Crime and criminology Books

An insightful treatise on governing prisons in a manner that emphasizes moral improvement and character reformation. This book is intended for criminologists, sociologists and policymakers alike.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally...

This report documents the daily operations and conditions of the Wethersfield State Prison in Connecticut during a specific time period. It provides an inside look into the prison system and the challenges faced by both staff and inmates. A must-read for...

Enter the fascinating world of forensic science with this essential guide to detecting poisons and powerful drugs. Wilhelm Autenrieth's comprehensive manual offers detailed instructions on the testing and identification of these substances in a...

Dieses Buch ist eine wichtige historische Quelle für den Bereich der Strafjustiz und der Armenfürsorge. Es bietet eine umfassende Übersicht über die Einrichtungen der christlichen Liebe in der damaligen Zeit und ist ein eindringliches Zeugnis der...

This comprehensive guide is an essential tool for medical and law enforcement professionals tasked with analyzing and interpreting bloodstains at crime scenes. Sutherland provides detailed descriptions of the various types of bloodstains and techniques...

Un libro che racconta la vita in carcere, visto attraverso gli occhi di Cesare Lombroso, uno dei più grandi scienziati italiani del XIX secolo. Lombroso ha trascorso molti anni della sua vita a studiare le condizioni in cui vivono i detenuti e questo...

Ce livre explore l'histoire et la science de la peine de mort et examine diverses perspectives sur la question de savoir si elle est justifiée dans notre société. Pierre Bujon propose une analyse approfondie et perspicace qui intéressera tous les...

As one of the earliest works on forensic science, this book provides a thorough investigation of the uses of fingerprints and their application in criminal investigations. With detailed illustrations and case studies, Brayley's work is a must-read for...

Ce recueil des actes du troisième congrès international d'anthropologie criminelle est une mine d'informations pour tout amateur de criminologie. Les travaux présentés abordent un large éventail de sujets, allant de la psychologie et la physiologie des...

Explore the intersection of law and medicine with this fascinating review of a 19th-century murder trial. From the forensic evidence to the legal arguments, this book offers a detailed analysis of the case of Rev. Henry Budge, who was accused of killing...

This report offers a comprehensive analysis of the prisons and reformatories of the United States and Canada in the mid-19th century. Enoch Cobb Wines and Theodore William Dwight, experts in the field of criminal justice, assess the conditions of these...

Questa opera è un libro di riferimento che espone le tecniche, i metodi e i protocolli della scienza forense. Dal DNA ai calchi in gesso, dall'analisi dei tratti del viso all'analisi degli errori ermeneutici, il libro fornisce una panoramica completa dei...

This book provides a fascinating insight into the world of swindlers and con artists in America during the early 20th century. It explores the methods used by these criminals to deceive their victims and the efforts of law enforcement agencies to bring...

This is a groundbreaking work on the nature of crime and punishment in modern society. The author argues that the prevailing system of imprisonment and punishment is deeply flawed and in need of reform, and offers a compelling vision of an alternative...

This treatise is an invaluable guide for lawyers, judges, and anyone called upon to evaluate the authenticity of handwriting. It covers techniques for distinguishing genuine from forged signatures, detecting alterations in documents, and determining the...

Law enforcement agencies are paramilitary organizations, which means that they follow, to some extent, military organizational models with ranks and clear chains of command. As modern law enforcement becomes more complex, and as technology becomes more a...

The United States of America has more people behind bars than any other country in the world and every year nearly 700,000 prisoners get released back into society, the largest percentage of them being black males. "Getting Out & Staying...

Organized crime has played a significant social role in cultures all over the world. This is the first book to establish a timeline of global organized criminal activity, which spans eight millennia. Entries are arranged chronologically and represent...

When H. Richardson, a young dedicated patrolman is asked to join a group of veteran detectives he sees it as an opportunity to rise in the department. This has been his dream, to be a cop-to be a detective. He will soon learn about the streets and about...

Global Human Trafficking: Critical issues and contexts foregrounds recent empirical work on human trafficking from an interdisciplinary, critical perspective. The collection includes classroom-friendly features, such as introductory chapters that provide...

Every year thousands of people compete for employment in the UK. Employability and the ability to demonstrate the skills, attributes and behaviours required in a full-time job have become integral to securing employment and developing a career. This book...

Crime and punishment are social and cultural manifestations; they are closely bound up with people's perceptions of morality, norms and values. In this book, Nils Christie argues that crime is a fluid and shallow concept - acts that could be construed as...

Focusing on the lives of first and second generation British Pakistani young adult men and those approaching middle age, who offend or have offended, and the experiences of their fathers bringing them up in a de-industrialised city, this book examines...

Abolish Criminology presents critical scholarship on criminology and criminal justice ideologies and practices, alongside emerging freedom-driven visions and practices for new world formations.The book introduces readers to a detailed history and...

There is nothing uglier than a catfish. With its scaleless, eel-like body, flat, semicircular head, and cartilaginous whiskers, it looks almost entirely unlike a cat. The toothless, sluggish beasts can be found on the bottom of...

There are many reasons for writing a book; this one was conceived and devel­ oped mainly for two. First, a new area has emerged from within the forensic sciences-that of forensic phonetics. As with all new specialties, it is...

The study of decisions in the criminal justice process provides a useful focus for the examination of many fundamental aspects of criminal jus­ tice. These decisions are not always highly visible. They are made, or­ dinarily,...

We dedicate this book to John Thibaut. He was mentor and personal friend to one of us, and his work had a profound intellectual influence on both of us. We were both strongly influenced by Thibaut's insightful articulation of...

In April 1956, Portland Oregonian investigative reporters Wallace Turner and William Lambert exposed organized crime rackets and rampant corruption within Portland’s law enforcement institutions. The biggest scandal involved Teamsters officials and...

While most analyses dont define violence and regard it as an essentially contested concept, this book argues for an ontological definition of violence as a reduction of being. This enables a critical sociology to move beyond tacit acceptance of a...

Globally, the retail industry loses in excess of $230 billion a year due to 'shrinkage' - the euphemistic term used by the industry to cover financial losses that retailers face through spoilage, damage, error and theft. It is a problem that has proved...

This work provides a detailed history of infanticide in mainland Britain from 1600 to the modern era for the very first time. It examines continuity and change in the nature and characteristics of new-born child murder in Scotland, England and Wales over...

Security has become a salient issue for governments, organizations and the general public. Yet despite this growing concern, the provision of security is often substandard. This book exposes some of the common failures in security using case studies,...

This book reviews the impact of residential design on crime and considers the current, and historic, importance placed upon crime prevention within the planning system. Armitage provides a comprehensive review of policy and practice in planning crime...

Managing identity through biometric technology has become a routine and ubiquitous practice in recent years. From border control and asylum regulation to the management of social services and medical records, various fields are increasingly deploying...

The collection considers the growing importance of the border as a prime site for state activity and the impact of such activity on human rights and global justice. It explores how state activity on the border simultaneously creates and responds to...

British sociology has been central to the evolution of the field, playing a key role in the establishment of the discipline internationally and in the professionalization of the subject within the academy.  This Handbook, drawing together...

Sport plays a collective social, political and cultural role around the world. In recent years, however, it has become associated with stories of corruption including gambling, consumption of illegal substances and institutional vote rigging. This book...

Witnesses of terrorism, spread throughout the world, watched the 9/11 terrorist attacks in real-time. Images were instantly beamed to audiences both near and far from where passenger airplanes were hijacked and flown into some of the United States' most...

Based on over 130 interviews with criminals, law enforcement officials and government representatives from post-Soviet Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, this book situates organized crime in the debate on state formation and examines the diverging...

An analysis of why politicians are driven to create an independent judicial institution with the authority to overrule their decisions. It focuses on a country with no tradition of independent judicial review - Russia. History does not support an...

Fear has always been present in cities. However, recent events and political and social trends have intensified these insecurities and refocused very diverse anxieties on civic space. The changing role of the state through globalization, and the growth...

Corporate Manslaughter and Regulatory Reform provides an innovative account of the emergence of new corporate manslaughter offences to criminalise deaths in the workplace during the last twenty years. Occurring in many different national jurisdictions,...