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Book SynopsisEasy-to-read and practical, this text uses a survey approach and numerous examples to illustrate interviewing skills and techniques. Using his years of experience as an instructor at the FBI Academy, the author dispels some of the mystery surrounding the interview process by sharing techniques and ideas that have been used successfully. The author has years of experience as an FBI academy instructor.Table of ContentsPart I: Interviewing 1. Structure of an Interview (The steps of an interview from preparation to completion) 2. Demeanor (How actions contribute to success) 3. Essentials (Listening, note-taking, advice of rights) Part II: Detecting Deception 4. Verbal Clues (Hearing and recognizing lies) 5. Nonverbal Clues (A simplified method of reading body language for deception) 6. Statement Analysis (How language usage can reveal lies) Part III: Interrogation 7. Structure of an Interrogation (A systematic approach to the basic phases of interrogation) 8. Keys to Success (Persuasion, setting, flexibility, props) 9. Case Study (Example and analysis of an interrogation) Final Thoughts

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Book SynopsisWhat elements of contemporary American life contribute to the United States having the greatest number and highest share of public mass shootings around the globe? The editors and contributors toAll-American Massacreseek to answer this question by exploring how masculinity, racism, politics, media, fame, education, gun culture, and mental health influence the causes of mass shootings in the United States. With a specific focus on exploring how American culture, institutions, and social structures influence the circumstances, frequency, and severity of mass shootings in the United States,All-American Massacreadvances emerging theoretical perspectives and forges fresh approaches, new research questions, and innovative data and conclusions. Bringing together pioneering scholars, thisgroundbreaking compilation of research and analysis identifies the social roots of this insidious threat and prompts new reflections on how we can stop the seemingly endless cycle of horror and death.All-AmeriTrade Review"A useful work of scholarship in documenting American lethality."—Kirkus Reviews“All-American Massacre is an invaluable exploration of the culture and institutions that underlie America’s gun violence epidemic. Mass shootings in our country are like an earthquake, causing death and injury at the epicenter with dramatic ripples reverberating outwards. This public health crisis affects children’s learning in school, changes communities forever, and steals peace of mind from Americans across the country in places where we shop, worship, work, and relax. This book is a sober but deeply worthwhile read.”—Sarah Burd-Sharps, Senior Director of Research, Everytown for Gun Safety“A novel and vital contribution, the editors and contributors to All-American Massacre provide a critical examination of the influence of American culture on the prevalence of mass murder in the United States. This timely and necessary book is an essential reference for violence scholars and policy makers, and offers the most comprehensive, explanatory text on the study of mass murder in American society to date.”—Taimi Castle, Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a lively, concise and definitive introduction to the study of the causes of crime. Authoritative yet accessible, it offers a guide to the historical development of criminology as an academic discipline and in doing so: presents an overview of a range of different theories of crime, including classical, biological, psychological and sociological approaches analyses the strengths and weaknesses of each theory discussed provides chapter overview boxes and key summary points helps you to take your studies further with self-study tasks and suggestions for further reading. In covering key theoretical positions and placing them in their historical context,Criminological Theory in Contextis perfect for students taking introductory courses in criminological theory.Trade ReviewThis book makes the task of studying criminological theory a little less daunting…it would be a great companion for your degree -- Shereen BazThis book would have been very useful as it is very simple to understand and breaks down the theories in an order which is straightforward to understand. A number of criminological theory books are difficult to understand, however this book is simple and reads well…I would really recommend this to current students -- Davina PatelA clear and thought provoking read. The author has summarised detailed historical and burgeoning literature into a book that is well structured and written, allowing criminology students to become excited over theory and to question taken for granted assumptions in the field. -- Dr Ruth McAlisterTable of ContentsChapter 1: Studying Criminal Life Crime and society: an introduction Researching criminal life: the place of theories of crime Chapter 2: Classical Criminology and Contemporary Rational Choice Theory Introduction: the reasoning criminal and the social contract Society, crime and punishment Classical criminology and crime deterrence Neoclassical criminology Critiquing Classical/Neoclassical criminology: does deterrence work? Contemporary rational choice theory Situational crime prevention, opportunity theory and routine activity Chapter 3: Biological Criminology Introduction: Classicism, positivism and the development of Biological forms of criminology Physiognomy and phrenology Lombroso and atavism Lombroso’s heritage: in search of the criminal type Genes and crime Brain development, injuries and mapping Biochemistry, hormones, diet and crime Chapter 4: Psychological Criminology Introduction: the Classical school and Psychological and Biological theories of crime Freud and personality development Eysenck, dimensions of personality and criminal behaviour Sutherland, differential association theory and social learning Psychological criminology and mentally disordered offenders Chapter 5: Strain Theory, Social Disorganisation Theory and Labelling Theory Introducing the sociological study of criminal life Durkheim: social facts, social solidarity and anomie Merton and Agnew: anomie and Strain Theory Park and Burgess: Social Disorganisation Theory and the Broken Windows hypothesis Mead and Blumer: symbolic interactionism and Labelling Theory Lemert, Becker and Erikson: towards the sociology of deviance Restorative justice and Braithwaite’s Reintegrative Shaming Theory Chapter 6: Critical Criminology, Part 1: Marxist, Peacemaking and Realist Theories of Crime Determinism and free will in sociological forms of criminology Critical criminology: a conflict theory of society Critical criminology and the duality of structure Karl Marx and Willem Bonger: towards a Marxist theory of crime Marxist criminology: crime as a rational response to the conditions of capitalism Peacemaking criminology Left and Right Realist criminology Chapter 7: Critical Criminology, Part 2: Feminist and Cultural Criminology Critical criminology and Feminist and Cultural theories of crime The feminist critique of ‘malestream’ criminology Marxism and Feminist criminology The growth of female offending: power/control theory, the liberation opportunity thesis and the economic marginalisation thesis Feminism, masculinity studies and contemporary Critical criminology: highlighting the importance of gender, race and class Cultural criminology Chapter 8: Postmodern Critical Standpoints and the Criminal Life Course Introduction: Critical criminology revisited Positivism and realism, postmodernism and anti-realism Life Course criminology Chapter 9: Reflecting on Theories of Crime, Theories of Human Nature: Crime in the Age of the Enterprising Risky Citizen-subject From modernity to high modernity The neoliberal enterprise form and the criminal justice system Conclusion: reflecting on theories of crime and theories of human nature

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the failings of the prison system in many countries and offers positive pointers for the future. It shows the way forward will be through initiatives such as Justice Reinvestment and in the Human Development model.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The world of prisons 3. Prisons of the world 4. International Centre for Prison Studies 5. Women: the forgotten minority 6. The legacy of the Gulag 7. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture 8. Regional contrasts: Cambodia and Japan 9. Latin America: the iron fist or the New Model? 10. Barbados and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 11. Sub-Saharan Africa: an expensive colonial legacy 12. The Jericho Monitoring Mission 13. Towards ‘a better way’

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Book SynopsisAdopting a unique situation-oriented perspective, this book studies the occurence and control of aggression on the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of physical and social ecologies.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The PersonEnvironment Duet. Physical Ecology: Microlevel: The Site. MesoLevel: The Neighborhood. Macrolevel: The Region. Social Ecology: Microlevel: The Victim. Mesolevel: The Group. Macrolevel: The Mob. Intervention: Physical Ecological Intervention: Environmental Design. Social Ecological Intervention: Interpersonal Contact. Conclusion: Future Directions. Index.

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Book SynopsisQuantitative criminology has certainly come a long way since I was ?rst introduced to a largely qualitative criminology some 40 years ago, when I was recruited to lead a task force on science and technology for the President''s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. At that time, criminology was a very limited activity, depending almost exclusively on the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) initiated by the FBI in 1929 for measurement of crime based on victim reports to the police and on police arrests. A ty- cal mode of analysis was simple bivariate correlation. Marvin Wolfgang and colleagues were makingan importantadvancebytrackinglongitudinaldata onarrestsin Philadelphia,an in- vation that was widely appreciated. And the ?eld was very small: I remember attending my ?rst meeting of the American Society of Criminology in about 1968 in an anteroom at New York UniverTable of ContentsIntroduction I. Topics in Research Design 1). Experiments - trials 2). Experiments - block/randomized and subgroup 3). Propensity scores 4). Regression discontinuity designs 5) Quantitative and Qualitative Data 6) Statistical power II) Methods for Overcoming Data Limitations 7) Data reliability and data comparisons 8) Missing data III) Innovative Descriptive Methods 10) Geographic mapping of crime 11) Visualizing data 12) Trajectories 13) Growth curve models IV) Estimation Techniques for Theory and Policy 14) Estimating Costs of Crime 15) Estimating treatment effects 16) Meta-analysis V) Topics in Multiple Regression 17) Instrumental variables 18) Multilevel modeling 19) Logic and related extensions 20) Count models VI) New Directions in Statistical Analysis 21) Geographic statistical analysis of crime 22) Data mining 23) Time series 24) Network analysis Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe field of sex work has undergone a massive expansion inthe past ten years. In this new edition, three leading researchers come together to provide an interdisciplinary outline of sex work. This book provides comprehensive coverage of key areas common to the study of the female sex industry, as well asconsidering issues relating to male and transgender sex workers, young people who are sexually exploited, and migrant sex workers. It also includes discussion of more recent forms of commercial sex such as Internet-based sex work. International in perspective,Prostitutioncombines sociological approaches with criminology and criminal justice studies, social policy, health research and sexuality studies. New to this edition: Updated summaries of policy and law, particularly in relation to UK legal changes from 2008 onwards Methodological insights and discussions on ethics, fieldwork and participatory action research Trade ReviewThe second edition of Prostitution: Sex Work, Policy and Politics provides a comprehensive account of the current issues surrounding sex work. This edition provides readers with an up to date insight into, not only the problems encompassed for female sex workers but also those for male and transgender workers. The key areas enclosed in this edition include: legality, regulation, research and ethical dilemmas, young people, sex worker’s rights, purchasing sexual services and the globalisation of the sex industry. Expertly created by Teela Sanders, Maggie O’Neill and Jane Pitcher this textbook is essential for any student studying sex work! -- Emily ShermanA superb introduction to the sociology of prostitution. The book synthesizes the best research on sex workers, their customers, legal issues, youth involvement, migration, and struggles for rights, and shows that prostitution is much more richly variegated than is commonly thought. -- Ronald WeitzerBenefitting from their vast collective experience as researchers and advocates for sex workers’ rights, the authors of this text have produced an authoritative, balanced and accessible guide to a topic often shrouded in myth. Avoiding simplistic assertions that all sex work is exploitative, or conversely that prostitution is a job like any other, the book draws on an impressive range of primary sources to describe the complexity and contingency of contemporary sex work. An impressive book, and one that should be appreciated by students and researchers alike for its sympathetic and sensitive handling of its subject matter. -- Phil HubbardIn this 2nd edition of Prostitution, Sanders, O’Neill and Pitcher provide an excellent, comprehensive and updated overview of sex work. These top researchers provide us with an insight into contemporary debates on perspectives of sex work, regulation of sex workers and/or third parties, and how sex work is transforming in an increasingly globalized world. They also draw on their expertise to provide sound advice on methodological approaches to prospective sex work researchers on how to conduct rigorous and ethical research in the field of sex work. This book should be the go-to resource for students and anyone else wanting to broaden their knowledge on sex work. -- Gillian AbelTable of ContentsChapter 1 - The Sociology of Sex Work Chapter 2 - The Cultural Context of Commerce and Sex Chapter 3 - Sex Workers and Sex Work Chapter 4 - Children, Young People and CSEC Chapter 5 - Buying Sexual Services Chapter 6 - Sex Workers, Labour Rights and Unionization Chapter 7 - Crime Justice and the Sex Industry in the UK Chapter 8 - Communities, Services and Welfare Chapter 9 - International Models of Regulating Sex Work Chapter 10 - Globalisation and the Sex Trade Chapter 11 - Researching the Sex Industry

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Book Synopsis Journalists have often put themselves in danger to convey crucial information to the public. Many journalists have even died doing their jobs, investigating crimes or traveling to battle zones--and sometimes documenting events in their own communities. Recently, reporters have been assaulted, mocked and silenced, their reports dubbed fake news and them, enemies of the people. A free press is one of the country''s most reliable foundations for ensuring a democracy for current and future generations. With a focus on American journalism, this book tackles issues affecting today''s news through profiling journalists killed on the job, whether from violent conspiracy, terrorism or mass shootings.Table of Contents Preface Introduction  1 The Hard Knocks of Journalism Ruben Salazar, 1970  2. Unprecedented Times Don Bolles, 1976  3. The First Amendment and the Fourth Estate Manuel de Dios Unanue, 1992  4. The Public's Right to Know Dona St. Plite, 1993  5. The Uncomfortable Press James Edwin Richards, 2000  6. Disinformation, the Public and the News William Biggart, 2001  7. Activism, Objectivity and Fairness Robert Stevens, 2001  8. Regaining the Public's Trust Amidst a Multitude of Voices Chauncey Bailey, 2007  9. Brave Journalism Alison Parker and Adam Ward, 2015 10. Blood and Ink Five in Annapolis, 2018 11. What About Khashoggi? Author's Note: Community Journalism Chapter Notes Bibliography IndexIndex

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Book SynopsisAn up-close account of policing during the Ferguson protests, providing insights from both police officers and members of the communityPolicing Unrest presents the frontline experiences of police officers during the intense three weeks of protest, vigils, looting, violence, and large civil demonstrations in and around Ferguson, Missouri, following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer. Looking closely at the lived experiences of police officers and community residents, Tammy Rinehart Kochel raises important questions about police-community relations and the role of police as peacekeepers in support of social justice. Drawing on interviews with dozens of police personnel who policed the protests, Kochel offers insight into their shared experiences and provides compelling personal accounts of how they performed their jobs during the protest. The book covers a range of topics such as police-community relationships and community policing principles; how factors such as Trade ReviewPolicing unrest has become a key problem for American policing over the last decade, and one that has raised questions about the role of police in American society. This book is an essential read for anyone who wants to depart from the rhetoric and understand the problem from the perspectives of police and the community. * David Weisburd, co-editor of Police Innovation: Contrasting Perspectives *Policing Unrest is a significant and timely book that highlights the importance of addressing the Ferguson protests and the ongoing tensions between Black communities and law enforcement. Using both theoretical nuance and empirical evidence, Tammy Rinehart Kochel gives voice to both police officers and community residents to raise and deliberate policy questions about improving police-community relations. * Jennifer E. Cobbina, author of Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Why the Protests in Ferguson and Baltimore Matter, and How They Changed America *Kochel affords readers a vantage point on protests that they will not find in journalism or social media: that of officers who policed – and were the objects of – protests in Ferguson, Missouri. She adroitly weaves extant theory through new empirical evidence not only to tell the story of protest policing and its aftermath, but also to shine new light on core issues of policing through the prism of the protests and the larger crisis of police legitimacy. * Robert E. Worden, co-author of Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy *

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Book SynopsisReveals the secretive, inaccurate, and often violent ways that the American criminal system really worksCurtis Flowers spent twenty-three years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Atlanta police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home. Rachel Hoffman was murdered at age twenty-three while working for Florida police. Such tragedies are consequences of snitching. Although it is nearly invisible to the public, the massive informant market shapes the American legal system in risky and sometimes shocking ways. Police rely on criminal suspects to obtain warrants, to perform surveillance, and to justify arrests. Prosecutors negotiate with defendants for information and cooperation, offering to drop charges or lighten sentences in exchange. In this book, Alexandra Natapoff provides a comprehensive analysis of this powerful and problematic practice. She shows how informant deals generate unreliable evidence, allow serious criminals to escape punishment, Trade ReviewAlexandra Natapoff’s groundbreaking work upends much of what we know—or thought we knew—about how the criminal justice system works. . . Natapoff shows how police and prosecutors routinely reward informants with an array of benefits, ranging from cash to freedom, which are largely hidden from public view. Her damning account illuminates the profound unfairness and devastating consequences of incentivized testimony. Snitching is a revelatory book that will forever change the way we look at the role that informants play in both policing and criminal prosecutions. * Pamela Colloff, senior reporter at ProPublica and staff writer at The New York Times Magazine *The supply [of cooperators] is endless. I should know. There were at least three in the trials against me. After it was discovered that the first two cooperators had been offered favors and weren’t telling the truth, they never appeared again. The state just produced a new one. This book really explains how this process worked in my trials, and how it still works in others’. My hope is that this book shines a light so that other people do not have to suffer through what I did. * Curtis Flowers, exonerated in 2021 after serving twenty-three years for wrongful convictions based on informant testimony *This book […] was a godsend for me, especially as we fought to get ‘Rachel’s Law’ passed. The book educated all of us in such a meaningful way: legislators, law students and family members and friends. * Marjorie Weiss, advocate and mother of murdered twenty-three-year-old informant Rachel Hoffman *Superb . . .a searing indictment of how the secretive dynamics of informing have helped corrupt inner city life in America, and a deep scholarly analysis of how our legal rules contribute to this problem and can be reformed to mitigate it. This brilliantly original book is ...wise and ruthlessly honest in its understanding of the street level practices of informant-reliance. * Robert Weisberg, Edwin E. Huddleson, Jr. Professor of Law, Stanford Law School, founder and co-director of the Stanford Criminal Justice Center *One of the truly impressive contributions of the book comes in [Natapoff’s] explanation of the effects of widespread use of informants for the criminal justice system, our social structures, and our democracy. . . . Snitching should find a place in every law school course looking at legal issues in the criminal justice arena, and on the syllabi of every university course in criminal justice that aims to give students a realistic and nuanced view of how the system really works. * Criminal Justice *

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Book SynopsisExplores encounters between those who make their living by engaging in street-based prostitution and the criminal justice and social service workers who try to curtail itWorking together every day, the lives of sex workers, police officers, public defenders, and social service providers are profoundly intertwined, yet their relationships are often adversarial and rooted in fundamentally false assumptions. The criminal justice-social services alliance operates on the general belief that the women they police and otherwise regulate choose sex work as a result of traumatization, rather than acknowledging the fact that socioeconomic realities often inform their choices. Drawing on extraordinarily rich ethnographic research, including interviews with over one hundred street-involved women and dozens of criminal justice and social service professionals, Women of the Street argues that despite the intimate knowledge these groups have about each other, measures designed to help these women cTrade Review"This significant ethnographic study of women in the sex trade and those they interact with who seek to restrain their business or help them live more healthful lives is a compelling account that takes readers into a little-understood area of society." * Choice *"This is perhaps the most insightful ethnographic book on women in the street-based sex trade published in some time." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews *"Susan Dewey and Tonia St. Germain have written a book that draws readers into the real struggles and dilemmas faced not only by poor and criminalized women but by the social service and police personnel who interact with these women on a daily basis. Their compelling writing draws the reader into the 'systemic intimacy' that the authors describe. Vividly portraying women who cycle in and out of the streets, jails and therapeutic facilities as well as the front-line workers designated to treat or arrest them, Women of the Street fills out our understanding of the intersecting racial, class and gendered forces that set up both the women and the front-line workers to remain stuck in cycles of misery and blame." -- Susan Sered,author of Can't Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility"The most comprehensive and in-depth study of street prostitution on the market. Based on years of fieldwork with women involved in illicit commerce as well as interviews with the authorities and service providers who interact with them, the authors provide a fascinating ethnographic window into this world. The findings challenge monolithic stereotypes about street prostitution and reveal how the women assert their agency even under extremely dire conditions. The book also shows how the practices of social workers and criminal justice authorities are often counterproductive in subjecting the women to heightened risks, and suggests that decriminalization might be preferable to existing policies." -- Ronald Weitzer,George Washington University"The books methodology is its greatest strength. The literature on street-level prostitution is too often dominated by quantitative research and studies that pathologize sex workers.Women of the Streetis an extraordinary ethnography filled with rich data that offer readers a holistic and deeply human portrait of the lives of women in the sex trade." * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book SynopsisA critical look at the realities of community policing in South Los AngelesThe Limits of Community Policing addresses conflicts between police and communities. Luis Daniel Gascón and Aaron Roussell depart from traditional conceptions, arguing that community policingpopularized for decades as a racial panaceais not the solution it seems to be. Tracing this policy back to its origins, they focus on the Los Angeles Police Department, which first introduced community policing after the high-profile Rodney King riots. Drawing on over sixty interviews with officers, residents, and stakeholders in South LA's Lakeside precinct, they show how police tactics amplifiedrather than resolvedracial tensions, complicating partnership efforts, crime response and prevention, and accountability. Gascón and Roussell shine a new light on the residents of this neighborhood to address the enduringand frequently explosiveconflicts between police and communities. At a time when these issues have taken center sTrade Review"The persuasive evidence in The Limits of Community Policing raises very serious questions about the basic procedures for engaging the community in community policing programs and other police programs with a similar purpose. Based on five years of observational research on community meetings in Los Angeles, the authors persuasively document how police officials control the procedures and the outcomes of neighborhood meetings. In addition to controlling agendas, officials respond to the expressed concerns of meeting participants by accepting some, deflecting others away from police responsibility, or resisting them altogether. The most urgent community concerns about policing, in short, are never fully addressed. This is an extremely important book for scholars, police officials and policy-makers." -- Samuel Walker,co-author of The New World of Police Accountability, Third Edition"This meticulously researched ethnographic study of community policing in Los Angeles addresses the larger racial dynamics of the interaction between Black and Brown communities and the LAPD. In doing so, the authors offer compelling insight into the citizens wishes, and the departments response. An important work for anyone studying Los Angeles, or those examining the relationship between minority communities and police departments in challenging times." -- Jeannine Bell, author of Hate Thy Neighbor: Move-in Violence and the Persistence of Racial Segregation in America"Through extensive ethnographic research, The Limits of Community Policing challenges the taken for granted value of community policing by showing the ways that police produce and manage it and in the process exacerbate core problems of inequality in the Los Angeles landscape." -- Alex S. Vitale,author of The End of Policing"There are many books on community policing, but this is the first to provide a detailed, reflective interdisciplinary approach to finding solutions in the 21st century. The Limits of Community Policing is an important book." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisHow we can understand race, crime, and punishment in the age of Black Lives MatterWhen The Color of Crime was first published in 1998, it was heralded as a path-breaking book on race and crime. Now, in its third edition, Katheryn Russell-Brown's book is more relevant than ever, as police killings of unarmed Black civilianssuch as George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Daniel Prudecontinue to make headlines around the world. She continues to ask, why do Black and white Americans perceive police actions so differently? Is white fear of Black crime justified?With three new chapters, over forty new racial hoax cases, and other timely updates, this edition offers an even more expansive view of crime and punishment in the twenty-first century. Russell-Brown gives us much-needed insight into some of the most recent racial hoaxes, such as the one perpetrated by Amy Cooper. Should perpetrators of racial hoaxes be charged with a felony? Further, Russell-Brown makes a compelling case for race and crimTrade Review"Russell-Brown’s new edition of The Color of Crime is essential reading for students and scholars of race, crime, and justice. It not only provides excellent overviews of concepts and issues for those who are newer to investigating this huge topic, but also presents stimulating material for those more steeped in conversations about race and crime. Be prepared to be wowed by her thoughtful and provocative final chapter–the 'Parable of the Soul Savers.'" -- Lauren J. Krivo, co-author of Divergent Social Worlds: Neighborhood Crime and the Racial-Spatial Divide"Katheryn Russell-Brownprovides plenty of food for thought, new information, and intriguing perspectives in the portrayal of race, crime and justice in the United States. This updated edition of The Color of Crime will be a valuable resource for a variety of audiences, providing a broader and more thorough treatment of race and crime than many other works, including attention to timely issues like racial hoaxes, White crime, and more." -- Ruth D. Peterson, co-author of Divergent Social Worlds: Neighborhood Crime and the Racial-Spatial Divide"This book is a classic. When The Color of Crime was first released, Russell-Brown shook the worlds of criminology, penology, and a then-burgeoning sociology of punishment by centering anti-black images in the media in her study of what we would later understand as the rise of mass incarceration. Updated with chapters and case studies that account for new kinds of media and racism, as well as our broader understanding of the carceral state’s reach, this interdisciplinary, accessible, and ambitious work has proven, once again, that Russell-Brown’s trenchant analysis is indispensable for serious students of race and crime control in the United States and beyond." -- Reuben Jonathan Miller, author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration

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Book SynopsisSex worker activists throughout Africa are demanding an end to the criminalization of sex work and the recognition of their human rights to safe working conditions, health and justice services, and lives free from violence and discrimination. To Live Freely in This World is the first book to tell the story of the brave activists at the beating heart of the sex workers' rights movement in Africathe newest and most vibrant face of the global sex workers' rights struggle. African sex worker activists are proving that communities facing human rights abuses are not bereft of agency. They're challenging politicians, religious fundamentalists, and anti-prostitution advocates; confronting the multiple stigmas that affect the diverse members of their communities; engaging in intersectional movement building with similarly marginalized groups; and participating in the larger global sex workers' rights struggle in order to determine their social and political fate. By locating this counter-narrTrade ReviewBy taking the sex worker's narratives as data, Mgbako paints a picture of a more layered landscape to sex work activism than what we normally hear about on an international level. * Feministing.com *This monograph presents the first book-length study on sex workers activism in Africa, and it makes an important contribution, not only to feminist debates about sex work, but also to the scholarship of social movements and activism in contemporary Africa. * African Affairs *Though sex workers rights movements are globally interconnected, in practice, we are still often isolated, failing to learn from each other.To Live Freely in This Worldserves as a source text for western sex workers to study the success of their African counterparts. Certainly, it turns the Eurocentric notion that western movements are somehow more advanced right on its head. * Make/Shift *A detailed study of the history and ongoing activism of the sex workers’ movement in Africa. It shows how this young movement is blossoming – despite pervasive challenges – and contributes an African perspective to feminist debate about sex work. Based on a wide range of interviews and participant observation from fieldwork in seven focus countries (Botswana, Kenya, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, and Nigeria), the author argues that African sex worker activists determine their social and political fate through strategic, informed choices … As scholars endeavor to fill literature gaps related to sex workers’ rights (in Africa, as well as centering on movements in the United States, Europe, and Asia), this book provides a critical resource for policy makers, students, and those interested in furthering their knowledge of debates related to sex workers’ rights. -- Human Rights ReviewMgbako contributes to closing a gap in knowledge on sex work and sex work activism in Africa. The book’s anchoring in personal stories and experiences of sex workers is an attempt to move away from the tendency of non-sex workers to speak for sex workers, and to let the latter speak for themselves. Fortunately, as is shown throughout the book, African sex workers are independently and fiercely creating more and more platforms from where to speak and be heard. -- Feminist ReviewI taught To Live Freely in this World in an upper-level course, Gender and Sexuality in Africa, and the students gained a lot from it. They told me that they appreciated that Mgbako used herself as a vehicle to let others speak and that the book was based on empowerment and not degradation. It challenged their views on dominant representations of gender and sexuality in Africa, as well as gave them another set of narratives about African agency and organizing. I think To Live Freely in this World would be an excellent teaching tool in a variety of courses on human rights, African studies, gender and sexuality, and social organizing. -- Human Rights QuarterlyMgbako’s groundbreaking project champions the human rights and agency of these workers and documents their increasing activism... To Live Freely in This World is well-written and engaging. The author includes many notes and a lengthy bibliography of scholarly and legal sources. The greatest strength of the work, however, is the collective testimony Mgbako presents from transcribed interviews with a range of sex workers, revealing their determination and commitment to reach out to other activists locally and globally to move their cause forward. These first-person accounts, coupled with the author’s perceptive analysis of the methods and strategies for building activism, make for a profound work that enhances not only the study of sex workers in particular but also feminist scholarship in general. A vital addition to academic collections. -- Feminist CollectionsThe book is accessible and clear, without the use of jargon... The people profiled clearly explain how criminal justice law and policy and implementation affect them, preventing their ability to access justice, as in the murders that remain uninvestigated. The extensive profiles convey a sense of real engagement with the people and their lives. Black and white photographs of profiled activists humanize them; they are not merely names on the page working in places unfamiliar to most readers... This book is strongly recommended for classes addressing human rights, including law and pre-law programs; undergraduate classes examining the developing world; and women’s studies classes, especially those looking at marginalized groups like sex workers, and African people. The book brings attention to the murder of sex workers, and in doing so offers hope that the growing sex worker rights movement in Africa will see progress in promoting human rights and combating indifference. -- International Journal of Feminist PoliticsThis book should appeal to all social work educators in general, but it is particularly relevant for courses in diversity, sexuality, gender inequality/women’s issues, social welfare policy, and social justice. It would make a compelling read for advanced year social policy course, as there is much to learn about advocacy skills from the sex worker’s movement in Africa. The strategies of informal and formal political resistance and intersectional movement building illustrated in this book can be applied to organize and energize any social movements. It is also an excellent resource for social work practitioners who want to understand how issues of gender and sexuality intersect with the issues related to HIV prevention, sex work, and trafficking. -- Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkTo Live Freely in This World is an essential contribution to our understanding of how sex workers resist and make change. The stories Chi Mgbako has gathered in her original research highlight sex workers' own analysisof their work, the inequality they face, and their commitment to justice. Journalists, human rights advocates, and feminists will find a wealth of inspiration here for further study and solidarity. -- Melissa Gira Grant,author of Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex WorkMgbako's incomparable To Live Freely in This World brings readers the here-and-now stories of African sex workers who are fighting for human rights. As the author reminds us, their struggles for dignity and respect were born in the anti-colonial and anti-apartheid movements of earlier times, and are being revitalized through this new century's network of sex worker activists from around the world. -- Melinda Chateauvert,author of Sex Workers Unite! A History of the Movement from Stonewall to SlutWalkTo say this is a groundbreaking book is an understatement. Well-written and elegant, Mgbako'sresearch reveals the rise of African sex work activism and the ongoing trials and tribulations of organizing in the face of economic, social, and political adversity. As one of the worlds foremost scholars on sex work in Africa, Mgbako'sincisive analysis allows us to explore questions of human rights, consent, and coercion in the sex work context. This book will change the conversation about sex work in Africa, and globally, while forcing those who resist sex worker organizing to confront a movement that has only just begun. -- Aziza Ahmed,Northeastern University

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Book SynopsisThe surprising true story of Mexico's hunt, arrest, and conviction of its first female serial killerFor three years, amid widespread public outrage, police in Mexico City struggled to uncover the identity of the killer responsible for the ghastly deaths of forty elderly women, many of whom had been strangled in their homes with a stethoscope by someone posing as a government nurse. When Juana Barraza Samperio, a female professional wrestler known as la Dama del Silencio (the Lady of Silence), was arrestedand eventually sentenced to 759 years in prisonfor her crimes as the Mataviejitas (the little old lady killer), her case disrupted traditional narratives about gender, criminality, and victimhood in the popular and criminological imagination.Marshaling ten years of research, and one of the only interviews that Juana Barraza Samperio has given while in prison, Susana Vargas Cervantes deconstructs this uniquely provocative story. She focuses, in particular, on the cTrade ReviewSerial murderers, lucha libre wrestlers, gender-transgressing vestidas, prejudiced scientists and disoriented policemen populate the pages of this insightful study of the cultural construction of crime and criminals in Mexico. Focusing on a case that challenged what Mexicans thought they knew about crime, Vargas examines performance, images, media languages and expert discourses, and uncovers their racist and machista premises. Her criticism is original but also urgently needed, as we see how the neglect of certain victims and the criminalization of those who do not conform to gender norms contribute to the dehumanizing levels of violence that Mexico is witnessing today. -- Pablo Piccato,author of A History of Infamy: Crime, Truth, and Justice in MexicoThis brilliant mixed-genre meditation on the life and crimes of Juana Barraza combines the pulse of true crime, a picaresque cast of historical characters, the contextual nuance of cultural history, the sophistication of queer theory, and disturbing new insights into Mexican identity and its complicated relationship with human mortalitya (trans)historical achievement of the highest order. -- Robert Marshall Buffington,author of A Sentimental Education for the Working Man: The Mexico City Penny Press, 1900-1910In addition to Samperio's story, Cervantes thoroughly analyzes subjects including Mexican history, lucha libre, anthropology, serial killing and gender roles and expectations. Fascinating … not your typical true crime book. * SLAM! Wrestling *

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Book SynopsisTechniques of Crime Scene Investigation is a staple for any forensic science library and is routinely referenced by professional organizations as a study guide for certifications. It is professionally written and provides updated theoretical and practical applications using real casework. This text is a must-have for any CSI Unit or course teaching Crime Scene Investigation. â Kevin Parmelee, PhD, Detective (ret.), Somerset County, NJ Prosecutorâs OfficeSince the first English-language edition of Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation was published in 1964, the book has continued to be a seminal work in the field of forensic science, serving as a foundational textbook and reference title for professionals.This Ninth Edition includes several new chapters and has been fully updated and organized to present the effective use of science and technology in support of justice. New coverage to this edition addresses the debunking of a few forensTable of ContentsI: The Crime Scene 1. Introduction 2. First on Scene and Crime Scene Personnel 3. Documenting the Crime Scene 4. Physical Evidence Collection 5. Crime Scene Reconstruction II. Physical Evidence 6. Fingerprint Evidence 7. Blood, Forensic Biology, and DNA 8. Forensic Traces 9. Impression Evidence 10. Firearms Examination 11. Arson and Explosives 12. Illicit Drugs and Toxicology 13. Document Evidence III: The Investigation and Special Considerations 14. Ethics in Crime Scene Investigation 15. Sexual Assault Investigation 16. Burglary Investigation 17. Motor Vehicle Investigation 18. Death Investigation 19. Digital Evidence and the Electronic Crime Scene 20. Report Writing, Testimony and The Future App A. Equipment for Crime Scene Investigation App B. Forensic Science Related Websites

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Book SynopsisIn its current state, the global food system is socially and ecologically unsustainable: nearly two billion people are food insecure, and food systems are the number one contributor to climate change. While agro-industrial production is promoted as the solution to these problems, growing global "food sovereignty" movements are challenging this model by demanding local and democratic control over food systems. Translating Food Sovereignty accompanies activists based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States as they mobilize the claim of food sovereignty across local, regional, and global arenas of governance. In contrast to social movements that frame their claims through the language of human rights, food sovereignty activists are one of the first to have articulated themselves in relation to the neoliberal transnational order of networked governance. While this global regulatory framework emerged to deepen market logics, Matthew C. Canfield reveals how activists are leveraging this order to make more expansive social justice claims. This nuanced, deeply engaged ethnography illustrates how food sovereignty activists are cultivating new forms of transnational governance from the ground up. Trade Review"This book brings to life interactions among globally connected activist communities seeking to challenge dominant and rather simplistic ways of thinking about inequality, the environment, poverty, and food production. A must-read for scholars, students, and activists as well as those seeking to implement more inclusive and realistic policies."—Eve Darian-Smith, University of California, Irvine"Matthew Canfield is one of the leading socio-legal scholars focused on food sovereignty and agroecology. In this gripping account of the burgeoning food sovereignty movement in the US, he highlights how activists use food sovereignty to challenge transnational governance and neoliberal economic models. Canfield grounds his work in detailed ethnographical study and tells a bigger story of how struggles over the control of food systems can transform law, society, and economy. The food sovereignty movement is over 25 years old and has used law in complex and creative ways. While at the same time, food politics today are more intense than ever. This book is incredibly timely and provides an account of legality in the food sovereignty movement that we've all been waiting for."—Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur to the Right to Food"Translating Food Sovereignty is as ambitious as it is engaging. Expertly weaving together ethnography with legal studies, Canfield not only helps us to re-imagine more just food systems, he shows us how this is already being done."—Jessica Duncan, Wageningen University"Canfield examines the 'social practices of translation' involved in food sovereignty, whereby power and meaning are constantly contested and shifting. Using ethnographic research methods, the author traces the historical evolution of food sovereignty and then provides examples of how groups attend to issues such as control and communication in food governance at local, national, and international levels.... Recommended."—C. L. Lalonde, CHOICE"Canfield's book represents a grounded and inspiring assessment of how strategically cultivating justice in an age of global governance, through different local and global forms of legal mobilization of food sovereignty – from street protests to strategic litigation – can hold tremendous promise."—Jeff Handmaker, The Journal of Peasant Studies"Canfield's book points to openings in an ongoing and probably irresolvable debate. His careful, comprehensive, and rigorous examination of several cases invites us to step into them and explore what the right to food and other rights could look like in some places. He allows us to explore what is possible and what could be realized through collective, concerted action on multiple scales. Ultimately, the struggle and debate continues well beyond the conclusion of the book, and we can thank Canfield for offering us some new tools and insight toward carrying on the struggle."—Amy Trauger, The AAG Review of Books"This work is extremely useful for community organizers and activists in this area and policymakers at all levels, local, national, and international."—Richard Zimmer, Food Anthropology"[W]ell written, informative, and engaging. For anyone interested in learning about the FS [food sovereignty] movement, this book provides a general history of the global FS movement and a detailed record of FS activism in western Washington.... Due to Canfield's selected methodology and active participation in the FS struggle, presented perspectives feel personal, giving you insights on why the FS movement is important to many."—Tiffany K. Woods, Agriculture and Human Values"In an era marked by widespread food insecurity and escalating concerns about climate change, Translating Food Sovereignty: Cultivating Justice in an Age of Transnational Governance by Matthew C. Canfield offers a timely and thought-provoking analysis of the global food system.... With a wealth of experiences spanning from 'formal' to 'informal' and encompassing both legal and practical dimensions, each perspective presented feels remarkably comprehensive and worthy of serious consideration."—Mallory Cerkleski, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development"In this engaging empirical account, we not only learn about recent and ongoing food sovereignty struggles in their local specificity but also glimpse how these struggles extend beyond lawmaking institutions and across legal jurisdictions. Translating Food Sovereignty thus offers a welcome contribution to legal anthropology, studies of social movements, and scholarship on governance from below."—Leila Kawar, Political and Legal Anthropology ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Law and Politics of Food Sovereignty 1. Translocal Translation and the Practice of Networks 2. Constructing and Contesting "Local" Food Governance 3. Revaluing Agricultural Labor 4. Protecting People's Knowledge 5. Democratizing Global Food Governance Conclusions: Cultivating Justice in an Age of Transnational Governance

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Book SynopsisAs police racism unsettles Britain’s tolerant self-image, Black resistance to British policing details the activism that made movements like Black Lives Matter possible. Elliott-Cooper analyses racism beyond prejudice and the interpersonal – arguing that black resistance confronts a global system of racial classification, exploitation and violence.Imperial cultures and policies, as well as colonial war and policing highlight connections between these histories and contemporary racisms. But this is a book about resistance, considering black liberation movements in the 20th century while utilising a decade of activist research covering spontaneous rebellion, campaigns and protest in the 21st century. Drawing connections between histories of resistance and different kinds of black struggle against policing is vital, it is argued, if we are to challenge the cutting edge of police and prison power which harnesses new and dangerous forms of surveillance, violence and criminalisation.Trade Review‘Brother Adam Elliot Cooper has given us an important slice of Black British history. Grounded not just in solid academic research, but also in front line work serving and working with communities. Adam’s grasp of both history and the reality on the ground today makes for an impressive read as he brings to life the characters and communities resisting policing.’Akala, rapper, activist, poet, and author of Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire'Without a doubt Adam Elliott-Cooper is a critical voice anchoring urgent conversations about the dynamics of Black resistance in the UK. Powerfully argued and compelling, his new book calls our attention to the gendered experience of state violence, the indispensable roles that Black women have played in shaping campaigns about racist policing in the UK and the imperial logics that have persisted in sanctioning the criminalisation of Black life and Black cultural forms. Moreover, this is a book that is insistent on employing history as tool for understanding the durability of anti-Black racial thinking and as a prism of knowledge that can inform our strategies of resistance to police violence in the present.'Kennetta Hammond Perry, Director of the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre and author of London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship and the Politics of Race'Black resistance to British policing is a must-read for researchers, organisers, or students. Carefully attentive to gender, age, and sector Elliott-Cooper shows how, as Stuart Hall argued, “race is the modality through which class is lived.” Stretching through time and across colonial and metropolitan space, the book shows continuity and change in organisational forms - from labor and social movements to families to community centres - through which resistance takes shape, extends, and endures. The book builds toward abolition understood as the capacity for self-determination, not only for people like those vividly portrayed in these pages, but for all who struggle to end oppression.'Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of The Golden Gulag'This book provides a comprehensive and timely examination of the function and practices of the police as a control apparatus of the state as they seek to regulate black people’s presence in the society and its institutions. The book is a must read, especially for young people, parents, teachers and those who shape education, youth and criminal justice policy.'Gus John, Associate Professor, UCL Institute of Education and author of Moss Side 1981: More Than Just a Riot'Elliott-Cooper provides crucial groundwork with this important and inspiring book on black resistances to British policing, which can be read as part of the black radical tradition as it deeply engages with traditions of anti-colonialism, black internationalism, black feminism and anti-capitalism, and shows that worlds beyond policing and prisons, as methods of racial capitalism, are already in the making.'Vanessa E. Thompson, Ethnic and Racial Studies (June 2022)'This book is a must-read, especially for young people, students, parents, teachers.'Race and Class'An important addition to the growing literature on this subject.'Labour Hub -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1 'We did not come alive in Britain': histories of Black resistance to British policing2 Into the twenty-first century: resistance, respectability and Black deaths in police custody3 Black masculinity and criminalisation: the 2011 ‘riots’ in context4 2011: revolt and community defence5 All-out war: surveillance, collective punishment and the cutting edge of police power6 Futures of Black resistance: disruption, rebellion, abolitionConclusionIndex

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive account of the myriad ways that sex and crime interact in contemporary social life, sensitively confronting topics such as nationhood, abortion, child sexual exploitation, war, disability, pornography, and digital cultures. To explain how sex and crime is composed by, and composes, our understanding of these issues, this book: Draws on the authors’ research expertise, insightful case studies, and leading scholarship from across the globe. Develops students’ capacity to engage thoughtfully with diverse problems and to think critically, this is achieved with the help of creative learning exercises, empathetic questioning, and relevant illustrative examples. Encourages readers to be reflexive, open-spirited, and curious about how issues of sex and crime touch their lives and those of people around them. Table of ContentsPart One: Encountering Sex and Crime Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Theory: How to think about sex and crime Chapter Three: Sex and crime in time and space Part Two: State, sex, and crime Chapter Four: Consent and its discontents Chapter Five: Sex and institutional cultures of abuse Chapter Six: Reproduction, sex and crime Chapter Seven: Sexual exploitation and the State Chapter Eight: Sex and war Part Three: Sex, cultures, and crime Chapter Nine: Pleasurable risk Chapter Ten: Sex and disability Chapter Eleven: Digital sex Chapter Twelve: Children, sexualisation and the law Chapter Thirteen: Illegal representations Part Four: Future Sex Chapter Fourteen: The Future Chapter Fifteen: How to change your life: hope, love, anger and other unlikely revolutionaries Glossary Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe closest you can get to the most dangerous minds.Find out what truly makes a psychopath, from the leading expert who helped to create Killing Eve's Villanelle. Dr Mark Freestone has worked on some of the most disturbing psychopath cases of recent times - this is his extraordinary journey with the people society would rather forget. Danny 'the Borderline' killed his defenceless friend without explanation. Tony 'the Conman' once tried to dupe someone into buying the Eiffel Tower. Jason 'the Liar' had a fantasy life that led to vicious murders around Europe. With its page-turning true crime storytelling and searing first-hand experience that will leave you reeling, this book opens up a window onto the unseen world of those who operate in a void of human emotion ... and asks how we will stop them. 'The psychiatrist who created Killing Eve's anti-heroine' The Telegraph'The psychopath, revised' Psychology TodayTrade ReviewMark Freestone, an invaluable consultant for Series 1 and 2 of Killing Eve, presents his fascinating insights into the complex term 'psychopath'. A gripping, informative and nuanced read. * Sid Gentle Films Ltd *The psychologist who ... helped to bring Killing Eve's assassin to life * Evening Standard *Freestone gives us the hit man, the conman, the parasite, and the borderline, among others. Putting these subjects in motion in situations and relationships effectively brings them alive. * Psychology Today *

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Book SynopsisDisproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) refers to the proportional overrepresentation of minority youth at each step of the juvenile justice system. This book addresses the issue of color-blind racism through an examination of the circular logic used by the juvenile justice system to criminalize non-White youth. Drawing on original data, including interviews with court and probation officers and juvenile self-reports, the authors call for a need to understand racial and ethnic inequality in the juvenile justice system from a structural perspective rather than simply at the level of individual bias. This unique research will contribute to larger discussions on how race operates in the United States.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Policy Born Out of Racist Myth Occam’s Razor: Racial/Ethnic Inequality Throughout Society Law Enforcement Contact with Juveniles: Arrests and Citations The Juvenile Justice System: Intake Decisions and Outcomes Juvenile Self-Reports of Deviant and Criminal Behaviour Data Issues and the Case for Self-Report Data Police, Juvenile Court and Juvenile Specialist Interviews Conclusion and Discussion

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Book SynopsisFrom the denial of abortion rights in Ireland to sexual violence against British South Asian women in England, the state and its institutions continue to fail women. This book offers a counter-narrative to contemporary injustices and a persistent culture of victim-blaming. The academic and activist contributions to this collection explore contemporary research areas and pursue new discursive directions in order to present a feminist criminology, built on feminist praxis, for the 21st century. Providing a direct challenge to regressive and ineffective theory, policy and practice, this book resists the politics of gendered victimization through extending feminist analyses of the state and documenting interventions into contemporary injustices.Table of ContentsPart I: Feminist Epistemology 1. Introduction: Denying Oppression a Future – Gender, the State and Feminist Praxis – Kym Atkinson, Úna Barr and Helen Monk 2. Denying Violence Against Women a Future: Feminist Epistemology and the Struggle for Social Justice – Anette Ballinger Part II: State Practice and Feminist Praxis 3. State (In)action and Feminist Resistance to the Denial of Abortion Rights in Northern Ireland – Maev McDaid and Brian Christopher Nelis 4. At the Limits of ‘Acceptable’ Speech: A Feminist Analysis of Official Discourse on Child Sexual Abuse – Katie Tucker 5. Universities, Sexual Violence and the Institutional Operation of Power – Kym Atkinson 6. Gender, Policing and Social Order: Restating the Case for a Feminist Analysis of Policing – Will Jackson and Helen Monk 7. Sanctuary as Social Justice: A Feminist Critique – Victoria Canning Part III: The Criminal Justice System and Feminist Praxis 8. Constructing a Feminist Desistance: Resisting Responsibilization – Úna Barr and Emily Luise Hart 9. Improving Police Responses to Sexual Abuse Offences Against British South Asian Women – Aisha K. Gill 10. Traumatizing the Traumatized: Self-Harm and Death in Women’s Prisons in England and Wales – Kym Atkinson, Helen Monk and Joe Sim 11. Sensing Injustice? Defences to Murder – Adrian Howe 12. An Anti-Carceral Feminist Response to Youth Justice Involved Girls – Jodie Hodgson Afterword – Pragna Patel

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Book SynopsisThis accessible book introduces the key concepts and theoretical developments of queer criminology and explains what they mean for modern criminal justice frameworks and practitioners. The book sets out experiences of the LGBTQ+ population as victims, offenders and professionals in legal systems in the US and internationally and explores what they mean for elements of those systems including police, courts, corrections and victims’ services. It is both a useful reference point for academics, students and professionals and a guide to how queer criminology can be theoretically applied and practically implemented in the worlds of policing, courts, corrections, and victims' services.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Towards Freedom, Empowerment, and Agency: An Introduction to Queering Criminology in Theory and Praxis: Reimaging Justice in the Criminal Legal System and Beyond – Carrie L. Buist and Lindsay Kahle Semprevivo 1. Gender- and Sexuality-Based Violence Among LGBTQ People: An Empirical Test of Norm-Centered Stigma Theory – Meredith G.F. Worthen 2. Queer Pathways – Michael K. Winters 3. Queer Criminology and the Destabilization of Child Sexual Abuse – Dave McDonald 4. Queer(y)ing the Experiences of LGBTQ Workers in Criminal Processing Systems – Angela Dwyer and Roddrick A. Colvin 5. ‘PREA Is a Joke’: A Case Study of How Trans PREA Standards Are(n’t) Enforced – April Carrillo 6. Queerly Navigating the System: Trans* Experiences Under State Surveillance – Rayna E. Momen 7. Sex-Gender Defining Laws, Birth Certificates, and Identity – Jon Rosenstadt 8. Effects of Intimate Partner Violence in the LGBTQ Community: A. Systematic Review – Illandra Denysschen and Rosalind Evans 9. Health Covariates of Intimate Partner Violence in a National Transgender Sample – Victoria Kurdyla, Adam M. Messinger, and Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz 10. Serving Transgender, Gender Nonconforming, and Intersex Youth in Alameda County’s Juvenile Hall – Alexandria Garcia, Naseem Badiey, Laura Agnich Chavez, and Wendy Still 11. Liberating Black Youth Across the Gender Spectrum Through the Deconstruction of the White Femininity/Black Masculinity Duality – Angela Irvine-Baker, Aisha Canfield, and Carolyn Reyes 12. ‘I Thought They Were Supposed to Be on My Side’: What Jane Doe’s Experience Teaches Us About Institutional Harm Against Trans Youth – Vanessa R. Panfil and Aimee Wodda 13. The Role of Adolescent Friendship Networks in Queer Youth’s Delinquency – Nayan G. Ramirez 14. ‘At the Very Least’: Politics and Praxis of Bail Fund Organizers and the Potential for Queer Liberation – Luca Suede Connolly and Rose M. Buckelew 15. A Conspiracy – Lucilla R. Harrell and S. Page Dukes 16. LGBTQ+ Homelessness: Resource Obtainment and Issues With Shelters – Trye Mica Price and Tusty ten Bensel 17. The Color of Queer Theory in Social Work and Criminology Practice: A World Without Empathy – Rebecca S. Katz 18. Camouflaged: Tackling the Invisibility of LGBTQ+ Veterans When Accessing Care – Shanna N. Felix and Chrystina Y. Hoffman 19. Barriers to Reporting, Barriers to Services: Challenges for Transgender Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Victimization – Danielle C. Slakoff and Jaclyn A. Siegel Conclusion: What Does It Mean to Do Justice? Current and Future Directions in Queer Criminological Research and Practice – Lindsay Kahle Semprevivo and Carrie L. Buist

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Book SynopsisProviding a much-needed perspective on exclusion and discrimination, this book offers a distinct spatial approach to the topic of hate studies. Of interest to academics and students of human geography, criminology, sociology and beyond, the book highlights enduring, diverse and uneven experiences of hate in contemporary society. The collection explores the intersecting experiences of those targeted on the basis of assumed and historically marginalized identities. It illustrates the role of specific spaces and places in shaping hate, why space matters for how hate is encountered and the importance of space in challenging cultures of hate. This analysis of who is able to use or abuse space offers a novel insight into discourses of hate and lived experiences of victimization.Table of Contents1. Introducing Landscapes of Hate - Edward Hall, John Clayton and Catherine Donovan 2. Examining the Contours of Hate: A Critical Hate Studies Analysis - Zoë James and Katie McBride 3. Hiding the Harm? An Argument against Misogyny Hate Crime - Fiona Vera-Gray and Bianca Fileborn 4. Constructing Britain’s Hated Landscapes: The Linguistic and Ideological Construction of Toxteth - Alice Butler-Warke 5. Negotiating Landscapes of (Un)safety: Atmospheres and Ambivalence in Female Students’ Everyday Geographies - Matthew Durey, Nicola Roberts and Catherine Donovan 6. Becoming Visible, Becoming Vulnerable? Bodies, Material Spaces and Affective Economies of Hate - John Clayton, Catherine Donovan and Stephen Macdonald 7. The Role of Space and Place in Learning Disabled People’s Experiences of Disablist Violence - Ellen Daly and Olivia Smith 8. Hostility, Hate and Humiliation: Disability Hate Crime on UK Public Transport - David Wilkin 9. Safe Spaces or Spaces of Control? Racial Tensions at Predominantly White Institutions - Denise Goerisch 10. ‘It’s Not Hate to … [Say] That Gay Sex Leads to Hell’: Contesting Hate, Reiterating Heteronormativities - Kath Browne and Catherine Jean Nash 11. Speaking Back and Seeing Beyond the Landscapes of Hate - Rick Bowler and Amina Razak 12. Rethinking Responses To Hate: Towards a Socio-ecological Approach - Edward Hall  13. Afterword: Spatializing Hate: Relational, Intersectional and Emotional Approaches - Peter Hopkins

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Book SynopsisProviding a much-needed perspective on exclusion and discrimination, this book offers a distinct spatial approach to the topic of hate studies. It illustrates the role of specific spaces and places in shaping hate crime, and highlights efforts to challenge cultures of hate.

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Book SynopsisOutlining the key developments of the Disability Hate Crime policy agenda, Seamus Taylor brings together a unique consideration of the theoretical and practical questions at its heart. This book analyses the contributions of activists, politicians, policymakers and criminal justice system practitioners to policy development, and critiques both the under-recognition of disability prejudice fuelled by ableism and the challenge of vulnerability in addressing disability hostility. Concluding that a critically reflective approach on the part of policymakers and practitioners can lead to progress, the author gives clear policy recommendations to address current challenges in the criminal justice system.Trade Review"Compelling and rich in evidence, this timely new book challenges us to question prevailing assumptions about Disability Hate Crime. Essential reading for anyone seeking to develop fresh ways of thinking about and responding to an urgent set of problems." Neil Chakraborti, Professor of Criminology, University of Leicester"Taylor provides a clear, comprehensive and compelling account of the development of policy on Disability Hate Crime – a go to text for scholars, policymakers and practitioners." Rt Hon Lord David Blunkett, former Home Secretary"Taylor draws on his unique experiences as a policymaker and scholar to help us understand the true nature of Disability Hate Crime and why it really matters. Essential reading for anyone interested in ensuring justice for disabled people." Joanna Perry, Independent Consultant (Hate Crime) and former Hate Crime Advisor, OSCE, Warsaw“This must-read book provides original insight into the policy progress made, or lack thereof, in tackling Disability Hate Crime. It implores the reader to reconsider how ableism informs this odious form of victimization.” Mark Walters, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Sussex"Brilliant and timely, this compelling account of an under-explored area is a passionate call to arms. Taylor lays bare the real meaning of these crimes and of society’s continuing failure to address them. His book is a demand for justice." Ken Macdonald QC, former Master of Wadham College, Oxford University and Director of Public Prosecutions 2003–8“This book is long overdue: a welcome account of the development of Disability Hate Crime and a timely challenge about the way forward.” Sir Keir Starmer QC MP"Taylor has been at the centre of Disability Hate Crime policy development for some years. He is ideally placed to describe this journey and, most importantly, the action that is still needed to provide equitable rights and protections to disabled people." Paul Giannasi OBE, National Policing Advisor for Hate Crime, HM GovernmentTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Fifteen Cases of Disability Hate Crime 3. From Hate Crime to Disability Hate Crime 4. Agenda Triggering 5. Agenda Development 6. Towards Agenda Institutionalization? 7. Problem with the Current Agenda: The Focus on Vulnerability 8. An Agenda Item Yet to Fully Speak Its Name: Ableism and Disability Hate Crime 9. Conclusion Appendix: Research Design and Methods

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Book Synopsis•The uniqueness of the work lies in its proposed synthesis of all three strands, and the idea of developing this synthesis through the policy, practice and symbolic functions of policing and security making. oPost-colonial legacies impacting contemporary societies, especially systems of policing and security governance oCritical race theorists’ responses to the continuing abuses of institutionally racist police ad governance processes oPolitical developments reflected by Brexit in the UK, Trump and twitter-led neo-liberal insurrectionism in the USA, and rising anti-migrant nationalist sentiments across mainland Europe.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Southern and Post-Colonial Perspectives on Policing, Security and Social Order - Peter Squires, Roxana Cavalcanti and Zoha Waseem Part 1: Policing, Law, and Violent Legacies 2. Asymmetric Policing at a Distance? Frontiers, law and disorder in the weaponised South - Peter Squires 3. 'From Overseer to Officer: A Brief History of British Policing through Afro-Diasporic Music Culture’ - Lambros Fatsis 4. Police Violence, Anti-Police Protest Movements and the Challenge of Decolonialism - Chris Cunneen 5. Crossing Red Lines: Exploring the Criminalisation and Policing of Sedition and Dissent in Pakistan - Ammar Ali Jan and Zoha Waseem Part 2: Southern Institutions and Criminal Justice Politics 6. Reform, Restructure and Rebrand: Cursory Solutions to Historically Entrenched Policing Problems - Danielle Watson, Nathan W. Pino and Casandra Harry 7. Democratic Policing in Authoritarian Structures. Policing models and the exercise of authority in São Paulo, Brazil - Viviane de Oliveira Cubas, Frederico Castelo Branco and André Rodrigues Oliveira 8. Rioting Struggles in Brazil: Prison Gangs, Staff and Criminal Justice Hegemony - Vitor Dieter 9. The Political Economy of Punishment in the Global Periphery: Incarceration and Discipline in Brazilian Prisons - Luiz dal Santo Part 3: Southern Narratives and Experiences - Culture, Resistance and Justice 10. Colonial Violence, Contemporary Conflict and Socio-Ecological Renewal: Analysis from Bougainville - Blaise Iruinu and Kristian Lasslett 11. Exploring the Moving Lines of the “Global South”: Citizenship and Political Participation in a Rio de Janeiro Favela - Elizabete Ribeiro Albernaz 12. Social Mobilization and Victims of Violence: Emotional Responses to Justice in an Urban Periphery - Valéria Cristina de Oliveira and Jaqueline Garza Placencia 13. Women, Peace, Security and Justice: A Postcolonial Feminist Critical Review - Giovana Esther Zucatto Part 4: Conflicts, Criminalisation, and Process in the Neo-Liberal Internationalism 14. The Contemporary Criminalisation of Activists: Insights from Latin America - Roxana Cavalcanti, Israel Celi and Simone Gomes 15. Framing Human Insecurity Between Dispossession and Difference - Guilherme Benzaquen and Pedro Borba 16. Private Military Force in the Global South: Mozambique and Southern Africa - John Lea 17. Distant Conflicts, Southern Deaths: The Trials of Neo-Liberal internationalism in ‘Southern Nowhere’ - Peter Squires 18. Conclusion/Afterword - Roxana Cavalcanti, Zoha Waseem and Peter Squires

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Book SynopsisThis first volume in green criminology devoted to gender investigates gendered patterns to offending, victimisation and environmental harms. It includes feminist and intersectional analysis, and original case studies from the Global North and Global South. The book also examines actions that have been taken in response to gendered crimes and harms, together with insights on the gendered nature of resistance. The collection advances debate on green crimes, environmental harm and climate change, and will inspire students and researchers to foreground gender in debates about reducing and transforming the challenges affecting our planet’s future.Table of Contents1. Why Gendering Green Criminology Matters - Emma Milne, Pamela Davies, James Heydon, Kay Peggs, and Tanya Wyatt Part 1: Gendered Nature of Green Crimes and Environmental Harm 2. Eco-feminism and the Gendering Green Criminology Project - Pamela Davies 3. New Directions Please! Veganising Green Criminology - Kay Peggs 4. Men and the Climate Crisis: Why Masculinities Matter for Green Criminology - Stephen R. Burrell 5. Reconceptualising Gendered Dimensions of Illegal Wildlife Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa through Legal, Policy and Programmatic Means - Helen U. Agu, Josiah C. Ogbuka and Meredith L. Gore 6. The Attitudes of People with Different Gender Identities and Different Perceptions of Gender Roles towards Nonhuman Animals and Their Welfare - Aphra Hope-Forest, Ekaterina Gladkova and Tanya Wyatt Part 2: Gendered Impacts and Victimisation 7. Queering Green Criminology: The Impacts of Zoonotic Diseases on the LGBTQ Community - Laurence Pedroni and Benja Kromash 8. Women and the Structural Violence of ‘Fast-Fashion’ Global Production: Victimisation, Poorcide and Environmental Harms - Sandya Hewamanne and Nigel South 9. Green Victims of the International Waste Industry: An Analysis from a Gender Perspective - María-Ángeles Fuentes-Loureiro 10. The Green Road Project and Women’s Green Victimisation in Turkey - Halil Ibrahim Bahar 11. ‘Daughters of Dust’: An Eco-Feminist Analysis of Debt-for-Nature Swaps and Underage Marriage in Indonesia - Delon Alain Omrow Part 3: Resistance 12. Women’s Experiences of Environmental Harm in Colombia: Learning from Black, Decolonial and Indigenous Communitarian Feminisms - Daniela Suárez Vargas and Rachel Killean 13. Vegan Feminism Then and Now: Women’s Resistance to Legalised Speciesism Across Three Waves of Activism - Corey Lee Wrenn and Lynda M. Korimboccus 14. ‘To Preserve and Promote’: Gendering Harm in Green Cultural Criminology - Angeline Marie Letourneau 15. David and Goliath: Exploring the Male Burdens of Patriarchal Capitalism - Rob White

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Book SynopsisUsing real world cases, this book reveals the tendency of magistrates' courts to prioritise efficiency over substantive justice. Yates offers insights into the ways criminal courts can increase their speediness and cost-effectiveness, whilst upholding social justice and procedural due process.

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Book SynopsisThe number of women in United States prisons has increased dramatically since the 1980s, and has in proportion outpaced that of men’s incarceration. Despite these numbers, incarcerated women, and women lifers specifically, represent a relatively small percentage of the overall correctional and lifer populations. As such, women lifers are easy to overlook, discount, and diminish as such a small group. Many women lifers perceive themselves as a forgotten group; most often those whom we “lock up” and “throw away the key”. They feel excluded from prison programming within and from their own families outside. They feel stigmatized by staff and other women in prison. Aging fast, many have real fears about declining health and losing family members over lengthy stretches of time. However, women lifers are some of the most resilient and strongest women who survive life in prison with the support of each other and religious faith, often transforming themselves in the process of doing time. While most of the women had extensive histories of trauma, abuse, and mental health issues, few had prior experience as offenders. Despite the term “lifer”, many of these women will be released from prison after serving long sentences. Beyond this basic profile, there is much more to learn and share about the lives of women lifers. Focusing on women’s pathways into prison, the ways they cope with life behind bars, and their diverse reentry needs, Meredith Dye and Ronald Aday give voice to women lifers and place their experiences within the larger context of penal harm policies. The authors look at their physical and mental health, family connections, adjustment to prison, prison supports and activities, and experiences with abuse/trauma; while also looking at the growing public and policy concerns over mass incarceration in general. Women Lifers provides insight into the lives of incarcerated women before, during, and following a life sentence, especially the population of those serving life sentences. With the growing numbers of women lifers in the United States, the authors emphasize the importance for the public and policymakers to understand the unique circumstances that brought these women to prison, the policies that keep them there, and the major challenges they face in carving out a successful life in prison and beyond.Trade ReviewIn a shattering analysis of the misogynist structures that produce and punish women lawbreakers, Women Lifers charts the injustices affecting more than 200 incarcerated women who share their heartbreaking insights and methods of survival both inside and outside of prison. This book offers the kind of desperately needed research that has the power to generate policy change in a tyrannical system that threatens the freedom of us all. -- Carol Jacobsen, professor, University of Michigan, and author of For Dear Life: Women's Decarceration and Human Rights in FocusIn the worlds of academic debate and penal reform much attention is given to the need to provide alternatives to imprisonment for women serving short custodial sentences and to the need to minimise the disruption to their lives that such sentences can entail. Women Lifers: Lives Before, Behind, and Beyond Bars takes us into oft-hidden territory: the reasons for the increase in the number of female lifers, and more particularly, how women find themselves in the predicament of long-term imprisonment and what it is like for them. The book presents us with compelling and moving stories from women lifers, focusing on their pathways in to prison, their lives in prison and how they have adjusted, and then on expectations, hopes, and for those eligible, preparation for release. The authors have made women lifers and the issues which pervade their lives both visible and memorable through sensitive and nuanced research. This is a very important, lucid and thought-provoking book which deserves wide readership. -- Loraine Gelsthorpe, Director, and Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, UKWomen Lifers: Lives Before, Behind, and Beyond Bars exposes the experiences of individuals who are largely voiceless and invisible in the penal system – women serving life sentences. The book is not only an authoritative text on female offenders, but more importantly, it captures, in their own words, the struggles, wisdoms, and hopes of women living life behind bars. -- Mary Ellen Mastrorilli, Associate Professor of the Practice, Boston University Metropolitan CollegeTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction to Women Lifers Chapter 2 Life Before a Life Sentence Chapter 3 Bruised, Bullied, and Battered Chapter 4 Life Behind Bars: Living with a Life Sentence Chapter 5 Family Matters Chapter 6 Health Concerns and Practices Chapter 7 Enduring Grief and Loss Chapter 8 Keeping the Faith Chapter 9 Life Beyond Bars: Hopes, Expectations, and Fears for Release Chapter 10 Conclusions: Challenging the Existing Narrative about Women Lifers

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Book SynopsisThis sophomore/junior level core text is intended for the juvenile delinquency course taught in criminal justice, criminology, and sociology departments at both four year and two year institutions. Taking a sociological approach, Juvenile Delinquency, Eleventh Edition, discusses delinquency as it relates to and emerges from the youth's family, neighborhood, school, peer group, social class, and overall cultural and social environment. The author incorporates contributions from sociologists, psychologists, social workers, criminologists, and other specialists who have sought to understand, explain, control, and prevent juvenile delinquency.Table of ContentsBrief Table of ContentsPart I: Conformity, Deviance, and Juvenile Delinquency 1: A Sociological Approach to Juvenile Delinquency 2: Dimensions of Juvenile Delinquency Part II: Causes of Juvenile Delinquency 3: Classical, Biological, and Psychogenic Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency 4: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Strain and Cultural Transmission Theories 5: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Social Learning and Social Control Theories 6: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Labeling and Radical/Conflict Theories 7: Sociological Explanations of Juvenile Delinquency: Maturation/Life-Course, Rational Choice/Deterrence and Feminist Theories Part III: Juvenile Delinquency in a Social Context8: Family and Juvenile Delinquency 9: Schools and Delinquency 10: Youth Subcultures and Delinquency 11: Juvenile Gangs and Delinquency Part IV: Applied Theory: Social Control and the Juvenile Justice System12: Juveniles and the Police 13: Juvenile Courts 14: Juvenile Corrections Part V: Applied Theory: Strategies for Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency15: Treatment and Prevention Strategies 16: Rethinking the Delinquency Problem

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Book SynopsisIn 1936, Bruno Richard Hauptmann was executed for the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. Almost all of America believed Hauptmann guilty; only a few magazines and tabloids published articles questioning his conviction. In the ensuing decades, many books about the Lindbergh case have been published. Some have declared Hauptmann the victim of a police conspiracy and frame-up, and one posited that Lindbergh actually killed his own son and fabricated the entire kidnapping to mask the deed. Because books about the crime have been used as a means to advance personal theories, the truth has often been sacrificed and readers misinformed.Hauptmann's Ladder is a testament to the truth that counters the revisionist histories all too common in the true crime genre. Author Richard T. Cahill Jr. puts the true back in true crime, providing credible information and undistorted evidence that enables readers to form their own opinions and reach their own conclusions.Cahill presents conclusions based upon facts and documentary evidence uncovered in his twenty years of research. Using primary sources and painstakingly presenting a chronological reconstruction of the crime and its aftermath, he debunks false claims and explodes outrageous theories, while presenting evidence that has never before been revealed.Hauptmann's Ladder is a meticulously researched examination of the Lindbergh kidnapping that restores and preserves the truth of the crime of the century.

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Book SynopsisIn After Homicide, the author explores what the families of murder victims confront as they encounter the multiple members of the criminal justice system—police officers and counselors, prosecutors and judges, and more. The author traces each step of a murder investigation and trial, and also deals with situations where no arrests are made and those where the perpetrator commits suicide at the scene of the crime. Based on extensive field research, her book is a uniquely comprehensive look at how the families of victims are helped, and sometimes hindered, by the justice system.Trade Review“A remarkably successful merger of the academic and the practical.” - Sam Bieler, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books"An important contribution.... Goodrum offers a detailed and nuanced look at the relationships of victims' families with the full range of actors in the justice system. Her findings are significant both for sociologists and for those who work with families bereaved by murder." - Margaret Vandiver, University of MemphisTable of ContentsAfter Homicide

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Book SynopsisEdited by activist and former San Francisco 49ers super bowl quarterback Colin Kaepernick, Abolition for the People is a manifesto calling for a world beyond prisons and policing.Abolition for the People brings together thirty essays representing a diversity of voices―political prisoners, grassroots organizers, scholars, and relatives of those killed by the anti-Black terrorism of policing and prisons. This collection presents readers with a moral choice: “Will you continue to be actively complicit in the perpetuation of these systems,” Kaepernick asks in his introduction, “or will you take action to dismantle them for the benefit of a just future?”Powered by courageous hope and imagination, Abolition for the People provides a blueprint and vision for creating an abolitionist future where communities can be safe, valued, and truly free. “Another world is possible,” Kaepernick writes, “a world grounded in love, justice, and accountability, a world grounded in safety and good health, a world grounded in meeting the needs of the people.”The complexity of abolitionist concepts and the enormity of the task at hand can be overwhelming. To help readers on their journey toward a greater understanding, each essay in the collection is followed by a reader’s guide that offers further provocations on the subject.Abolition for the People begins by uncovering the lethal anti-Black histories of policing and incarceration in the United States. Juxtaposing today’s moment with 19th-century movements for the abolition of slavery, freedom fighter Angela Y. Davis writes “Just as we hear calls today for a more humane policing, people then called for a more humane slavery.” Drawing on decades of scholarship and personal experience, each author deftly refutes the notion that police and prisons can be made fairer and more humane through piecemeal reformation. As Derecka Purnell argues, “reforms do not make the criminal legal system more just, but obscure its violence more efficiently.” Blending rigorous analysis with first-person narratives, Abolition for the People definitively makes the case that the only political future worth building is one without and beyond police and prisons.You won’t find all the answers here, but you will find the right questions--questions that open up radical possibilities for a future where all communities can thrive.Abolition for the People includes contributions from Mumia Abu-Jamal; Bree Newsome Bass; Ruha Benjamin; Simone Browne; Dan Berger; Kimberlé Crenshaw; Angela Davis; Kenyon Farrow; Morning Star Gali; Cynthia Garcia; Derrick Hamilton; Mariame Kaba; Colin Kaepernick; Robin D. G. Kelley; James Kilgore; Evan Lamberg; Kiese Laymon; Talila A. Lewis; Ameer Loggins; Rukia Lumumba; Erica Meiners; Christina; Jiménez Moreta; Naomi Murakawa; Mark Anthony Neal; Tamara Nopper; Marlon Peterson; Christopher Petrella; Derecka Purnell; Dylan Rodríguez; Andrea Ritchie; kihana miraya ross; Stuart Schrader; Russell Shoatz III; Russell “Maroon” Shoatz; Dean Spade; David Stein; Gwen Woods; and Connie Wun.Trade Review“This collection is certain to be an invaluable organizing tool, hopefully leading to widespread change.”—Booklist“Abolition is persistence. Abolition for the People combines examples and interpretations to show how people can and do achieve extraordinary change. We do so by combining analysis with socially powerful—organized—human energy. Such energy is renewable because we build on the past while inventing as we go. At the end of the day what matters is not what we say but what we do and do again: take a knee, build a movement, strengthen communities, share practices and resources, and fight for a world in which life is precious.”—Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Golden Gulag“This book brings clarity to the centuries-old systems of racialized policing and carceral control, and the impact of these systems on our lives now, and in the future. The short, rich essays in Abolition for the People are vital for the education of young people.”—Ericka Huggins, Restorative Justice Practitioner and Facilitator“Carefully curated, incisively conceptualized anthologies like Alain Locke's The New Negro and Toni Cade Bambara's The Black Woman can transform worlds. Abolition for the People is in this tradition. Kaepernick has assembled a community of visionary thinkers who unequivocally show that the path to freedom requires abolition.”—Barbara Smith, Co-founder, the Combahee River Collective“Colin Kaepernick has assembled many of the most important writers and activists in the growing movement to abolish prisons and the police, and has produced a book that holds the promise of educating and inspiring a new generation of abolitionists to build a new world without police and prisons through struggle, solidarity, and imagining our society anew.”—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation“Abolition for the People is an invitation to transform our communities into places where conflict, harm, and violence are addressed with collectivity, care, and holistic accountability—not the brutality and empty justice of policing or prisons. Each contributor guides us through the challenging work needed to radically change how we relate to each other as people under the heels of global capitalism, patriarchy, and anti-Blackness. A reflection of decades of organizing and intellectual work shaped by Black feminism, this book is a necessary love letter to our people that delivers uncomfortable truths alongside a compassionate, realistic approach to building abolition in our lifetimes.”—Charlene A. Carruthers, Cultural Worker and author of Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements“Abolition for the People is a necessary and urgent blueprint for a world where all Black people are safe, healthy, and free. The essays in this volume answer the most common questions about abolition—What is abolition? Why not reform? What next?—while also shining light on the new systems of safety and justice that people are building in real time. The voices of political prisoners, grassroots organizers, scholars, and the family members of people killed by the police join together to call us into the work of imagining and building a world without police and prisons. Its brilliant use of essays, reading guides, and infographics makes Abolition for the People both a textbook and touchstone for people who are coming to abolition for the first time, those who have been doing the work for decades, and everyone in between. The book connects the uprisings of summer 2020 to a long history of naming and resisting anti-Black state violence and reminds us why reform can never truly deliver freedom. I will read this book at home. I will assign this book to my students. I will keep it close by as a reminder that the last year mattered and that those of us courageous enough to be moved by this moment are not alone.”—Nikki Jones, author of The Chosen Ones: Black Men and the Politics of Redemption“Abolition for the People is nothing short of a gift to all of us who are working for freedom from the long, violent reach of the carceral state. Anyone who has been dreaming about a radically different world will be inspired by the rich collection of essays, and all who are fighting for justice will be encouraged, because taken together with the reader’s guides and infographics, this book delivers on the promise of helping to build an abolition movement for all people. Indeed, as the struggle for liberation continues, the vision of abolition is made clearer and more beautiful after reading this powerful and exhilarating book.”—Beth Richie, author of Arrested Justice and Abolition. Feminism. Now.“Abolition for the People is an unprecedented collection of some of the most powerful and passionate voices on the planet speaking to the most critical social justice issue of our time: how to dismantle the carceral-surveillance-punishment industry. This inaugural collection from Colin Kaepernick's new publishing house is a political tour de force. Sharp, provocative, eloquent, and gut-wrenching—Abolition for the People is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of the waves of protest that have swept over this country in recent years, from responses to the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012, to the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020. If you read it carefully, this collection will make you rage against the injustices of the moment, and simultaneously push you to recommit to the collective struggle for a more just future.”—Barbara Ransby, author of Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the 21st Century“Abolition for the People is an accessible and essential resource for today's movements. With moral clarity and political urgency, Colin Kaepernick and the book's contributors lay out the pitfalls of contemporary reform efforts. They are not misguided or too slow. They are how we got to where we are today. Complete with reading guides, graphs, and other valuable resources, reading this book—like abolition itself—is meant to be done in the community of others. Abolition for the People is more than a who's who of abolitionism. It's a what's what of abolitionist practice.”—Garrett Felber, author of Those Who Know Don’t Say: The Nation of Islam, the Black Freedom Movement, and the Carceral State

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Book SynopsisWhen Ann Hansen was arrested in 1983 along with the four other members of the radical anarchist group known as the Squamish Five, her long-time commitment to prison abolition suddenly became much more personal. Now, she could see firsthand the brutal effects of imprisonment on real women?s lives.During more than thirty years in prison and on parole, the bonds and experiences Hansen shared with other imprisoned women only strengthened her resolve to fight the prison industrial complex. In Taking the Rap, she shares gripping stories of women caught in a system that treats them as disposable & poor women, racialized women, and Indigenous women, whose stories are both heartbreaking and enraging. Often serving time for minor offences due to mental health issues, abuse, and poverty, women prisoners are offered up as scapegoats by a society keen to find someone to punish for the problems we all have created.

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Book SynopsisFor decades the psychological assessment and treatment of offenders has run on invalid and untested programmes. Robert A. Forde exposes the current ineffectiveness of forensic psychology that has for too long been maintained by individual and commercial vested interests, resulting in dangerous prisoners being released on parole, and low risk prisoners being denied it, wasting enormous amounts of public money. Challenging entrenched ideas about the field of psychology as a whole, and how it should be practised in the criminal justice system, the author shows how effective changes can be made for more just decisions, and the better rehabilitation of offenders into society, while significantly reducing the cost to the taxpayer.This is a fearless account calling for a return to scientific evidence in the troubled field of forensic psychology.Trade ReviewA riveting, sharply written examination of the fault line between good science and forensic folklore. -- E.J. Wagner-author of the Edgar-winning The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective’s Greatest CasesBad Psychology is a must and timely book for anyone interested in forensic evaluation and the (mis)-use of science. It is a wake-up call to bring science to the work of forensic examiners. -- Dr. Itiel Dror, Cognitive Neuroscientist, University College LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1. Who Does He Think He Is? 2. How Psychologists Work. 3. Treatment Needs Assessment: Who Needs It? 4. Risk Assessment: Coffee Cans and Crystal Balls. 5. Formulation: When 'I Don't Know' Is the Correct Answer, All Other Answers Are Wrong. 6. Intervention: A Suitable Case for Treatment? 7. Evaluation: What Works and How Would We Know? 8. Communication: Who's Listening? 9. The Parole Process: Who Goes Home? 10. Heuristics and Biases: How Can We Be So Stupid? 11. Are We Hardwired for Poor Judgement? 12. The Future of Forensic (and Maybe Other) Psychology. 13. Leaving the Science Behind. References.

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Almost every story of maternal infanticide starts with 'the baby wouldn't stop crying'. But the story is more than' just bad or mentally ill mothers who lethally assault their baby. The story is about how hard it is to be a good mother in a society where women are expected to raise their children in their spare time and with their spare change. This expectation is grounded in a modern mothering ideology of unclear, overwhelming gender socialized expectations of what good mothers are supposed to be and do and assumes mothers have access to the economic and support resources necessary for this monumental job. The struggle of being a 'good mother' is common to all mothers and requires much more time and resources than most mothers have available to them. In today's society, almost all mothers must have a paying job just to make ends meet. Their job takes up most of their day and leaves little time for the demands of parenting. Gender segregated jobs and economic inequality of women leave mothers with pay checks that are insufficient for homecare, childcare, and healthcare and leaves them eking out basic goods such as food, diapers, and medicine. And they are powerless to change their situation. For some mothers, like the ones discussed in this book, the struggle overwhelms them and they commit a terrible, heavily-regretted act that costs them their child's life, their family, their freedom, and their piece of mind for the rest of their lives. This book examines the social, economic and cultural conditions and stressors under which mothers commit infanticide, and shows how these conditions affect the ability to meet societal and self-perceived expectations of 'good' mothering. As mothers perceive that they are failing to meet these expectations, the likelihood of violence toward the infant increases. This failure is the result of cultural and economic inequalities that are situated in the context of increasingly anomic, unrealistic expectations of mothering and decreasing social support and economic resources necessary for fulfilling the role identity of mother.

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Book SynopsisThe ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Transnational illicit markets have been transformed by the digital revolution. They take advantage of encryption technologies, smartphones, social media applications and cryptocurrencies that protect the digital traces of buyers and sellers, posing new challenges to drug control policies and public health alike. Digital Transformations of Illicit Drug Markets: Reconfiguration and Continuity considers how the digital revolution has changed the selling and buying of illicit substances through increased convenience and anonymisation. Providing a uniquely interdisciplinary perspective, chapters show how the digital transformation of illicit drug markets combines a reconfiguration of how sellers and buyers interact in new markets. Emphasising that illicit digital markets are embedded in societal structures and power relations in general, contributors also recognise the importance of critical perspectives on inequalities between the Global North and South as well as issues of gender. Digital Transformations of Illicit Drug Markets: Reconfiguration and Continuity challenges the field of criminology to recognise the limits of its traditional knowledge and move beyond the preoccupations that restrict crime to certain fixed spaces in order to develop new explanations.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: The digital transformations of illicit drug markets as a process of reconfiguration and continuity; Meropi Tzanetakis and Nigel South Part I: Embeddedness of digital drug markets Chapter 2. Social media applications and ‘surface web’ mediated supply of illicit drugs: Emergent and established market risks and contradictions; Ross Coomber, Andrew Childs, Leah Moyle, and Monica Barratt Chapter 3. Trust in cryptomarkets for illicit drugs; Kim Moeller Chapter 4. Drugs and the dark web: The Americanisation of policing and online criminal law from an Australian perspective ; Ian J. Warren and Emma Ryan Part II: Understanding drug demand online Chapter 5. ‘Waiting for the delivery man’: Temporalities of addiction, withdrawal, and the pleasures of drug time in a darknet cryptomarket; Angus Bancroft Chapter 6. When home delivery trumps a shady warehouse deal. An exploratory study of Belgian cryptomarket buyers’ profile and their motives to buy online; Charlotte Colman Part III: Power relations Chapter 7. Cultural politics, reciprocal relations, and operational agility in online drug markets; Nicolae Craciunescu and Nigel South Chapter 8. Gender representations in online modafinil markets; Jennifer Fleetwood and Caroline Chatwin Chapter 9. Cryptomarkets and drug market gentrification; James Martin Chapter 10. The dark side of cryptomarkets: Towards a new dialectic of self-exploitation within platform capitalism; Meropi Tzanetakis and Stefan A. Marx

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Book SynopsisFew studies have explored the lives of imprisoned transgender women and none consider non-binary prisoners. Transgender and Non-Binary Prisoners' Experiences in England and Wales fills this gap by delving deep into their ordeals.Drawing on a three-year project of correspondence with nineteen trans women and four non-binary persons incarcerated in men's prisons as well as a critical analysis of the Prison Service policies and practices, Olga Suhomlinova and Saoirse Caitlin O'Shea bring to light the realities of these lives, in the prisoners' own words. Rich in inimitable detail, Transgender and Non-Binary Prisoners' Experiences in England and Wales documents the struggles against harassment and abuse, the challenges of access to transgender healthcare and feminine items, and the complexities of relationships with other prisoners and staff, revealing the strength of character required to maintain individual identity in a totalising institution. The participant

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Book SynopsisTaking a unique approach to bring the theories of desistance and of development criminology to life, the chapters in this book are framed around a single individual's life-story which have inspired rigorous, evidence-based and scholarly chapters on key issues in criminology.

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Book SynopsisRunning the gamut from the infamous ‘pig butchering’ romance con to sophisticated online extortion and investment fraud, Southeast Asia has emerged as the global hub for cybercrime. Based on years of field research, Scam takes an in-depth look at the history and inner dynamics of the region’s online scam industry. Revealed are the appalling working conditions — akin to modern slavery — in the hundreds of prisonlike compounds that have mushroomed throughout multiple countries. The result is a shocking exposé of victims forced to be perpetrators, a tragic modern tale.

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Book SynopsisTying the story of the development of the laws of war to key changes occurring within society, A Socio-Legal History of the Laws of War: The Birth of International Humanitarian Law examines the emergence of international law and legal orders whereby more precisely articulated, formalized, and codified laws of war were adopted.

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Book SynopsisSensory Penalities reflects an explosion in explorations of the sensory and disrupts conventional expectations of both form and focus by expanding anthropological practices and craft into the field of criminology and criminological research.

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