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paperback. Shows how two well-established, traditional criminal law defenses - the doctrines of provocation and self-defense - enable certain defendants to more easily justify their acts of violence than others. This work suggests three tentative legal reforms to address problems of bias and undue leniency. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 371 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
371
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814751169
ISBN
9780814751169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.60

Paperback. This is a thorough assessment of the gripping yet gruesome topic of Latin American violence. Written by leading scholars from the Americas and Europe, this is the most comprehensive study of the subject to date and it focuses specifically on state-supported murder and violence. Editor(s): Johnson, Eric A.; Salvatore, Ricardo; Spierenburg, Pieter. Series: Bulletin of Latin American Research Book Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFFE; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118657355
ISBN
9781118657355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBBS; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Lean Marketing Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604732467
ISBN
9781604732467
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.96

Paperback. From the award-winning, critically acclaimed Charles Bowden, a stunning work of reportage on Ciudad Juarez--the blood-soaked town caught in the crosshairs of Mexico's escalating drug wars Num Pages: 352 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BTC; HBJK; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 24. Weight in Grams: 372. Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields. 352 pages, b/w photos. Presents a devastating chronicle of a city in collapse. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; BTC; HBJK; JKVG. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 24. Weight: 382.
Publisher
Nation Books
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568586458
ISBN
9781568586458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.32

Paperback. Series: American Crime Stories. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BG; BTC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781621573210
ISBN
9781621573210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.90

Hardback. Series: A Roaring Twenties Mystery. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0020020
ISBN
9780727887146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. An unlikely journalist, a Mississippi murder plagued by revelations, and a fascinating true-crime story of race, money, sex, and power in the modern American South - all told in the sharply original style of Louis Theroux and Jon Ronson. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; 3JMG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Blackfriars
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349134260
ISBN
9780349134260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.01

Hardcover. Tells the story of how Boston went from an epidemic of juvenile homicide and violent crime to initiate a "process" which brought hard fought and surprising positive results. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFE; JKVC; JKVQ2; JMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 605.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787969806
ISBN
9780787969806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BTC; JKVM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 255 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Barricade Books
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934878494
ISBN
9780934878494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.77

Calls attention to the misuse of democracy to justify and commit genocide Num Pages: 456 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTZ; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803224803
ISBN
9780803224803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816524631
ISBN
9780816524631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.35

paperback. Between 1868 and 1935, four killings in the state of Virginia attracted extensive press coverage and led to the press itself playing a role in the construction of the killings and the reporting of them. This text explores the interplay of national media and culture with Southern law and values. Series: American South Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JFD; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780813922089
ISBN
9780813922089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.61

hardcover. Murder, Inc. and the Moral Life: Gangsters and Gangbusters in La Guardia's New York tells the story of the notorious 1930s Brooklyn gang nicknamed "Murder, Inc." Murder, Inc. is as well an extended moral reflection on the phenomenon of gangsters in general and the Murder, Inc. gang in particular Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; BTC; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780823271559
ISBN
9780823271559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.88

paperback. Discusses the role the media play in cultivating, shaping, and directing the collective emotional response toward crime Num Pages: 222 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253223395
ISBN
9780253223395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.75

Paperback. This is a history of the murder of Joshua Spooner in Brookfield, Massachusetts, in March 1778 and the execution of his wife Bathsheba and three accomplices four months later. It also provides newspaper accounts and trial records at that time. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; BTC; HBJK; HBLH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558493346
ISBN
9781558493346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; HDD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 276 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816525799
ISBN
9780816525799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.35

Hardcover. Axel Bundgaard has produced a work exploring the introduction and nature of sport in the controlled environment of the American boarding school. Using archival material from several eastern boarding schools founded in the 18th and 19th centuries, Bundgaard traces this process from its beginnings in the boarding schools of Victorian England. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBT; JNLP; WSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630821
ISBN
9780815630821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.03

Paperback. One form of the new manly culture practised by American men in the late 19th century, developed out of the Protestant churches, was known as muscular Christianity. This study details how Protestant leaders promoted competitive sports and physical education to create an ideal of Christian manliness. Num Pages: 310 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC9; JFSJ2; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011250
ISBN
9780674011250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 168 x 6. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486425603
ISBN
9780486425603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.49

Paperback. Museums and the Public Sphere investigates the role of museums in England, Hong Kong, Australia and the United States in engaging in public discourse, and gauges their ability to operate as sites of democratic public space. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FPCH; 1KBB; 1MBF; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118274835
ISBN
9781118274835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.06

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