lx, 702 pp. Reprint of the first edition. This comprehensive work discusses all aspects of the writ of habeas corpus and its jurisdiction in English common law and United States federal and...

Private prisons have become an integral part of the penal system in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. There already are over 100 such prisons in these countries, and with the number of prisoners continuing to increase rapidly, the...

Cocaine has had a long and prominent position in the history of American substance abuse. As far back as the late 1800s cocaine was commonly found hi patent medicines, elixirs, and, astonishingly, in the earliest versions of Coca-Cola. Eventually, the...

The Bureau of Justice statistics states that currently there are over 189,000 men and women incarcerated within the federal prison system. A system that any inmate will tell you is more about punishment than it is about rehab. I was one of those inmates...

Desperados takes you to the front line of the drug wars. You'll come face to face to with: Swaggering, flamboyant drug lords who rule over immense empires; Federal police and government officials who are silent partners in the vicious drug trade; A CIA...

The Detective's Handbook details the vital information law enforcement officers need to know to become better detectives. Since all essential aspects of detective work cannot be covered in a single volume, the editors have selected 20 of the most...

In novels, cartoons and films, "the" pirate had a wooden leg, a parrot on one of his shoulders, a patch before one of his eyes and buried his treasures on remote shores or islands. This book is not about fictional pirates but about real ones but their...

Full Title:Remarkable Trials of all Countries; Particularly of The United States, Great Britain, Ireland and France: with Notes and Speeches of CounselDescription: The Making of the Modern Law: Trials, 1600-1926 collection provides descriptions of the...

Privatising Criminal Justice explores the social, cultural and political context of privatisation in the criminal justice sector. In recent years, the criminal justice sector has made various strategic partnerships with the private sector, exemplified by...

David Downes' early work on delinquency in East London made an original contribution to the comparative study of anomie and subcultural theory, and social policy on education and employment. His research and writing went on to include the study of...

Focusing on three key stages of the criminal justice process, discipline, punishment and desistance, and incorporating case studies from Asia, the Americas, Europe, Africa and Australia, the thirteen chapters in this collection are based on exciting new...

Whether or not wrongdoers show remorse and how they show remorse are matters that attract great interest both in law and in popular culture. In capital trials in the United States, it can be a question of life or death whether a jury believes that a...

This book takes bold steps in forming much-needed philosophical foundations for restorative justice through deconstructing and reconstructing various models of thinking. It challenges current debates through the consideration and integration of various...

This book expands the literature on social harm by applying the concept of zemia to international human trafficking. It draws attention not only to various structurally imbedded harms, but also to the wider consequences of such harms.

This book focuses on the transnational nature of much of the crime of human trafficking, and the need for practitioners to operate across borders to combat it. Further action in legal and operational frameworks is clearly needed and the book advocates...

Recantation and Domestic Violence empowers people and communities in improving their understanding of and skills in domestic violence cases that involve recantation.

Writing well is an essential skill for sociologists, but few books help students learn to write well. Designed to help students produce a manuscript that is clear, concise, and compelling, Effective Writing for Sociology demonstrates and deconstructs...

Addresses cases relating on specific disciplines of forensic science-fingerprints, pathology, ballistics, questioned documents, forensic odontology, forensic biology and DNA, and more-focussing on the judicial interpretation of forensic legal and...

This book is a practical and thoughtful guide for the forensic interview of children, presenting a synthesis of the empirical and theoretical knowledge necessary to understand the account of child victims of abuse or witnesses of crime. It is a complex...

This book explores the various ways in which participation in sport and physical activity might contribute to effective solutions within criminal justice systems.Focusing on a range of different sporting and physical activities across an array of social...

El Tratado de Medicina Legal es una obra de referencia y obligatoria para todos los abogados y médicos forenses. La obra describe de manera detallada los temas jurídicos relacionados con la medicina y la relevancia de la medicina legal en la...

This groundbreaking work explores the intersection of hypnosis and criminal law. Lilienthal makes an impassioned case for the use of hypnosis in criminal investigations and trials, presenting evidence and case studies to support his argument. This book...

Arnold Wadler sheds light on the complex network of crime organizations that existed in Eastern Europe. With case studies and historical analysis, Wadler provides a fascinating look at the criminal underworld and its impact on society.This work has been...

In this gripping firsthand account, Number, a former convict, exposes the brutality and inhumanity of life inside Sing Sing prison in the early 20th century. From the dehumanizing living conditions to the corruption of the guards, Number's narrative...

This book tells the true story of a Metropolitan Police inspector who was dismissed from his job in 1881 for exposing corruption in the police force. Jeremiah Minahan's account provides a valuable insight into the workings of the police at the time, and...

Ce recueil d'articles scientifiques publiés dans les années 1890-1910 aborde des sujets aussi variés que l'anthropologie criminelle, la psychologie des criminels, la sexologie, la médecine légale, la justice pénale, la réforme des prisons, etc. Les...

Authored by George Glenny, John Abercrombie, and John Yonge Akerman, this book is a thought-provoking lecture on the forgeries of public money. The authors explore the history and motivations behind this type of forgery, as well as the various methods...

Alfred S. Taylor's classic work on medical jurisprudence is a comprehensive guide to the forensic aspects of medicine, including principles and practices of coroner's inquests, forensic pathology, death by poisoning, and more. Its illuminating case...

Dieses Buch beschreibt die Geschichte der Arbeit in deutschen Strafanstalten, insbesondere im Zellengefängnis Bruchsal. Mit Beispielen für erfolgreiche Programme und solchen, die nicht erfolgreich waren, ist es ein wichtiges Werk für Studenten der...

An illuminating study of 49 women who were imprisoned in Minnesota during the early 20th century, examining their backgrounds, circumstances, and ultimate fates. Through in-depth research and interviews, Louise E Ordahl provides a compassionate and...

In this fascinating and provocative work, William Schweinhart provides an insider's view of the world of petty crime and delinquency. Drawing on his own experiences as a young criminal, Schweinhart offers practical advice on everything from pickpocketing...

Andreas Ehrenfried Martens' Werk bietet eine gründliche Untersuchung der Hamburger Gefängnisse und zeigt Wege auf, wie ähnliche Einrichtungen verbessert werden können.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of...

This thought-provoking book examines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Known as the El Paso�Juárez borderland region, the area contains more than three million people spanning...

This book represents the first major analysis of Anglo-Australian youth justice and penality to be published and it makes significant theoretical and empirical contributions to the wider field of comparative criminology. By exploring trends in law,...

The holding of prisoners of war has always been both a political and a military enterprise, yet the military prisons of the Civil War, which held more than four hundred thousand soldiers and caused the deaths of fifty-six thousand men, have been nearly...

Blessed with Evil is a true story of an outlaw biker named Parco, along with his brothers and the Hell's Angels. He explains how he got involved with motorcycles and became a juvenile delinquent at an early age. A French Canadian biker named Snake...