Crime and criminology Books

Book SynopsisDieses Buch liefert eine Zwischenbilanz über die Situation des Strafvollzugs. Ziel des Behandlungsvollzugs ist die Befähigung der Gefangenen zu einem straffreien Leben. Die Autoren dieses Sammelbandes beleuchten deshalb unter anderem die Fragen: Wie leistungsfähig ist der Behandlungsvollzug? Welche Sicherheitsrisiken müssen bewältigt werden? Wie gestaltet sich die Zusammenarbeit mit anderen Akteuren der stationären und ambulanten Resozialisierung? Und welche weiteren Reformen sind mittel- und langfristig zu realisieren?Table of ContentsAktuelle Entwicklung des Strafvollzugs in Deutschland. -Wirkungsorientierte Vollzugsgestaltung.-Spezifische Zielgruppen.-Strategische Steuerung.-Entwicklung des Systems der stationären und ambulanten Resozialisierung.-

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Book SynopsisDer vorliegende Band vereint aktuelle, interdisziplinäre Forschungen, welche sich im Kern mit dem Handeln der Polizei als soziales Phänomen beschäftigen. In diesem Zusammenhang greifen die Autoren/innen auch Fragen nach den rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen polizeilichen Handelns sowie Einflüssen polizeilicher Praktiken auf Ausgestaltungen des Rechts auf. Ziel des Buches ist es, einen breiten Überblick über die hiesige, im Vergleich zu anderen Ländern immer noch recht rudimentär aufgestellte Polizeiforschung zu geben. Die Zusammenstellung praxisorientierter Perspektiven verfolgt dabei auch den Zweck, einen Baustein für eine Theorie der Praxis der Polizei zu liefern. Table of ContentsKontrolle und Informationsbeschaffung.- Vorfeldverlagerung.- Gewalterfahrungen und Gewaltanwendung.- Praktiken polizeilichen Handelns.

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Book SynopsisPraxisnah gewährt das Buch Einblick in die Mechanismen von Wirtschaftskriminalität und Non-Compliance. Im Fokus der Betrachtung stehen dabei die verschiedenen Ausprägungen menschlicher Handlungsmuster und daraus entstehende Risiken. Ziel des Buches ist es, Verantwortliche zu sensibilisieren sowie effektiv dabei zu unterstützen, Risikofaktoren und deren Frühwarnindikatoren rechtzeitig zu erkennen und proaktiv zu agieren.Sonja Stirnimann hat eine Methode entwickelt, welche die Handlungsfähigkeit der Entscheidungsträger eines von Wirtschafts- und Cyberkriminalität sowie Non-Compliance betroffenen Unternehmens in Krisensituationen sicherstellt und dazu beiträgt, den Schaden zu minimieren und die Reputation des betroffenen Unternehmens sowie der involvierten Personen zu bewahren. Arbeitshilfen für die Praxis ergänzen das Buch.Die 2., vollständig überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage berücksichtigt aktuelle Anforderungen und legt neue Betrugsmuster sowie zusätzliche Fallbeispiele dar.Table of ContentsGrundlagen und Theorie.- Risiken.- Faktor Mensch.- Social Engineering als Modus Operandi.- Verhaltensökonomie.- Befangenheit.- Lebenszyklus wirtschaftskrimineller Handlungen und Non-Compliance.- Kommunikation.- Erfolgsfaktor Handlungsfähigkeit.

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Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch behandelt systematisch alle Fachgebiete der IHK-Sachkundeprüfung nach dem aktuellen Rahmenstoffplan. Besonderen Wert hat der Autor dabei auf den oft als schwierig empfundenen Rechtsteil gelegt: Zahlreiche Abbildungen und Beispiele veranschaulichen die Gesetzestexte und ihre Bedeutung für die Praxis, erleichtern das Stoffverständnis und das Lernen. Übersichtlich und verständlich erläutert das Buch die Grundprinzipien der Rechtsordnung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und deren Anwendung, wichtige Fachbegriffe und die Stellung der privaten Sicherheit. So bietet das Werk die optimale Prüfungsvorbereitung – Schritt für Schritt. Die überarbdeitete 6. Auflage entspricht dem aktuellen Rahmenstoffplan der DIHK vom Mai 2021.Table of ContentsRecht der öffentlichen Sicherheit und Ordnung.- Privatrecht.- Strafrecht.- Umgang mit Waffen.- Unfallverhütung.- Umgang mit Menschen.- Grundzüge der Sicherheitstechnik.

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Book SynopsisPhenomenological foundations.- Milieu.- Problem constitution.- Problem processing.

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Book SynopsisDieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.Table of Contentsüber den Cäsarenwahnsinn.

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Book SynopsisDie Verteidigung in Verfahren wegen Vergewaltigung, sexuellen Missbrauchs oder sonstiger Sexualstraftaten bedeutet für jeden Verteidiger eine besondere Verantwortung. Denn so steht für die Beschuldigten solcher Vorwürfe im Falle einer Verurteilung meist nicht nur die Freiheit, sondern auch die soziale Existenz auf dem Spiel. Angefangen bei der Beziehung zu den sonstigen Verfahrensbeteiligten über Fragen der Aussagepsychologie und Strafzumessung bis hin zum Umgang mit der Öffentlichkeit verlangt die Arbeit dem Verteidiger hier vieles ab. Dieses Buch richtet sich insbesondere an Rechtsanwälte, die sich an die Verteidigung in Sexualstrafverfahren heranwagen und hilft ihnen, diese besondere Herausforderung zu bewältigen. Zu diesem Zweck werden nicht nur die Grundbegriffe des Sexualstrafrechts erläutert und praxiserprobte Verteidigungsstrategien vorgestellt, sondern auch typische Verfahrenssituationen in den Blick genommen: neben der Verteidigung des geständigen bzw. teilgeständigen Beschuldigten bildet vor allem diejenige des vermeintlich zu Unrecht beschuldigten Mandanten einen der Schwerpunkte. In diesem Bereich ist die Konstellation von Aussage-gegen-Aussage der absolute „Klassiker des Sexualstrafverfahrens“ und wird daher hier mit besonderer Ausführlichkeit dargestellt. Die Einarbeitung aktueller Rechtsprechung, von Praxishinweisen und Statistiken zu dem speziellen Deliktsbereich runden das Werk ab und machen es zu einem wertvollen Begleiter für die Verteidigung im Sexualstrafverfahren.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Verhältnis zu den Verfahrensbeteiligten.- Grundbegriffe des Sexualstrafrechts.- Der neue § 177 und seine Auswirkungen auf die Praxis.- Aussage gegen Aussage.- Geständnis.- Strafzumessung.- Öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit und diskrete Erledigung.- Statistik - ein Überblick.

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Book SynopsisRecent years in North America have seen a rapid development in the area of crime analysis and mapping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. In 1996, the US National Institute of Justice (NIJ) established the crime mapping research center (CMRC), to promote research, evaluation, development, and dissemination of GIS technology. The long-term goal is to develop a fully functional Crime Analysis System (CAS) with standardized data collection and reporting mechanisms, tools for spatial and temporal analysis, visualization of data and much more. Among the drawbacks of current crime analysis systems is their lack of tools for spatial analysis. For this reason, spatial analysts should research which current analysis techniques (or variations of such techniques) that have been already successfully applied to other areas (e.g., epidemiology, location-allocation analysis, etc.) can also be employed to the spatial analysis of crime data. This book presents a few of those cases.Table of ContentsFrom the Contents: Spatial Heterogeneity in Crime Analysis.- When Does a Drug Market Become a Drug Market? Finding the Boundaries of Illicit Event Concentrations.- Convicted Sex Offender Residential Movements.- Street-Level Spatiotemporal Crime Analysis: Examples from Bronx County, NY (2006–2010).- Exploring Spatial Patterns of Crime Using Non-Hierarchical Cluster Analysis.- Reconstitution of the Journeys to Crime and Location of their Origin in the Context of a Crime Series. A Raster Solution for a Real Case Study.- Journey-to-Crime by Gender and Age Group in Manchester, England.- Crime Scene Locations in Criminal Homicides: A Spatial Crime Analysis in a GIS Environment.

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Book SynopsisThis is a masterful effort to recognize and place the prison and asylums in their social contexts. Rothman shows that the complexity of their history can be unraveled and usefully interpreted. By identifying the salient influences that converged in the tumultuous 1820s and 1830s that led to a particular ideology in the development of prisons and asylums, Rothman provides a compelling argument that is historically informed and socially instructive. He weaves a comprehensive story that sets forth and portrays a series of interrelated events, influences, and circumstances that are shown to be connected to the development of prisons and asylums. Rothman demonstrates that meaningful historical interpretation must be based upon not one but a series of historical events and circumstances, their connections and ultimate consequences. Thus, the history of prisons and asylums in the youthful United States is revealed to be complex but not so complex that it cannot be disentangled, described, Table of ContentsThe Discovery of the Asylum; 1: The Boundaries of Qlonial Society; 2: Charity and Correction in the eighteenth Cmiury; 3: The Challenge of Crime; 4: The Invention of the Penitentiary; 5: Insanity and the Social Order; 6: The TSlew World of the Asylum; 7: The Paradox of Poverty; 8: The Almshouse experience; 9: The Well-Ordered Asylum; 10: The Legacy of Reform; 11: The Snduring Institution; Bibliographic Note

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Book Synopsis''A thrilling new talent'' PETER JAMES''Dark, compelling . . . one of the best police procedurals I''ve read for a long time'' M. W. CRAVEN''Creepy, twisted and gripping'' Sun 5-star reviewOn a cold winter''s morning, the body of a young boy is discovered in Epping Forest. The body is pristine and peaceful, his head resting gently on a pillow, an angel pendant clenched in his small fist. It is a murder as carefully planned as it is brutal, and there''s one person DI Bishop needs back on his team to help solve such a calculated crime. Holly Wakefield, criminal psychologist for the Met Police, is better than anyone Bishop knows at getting inside the brains of psychopaths. But with the body count rising, it''s going to take all their strength and resolve to stop the serial killer before any more angels are put to their rest . . .The second gripping serial killer thriller <Trade ReviewCreepy, twisted and gripping * Sun *Dark, compelling and expertly paced . . . one of the best police procedurals I've read for a long time -- M. W. CravenA must for all crime readers * Woman's Way *Deftly plotted, propulsive, psychologically astute . . . totally horrifyingAbsolutely gripping . . . It reminded me of Thomas Harris - the same combination of terror and the detective pitting wits against a psychopath. I had to keep reading, while dreading what was coming next -- Toby FaberAnother dark, observant and addictive Holly Wakefield thriller which I highly recommend -- Caroline EnglandPraise for the Holly Wakefield series:Mark Griffin is a thrilling new talent, destined to become a big name in British crime writingMightily impressive . . . deviously plotted, with a bleak thread of intriguing twists * Daily Mail *Meticulously plotted and devious in its execution, Mark Griffin's debut novel is utterly compelling. I can't wait to read the rest of the Holly Wakefield seriesWow. I read this in less than a day. As many twists and turns as a rollercoaster! A fascinating lead character with a deliciously dark secret. It's the kind of writing which grabs you and won't let you go

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Book SynopsisCritical Criminology is now a well-establishedâif heterogeneous and contentiousâfield of study. The work of critical criminologists supports numerous international journals, regional organizations, and global conferences. As the field continues to flourish as never before, this new title from Routledge, edited by two distinguished scholars, meets the need for an authoritative, one-stop reference work to make sense of the wide range of approaches, theories, and concepts that have informed Critical Criminology.In four volumes, the collection assembles the best and most influential empirical, theoretical, and political contributions made by critical criminologists from around the world, with special attention to new directions in the fieldâsuch as cultural criminology, masculinities studies, and feminist criminologies. The gathered works cover not only the history of Critical Criminology and cutting-edge theories, but also explore a variety of research methods used by leading scholars in the field and the rich data generated by their rigorous empirical work.With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editors, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Critical Criminology is an essential work of reference. The collection will be particularly useful as a database allowing scattered and often fugitive material to be easily located. It will also be welcomed as a crucial tool permitting rapid access to less familiarâand sometimes overlookedâtexts. For researchers, students, and policy-makers, it is an essential one-stop research and pedagogic resource.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Book SynopsisGreen Criminology embraces a wide and rapidly growing network of researchers and scholars around the world who are actively engaged in the study of environmental crime and ecological justice. Transgressions against humans, eco-systems, and animals constitute the main focus of Green Criminology and this new four-volume collection from Routledge provides an authoritative, one-stop reference work to make sense of the wide range of approaches, theories, and concepts that have informed its development and growth.Themes covered in the collection include: the conceptual foundations of Green Criminology; victimization and offending; criminal-justice responses to environmental crime; and emerging environmental issues, such as climate change, that demand urgent criminological attention. Topics range from transnational environmental crimes, such as the illegal dumping of waste and illegal trade in wildlife, through to prosecution and sentencing in relation to environmental crimes.Each volume provides a provocative and stimulating showcase of criminological research, scholarship, and commentary dealing with the nature and dynamics of environmental crime. The volumes are structured to provide users with a strong sense of the theories, methodological approaches, conceptual innovations, and empirical research of Green Criminology. Together, they constitute an essential work of reference for anyone interested in social and environmental transformations and justice from a criminological perspective.

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking examination of our system of imprisonment, revealing the true causes of mass incarceration as well as the best path to reformTrade Review"With rigor and specificity, John Pfaff sifts through the data to mount a convincing case about the causes of mass incarceration and the levers by which we can undo it. A must-read for anyone who dreams of an America that is not the world's most imprisoned nation." -Chris Hayes, host of All In with Chris Hayes and author of A Colony in a Nation "The significant political and practical challenges of transforming society's response to violence may help explain why voters and politicians cling to the myth that prisons will empty out if we simply reduce penalties for nonviolent drug crimes. The road of reform laid out by Pfaff and Forman is a relatively harder one to walk. But if the desired destination is an end to mass incarceration, it's the only way to get there."-Washington Post (Wonkblog) "A succinct, powerful explanation of why much of what we think about the incarceration boom is probably wrong." -Bloomberg View "An important new book." -Washington Monthly "A valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion about justice reform... Packed with charts and figures, it's candy to the numbers-loving brain, but even those who weary of statistics are sure to find some interesting tidbits... Peppered throughout are fascinating details about our justice system that you probably won't find elsewhere... Maybe it's time to stop arguing about who broke America. LOCKED IN gives us some ideas for how we might fix it." -National Review "[Pfaff's] exacting prose meticulously explores every data set and perspective... [he] constructs a new narrative, focusing attention on four dimensions of criminal justice too frequently overlooked: local criminal justice systems, the role of prosecutors, the failed politics of punitive punishment and violent offenders... required reading for students, citizens, activists and policy reformers interested in excavating how our system of hyper-incarceration was constructed incrementally over decades." -America Magazine "Provocative and packed with data, Locked In will change how you think about what's wrong with the criminal justice system and how to fix it. A book that will be instantly integral to solving one of the country's most important challenges." -Emily Bazelon, Senior Research Scholar in Law, Yale University, and author of Sticks and Stones "Timely and authoritative, Pfaff's discussion of mass incarceration provides a valuable and accessible addition to the prison reform narrative and an excellent analysis of the U.S. criminal justice system." -Library Journal "A thorough and demanding examination of a problem that has no easy solutions and a challenge to policymakers to discard prior notions about the nature of the problem and the needed reforms." -Kirkus Reviews "In Locked In, John Pfaff delivers a brilliant lesson in myth-busting that anyone interested in reform of our criminal justice system must heed. Our mass incarceration crisis is not chiefly due to an unholy alliance of legislatures and police in carrying out the War on Drugs, nor is it true that a massive share of American prisoners are 'nonviolent drug offenders.' Combining his lawyer's understanding of institutional practice with an economist's cold-eyed commitment to empirical fact, Pfaff points us to other causes, and the key one is a nationwide phenomenon of prosecutors filing felony charges and seeking longer sentences, often de facto life sentences, for violent crimes that were once treated more sensibly. The powerful lesson is that rational cost-benefit analysis can be a partner to human decency in redeeming lives that still hold promise, and in ending our status as an embarrassing international anomaly." -Professor Robert Weisberg, co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center "Locked In is a game changer for those who care about the crisis of mass incarceration. John Pfaff's virtuosic effort explodes what he calls the 'Standard Story,' showing us that the morally satisfying answers to questions about mass incarceration are usually wrong and that the solutions are almost always more banal-making them harder to accomplish. Most importantly, Locked In is not satisfied with providing this new and compelling framework for understanding why America locks up more people than any other nation in history. It goes further to provide concrete solutions that should be part of any roadmap for reform. If you want to change how we imprison people, you have to read this book!" -Phillip Atiba Goff, President of the Center for Policing Equity and Professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice

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Book SynopsisBased on a survey of probation work with almost 1400 young adult offenders, this book provides a unique insight into the realities of probation practice in a context of increasing poverty, drug use and community breakdown. Starting with an outline of the current policy environment, the book discusses the relevance of criminological theory to the harsh experience of young offenders in modern Britain. It goes on to develop a typology of offending behaviour on the basis of detailed and often disturbing accounts of the histories and troubles of young people afflicted by poverty, disruption of family relationships and long term unemployment. While much of the book is concerned with the difficulties young offenders experience, and the problems probation officers have in trying to help them change, the overall message of the book is not one of despair. The authors show that good probation practice can make a difference, and the book is written in a way which will be useful to practitioners and policy-makers involved with supervising offenders in the community. From the typology of offending the authors extract lessons for appropriate and relevant practice which should help to improve the quality and effectiveness of the probation service. Some of these implications are explored in the concluding chapter, by Cedric Fullwood, Chief Probation Officer of Greater Manchester. As well as criminal justice practitioners, students of criminology, probation trainees and other social work students will find in the book many vivid examples of how sociological theory can be used to understand and interpret practice. The book is likely to provoke much debate about what constitutes positive practice in a probation service facing the challenges of the future.Table of ContentsContents: The study in context; A typology of offending behaviour; Self-expression; Social activity; Social norm; Coping; Life-style; Professional; Policy and management implications; Index of names of cases; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe authors aim to provide practical guidance to enable practitioners in the various criminal justice, health and social care agencies to divert mentally disordered offenders from prosecution and custody and to help prevent re-offending.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Timothy F. Durkin, Chairman, MIND; Acknowledgements; Why are people with mental health problems sent to prison?; Development of diversion projects nationally; Turning vision into reality; Key points of intervention; The role of the prison; Diversion into what?; Funding and managing a project; Record keeping, monitoring and evaluation; The future of the project; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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