Crime and criminology Books

Book SynopsisThe 2015 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in calendar year 2014. Volume I covers drug and chemical control activities. Volume II covers money laundering and financial crimes.

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Book SynopsisWhy do we need to focus on crime and violence prevention in children, adolescents and young adults? Because it is vital to start when offending behaviours first appear. If we fail to stop initial acts of antisocial tendencies and criminality, then these actions become the staging point for a life-long trajectory into adult crime. Breaking the offending cycle during its early stages is one of the most cost effective ways of building a less violent and crime-ridden future society. The reader might well ask: "How is it possible to break the offending cycle and reduce crime on a local, national and international scale?" The well-worn response has oscillated between the introduction of punitive harsher penalties'' and offender rehabilitation program initiatives. The choice of which of these two approaches holds sway depends on the political agenda of the government in power. Whilst various aspects of each approach have been successful in deterring crime and violence to some extent, they have not been successful enough, as crime and violence perpetration remains a perplexing social issue. What emanates out of the presented research is the emergence of a third global values-driven educative approach to crime and violence prevention, which is slowly beginning to be implemented. This third approach works by challenging and changing the existing pervasive belief that crime and violence are inevitable. The exciting prospect for governments, police, and criminologists is that it is not prohibitively expensive; it complements the existing punitive and rehabilitative approaches, and it is implementable on an offender-by-offender, family-by-family, community-by-community and society-by-society basis. In this regard, examples of current crime and violence prevention initiatives are presented. The book deems which ones are and are not effective in reducing offenses, as well as introduces the steps being considered to introduce a global values-driven educative approach to crime and violence prevention.

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Book SynopsisIn addition to being one of the few books offering a conservative viewpoint on race and crime, this book differs from others about race and crime in a number of ways. Although concepts, data, and explanations are dispersed throughout, it is divided into three broad categories: Conceptual, Statistical Data, and Explanation. The first concept it looks at is the different mindsets and temperaments of liberals and conservatives that have been noted ever since Plato and Aristotle. It has been consistently shown that liberals and conservatives typically differ in their loci of control: external and internal, respectively. Differences in the locus of control lead to quite different interpretations of raw data. It then looks at the concept of race and whether or not it exists. This issue is examined in two chapters; the first in terms of molecular genetics, and the second in terms of evolutionary theory. Then, the concepts of racism and poverty are addressed. Criminological statistical data is analysed and crime is examined in a cross-cultural context. Explanations for the crime data are proposed.

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Book Synopsis'Unputdownable... Helen Sedgwick saw into the future and that future is now! It's an incredible book! READ IT.' Lemn Sissay on When the Dead Come Calling Gone but not forgotten... An archaeological dig exposes a brutal history and a witness finally speaks. It seems the wickedness swirling in the harsh sea air of Burrowhead might be excised at last. But before DI Georgie Strachan can lift the veil of evil, a black horse is slaughtered on an altar in the woods and human remains begin to surface. Sinister rituals connect past and present but no one wants to see, or tell, or hear, the truth. Soon Georgie must face the question: where do the missing souls of the village gather?Trade Review‘Another triumph. A masterful blend of crime and psychological suspense, with a hint of the supernatural for added chill... An immersive, haunting read.’ -- Mary Paulson-Ellis, author of Emily Noble's Disgrace‘Those who loved When the Dead Come Calling… will enjoy getting reacquainted with DI Georgie Strachan.’ -- Herald, 25 of the best summer books‘Sedgwick’s writing is evocative and compassionate and always draws us back… For a novel which has its roots in the ancient past, Where the Missing Gather is a sharply observed story for these anxious, post-Brexit times.’ -- Scotland on Sunday‘[Sedgwick] sustains a suspenseful atmosphere of psychological and supernatural unease that will have you glancing nervously over your shoulder.’ -- Herald‘[Sedgwick] explores sinister rituals and missing souls in this unputdownable crime novel.’ -- Scottish Book TrustPraise for When the Dead Come Calling: ‘Unputdownable... Helen Sedgwick saw into the future and that future is now! It's an incredible book! READ IT.’ Lemn Sissay, author of My Name Is Why ‘Helen Sedgwick is one of Scotland's finest contemporary storytellers.’ Claire Askew, author of All the Hidden Truths ‘Sedgwick’s writing is minutely observational, clever and warm.’ Scotsman

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Book SynopsisWith chapters by leading scholars of criminology from across the country, The Aotearoa Handbook of Criminology represents a state-of-the-art account of crime and criminal justice in Aotearoa New Zealand. The handbook is structured into four parts that explore the politics of researching and representing crime, key types of crime, the workings of criminal justice, and the differential experiences of crime and justice. The handbook outlines the foundations of current approaches to crime, victims and offenders alongside critical, decolonising, and feminist perspectives on criminological ideas and practices. Fully referenced and with study questions and further reading, The Aotearoa Handbook of Criminology will be a critical resource to New Zealand students and practitioners. It will also help propel future improvements to how we define crime, how we prevent it, and how we can respond in much better ways to those who are victimised by crimes and wider harms.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Criminological Transformations Part One: Crime Knowledge, Crime Politics 2. Representing Crime: Shaping Understandings, Building Hegemony 3. Counting Crime and Victims: The Case of 'Volume Crime' 4. Researching Crime and Criminal Justice: Funding, Politics, and Ethics Part Two: Crimes 5. Crimes of Intoxication: Unsettling the Alcohol/Drugs-Crime Link 6. Sexual Violence: The Logic of Patriarchy 7. Responding to Intimate Partner Violence: Connecting Law, Language, and Supports 8. Cybercrime and Cyber-Harm: Exploring Young People's Sharing of Intimate Images 9. Hate Crimes, Racism and Islamophobia: 'This Is Exactly Who We Are' 10. Environmental Harm: Clean and Green, or Brutal and Contaminated? 11. White-Collar Crimes: Culpability, Causes, and Control 12. Ignoring State-corporate Crimes: The Case of the Pike River Mine Disaster Part Three: Criminal Justice 13. Penal Populism: Its Life and Death 14. Policing: Past, Present and Future 15. Crime Prevention: Exploring Conventional Practices 16. Nga Kooti o Aotearoa / New Zealand Courts: Building Maori-focused Approaches, Developing Therapeutic Justice 17. Sentencing: From Parity to Problem-solving 18. The Youth Justice System: A Site of Evolution and Reform 19. Community Sentences: Expanding a System of Control and Surveillance? 20. Restorative Justice: The 'Land of the Long White Lie' 21. Hyper-incarceration: Inequality and Imprisonment 22. Rehabilitation: Risks, Needs, and Building Good Lives 23. (Re)integration: Recentring Strengths in Communities 24. Prison Abolitionism: Philosophies, Politics, and Practices Part Four: Differential Experiences 25. Victimology: From Criminality to 'Victimity' and the Problem of Victim Blame 26. Police Racism: The Responsibilities of Police Leadership 27. Rangatahi Maori, Samoan Talavou, and Youth Justice: Challenging the Monoculture through Decolonising Practices 28. Mental Health and Crime: A Critical Review 29. Neuro-disabilities and Criminal Justice: Time for a Radical Rethink 30. Gangs: The Politics and Political Management of the 'Gang Problem' 31. Decriminalising Crimes: The Case of Sex Work 32. Deportations: Sorting Citizens across Borders Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisMidnight, April 5, 1970. Minutes after a red Pontiac with two men in it was stopped, four young California Highway Patrolmen lay dead of gunshot wounds. The incident still stands as the worst of its kind and has changed the way police forces operate the world over.

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Book SynopsisThis book is the dramatic psychological study of a brutal killer, whose crimes of rape and murder were gruesome secrets he kept even from himself. Written with exclusive information gleaned from countless conversations with killer Ken Bianchi, his girlfriend, his psychiatrists, as well as policemen and journalists involved with the case.

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Book SynopsisThe Mounties always get their man, or so it seems. Canada''s police forces work tirelessly to solve major cases. Read about the efforts of the RCMP, OPP and Sûreté du Québec to investigate some of Canada''s most notorious cases: The seven-month pursuit of escaped killer Allan Legere, The Monster of Miramichi The investigation leading to the arrest of John Martin Crawford, who was convicted in 1992 of killing three Native women in Saskatoon The massive search of Robert William Pickton''s Port Coquitlam pig farm, involving police, anthropologists and forensic specialists Clifford Olsen''s attempts to manipulate the police during the investigation of a string of killings in the Lower Mainland How police tracked down the twisted criminal pairing of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka The capture of Thomas Neil Cream, the doctor who was Canada''s possible link to the Jack the Ripper killings and was hanged for the murders of five prostitutes in 1899. And more...

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Book SynopsisWanted posters featuring the mug shots of leering criminals trying to stay one step ahead of the law have been a common sight on post office and police station walls. Canada''s Most Wanted brings you stories of Canada''s most notorious fugitives and the dogged law enforcement officers sworn to bring them to justice: * Kevin Louis Vermett, one of Canada''s most wanted fugitives, is the main suspect in the murder of three young men in 1997 after a petty disagreement turned deadly; before the police closed in, he disappeared into the wilderness near Kitimat, BC * James Charles Kopp, an anti-abortionist madman with murder on his mind, is wanted for the 1995 attack on Dr. Hugh Short, who was shot by a sniper through a window of his Ontario home * Machine Gun Molly, a petite woman with a big appetite for money, was the leader of a gang behind a string of bank robberies in Montréal during Expo ''67 * The Mad Trapper of Rat River, a recluse wanted for the murder of RCMP Constable Edgar Millen, was finally brought to bay after a wild manhunt through the Canadian Arctic * Ronald Jeffrey Bax is the only suspect in the 1992 slaying of Krystal Senyk, shot at close range by someone lying in wait outside her Carcross, Yukon home; Bax disappeared after the murder never to be seen again.

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Book SynopsisBefore the final execution in 1962, more than 700 men and women were executed by hanging in Canada. Last Moments shines a light into a dark corner of a long and painful part of Canadian history that threatens to re-emerge. Here are dramatic stories of the characters whose finals moments and last words were tragic, unpredictable, poignant, eccentric and often bizarre: * The principal object of curiosity at executions, apart from the person about to die, was the executioner; before Confederation, these individuals were often recruited from among the condemned, and they were given two options -- kill or be killed * A Yukon execution was delayed because freezing spectators, tired of waiting in the cold, used the wooden trapdoor of the gallows to build a fire * George Dowie from PEI didn''t believe in brief farewells; his final discourse was so long that officials brought an armchair onto the scaffold so he could sit while addressing the crowd * British Columbian Corky Vincent brawled with his executioner on the scaffold before onlookers leaped into the fray, overpowered him and held him on the trapdoor until he was dropped to his death * And so many more tantalizing and twisted tidbits...

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Book SynopsisGrant Whitus joined the Colorado S.W.A.T in 1992. His seventeen year career was one of constant headlines. Among leading countless drug raids and hostage situations, he was on the front lines of the Columbine Massacre, The Platte County Tragedy, the Albert Petrosky shooting, and the Granby tank rampage. Speaking for the first time, Whitus gives the unvarnished truth of those, and many other, major S.W.A.T operations. Now retired, he opens up about his time behind the shield. Bullet Riddled is the full unabridged disclosure of what happened during his storied career; including the brutal morning of the Columbine Massacre. More than just a retelling, Bullet-Riddled is an in-depth look at the day-to-day of S.W.A.T and focuses on the men and women who inherit so much pain to keep us safe. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the aftermath of the Columbine tragedy. The following days saw major changes within S.W.A.T. Men cracked, leaders folded and the entire country demanded changes. But these changes, like all reforms, met with stiff resistance from the old guard. Friendships turned into rivals and the infrastructure of S.W.A.T began to unravel. As resignations piled up, Grant rebuilt the entire team from hand-selected recruits. He finally had his elite team, one that would face new demons and disorders.

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Book SynopsisThis book revisits the life and crimes of Ted Bundy. It seeks to reconcile the contradictions and controversies about his life that underscore the broader US unsolved murder problem, one that is estimated at between 250,000 to 350,000 open, unresolved, or cold cases. The incidence of crime is far greater than is captured by official statistics; most offenses are never detected, a concept known as the dark figure of crime which is explored here. Drawing on 25 years of practitioner, research, and consultant experiences with the most violent criminals, this book offers solutions toward clearing the current backlog of unsolved murders in the United States many of which were never reported and disproportionately perpetrated by offenders like Bundy. This compelling book speaks to students, academics and readers interested in true crime, serial murder, homicide and criminal justice. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Dark Figure of Crime.- Chapter 3: Asymmetry.- Chapter 4: Clinical.- Chapter 5: The Entity.- Chapter 6: Timeline.- Chapter 7: The Open Road.- Chapter 8: Unsolved.- Chapter 9: No Body, No Crime.- Chapter 10: What Would Have to Be True?.- Chapter 11: Resolution.- Author Biographical Sketch.- References.- Index.- Endnotes.

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Book SynopsisContributed articles presented at 83rd annual conference of the Indian Economic Association held at Jammu University during Dec. 30-31, 2000 and January 1, 2001.

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Book SynopsisThe main focuses of this analysis are the significance of conditions of life for the tendency of individuals towards criminality, and the consequences of the punishment that society imposes on criminals. Society punishes criminals in two ways: directly through the sanctions imposed for specific breaches of the law, and indirectly through the restrictions imposed on the opportunities open to criminals after their punishment, both in the labour market and in their private lives. In this publication, Michael Svarer analyses the indirect punishment that arises from the effects of criminal conviction on the private lives of individuals. To be more precise, he analyses the effects of a criminal conviction on an individual''s future chances of finding and remaining with a spouse or partner.

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Book SynopsisThere is a widespread belief among criminologists, judges and the like that criminals are better off serving non-custodial sentences instead of going to prison. However, empirical evidence of the effects of community service is scarce. This paper exploits a policy reform that implemented the use of community service as punishment among specific groups of criminals in order to assess the causal effect of community service on post-sentence income, dependency on social benefits, and crime.

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Book SynopsisThis paper focuses on a novel effect of active labor market policies: the effect of workfare on crime. First, the study examines how a series of Danish labor market reforms implemented between the late 1980s and the 1990s affected crime. The reforms introduced more rapid and extensive workfare requirements for unemployed without unemployment insurance, and are therefore useful for determining the effect of workfare on crime. Second, the paper investigates whether the crime-preventive impact of the reforms varies by individual labor market attachment. Third, the study examines whether the crime-reducing effect is weekday-specific, or also affects behavior during weekends when workfare programs are closed.

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Book SynopsisMany Western countries now use electronic monitoring (EM) of some offenders as an alternative to more traditional forms of punishments such as imprisonment. While the main reason for introducing EM is the growing prison population, politicians and administrators also believe that this type of punishment achieves a positive effect by reducing recidivism and the probability of post-release marginalisation. The small existing empirical literature on the effect of EM finds mixed support for this belief, but is, however, based on very small sample sizes. The authors expand this literature by studying the causal effect of EM on social benefit dependency after the sentence has been served. They use administrative data from Statistics Denmark that include information on all Danish offenders who have served their sentence under EM rather than in prison. They compare post-release dependency rates for this group with outcomes for a historical control group of convicted offenders who would have served their sentences with EM had the option been available (ie: who are identical to the EM group on all observed and unobserved characteristics).

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Book SynopsisPart of the outstanding biographical series – edited by Richard Holmes – that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividly alive.

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Book SynopsisIn lucid and engaging prose, Michael Tonry reveals the historical foundation for the current state of the American criminal justice system, while simultaneously offering a game plan for long overdue reform.Trade ReviewSentencing Fragments appears as a much-needed dose of critical realism ... Michael Tonry addresses the issues with a clear-eyed expertise and proposes reforms that are to the point, principled and practical. * David Garland, Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsPreface ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1. Sentencing Matters ; Chapter 2. Sentencing Fragments ; Chapter 3. Federal Sentencing ; Chapter 4. Sentencing Theories ; Chapter 5. Sentencing Principles ; Chapter 6. Reinventing Sentencing ; References ; Index

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Book SynopsisTwo centuries ago, American criminal justice was run primarily by laymen. Jury trials passed moral judgment on crimes, vindicated victims and innocent defendants, and denounced the guilty. But since then, lawyers have gradually taken over the process, silencing victims and defendants and, in many cases, substituting plea bargaining for the voice of the jury. The public sees little of how this assembly-line justice works, and victims and defendants have largely lost their day in court. As a result, victims rarely hear defendants express remorse and apologize, and defendants rarely receive forgiveness. This lawyerized machinery has purchased efficient, speedy processing of many cases at the price of sacrificing softer values, such as reforming defendants and healing wounded victims and relationships. In other words, the U.S. legal system has bought quantity at the price of quality, without recognizing either the trade-off or the great gulf separating lawyers'' and laymen''s incentives, vTrade ReviewIn The Machinery of Criminal Justice, author Stephanos Bibas presents a bold and inspiring vision of what criminal justice and the punishment imposed in its name can and should be about. Criminal justice is ideally the process, and punishment ideally the vehicle, through which wronged and wrongdoer restore the bond they once shared. Restoration, not retribution or deterrence, is the rock upon which Bibas builds." * Stephen P. Garvey, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School *The Machinery of Criminal Justice is an exceptional volume that gives us the big picture on a scholarly subject too often hobbled by technical focus and narrow thinking. Always accessible and always interesting, Bibas asks some hard questions and gives some creative answers. Common morality, lay justice, mercy, re-integrative punishment - these are the issues at the cutting edge of today's crime policy debates, but Bibas shows us that they are also the historical roots of American criminal justice." * Paul H. Robinson, Colin S. Diver Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania, author, with Michael Cahill, of Law Without Justice *Th[e] embrace of populism as a counterweight to expertise sets Bibas apart. The academics and professionals who work in criminal justice routinely look for ways to insulate criminal punishment from popular passions; they hope to take advantage of specialized professional insights. Bibas offers a bracing challenge to this received expert wisdom." * Ronald Wright, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review *Through a series of articles spanning more than a decade, Professor Stephanos Bibas has proven himself a bold and penetrating critic of America's system of criminal procedure. His theme has been the gap between the morality embodied in our substantive criminal law and the morality (or, perhaps more accurately, the lack thereof) embodied in our procedural rules and practices. This theme now gets its fullest exposition in his provocative new book, The Machinery of Criminal Justice." * Michael M. O'Hear, University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online *His vision is a powerful one, he defends it with clarity and grace, and every idea he expresses is capable of starting an important conversation." * Andrew Taslitz, Jotwell *Table of ContentsAuthor Biography ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction: The Divergence of Theory, Reality, and Morality ; Overview of the Book ; Themes of the Book ; Chapter I: The Long Drift from Morality Play to Assembly Line ; A. Criminal Justice in the Early American Colonies ; 1. Small-Town Morality ; 2. Lay Justice ; 3. Room for Mercy ; 4. Reintegrative Punishment ; B. Criminal Justice Since the American Revolution ; 1. The Changing Aims of Criminal Justice ; 2. Professionalization ; 3. The Birth of Plea Bargaining ; 4. The Hiding of Punishment Behind Prison Walls ; 5. The Decline of Mercy ; Chapter II: Opaque, Unresponsive Criminal Justice ; A. The Players ; 1. Dominant Insiders, Savvy and Self-Interested ; 2. Excluded Outsiders, Yearning for Justice ; B. The Play of the Game ; 1. Round One: Insiders' Procedural Discretion Shapes the Rules in Action ; 2. Round Two: Outsiders Try to Check Insiders ; 3. Round Three: Insiders' Procedural Discretion Undercuts Reforms ; 4. Round Four: Outsiders, Egged on by Politicians, Take Matters into Their Own Hands ; 5. Round Five: Insiders Circumvent Even <"Mandatory>" Reforms ; C. Costs of the Game ; 1. Clouding the Criminal Law's Substantive Message and Effectiveness ; 2. Undermining Legitimacy and Trust ; 3. Hindering Public Monitoring and Preferences ; D. Defense Lawyers and Defendants' Distrust ; 1. Insider Defense Counsel's Interests and Pressures ; 2. Defendants' Overoptimism and Risk-Taking ; 3. Miscommunication, Mistrust, and Timing ; Chapter III: Denial, Remorse, Apology, and Forgiveness ; A. Denial and Equivocation ; 1. The Use of Pleas by Defendants in Denial ; 2. The Danger of Convicting the Innocent ; 3. The Costs of False Denial and the Value of Confession ; 4. The Value of Trials as Morality Plays ; B. Remorse, Apology, and Forgiveness ; 1. The Irrelevance of Remorse and Apology in Contemporary Criminal Justice ; 2. Crime as a Relational Concept ; 3. Lessons from Noncriminal Contexts: Civil Mediation ; Chapter IV: Whose Voices Belong in Criminal Justice? ; A. The State's Monopoly on Criminal Justice ; B. Incomplete Alternatives to the State's Assembly Line ; 1. Victims' Rights ; 2. Restorative Justice ; 3. Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Problem-Solving Courts ; Chapter V: Popular Moral Discourse Versus Assembly-Line Efficiency ; A. Efficiency Instead of Moral Judgment ; B. Why Not Address Substantive Moral Goals? ; Chapter VI: Returning Power to the Public in a Lawyer-Driven System ; A. Macro-Level Reforms ; 1. From Idle Imprisonment to Work, Accountability, and Reform ; 2. Collateral Consequences and Reentry ; B. Mid-Level Reforms to Include the Public ; 1. Greater Transparency ; 2. Increasing Public Participation ; C. Micro-Level Solutions ; 1. Victim Information and Consultation ; 2. Defendants' Information and Participation ; 3. Restorative Sentencing Juries

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Table of ContentsIntroduction Paul Knepper and Anja Johansen PART ONE: HISTORIANS, INTERPRETATIONS, METHODOLOGIES 1. The Historiography of Crime and Criminal Justice - Paul Lawrence 2. The Crime Historian's Modi Operandi - Barry Godfrey 3. Long-term Trends in Crime: Continuity and Change - Marcelo F. Aebi and Antonia Linde 4. Geography of Crime: Urban and Rural Environments - Catherine Denys PART TWO: FORMS OF CRIME 5. Histories of Interpersonal Violence in Europe and North America, 1700-Present - Richard Mc Mahon 6. Ideas and Practices of Prostitution Around the World - Magaly Rodriguez Garcia 7. Forms of Crime: Crime and Retail Theft - Tammy Whitlock 8. A Brief History of the Underworld and Organized Crime, c. 1750-1950 - Heather Shore 9. Terrorism and its Policing: Anarchists and the Era of Propaganda by the Deed, 1870s-1914 - Constance Bantman 10. Dreams and Nightmares: Drug Trafficking and the History of International Crime - Paul Knepper PART THREE: CRIME, GENDER, AND ETHNICITIES 11. Violence and Masculinity - Joachim Eibach 12. Women and Crime, 1750-2000 - Manon van der Heijden 13. Policing Minorities - Margo de Koster and Herman Reinke 14. Black Women, Criminal Justice, and Violence - Kali N. Gross PART FOUR: CULTURAL REPRESENTATIONS OF CRIME 15. Crime News and the Press - John Carter Wood 16. Crime, Criminology, and the Crime Genre - Gray Cavender and Nancy Jurik 17. Contested Spaces: On Crime Museums, Monuments and Memorials - Per Jørgen Ystehede 18. A Historical Perspective on Crime Fiction in Mexico During the Middle Decades of the Twentieth Century - Pablo Piccato PART FIVE: RISE OF CRIMINOLOGY 19. The Rise of Criminology in its Historical Context - Pieter Spierenburg 20. Criminal Minds: Psychiatry, Psychopathology, and the Government of Criminality - Stephen Garton 21. Continuity and Change: Russian and Early Soviet Criminology and the Criminal Woman - Sharon A. Kowalsky PART SIX: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND POLICING 22. Policing Before the Police in the Eighteenth Century: British Perspectives in a European Context - David G. Barrie 23. The Origins of "Modern" Policing - Mark Finnane 24. Detectives and Forensic Science: The Professionalization of Police Detection - Haia Shpayer-Makov 25. Police-Public Relations: Interpretations of Policing and Democratic Governance - Anja Johansen 26. Crime and Policing in Wartime - Clive Emsley PART SEVEN: LAW, COURTS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE 27. The Role of Popular Justice in U.S. History - Elizabeth Dale 28. Popular Dramas Between Transgression and Order: Criminal Trials and their Publics in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries in Global Perspective - Daniel Siemens 29. Mercy and Parole in Anglo-American Criminal Justice Systems from the Eighteenth Century to the Twenty-First Century - Carolyn Strange 30. Histories of Crime and Criminal Justice and the Historical Analysis of Criminal Law - Markus D. Dubber PART EIGHT: PUNISHMENT AND PRISONS 31. The Death Penalty - Randall McGowen 32. The Rise and Fall of Penal Transportation - Hamish Maxwell-Stewart 33. The Mad, the Bad and the Pauper: Help and Control in Early Modern Carceral Institutions - Sandra Scicluna 34. Histories of the Modern Prison: Renewal, Regression, and Expansion - Michael Meranze

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on what is probably the most frequently asked question about crime: Why do criminals offend? Renowned criminologist Robert Agnew draws on a broad range of crime theories and the latest research to present a general theory of crime and delinquency, rich with student-accessible examples. The general theory integrates the essential arguments from social learning, social control, self-control, strain, labeling, social support, bio-psychological, and other theories. And it draws on the latest research examining the relationship between crime, individual traits, and the social environment--including family, school, peer, and work environments. Agnew's general theory is concise and written at a level readily accessible to undergraduates. It provides a good sense of the major causes of crime and how they mutually influence and interact with one another to affect crime. Key points are illustrated with examples from qualitative and quantitative research, and each chapter endsTrade ReviewThis is a brilliant integrative book.... [It is] an outstanding contribution to criminological theory and knowledge.... The writing style is excellent: clear, interesting, and informative. * David Farrington, University of Cambridge *This book is a major contribution to the discipline.... Extremely well written and engaging. * Alex R. Piquero, University of Florida *This is an outstanding book. It is logical in its organization, clearly articulated, empirically informed, and brilliant in its depth of scholarship.... This book should be required reading for anyone interested in the study of crime and criminals. * John Wright, University of Cincinnati^ *Table of Contents1. INTRODUCTION: A GENERAL THEORY OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY; 2. CRIME IS MOST LIKELY WHEN THE CONSTRAINTS AGAINST CRIME ARE LOW AND THE MOTIVATIONS FOR CRIME ARE HIGH; 3. A RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL VARIABLES AFFECT THE CONSTRAINTS; 4. THE WEB OF CRIME: THE LIFE DOMAINS AFFECT ONE ANOTHER, ALTHOUGH SOME EFFECTS ARE STRONGER THAN OTHERS; 5. CRIME AFFECTS ITS 'CAUSES' AND PRIOR CRIME AFFECTS SUBSEQUENT CRIME; 6. THE CAUSES OF CRIME INTERACT IN AFFECTING CRIME AND ONE ANOTHER; 7. THE CAUSES TEND TO HAVE CONTEMPORANEOUS AND NONLINEAR EFFECTS ON CRIME AND ONE ANOTHER; 8. THE LIFE DOMAINS ARE INFLUENCED BY A RANGE OF OUTSIDE FACTORS, INCLUDING BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; 9. USING THE GENERAL THEORY TO EXPLAIN GROUP DIFFERENCES IN CRIME; 10. TESTING THE GENERAL THEORY; 11. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONTROLLING CRIME; 12. THE GENERAL THEORY AS AN INTEGRATED THEORY OF CRIME; CONCLUSION

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Book SynopsisPressured Into Crime: An Overview of General Strain Theory by Robert Agnew provides an overview of general strain theory (GST), one of the leading explanations of crime and delinquency, developed by author Robert Agnew. Written to be student-friendly, Pressured Into Crime features numerous real-world examples, insightful and colorful quotes from former and active criminals, clear summaries of major points, and challenging review and discussion questions at the end of each chapter. This book provides the following:* It compares and contrasts GST to other leading theories of crime, including biopsychological, control, social learning, routine activities, and social disorganization theories (presenting brief descriptions of these theories). * It describes the evidence on GST, including the most current research on the types of strains most likely to cause crime, why these strains cause crime, and the factors that influence the effects of strains on crime. * It employs GST to explainTrade ReviewPressured Into Crime presents a compelling case that strain is intimately implicated in criminal behavior. Conceptually sophisticated and with a strong fidelity to empirical research, this volume is an exemplar in criminological theorizing. Indeed, Robert Agnew has crafted a classic contribution that no scholar can afford to ignore and that will be ideal reading in a range of criminology courses. * Francis T. Cullen, University of Cincinnati, and Past President, American Society of Criminology *Table of Contents1. Why Do Individuals Engage in Crime? ; 2. Why Do Strains Increase the Likelihood of Crime? ; 3. What Types of Strains Are Most Likely To Cause Crime? ; 4. Why Are Some Individuals More Likely Than Others To Respond to Strains With Crime? ; 5. How Does General Strain Theory Explain Patterns of Offending Over the Life Course? ; 6. How Does General Strain Theory Explain Gender, Class, and Race/Ethnic Differences in Offending? ; 7. How Does General Strain Theory Explain Community and Societal Differences in Offending? ; 8. What Recommendations Does General Strain Theory Make for Reducing Crime? ; 9. An Overview of General Strain Theory

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Book SynopsisThe rules governing who will be punished and how much determine a society''s success in two of its most fundamental functions: doing justice and protecting citizens from crime. Drawing from the existing theoretical literature and adding to it recent insights from the social sciences, Paul Robinson describes the nature of the practical challenge in setting rational punishment principles, how past efforts have failed, and the alternatives that have been tried. He ultimately proposes a principle for distributing criminal liability and punishment that will be most likely to do justice and control crime. Paul Robinson, is one of the world''s leading criminal law experts. He has been writing about criminal liability and punishment issues for three decades, and has published dozens of influential articles in the best scholarly journals. This long-awaited volume is a brilliant synthesis of social science research and legal reasoning that brings together three decades of work in a compelling line of argument that addresses all of the important issues in assessing liability and punishment.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Distributing Criminal Liability and Punishment ; Chapter 2. The Need for an Articulated Distributive Principle ; Chapter 3. Does Criminal Law Deter? ; Chapter 4. Deterrence as a Distributive Principle ; Chapter 5. Rehabilitation ; Chapter 6. Incapacitation of the Dangerous ; Chapter 7. Competing Conceptions of Desert: Vengeful, Deontological, and Empirical ; Chapter 8. The Utility of Desert ; Chapter 9. Restorative Justice ; Chapter 10.The Strengths & Weaknesses of Alterative Distributive Principles ; Chapter 11.Hybrid Distributive Principles ; Chapter 12. A Practical Theory of Justice: Proposal for a Hybrid Distributive Principle Centered on Empirical Desert ; Index

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Book SynopsisWe are said to face a crisis of over-criminalization: our criminal law has become chaotic, unprincipled, and over-expansive. This book proposes a normative theory of criminal law, and of criminalization, that shows how criminal law could be ordered, principled, and restrained. The theory is based on an account of criminal law as a distinctive legal practice that functions to declare and define a set of public wrongs, and to call to formal public account those who commit such wrongs; an account of the role that such practice can play in a democratic republic of free and equal citizens; and an account of the central features of such a political community, and of the way in which it constitutes its public realm-its civil order. Criminal law plays an important, but limited, role in such a political community in protecting, but also partly constituting, its civil order. On the basis of this account, we can see how such a political community will decide what kinds of conduct should be criminalized - not by applying one or more of the substantive master principles that theorists have offered, but by considering which kinds of conduct fall within its public realm (as distinct from the private realms that are not the polity''s business), and which kinds of wrong within that realm require this distinctive kind of response (rather than one of the other kinds of available response). The outcome of such a deliberative process will probably be a more limited, and a more rational and principled, criminal law.Trade ReviewDuff's The Realm of Criminal Law offers an appealing moral reconstruction of the criminal law. * Alec Walen, Rutgers University, Criminal Law and Philosophy *R.A. Duff's The Realm of the Criminal Law advances the literature on criminalization by providing the most thorough exploration and defence yet provided of the intuitively attractive idea that criminalization is properly limited to public wrongs only [...] The international community of criminal law theory owes Antony a huge debt. He is not only one of the preeminent scholars in this field, he has also done so much to build and shape it as a community. The Realm of Criminal Law Theory is a civil order in which Antony has played a leading role. And while Antony's politics are avowedly egalitarian, academic esteem is not, and he is surely one of the high priests of that community. * Patrick Tomlin, University of Warwick, Criminal Law and Philosophy *In his magnificent new work, The Realm of Criminal Law, Antony Duff has important things to say about a host of central issues in the philosophy of criminal law. * Stuart P. Green, Rutgers Law School, Criminal Law and Philosophy *Table of Contents1: Criminal Law 2: Legal Moralism and Public Wrongs 3: Citizenship and the Criminal Law 4: Civil Order and the Public Realm 5: A Liberal Republic and its Criminal Law 6: Master Principles of Criminalization? 7: Criminalization and Civil Order 8: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisPolice Culture in a Changing World represents the return of police research to its original ethnographic form for the first time in decades. The book offers an in-depth investigation of contemporary police dispositions and practices based on extensive field work involving more than 600 hours of direct observation of operational policing across urban and rural terrains, and interviews with over 60 officers from a range of ranks and units in one English police force. The author provides a revised account of police culture in the new millennium, identifying various aspects of that culture which have hitherto gone unnoticed. With new understandings of how greater social diversity within and beyond policing organizations are shaping traditional relations, the book explores the impact of prevailing management practices on the way officers think about and perform their jobs, and the form police culture takes under conditions of late modernity. Finally, there is a theoretical discussion of police culture, tracking the new social, economic, and political field of British Policing, which sets out the main findings of the fieldwork. Theoretically and empirically informed, Police Culture in a Changing World is a landmark work on contemporary policing culture. Its timely character also has relevance with respect to highly salient issues in the current political climate regarding operational policing.Trade ReviewBethan Loftus' research makes a major contribution to the analysis of contemporary policing, and of the impact of the extensive reform initiatives of the last quarter of a century. It does this by replicating the classic studies of police culture conducted from the early 1960s to the early 1980s, which constituted the core foundations of the understanding of policing. This book would thus fill a hole in the analysis of policing that has long required plugging. It does this in an outstanding way that matches the very best of the classic studies. * Professor Robert Reiner, Professor of Criminology, London School of Economics *Table of ContentsPART I - SITUATING POLICE CULTURE ; 1. Replaying the Classics ; 2. The New Social Field of Policing ; PART II - POLICE CULTURE IN MOTION ; 3. Dominant Culture Interrupted ; 4. Enduring Themes, Altered Times ; 5. Policing Diverse Publics ; 6. The Continuing Significance of Class ; PART III - CONCLUSION ; 7. Police Culture in Transition?

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Book SynopsisThe belief that crime declines at the beginning of major wars, as young men are drawn into the armed forces, and increases with the restoration of peace, as brutalised veterans are released on to a labour market reorganising for peace, has a long pedigree in Britain. But it has rarely been examined critically and scarcely at all for the period of the two world wars of the twentieth century. This is the first serious investigation of criminal offending by members of the British armed forces both during and immediately after these wars. Its particular focus is the two world wars but, recognising the concerns and the problems voiced in recent years about veterans of the Falklands, the Gulf wars, and the campaign in Afghanistan, Clive Emsley concludes his narrative in the present.Trade ReviewThis is a scholarly, well-documented account, and much of the book is given over to colorful specific accounts that make it utterly fascinating reading, suitable for a large audience. * P. T. Smith, CHOICE *This is an impressive book, the product of considerable research and informed by the mastery of the relationship between crime and society, the history of policing and the development of criminal law, which has made Emsley a leading authority in his field. * A.W, Purdue, Times Higher Education *this volume is recommended to any historian interested in the social history of the two world wars. Its engaging style and readability, as well as the final chapters that explore the question of criminal behavior and military justice in the British armed services after 1945, will appeal to all those interested in twentieth-century British history, to which it makes an original and important contribution. * Jessica Meyer, The American Historical Review *Until now no one has carried out a systematic study of crime in Britain's mass armed forces. With this exceptionally well-researched and very readable study, Clive Emsley has now filled this gap in the historiography ... it deserves a wide readership. * Gary Sheffield, History Today *This is a well-written and researched academic text on the law and the British Armed Services which is both readable and accessible to the non-specialist in law or criminology, while still providing a detailed and insightful discussion, which may very well become a standard text on the subject. * Dr Phylomena H. Badsey, Policing *inspired by this author's graceful handling of such a compelling historical phenomenon * Andrew Muldoon, Reviews in History *Clive Emsley's book offers and overview of the pattern of enforcement of military law since 1914 suggesting, in particular, that civilian criminal experience, with some important qualifications, has been replicated in the armed forces since 1914. * Gerry Rubin, Journal of Law and Society *Throughout the book, the discussion is detailed and concise with regular use of researched cases serving to support, and complement, the analysis. * Daniel Packham, The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice *This is a well-written and researched academic text on the law and the British Armed Services which is both readable and accessible to the non-specialist in law or criminology, while still providing a detailed and insightful discussion, which may very well become a standard text on the subject. * Policing *rich material ... offers a basis for exciting new ideas and methodologies for projects interweaving crime and military history * Eloise Moss, English Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. 'The Object of Military Law is to Maintain Discipline': Different laws for different people ; 2. 'A court of justice and not a court of law!': Courts and justice in the services ; 3. 'Law Makes Crime': What difference does war make? ; 4. 'The biggest thieves in the world': Service personnel and property crime ; 5. 'I didn't like the officer... and I don't like you': Crimes against the person ; 6. 'The unwritten law': Servicemen and domestic violence ; 7. The shell-shock defence ; 8. Post-war crime waves? ; 9. Conscripts and Professionals: Beyond the world wars ; 10. 'I could have done other stuff': The return to professional services

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Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Organized Crime provides an informed, authoritative, and comprehensive overview of current knowledge about the nature and effects of the principal forms of organized crime, as well as the type and effectiveness of efforts to prevent and control them. Reflecting the transnational dimensions of criminal organizations and their activities, and the growing role of international organizations reacting to organized crime, The Handbook takes a global perspective with first-rate contributions from around the world covering the main regions and countries in which organized crime activity is at its greatest. It is divided into four sections: concepts and research methods, actors and interactions, markets and activities, and, finally, national and international policies to fight criminal organizations. While there are a number of organized crime texts available, none delivers a systematic, high-quality and truly global approach to the topic as is available in The Oxford HanTrade ReviewThis is a very useful collection, deftly edited by Letizia Paoli, which includes as many authors and perspectives as the fields of knowledge and discussion it covers ... Thanks to its user-friendly structure, the book is of smooth consultation for those interested in specific themes within the subject area. * Vincenzo Ruggiero, Trends in Organised Crime *The authors demonstrate on research and empirical evidence, the nature, scope and impact organised crime has across societies in all parts of the world, and that globalisation and open market economics are drivers for organised crime. Policy makers and indeed practitioners in the field seeking to tackle this epidemic would find this book an invaluable and insightful tool. * David J Dickson, Journal of the Law Society of Scotland *Table of ContentsList of Contributors ; Introduction ; Letizia Paoli ; Part I. Concept, Theories, History and Research Methods ; 1. Organized Crime: A Contested Concept ; Letizia Paoli and Tom Van der Beken ; 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Organized Crime ; Edward R. Kleemans ; 3. Searching for Organized Crime in History ; Cyrille Fijnaut ; 4. How to Research Organized Crime ; Dick Hobbs and Georgios A. Antonopoulos ; Part II. Actors and Interactions ; 5. The Italian Mafia ; Letizia Paoli ; 6. The Italian-American Mafia ; Jay Albanese ; 7. Russian Mafia: Rise and Extincion ; Vadim Volkov ; 8. Organized Crime in Colombia: The Actors Running the Illegal Drug Industry ; Francisco E. Thoumi ; 9. Mexican Drug Cartels ; Monica Medel and Francisco E. Thoumi ; 10. Chinese Organized Crime ; Ko Lin-Chin and Min Liu ; 11. The Japanese Yakuza ; Peter Hill ; 12. West African Organized Crime ; Phil Willliams ; 13. Gangs: Another Form of Organized Crime? ; Scott H. Decker and David C. Pyrooz ; 14. Opportunistic Structures of Organized Crime ; Martin Bouchard and Carlo Morselli ; 15. Organizing Crime: The State as Agent ; Susanne Karstedt ; 16. The Social Embeddedness of Organized Crime ; Henk van de Bunt, Dina Siegel, and Damian Zaitch ; Part III. Markets and Activities ; 17. Protection and Extortion ; Federico Varese ; 18. Drug Markets and Organized Crime ; Peter Reuter ; 19. Human Smuggling, Human Trafficking, and Exploitation in the Sex Industry ; Edward R. Kleemans and Monika Smit ; 20. Illegal Gambling ; Toine Spapens ; 21. Money Laundering ; Michael Levi ; 22. Arms Trafficking ; Andrew Feinstein and Paul Holden ; 23. Organized Fraud ; Michael Levi ; 24. Cyber Crime ; Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo and Peter Grabosky ; 25. The Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources ; Tim Boekhout van Solinge ; Part IV. Policies to Control Organized Crime ; 26. Organized Crime Control in the United States of America ; James B. Jacobs and Elizabeth A. Dondlinger ; 27. U.S. Organized Crime Control Policies Exported Abroad ; Margaret Beare and Michael Woodiwiss ; 28. European Union Organized Crime Control Policies ; Cyrille Fijnaut ; 29. The Fight against the Mafia in Italy ; Antonio La Spina ; 30. Organized Crime Control in Australia and New Zealand ; Julie Ayling and Rod Broadhurst ; 31. Organized Crime Control in Asia: Examples from India, China and the Golden Triangle ; Rod Broadhurst and Nicholas Farrelly ; 32. Finance-Oriented Strategies of Organized Crime Control ; Michael Kilchling ; Index

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Book SynopsisIn America today, one in every hundred adults is behind bars. As our prison population has exploded, ''law and order'' interest groups have also grown -- in numbers and political clout. In The Toughest Beat, Joshua Page argues in crisp, vivid prose that the Golden State''s prison boom fueled the rise of one of the most politically potent and feared interest groups in the nation: the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA). As it made great strides for its members, the prison officers'' union also fundamentally altered the composition and orientation of the penal field. The Toughest Beat is essential reading for anyone concerned with contemporary crime and punishment, interest group politics, and public sector labor unions.Trade ReviewPage is even-handed in his analysis...The Toughest Beat makes for fascinating reading. * Sacramento News and Review *By linking the penal field to politics, The Toughest Beat joins an emerging literature on the politics of punishing...Page advances this literature by developing a mechanism to trace the interaction of effects of key relationships on penal outcomes. It will certainly influence the direction of future research as scholars try to apply this concept to other times and spaces. * The American Journal of Sociology *It is refreshing to read an account of prison life and policy that so effectively combines political analysis with sociological research. The Toughest Beat is original, influential and makes a significant contribution to penology, political economy/sociology, criminology and social science more broadly. * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface ; Abbreviations ; Key Dates ; 1. Welcome to the "Toughest Beat" ; 2. The Birth of the "Correctional Officer" and His Union ; 3. A Politically Realistic Union ; 4. Power by Proxy: The Strategic Alliance Between Prison Officers and Crime Victims ; 5. Three Strikes and the Anchor of Punitive Segregation ; 6. Monopolizing the Beat: The Fight against Prison Privatization ; 7. Who Rules the Beat? The Battle over Managerial Rights ; 8. Changing of the Guard: A New Direction for the CCPOA and California? ; Methodological Appendix ; Selected Bibliography

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Book SynopsisChris Crowther-Dowey is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He has extensive experience of teaching criminology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His publications include Policing Urban Poverty, An Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice, Understanding Modernization in Criminal Justice and Gender and Crime. Pete Fussey is Reader in Criminology and Sociology at the University of Essex, UK. He is an experienced teacher of criminological research methods, theory and related criminological topics and has published widely in the areas of surveillance, major-event security and counter-terrorism.Trade Review'Rather than relating generic research strategies and tools to criminology, this text puts the researcher at the heart of the crime and like a detective solving a case, positions the tools of the trade around them and empowers the researcher to apply them in practice, whilst considering the pitfalls along the way. This is a hands on tool for students and professional researchers alike and a must read.' Paul Matthews, University College BirminghamTable of ContentsIntroduction PART I: THE PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH 1. Research as an Integrated Process 2. Connecting Research and Theory: Influences on Criminological Research 3. Crime Research and Criminological Theory PART II: THE PRACTICALITIES OF RESEARCH 4. Using Other People's Data: the Analysis of Official and Secondary Data 5. Asking Questions about Crime: Questionnaires and Surveys 6. Talking to People about Crime: Interviews and Focus Groups 7. Watching Crime and Crime Control: Ethnographic and Observational Research 8. Using Documents: Content, Conversation and Discourse Analysis 9. Mixed Methods and Triangulation Conclusion Appendix 1: An Internet Guide for Criminology Students Appendix 2: Interview Schedule for 'A study of the opportunities and barriers facing BME police officers' Appendix 3: Interview Schedule for 'An assessment of student attitudes to the death penalty' Glossary References.

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Book SynopsisList of Tables Foreword; P.Arkow Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Historical and Current Conceptualisations of Animal Cruelty Conceptualisations of Antisocial Behaviour The Development of Antisocial Behaviour Theoretical Accounts of Aggressive Behaviour and Animal Cruelty Biological and Individual Difference Risk Factors Environmental Risk Factors Emotional and Cognitive Processes Aetiological Accounts of Animal Cruelty Conclusions and Future Directions References Subject IndexTrade Review Table of ContentsList of Tables Foreword; P.Arkow Series Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Historical and Current Conceptualisations of Animal Cruelty Conceptualisations of Antisocial Behaviour The Development of Antisocial Behaviour Theoretical Accounts of Aggressive Behaviour and Animal Cruelty Biological and Individual Difference Risk Factors Environmental Risk Factors Emotional and Cognitive Processes Aetiological Accounts of Animal Cruelty Conclusions and Future Directions References Subject Index

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Book SynopsisForeword by Professor Keith Soothill Relating Rape and Murder Biological/Historical Sexual Violence Discourse Feminism and Sexual Violence Discourse Jack the Ripper Narrative News Report Narratives Police Narratives Rape and Murder Related Appendix ReferencesTrade Review'Jane Monckton-Smith's investigation into inferred relationships between rape and murder is thorough and insightful, evincing the ways in which police investigations are informed by, and impact on, media narratives about violence.' The British Journal of Criminology 'This examination into the transparent fusion of rape and murder (into one act of sexualised fatal violence) is an essential addition to contemporary literary and statistical analysis of violence against women' - Jennifer Chiotti, Journal of Sexual Aggression 'In sum, this is a complex and extremely interesting, indeed timely book given the popularity of serial killer narratives and the systematic ways in which such narratives distract public concern from the regrettable '"normality" of violence in heterosexual relationships' - Laura Hengehold, Contemporary SociologyTable of ContentsForeword by Professor Keith Soothill Relating Rape and Murder Biological/Historical Sexual Violence Discourse Feminism and Sexual Violence Discourse Jack the Ripper Narrative News Report Narratives Police Narratives Rape and Murder Related Appendix References

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Book SynopsisGabe Mythen is Reader in Sociology at the University of Liverpool, UK.

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Book SynopsisWhile there are many trained crisis negotiators, almost none of them has ever had contact with a terrorist hostage-taking incident. This work presents a reconstruction and analysis of the two most high-profile cases, the Moscow theater and the Beslan school hostage crises, with the purpose of drawing lessons for hostage negotiation strategies.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction: Before the Killing Stopped.- Introduction: Death but Not Torture.- 1. The Retributivist's Case against Capital Punishment.- 2. The Purpose of Punishment.- 3. The Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty.- 4. More on the Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty.- 5. Does Deterrence Need Capital Punishment?.- 6. Deterrence, the Death Penalty, and the Data.- 7. The Constitutional Question.- 8. Discrimination and Justice.- 9. Justice and Equality.- 10. Special Cases.- 11. Popular Arguments.- 12. Crimes of Passion.- 13. Death, Rehabilitation, the Bible, and Human Dignity.- 14. The Symbolic Meaning of the Death Penalty.- 15. The Abolitionist Rests.- 16. The Advocate Advocates.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Before the Killing Stopped.- Introduction: Death but Not Torture.- 1. The Retributivist’s Case against Capital Punishment.- 2. The Purpose of Punishment.- 3. The Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty.- 4. More on the Deterrent Effect of the Death Penalty.- 5. Does Deterrence Need Capital Punishment?.- 6. Deterrence, the Death Penalty, and the Data.- 7. The Constitutional Question.- 8. Discrimination and Justice.- 9. Justice and Equality.- 10. Special Cases.- 11. Popular Arguments.- 12. Crimes of Passion.- 13. Death, Rehabilitation, the Bible, and Human Dignity.- 14. The Symbolic Meaning of the Death Penalty.- 15. The Abolitionist Rests.- 16. The Advocate Advocates.

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Book SynopsisThis volume examines the dynamics and control of organized and corporate crime in their national and international contexts. These articles challenge the simplistic assumption that crime is caused by bad individuals, acting alone or conspiring together, and that crime can be adequately dealt with by increasing conventional police activity.Table of ContentsPreface - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction - Crime's Global Reach; M.Woodiwiss - All About Eve: The Many Faces of US Drug Policy; B.Bullington - After Mr Bennett and Mr Bush: US Foreign Policy and the Prospects for Drug Control; N.Dorn & N.South - Defending the Mountaintop: Organized Crime and the Disposal of Toxic Waste; A.Block - The Camorra: 'Clean' Capital and Organized Crime; V.Ruggiero - EEC Fraud: A Suitable Case for Treatment; M.Clarke - US Capital versus the Third World: Union Carbide and Bhopal; F.Pearce & S.Tombs - The Politics of Corporate Crime Control; L.Snider - Index

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