Delito y criminología

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  • Policing and Public Trust
    Eccy de Jonge
    The treatment of victims and complainants by the police is examined in this pioneering new work. Case studies, based on interviews carried out at the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Criminal Justice Studies, in the United Kingdom, reveal that victims and complainants are routinely discredited by police agencies. Whilst in the United States, victims may include anyone su...
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    129,13 €

  • Love as human virtue and human need and its role in the lives of long-term prisoners
    Christina Valeska Straub
    While the importance of love is rarely questioned, the effects of its presence and absence in certain environments often goes unnoticed. This book analyses the role of love in the lives of prisoners in a low security English prison. It seeks to provide a deeper insight into the meaning and role of love as a dual concept in the social-ecology of human existence, human developmen...
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    82,88 €

  • The Impact of Global Drug Policy on Women
    The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. Examining the impact of drug criminalisation on a previously overlooked demographic, this book argues that women are disproportionately affected by a flawed policy approach. ...
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    45,41 €

  • For Abolition
    David Scott
    According to Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) ’Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.’ Connecting the politics of abolition to wider emancipatory struggles for liberation and social justice, this book argues that penal abolitionism should be understood as an important public critical pedagogy and philosophy of hope that can help t...
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    47,92 €

  • The Codes of the Street in Risky Neighborhoods
    Abdul Rauf / Muhammad Zaman / Steffen Zdun
    This book presents a comparative look at the norms and attitudes related to youth violence. It aims to present a perspective outside of the typical Western context, through case studies comparing a developed / Western democracy (Germany), a country with a history of institutionalized violence (South Africa), and an emerging democracy that has experienced heavy terrorism (Pakist...
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    74,30 €

  • Target Suitability and the Crime Drop
    G Farrell / John D Maguire / R Clarke
    This is a chapter from The Criminal Act: The Role and Influence of Routine Activity Theory edited by Martin A. Andresen and Graham Farrell. This chapter is available open access under a CC BY license. Target suitability is a cornerstone of Marcus Felson’s routine activities approach, and critical in determining crime rates. Recent research identifies reduced target suitability,...
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    58,46 €

  • The Codes of the Street in Risky Neighborhoods
    Abdul Rauf / Muhammad Zaman / Steffen Zdun
    This book presents a comparative look at the norms and attitudes related to youth violence. It aims to present a perspective outside of the typical Western context, through case studies comparing a developed / Western democracy (Germany), a country with a history of institutionalized violence (South Africa), and an emerging democracy that has experienced heavy terrorism (Pakist...
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    58,78 €

  • Chapter 5
    Graham Farrell / Nick Tilley / Ronald V Clarke
    This chapter is open access under a CC BY license. It is from The Criminal Act: The Role and Influence of Routine Activity Theory, edited by Martin A. Andresen and Graham Farrell. The full volume provides a unique collection of essays in honour of the work of Marcus Felson and his notable contribution to routine activity theory, environmental criminology and the discipline more...
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    44,55 €

  • Target Suitability and the Crime Drop
    G Farrell / John D Maguire / R Clarke
    This is a chapter from The Criminal Act: The Role and Influence of Routine Activity Theory edited by Martin A. Andresen and Graham Farrell. This chapter is available open access under a CC BY license. Target suitability is a cornerstone of Marcus Felson’s routine activities approach, and critical in determining crime rates. Recent research identifies reduced target suitability,...
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    43,37 €

  • White-Collar Crime in the Shadow Economy
    Lars Gunnesdal / Petter Gottschalk
    This open access book examines the magnitude, causes of, and reactions to white-collar crime, based on the theories and research of those who have uncovered various forms of white-collar crime. It argues that the offenders who are convicted represent only ’the tip of the iceberg’ of a much greater problem: because white-collar crime is forced to compete with other kinds of fina...
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    43,73 €

  • White-Collar Crime in the Shadow Economy
    Lars Gunnesdal / Petter Gottschalk
    This open access book examines the magnitude, causes of, and reactions to white-collar crime, based on the theories and research of those who have uncovered various forms of white-collar crime. It argues that the offenders who are convicted represent only ’the tip of the iceberg’ of a much greater problem: because white-collar crime is forced to compete with other kinds of fina...
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    58,09 €

  • Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse
    Emma Battell Lowman / Sarah Tarlow
    This open access book is the culmination of many years of research on what happened to the bodies of executed criminals in the past. Focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it looks at the consequences of the 1752 Murder Act. These criminal bodies had a crucial role in the history of medicine, and the history of crime, and great symbolic resonance in literature and...
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    67,58 €

  • Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse
    Emma Battell Lowman / Sarah Tarlow
    This open access book is the culmination of many years of research on what happened to the bodies of executed criminals in the past. Focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it looks at the consequences of the 1752 Murder Act. These criminal bodies had a crucial role in the history of medicine, and the history of crime, and great symbolic resonance in literature and...
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    83,10 €

  • Forensic Genetics in the Governance of Crime
    Helena Machado / Rafaela Granja
    This open access book uses a critical sociological perspective to explore contemporary ways of reformulating the governance of crime through genetics. Through the lens of scientific knowledge and genetic technology, Machado and Granja offer a unique perspective on current trends in crime governance. They explore the place and role of genetics in criminal justice systems, and sh...
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    67,95 €

  • Forensic Genetics in the Governance of Crime
    Helena Machado / Rafaela Granja
    This open access book uses a critical sociological perspective to explore contemporary ways of reformulating the governance of crime through genetics. Through the lens of scientific knowledge and genetic technology, Machado and Granja offer a unique perspective on current trends in crime governance. They explore the place and role of genetics in criminal justice systems, and sh...
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    53,59 €

  • Transnational Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in the Second Decade of the 21st Century in the Dominican Republic, Suriname, Venezuela, French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe
    Daurius Figueira
    This work is an analysis of the power relations between Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) and the apex trafficking States of the Dominican Republic, Suriname, Venezuela, French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe in the second decade of the 21st Century. This analysis focuses on the business models of TOC groups involved in these apex trafficking states of the Caribbean Basin, ...
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    15,93 €

  • My Letter to Dr. William (Bill) Henry Cosby
    Marilyn Louise Steede / Marilyn Steede
    Marilyn Louise Steede’s My Letter to Dr. William (Bill) Henry Cosby acknowledges the internationally renowned celebrity who took a well-publicized turn from being famous to infamous.This book is not what is customarily presented by authors, i.e., being the judge, jury, and executioner regarding Bill Cosby’s current plight. Rather it is written from the objective of recognizing ...
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    7,63 €

  • Culture, Crime and Punishment
    Ronald Kramer
    This innovative introductory textbook to the growing field of cultural criminology examines the importance of understanding the cultural contexts in which crime and crime control take place. It describes and discusses the field’s theoretical and methodological foundations, its links to other theoretical traditions, and its limits and criticisms. By exploring substantive areas s...
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    60,41 €

  • Culture, Crime and Punishment
    Ronald Kramer
    This innovative introductory textbook to the growing field of cultural criminology examines the importance of understanding the cultural contexts in which crime and crime control take place. It describes and discusses the field’s theoretical and methodological foundations, its links to other theoretical traditions, and its limits and criticisms. By exploring substantive areas s...
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    193,69 €

  • American Evil
    Eric Cullen
    Based on clinical experience of killers. Includes a selection of USA/UK serial killer studies. Exposes police and other failings and shortcomings and the perversity of ‘defences’, ‘excuses’, etc. Strongly critical of USA gun laws and attitudes or perspectives making for an unhealthy environment, moral vacuum and lack of official/individual awareness and responsibility.Dr Eric C...
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    36,06 €

  • Mothering from the Inside
    Kelly Lockwood
    The book takes a holistic approach to highlight and explore the range of issues specifically associated with mothering and imprisonment, from sentencing, through custody to resettlement and focusing on the perspective of mothers and their children. ...
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    142,83 €

  • Death in Custody
    Dr Jo Easton
    Death in Custody shows that procedural justice theory is relevant for participation in processes investigating human rights violations. It includes key recommendations on how to ensure participation can be fair and effective. ...
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    142,77 €

  • Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization
    The fifteen chapters in this volume of Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance discuss a number of issues researchers in the fields of sociology, criminology, and criminal justice theorize, conceptualize, and measure racialization and counter-radicalization. ...
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    174,32 €

  • Law in popular belief
    Anthony Amatrudo
    This book looks at the relationship between statute law and legal practice. It examines how law is applied in reality and more precisely how law is perceived by the general public in contrast to the legal profession. It explores how myths are created about the law and how myths are created by the law. ...
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    37,06 €

  • Online Anti-Rape Activism
    Rachel Loney-Howes
    The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. This book examines the nature, use and scope of online spaces for anti-rape activism, offering a critical commentary on its limitations and potentials. ...
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    46,20 €

  • Women in American Prisons
    Jessie L. Krienert / Jessie LKrienert / Mark S. Fleisher / Mark SFleisher
    A fascinating look at the social life of women in prison. Intended to shine the light on prison social life in the face of allegations of all sorts of misconduct and deviant behaviors. ...
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    96,25 €

  • Women in American Prisons
    Mark S. Fleisher / Mark SFleisher
    A fascinating look at the social life of women in prison. Intended to shine the light on prison social life in the face of allegations of all sorts of misconduct and deviant behaviors. ...
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    129,48 €

  • Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice
    Anthony Walsh / Lee Ellis / Richard D. Hartley / Richard DHartley
    The second edition of Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice is a core text for criminology and criminal justice research methods courses. This text offers a general foundation of knowledge that transcends particular topics or subject areas, allowing students to apply the methods and concepts discussed to a multitude of scenarios. Within the first five chapters, ...
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    194,93 €

  • Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice
    Anthony Walsh / Lee Ellis / Richard D. Hartley / Richard DHartley
    The second edition of Research Methods for Criminology and Criminal Justice is a core text for criminology and criminal justice research methods courses. This text offers a general foundation of knowledge that transcends particular topics or subject areas, allowing students to apply the methods and concepts discussed to a multitude of scenarios. Within the first five chapters, ...
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    96,18 €

  • Feeling the heat
    Alan March / James Ogloff / Janet Stanley
    In the context of climate change, world population growth and crashing ecological systems, wildfire is often a catastrophic and traumatic event. Its impact can include loss of life, life-changing injuries, long-term psychological stress; increases in domestic violence; destruction of properties, business and livestock; long-term housing insecurity; increased insurance premiums,...
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    58,79 €


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