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Springer International Handbook of WhiteCollar and Corporate Crime
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Springer Women and the Mafia
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Springer Social Consciousness in Legal Decision Making Psychological Perspectives
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Springer Criminalising Harmful Conduct The Harm Principle its Limits and Continental Counterparts
Book SynopsisCriminalisation.- Grounds for (Principles of) Criminalisation.- Harm Principle A Comparative Analysis.- Continental Counterparts to the Anglo-American Concept of the Harm Principle.- Conclusion Final Evaluation.- Some Criminological Afterthoughts.Table of ContentsI. Introduction The thesis’ starting point and aim The method The structure The main starting hypotheses II. Criminalisation III. Grounds for (principles of) criminalisation Anglo-American legal system Legitimisation of the State Balancing approach Principled approach 1. Harm principle 2. Offence principle 3. Legal paternalism 4. Legal moralism Limitations on the principles of criminalisation Continental legal system Evaluation The legitimate grounds IV. Harm principle – A comparative analysis The definition of the harm principle Mill’s ‘Principle of Liberty’ Feinberg’s ‘Harm Principle’ The elements of the harm principle State intervention Causes or likely to cause (harm) (Harm) to others Mediating maxims The notion of ‘harm’ and translation equivalents The Anglo-American system 1. The formulation (the concept) 2. The substance (the conception) and the categorising of harm/seriousness of crime 3. Harm – victim 4. The a contrario and relational definition The Continental system – with emphasis on Slovenian and German criminal law The functions of the harm principle Limiting and delimiting A tool for criminal policy An aid to other criminal legal principles A post-delictum tool The nature of the harm principle Problems and open questions of the harm principle Problems with ‘harm’ Relationship harm – culpability The indeterminate scope 1. Self-regarding v. Other-regarding area 2. Not a ‘sufficient’ reason Potential for abuse (abusability of the harm principle) Some other criticisms Limitingfactors/principles V. Continental counterparts to the Anglo-American concept of the harm principle The Continental ‘general paradigm of the criminal offence’ Material unlawfulness – Wrong(ful)ness – Rechtswidrigkeit (Social) dangerousness Legal goods (Rechtsgüter) 1. The concept 2. The juxtaposition with the concept of harm 3. The history 4. Various schools of Rechtsgut theorists 5. The ‘legality’ of legal goods 6. Additional questions 7. Evaluation Classical criminal legal principles The legality principle The ultima ratio principle Proscribed consequence VI. Conclusion – Final evaluation The absence of a counterpart The appeal of the harm principle (In)sufficiency of the principle Feasibility of reception The mode of reception VII. Some criminological afterthoughts VIII. Bibliography
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Springer Public Health Behind Bars From Prisons to Communities
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Springer To Protect and to Serve Policing in an Age of Terrorism
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Springer Handbook of Quantitative Criminology
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Springer A War on Terror The European Stance on a New Threat Changing Laws and Human Rights Implications
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Springer Measurement Issues in Criminology
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W. W. Norton & Company Savage God
Book Synopsis"To write a beautiful book about suicide…to transform the subject into something beautiful—this is the forbidding task that A. Alvarez set for himself…He has succeeded." —New York TimesTrade Review"The Savage God is the first study to attemp the historical, literary, philosophical dimensions of the mystery of suicide…It is brilliant, touching, and oddly passionate…An ambitious, exhaustive exploration into the nature of the self-destructive element in man." -- Village Voice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Absent Fathers
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Taylor & Francis The Meanings of Violence
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Girl in the Leaves
Book SynopsisThe shocking true crime story of one of the most bizarre mass murders ever recorded—and the girl who escaped with her life.In the fall of 2010, in the all-American town of Apple Valley, Ohio, four people disappeared without a trace: Stephanie Sprang; her friend, Tina Maynard; and Tina’s two children, thirteen-year-old Sarah and eleven-year-old Kody. Investigators began scouring the area, yet despite an extensive search, no signs of the missing people were discovered. On the fourth day of the search, evidence trickled in about neighborhood “weirdo” Matthew Hoffman. A police SWAT team raided his home and found an extremely disturbing sight: every square inch of the place was filled with leaves and a terrified Sarah Maynard was bound up in the middle of it like some sort of perverted autumn tableau. But there was no trace of the others. Then came Hoffman’s confession to an unspeakable crime that went beyond murder and defied all reason. His tale of evil would make Sarah’s survival and rescue all the more astonishing—a compelling tribute to a young girl’s resilience and courage and to her fierce determination to reclaim her life in the wake of unimaginable trauma.Trade ReviewPraise for Robert Scott“Compelling and shocking…a ground-breaking book.”—Robert K. Tanenbaum “Fascinating and fresh…a fast-paced, informative read.”—Sue Russell “Skillfully written...[Scott] has the ability to tell a true story with compassion and taste while grabbing and keeping the reader's attention.”—ReviewingTheEvidence.com “An excellent true crime writer.”—True Crime Book Reviews
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John Wiley & Sons Policies and Procedures to Prevent Fraud and Embezzlement Guidance Internal Controls and Investigation
Book SynopsisFraud and embezzlement happens everywhere. You find it in large corporations, manufacturing companies, medium size firms, small family-owned businesses, nonprofits, and charitable groups. In fact, fraud is found in all types of organizations that are actively doing business of one kind or another. It can be minor, or it can be devastating.Table of ContentsAbout the Author. Acknowledgments. Preface. Disclaimer. About the Companion Website. Section 1 Embezzlement: Who Does It and When. The Perpetrators: Who They Are, Why They Do It, and How They Are Caught. The Embezzler’s “Window of Opportunity”. Section 2 Statement of Auditing Standard No. 99 “Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit”. Statement of Auditing Standard No. 99 “Consideration of Fraud in a Financial Statement Audit”. Section 3 Essential Internal Control and Administrative Procedures to Avoid Embezzlement. The Background Check. Conditions of Employment Agreement. Conflicts of Interest. Nepotism. Whistleblowers. Noncompete Agreements. Confidentiality of Information. Bonding Issues. Signers on Bank Accounts. Two-Signature Checks. Lockbox. Positive Pay. Deposit Security and Restrictive Endorsements. Check Stock. Cash Transactions. Cash Register Issues. Insurance Committees. Computer File Backups. Check and Wire Transfer Signatures. Inventory Issues. Company Credit Cards. Lines of Credit. Bad Debt Policy. Internal Audits. Stop Payment Orders. Voiding Checks. Numbered Check Request Forms. Expense Accounts. CPA Management Letters. Random Disbursement Checks. CHECK 21. Section 4 Clever Examples of Embezzlement. Payroll Tax Deposits. Check Switching. Ghosts on the Payroll and Ghost Vendors. The Danger of Acronyms. Bank Account Reconciliations. Wire Transfers. Postage Issues. Kiting. Manual Checks (Handwritten and Typed). Auditing Receipts. Section 5 Steps to Take If You Have Been Victimized by Fraud. Documenting a Fraud Action Plan. Fraud Examinations and Assembling the Fraud Team. The Basics of Forensic Accounting. Section 6 Identity Theft. Identity Theft Issues. Section 7 Internal Control Analysis, Documentation, and Recommendations for Improvement. CPA Financial Statements, Management Letters, and Consulting Agreements. Fraud Glossary. Index.
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Cambridge University Press International Crime and Justice
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Cambridge University Press International Crime and Justice
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iUniverse The Rapist File Interviews with Convicted Rapists
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iUniverse Olivononics A Philosophy in Selfrehabilitation 01
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iUniverse Inside the Mind of a Serial Rapist
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iUniverse American Holocaust The Price of Victimless Crime Laws
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iUniverse Safety for Stalking Victims How to save your privacy your sanity and your life
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iUniverse Violence Its Causes and Cure Violence Ending or Dont Hold Your Breath
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iUniverse Naked Truths
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iUniverse White Collar Crime and Offenders A 20Year Longitudinal Cohort Study
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iUniverse Encyclopedia of Violence frequent commonplace unexpected
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Author Solutions Inc PROFILING THE CRIMINAL MIND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE ANALYSIS
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iUniverse To Defy the Monster A Tale of Texas Justice
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iUniverse The Mystery of Criminal BehaviorObstacles to Solving the Enigma Obstacles to Solving the Enigma
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iUniverse The Loss of the Most Precious Gift The Life of a Son
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iUniverse CHATTER BEYOND THE FRINGE Stories of Spies Terrorists and Political Agendas
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iUniverse Offenders in Transitioni Just Trying to Do Goodi an Assessment of Health Risks and Concerns Just Trying to Do Goodan Assessment of Health Risks and Concerns
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iUniverse The Accidental Warden My unexpected year as Warden of the California Womens Prison
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iUniverse Essays of a Penitentiary Philosopher
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Author Solutions Inc Profiling The Criminal Mind
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iUniverse Chatter Beyond the Fringe
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iUniverse The Accidental Warden My Unexpected Year as Warden of the California Womens Prison
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iUniverse To Defy the Monster
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iUniverse The Loss of the Most Precious Gift The Life of a Son
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Rape in Antiquity
Book SynopsisA collection of 12 original essays providing an overview of how Greeks and Romans perceived the phenomenon of rape. Using the numerous references to rape in Greek legal speeches, comedy, tragedy, visual art and myth, the perceived victims and degree of seriousness of rape is assessed.Trade Review'... provides a rare and sensitive understanding of rape in the ancient world' Nick Kochan, Financial Times
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HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd Unmasked the Gonzales Family Killer
Book SynopsisLate on a chilly July night, residents of a quiet Sydney suburb were roused by Sef Gonzales, the son of their new neighbours, yelling that someone had murdered his family. The twenty-year-old orphaned son Sef quickly became the prime suspect, and after an 11-month investigation he was arrested and sentenced to three terms of life imprisonment.
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Xlibris Corporation Prison Profiles Classification of Prisoners and Prisons in Indiana
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Rlpg/Galleys Moving Safely
Book SynopsisA sustainable city enables the fulfillment of the mobility needs of its citizens via accessible, reliable and safe transportation systems. Safety is one of many factors influencing the mobility of individuals in urban environments. Moving Safely: Crime and Perceived Safety in Stockholm's Subway Stations aims to provide both theoretical and empirical perspectives on safety conditions at subway stations. The book adopts an approach that is place-centered, looking upon those who travel through the system and who may become a victim of crime. Safety at transportation nodes is not a field for one science only; it demands the combination of cross-disciplinary theories (urban criminology, architecture, geography, transportation and urban planning) as well as integrated methods that are capable of dealing with an ever-increasing volume of data. Adopting a whole journey approach to safety, the book offers suggestions on how to plan safety at subway stations with a variety of passengers' needs. Although these suggestions are not the first ones in the literature, certainly they are new in terms of relying on findings from hypothesis testing and spatial data from a Scandinavian city. Moving Safely is relevant for experts in safety and transportation research, including criminologists, planners, transportation engineers, architects as well as professionals dealing directly with safety interventions.Trade ReviewMoving Safely: Crime and Perceived Safety In Stockholm's Subway Stations provides important and additional support for the introduction of measures designed to reduce crime and disorder and make people feel safer using transit. As safety is likely the primary factor in the decision of a non-transit dependent person to take or not to take transit, knowledge of crime and how to prevent it is essential for transit professionals. * About.Com *This is a book of substance and depth, pushing beyond the current literature to help us understand transit crime and local crime in general. Ceccato covers and links multiple literatures and helps us relate crime to the flows of daily life. These principles apply beyond any one city or country. -- Marcus Felson, Texas State UniversityFocusing on Stockholm subway system, this comprehensive and thought-provoking book explores almost every aspect of safety at transport nodes—the very places where people enter and exit the underground network. Being safe and feeling safe is affected not only by the physical characteristics of the stations themselves but also by what surrounds them and where they are located in the city. As well as presenting an evidence-based analysis of safety on a subway system, this book also suggests how practical measures can alter crime risks and perceptions of safety to improve the quality of the passenger experience. Although Stockholm-centered, the book clearly has relevance to subway systems in large metropolitan areas, particularly in North America and Europe. It is essential reading for criminologists, architects, transport planners, and geographers but most importantly, passengers, for whom subways should offer a chance to move freely around the city and to go about their daily lives in safety, comfort, and with peace of mind. -- Alex Hirschfield, University of HuddersfieldA welcome addition to the literature on safety and security in public spaces, Ceccato draws on her intensive field-based research into the Stockholm subway system to craft a book that will appeal to academics for its conceptual robustness and to planners for the practical insights it offers. -- Robert Haining, University of CambridgeTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Mobility and safety Chapter 3: Transportation nodes and the city Chapter 4: The emergence in criminology of safety in transportation nodes Chapter 5: A conceptual framework for safety in subway stations Chapter 6: The Stockholm’s subway stations Chapter 7: Crime and the environment in Stockholm’s subway stations Chapter 8: Patterns of perceived safety in Stockholm’s subway stations Chapter 9: The rhythms of crime at Stockholm’s subway stations Chapter 10: Lessons from Stockholm’s subway stations Chapter 11: Making transportation nodes safer Chapter 12: A research agenda for safety at transportation nodes References Definitions Appendices Index About the author
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Rlpg/Galleys Social Problems Law and Society
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter 1 Critical Perspectives on Law and Society: A Social Problems Approach Chapter 2 Law and Social Change: Bringing Social Movements into the Dialectic Chapter 3 Ontological Gerrymandering: The Anatomy of Social Problems Explanations Chapter 4 Deviant Behavior and the Remaking of the World Chapter 5 A Sociological Analysis of the Law of Vagrancy Chapter 6 Law as a Weapon in Social Conflict Chapter 7 Empiricism and the Critique of Marxism on Law and Crime Chapter 8 Legal Limits on Labor Militancy: U.S. Labor Law and the Right to Strike since the New Deal Chapter 9 The Racial Bias of Capitalism and the State, and the Impact of the New Deal on African Americans Chapter 10 Promoting Civil Rights through the Welfare State: How Medicare Integrated Southern Hospitals Chapter 11 Managing Differences and Making Legislation: Social Movements and the Racialization, Sexualization, and the Gendering of Federal Hate Crime Law in the U.S., 1985-1998 Chapter 12 Negotiated Meanings and State Transformation: the Trust Issue in the Progressive Era Chapter 13 The New Politics of Immigration: Balanced-Budget Conservatism and the Symbolism of Proposition 187 Chapter 14 Acting Locally: Environmental Injustice and the Emergence of Grass-Roots Environmental Organizations Chapter 15 Citizenship and Inequality: Historical and Global Perspectives Chapter 16 Transnational Mobilization and Civil Rights in Northern Ireland Chapter 17 Exploring the Organizational Dilemmas of Coercive State Conduct: Israel's Repression of the Palestinian Uprising Chapter 18 The Space Between Laws Revisited: Corporate Crime in a Transnational Context Chapter 19 The State, the Legal Order, and Social Problems
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DK The Crime Book
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[The Big Ideas Simply Explained books] are beautifully illustrated with shadow-like cartoons that break down even the most difficult concepts so they are easier to grasp. These step-by-step diagrams are an incredibly clever learning device to include, especially for visual learners." — Examiner.com"The visual layout promotes browsing with illustrations, pull quotes, and simple mind maps to explain concepts quickly." — Library Journal"Accessible guide to the great thinkers." — School Library Journal"[I]f you dig anything crime related this is for you." — CrimeSpree Magazine
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Polity Press A History of Murder
Book SynopsisThis book offers a fascinating and insightful overview of seven centuries of murder in Europe. It tells the story of the changing face of violence and documents the long-term decline in the incidence of homicide.Trade ReviewWinner of the Choice award for Outstanding Academic Title"A dead good read." BBC History Magazine "A fascinating story about the control of private aggressive urges over seven centuries." Joanna Bourke, History Today "A remarkable achievement in drawing together an unusually broad and cross-cultural collection of materials, summarizing a complex field and offering a strong and coherent statement about the causes and contexts of historical changes in violent behavior."Journal of Social History "Engaging, well informed, and laden with insight."Journal of Interdisciplinary History "News addicts may be forgiven for thinking that we live in a time of unprecedented violence, but this book, intended for a general audience as well as scholars, proves them wrong ... Spierenburg does an admirable job of outlining these trends and many other facets of violence." Times Higher Education "Spierenburg synthesises a tremendous amount of data to put forth a fascinating overview of the history of murder."European Review of History "A powerful work [which] should help us to better understand past and present patterns of violence, culture and power."Eras "Spierenburg achieves success in [his] difficult task through a combination of elements: the hypothesis is clear and simple, individual cases are well chosen and well narrated, space is given to rival interpretations, and differences between scholars are clearly articulated and evidence is fielded on one side or the other." H-Net "The broad sweep of A History of Murder, coupled with its accessible style, makes it an invaluable resource for researchers and teachers of crime history and criminology." British Journal of Criminology "In A History of Murder one of the leading scholars of the subject provides in highly readable form the first thorough account of its changing patterns in Europe from the Middle Ages to our era. This work dispels many long-standing myths and fallacies, and puts in their place measured conclusions based on the most up-to-date research. The book provides a fascinating and accessible supplement to standard surveys of European history and essential historical context for the study of homicide and criminal violence today." Martin Wiener, Rice University "Few would attempt to chart the pattern of homicide across Western Europe since the late Middle Ages; fewer still could carry it off as well as Pieter Spierenburg. He ranges widely across personal relationships, rituals, concepts of honour, and the growth of the state, as well as shifting attitudes to violence and homicide. He presents stimulating arguments about the development of modern society and about violence that merit careful consideration and deserve a wide audience." Clive Emsley, Open University "This book is a triumph. Pieter Spierenburg has used his own research and others' to illumine the history of murder in the western world over many centuries, combining familiar literary sources with unfamiliar criminal statistics in ways that should appeal to scholars and general readers alike." Roger Lane, Haverford CollegeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vi Introduction 1 1 Romeo's Kindred: The Fragility of Life in Medieval Europe 12 2 Sealed with a Kiss: From Acquiescence to Criminalization 43 3 Swords, Knives, and Sticks: The Social Differentiation of Male Fighting 65 4 Patriarchy and its Discontents: Women and the Domestic Sphere 114 5 Marks of Innocence: Babies and the Insane 143 6 M for Less: The Marginalization of Murder, 1800–1970 165 7 The Tables Turned: 1970 to the Present 206 Conclusion 223 Notes 227 References 247 Index 270
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