Crime and criminology Books

The essays in this volume take up colonial knowledge as an analytical category in South Asian history. They contribute to longstanding debates around agency and power, as well as newer issues-like the coherence of knowledge systems, architecture and...

This volume is a shocking insight into the way the idea of romantic love can justify and excuse the killing of women by their spouses and partners, and lead to sympathy and reduced prison sentences for the killers. The author explores how stories of...

This book analyzesthe political and material conditions driving contemporary border control policies and discusses the processes that mediate popular and official understandings of border-related fatalities.

In the past municipal policing was easier to define as it incorporated local authority duties, crime prevention and police patrol. However in the contemporary setting, police resources are regularly being overstretched and new ways of alleviating...

Examining the successful movements to abolish capital punishment in the UK, France, and Germany, this book examines the similarities in the social structure and political strategies of abolition movements in all three countries. An in-depth comparative...

Male rape is a feminist issue - but perhaps not in the way that you might think. This work is an experiment in Foucauldian thought that attempts to satisfy Foucault's imperative to 'think differently'. From this positioning, feminist constructions of...

Women who kill rupture the assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. It discusses a wide range of cases in order to highlight the ways in which such women...

Crime is perceived as a perennial problem in society. However, criminological study has arguably learned very little about questions of criminality. The reason for this is that criminology remains largely a modernist empirical discipline with attendant...

This book brings together authors actively involved in shaping the field of literacy studies, presenting a robust approach to the theoretical and empirical work which is currently pushing the boundaries of literacy research and also pointing to future...

This book takes a first step toward globalizing the history of lynching. Covering fourteen countries and five continents, it demonstrates that lynching has neither been a uniquely American phenomenon, nor did it exclusively target racial and ethnic...

Why did it happen? Why did the United States begin to torture detainees during the War on Terror? Instead of an indictment, this book presents an explanation. Crises produce rare opportunities for overcoming the domestic and foreign policy logjams facing...

This book answers the question: what precisely constitutes a miscarriage of justice in England and Wales?

Criminal records are essential to the smooth running of the criminal justice system, but have been overlooked and neglected by academe. This book considers the uses of criminal records within the criminal justice system and beyond.In the UK, the system...

This book, first published in 1965, describes the British penal system as it existed in the 1960s. It describes how the system defined, accounted for, and disposed of offenders. As an early work in criminology, it focuses on differences between, and...

In eleven original studies by social scientists, this is the first volume to focus on television reality crime programming as a genre

""A Treatise On Copyholds V1"" is a comprehensive guide to the legal system of copyholds, customary freeholds, ancient demesne, and the jurisdiction of courts baron and courts leet. Written by John Scriven and originally published in 1823, this book...

""A Memoir of General James Oglethorpe"" is a book written by Robert Wright in 1867. The book is a biography of General James Oglethorpe, who was one of the earliest reformers of prison discipline in England and the founder of Georgia in America. The...

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. Therefore,...

In the minds of the general public, young people and crime are intrinsically linked; wide-spread belief persists that such activities are a result of the 'permissive 1960s' and the changing face of the traditional nuclear family. Roger Hopkins Burke...

What are the potential contributions of anthropology to the study of police? Even beyond the methodological particularities and geographic breadth of cultural anthropology, there are a set of conceptual and analytical traditions that have much to bring...

Building on original research into the petroleum industry and on the theory of crimes of globalization, this book introduces the concept of Market Criminology: the criminology of preventable market-generated harms and the criminogenic effects of market...

Asylum seeking and the global city are two major contemporary subjects of analysis to emerge both in the literature and in public and official discourses on human rights, urban socioeconomic change and national security. Based on extensive, original...

Many commentators, regulatory agencies and politicians have blamed the risky behaviour of both financial institutions and their actors for the collapse of the United States sub-prime mortgage market which in turn precipitated the global 'Credit Crunch'...

Non-Commercial digital piracy has seen an unprecedented rise in the wake of the digital revolution; with wide-scale downloading and sharing of copyrighted media online, often committed by otherwise law-abiding citizens. Bringing together perspectives...

This edited collection analyses, from multiple disciplinary perspectives, the issue of corruption in commercial enterprise across different sectors and jurisdictions. Corruption is commonly recognised as a major 'social bad', and is seriously harmful to...

The literature on domestic violence will often treat homicide as its most extreme outcome. The reality is more nuanced, with many domestic homicides occurring within a history of abusive behaviour. This book offers a much-needed synthesis of the...

Providing a complete view of US legal principles, this book presents as a cohesive whole the interrelationships between constitutional principles, statutory criminal laws, procedural law, and common law evidentiary doctrines. This fully revised and...

This is a powerful book that provides a shocking account of the impact of gambling on American society. It argues that gambling not only ruins the lives of individuals but also undermines the moral fabric of society. The book is a must-read for anyone...

This important work discusses the history and purpose of the House of Refuge, an early form of juvenile detention center. Written by an anonymous author, the book provides a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of the criminal justice system, making it...

This series of reports from the Prison Discipline Society of Boston provides detailed information on the state of prisons and prison reform efforts in the mid-19th century. It includes descriptions of prison conditions, accounts of visits to prisons, and...

Traité de médecine légale est un ouvrage de référence majeur sur les questions de médecine légale. Les auteurs abordent des sujets variés, notamment la toxicologie, la balistique, et bien plus encore. This work has been selected by scholars as being...

This fascinating study examines the link between alcohol consumption and criminal behavior in the late 19th century. Drawing on both statistical analysis and first-hand accounts, Noah Davis presents a compelling argument for the negative effects of...

This book provides valuable insights into the employment of convicts in road building, and the benefits and drawbacks of such an approach. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in criminal justice and prison reform.This work has been selected...

A classic text on forensic medicine, covering topics such as toxicology, pathology, and the interpretation of medical evidence in criminal cases.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of...

Green's exposé of a secret criminal organization in the US offers a chilling look into the dark underbelly of American society. Drawing on extensive research and firsthand accounts, Green exposes the inner workings of this clandestine group and the harm...

This paper explores the issue of juvenile crime and its potential causes and remedies. Horsley provides a comprehensive analysis of the social factors that contribute to this problem and offers solutions for prevention and intervention. This work is a...

This compelling book takes readers inside the often-grim world of Chicago's morals court, where judges grappled with issues such as prostitution, gambling, and alcoholism. Through a series of fascinating case studies, the authors provide a vivid portrait...

This report, published in 1816, examines the causes of a perceived increase in juvenile delinquency in London. The committee responsible for the report investigated the problem in detail, surveying prisons and reformatories and interviewing experts in...