Catálogo de libros: Delito y criminología

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  • Current Issues in Criminal Justice
    Christopher James Utecht / Darren Stocker / Jeff Czarnec
    Featuring chapters written by current and former criminal justice professionals, Current Issues in Criminal Justice provides students with an examination of the most pertinent issues, phenomena, and trends within the discipline today.The book begins with an examination of the constitutional basis for the criminal justice system and the limitations placed upon it by the Constitu...
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    78,97 €

  • Education, Engagement, and Youth Crime
    Cassandra Thoars / David Moltow
    This book presents insights into how affective educational experiences may be associated with youth criminal behaviour and the pathway to recidivism. It explores the perspectives and lived school experiences of five young adult male prison inmates, including while they were incarcerated as youths. Through these case studies, the book explores the relationship between affective ...
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    133,09 €

  • Ethics in Qualitative Criminological Research
    Mohammed Rahman / Ross Deuchar
    Providing academic insights, reflections, and practical guidance on ethically conducting qualitative criminological research, this book emphasizes real-life examples to navigate research risks, boundaries, and emotions while spotlighting reflexivity as a pivotal tool for qualitative inquiries. ...
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    88,82 €

  • The Cryptocurrency and Digital Asset Fraud Casebook, Volume II
    Jason Scharfman
    Cryptocurrencies and digital assets have continued to gain widespread acceptance from both retail and institutional investors. As part of this continued growth, there has been an unfortunate series of ongoing and increasingly sophisticated frauds, Ponzi schemes, and hacks that have cost investors billions of dollars. Since the publication of the original Cryptocurrency and Digi...
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    82,86 €

  • Reparations by Non-State Armed Groups under International Law
    Olivia Herman
    This book examines whether and how non-state armed groups might be required to provide reparations for the harm caused by their violations of international law committed during situations of non-international armed conflict. ...
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    240,81 €

  • Crime Prevention in Today’s America
    Deborah Robinson / Douglas Robinson
    Crime Prevention in Today’s America explores various crime prevention strategies and initiatives, offering a comprehensive platform for understanding this crucial area in the context of contemporary criminal justice. The text examines historical crime prevention methods and the theoretical foundations of crime prevention, as well as physical, developmental, and situational appr...
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    118,71 €

  • The Illustrated Guide to Social Science Research
    Divya Sharma
    This accessible and engaging textbook helps students to get to grips with key concepts, issues, and practices in social science research through the use of fun and informative illustrations and examples. ...
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    67,15 €

  • The Illustrated Guide to Social Science Research
    Divya Sharma
    This accessible and engaging textbook helps students to get to grips with key concepts, issues, and practices in social science research through the use of fun and informative illustrations and examples. ...
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    243,01 €

  • Refugees and Asylum Seekers in East Asia
    This edited volume fills a gap in current research on asylum seekers and refugees. By focusing on two East Asian countries, Japan and Taiwan, this volume offers material for comparison and reflection on an area of the world in which this theme is still relatively underdeveloped. By approaching the theme through the different perspectives of human rights, social construction thr...
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    70,14 €

  • Corrections in Crisis
    Hayden P. Smith
    Corrections in Crisis: Learning from the 2018 Lee Prison Riot examines the events surrounding the riot at Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, South Carolina, on April 15, 2018, the largest prison riot in 25 years. Utilizing a blend of theory, methodology, and evaluation, the book dissects this incident-a microcosm of broader systemic issues within the United States’ cr...
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    98,49 €

  • Policing Rape
    Elizabeth A. Stanko / Katrin Hohl
    This book addresses the question of why police investigations continue to fail most rape victim-survivors and puts forward a framework for what policing can do to change this. ...
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    241,24 €

  • Contemporary Challenges in the Jury System
    Nicola Monaghan
    This work explores issues facing contemporary juries, such as rapid advances in technology, changing dynamics and behaviours in society, and challenges aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. It presents research from various disciplines and jurisdictions, taking legal, psychological and criminological perspectives. ...
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    241,09 €

  • Policing Rape
    Elizabeth A. Stanko / Katrin Hohl
    This book addresses the question of why police investigations continue to fail most rape victim-survivors and puts forward a framework for what policing can do to change this. ...
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    66,74 €

  • The American City in Crime Films
    Andrew J. Baranauskas
    Analysing crime movies set in Detroit, Miami, Boston, Las Vegas, and Gotham City, this book examines the role that American cities play as characters in crime films. ...
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    241,42 €

  • Left-Behind Children’s Juvenile Delinquency and Substance Abuse in China
    Jason Hung
    This book constructs the theoretical framework based on a range of prominent social theories to address how juvenile delinquency is socioeconomically constructed. Here the presentation of conceptual details is supported by Chinese literature that rationalises, problematises, and analyses how left-behind children are vulnerable to premature smoking, heavy drinking and drug abuse...
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    145,64 €

  • Scams, Cons, Frauds, and Deceptions
    This unique volume presents cutting-edge research on the nature and extent of a wide range of scams, cons, frauds, and deceptive activities, including sextortion, the use of ransomware, phishing, identity theft, Ponzi schemes, online shopping fraud, gift card scams, and health care fraud targeting elderly victims. ...
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    244,30 €

  • Statistical Analyses for Criminal Justice and Criminology
    Michael J. DeValve
    This book is a how-to guide for statistical analyses designed for undergraduates and others new to the subject. It uses a conceptual framework, starting with the most basic concepts of statistics and moving up through the capacity to perform bivariate regression. ...
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    244,10 €

  • Statistical Analyses for Criminal Justice and Criminology
    Michael J. DeValve
    This book is a how-to guide for statistical analyses designed for undergraduates and others new to the subject. It uses a conceptual framework, starting with the most basic concepts of statistics and moving up through the capacity to perform bivariate regression. ...
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    66,36 €

  • Criminology
    Finn-Aage Esbensen / Gilbert Geis / Stephen E. Brown
    Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Eleventh Edition, offers a broad perspective on criminological theory.This revision offers new chapters on critical theory and on life-course criminology and is updated throughout to reflect current trends in criminological theory and data. ...
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    155,74 €

  • Criminology
    Finn-Aage Esbensen / Gilbert Geis / Stephen E. Brown
    Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Eleventh Edition, offers a broad perspective on criminological theory.This revision offers new chapters on critical theory and on life-course criminology and is updated throughout to reflect current trends in criminological theory and data. ...
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    460,61 €

  • Justice in the Age of Agnosis
    This book seeks to further the understanding of the human experience of coerced and forced ignorance on social, human rights and criminal justice related topics, drawing together scholars from multiple, disciplinary fronts. It argues that people in our social world are forced or coerced through either implicatory or interpretive denial that is normalized through specific cultur...
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    169,30 €

  • Worth Seeing
    Amy L Williams / Amy L. Williams
    While most of society views high-risk youth with fear or disregard, Amy Williams has come to see them through God’s eyes-as having tremendous value and potential. With stories and practical tips from three decades of ministry, Amy challenges perceptions and increases compassion for these youth who are often pushed to the margins of society. ...
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    19,85 €

  • The Routledge Handbook on Global Community Corrections
    The Routledge Handbook on Global Community Corrections assesses and analyses the status of community corrections systems around the world, highlighting inter-regional and intra-regional variations in their design, implementation, and impact on policy and practice. ...
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    381,07 €

  • Policing the Pandemic
    Christopher M. Donner / Jon Maskály / Sanja Kutnjak Ivković
    This book explores how police agencies in United Kingdom and the United States have adjusted to their changing environments, both during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and later, when the restrictions have been relaxed and the societies have begun to develop their new normal. ...
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    213,57 €

  • Policing the Pandemic
    Christopher M. Donner / Jon Maskály / Sanja Kutnjak Ivković
    This book explores how police agencies in United Kingdom and the United States have adjusted to their changing environments, both during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and later, when the restrictions have been relaxed and the societies have begun to develop their new normal. ...
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    64,77 €

  • Trial Watchers
    Mike Petchenik / Neil R. Gordon
    What makes a true crime fan worthy of the title? Is it a degree, or simply a vested interest? Trial Watchers seeks to explain the 'why' behind true crime fans’ incredible dedication to their passion.In the age of the internet, digital footprints are everywhere. And some people have the patience, talent, and interest to follow them into shadowed corners of the world where cold c...
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    22,17 €

  • Justice and Recovery for Victimised Children
    This open access book contributes to ongoing discussions about how societies should respond to children who have experienced violence and abuse by delving into the Barnahus model: a multidisciplinary and co-located model whose aim is to provide both justice and recovery to victimised children. The promising model was first implemented in the Nordic region and is currently being...
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    70,68 €

  • A Career in Corrections
    Norman Rose
    This book offers a first-hand view of complexities and challenges within the field of corrections. Personal stories, policy insights, and professional reflections based on the author’s extensive experiences intertwine to give a candid look at the correctional landscape.The author delves into the evolution of Ohio’s corrections system, addressing prison management, politics, sec...
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    51,76 €

  • Muslim Women between Community and Individual Rights
    Fatima Mukaddam
    This book presents an in-depth exploration of the intricate negotiations of married Muslim women within Cape Town’s Muslim communities, navigating the complexities of legal pluralism governed by Muslim Personal Law (MPL). Spanning historical epochs from colonialism to the democratic era, it argues that MPL’s informal status perpetuates patriarchal norms, especially in the domai...
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    145,44 €

  • Statistics in Criminal Justice Today
    Frank Schmalleger / Patrick Webb / Stephen Marson
    Statistics in Criminal Justice Today provides students with an introduction to statistics in the social sciences with emphasis on fundamental terms, critical analytical processes, and practical application.The text covers a wide range of research-related topics within the general academic scope of the social sciences. This approach helps students overcome negative preconceived ...
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    190,38 €