Crime & criminology
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Crime & criminology
Hardback. This work pieces together the complex story of the Shanghai Green Gang and its charismatic leader, Du Yuesheng. In analyzing the Green Gang's system of organized crime in Shanghai, the author aims to broaden understanding of a critical aspect of Chinese urban history. Num Pages: 279 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJG; HBJF; HBLW; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 279
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520201149
- ISBN
- 9780520201149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.83€ 49.03
€ 61.83
€ 49.03
Paperback. Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees fit to take a share of. Yet despite his appalling record of aggression, Brian is a man who lives by rules and respect. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp mono illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGA; JFFE; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 196. 288 pages, 8pp mono illustrations. Brian Cockerill has ruled his world with an iron fist. Using nothing but his hands as weapons, he has patrolled the streets, clubs and raves of Britain in order to keep order and to 'tax' those whose ill-gotten gains he sees fit to take a share of. Yet despite his appalling record of aggression, Brian is a man who lives by rules and respect. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; BGA; JFFE; JKV. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight: 196.
- Publisher
- John Blake
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844544882
- ISBN
- 9781844544882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Studies of Northern Ireland's ex-combatants ignore religion, while advocates of religious interventions in transitional justice exaggerate its influence. Using interview data with ex-combatants, this book explores religious influences upon violence and peace, and develops a model for evaluating the role of religion in transitional justice. Series: Palgrave Studies in Compromise After Conflict. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; HRAM; JKV; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349452705
- ISBN
- 9781349452705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.37
€ 126.37
Hardback. Editor(s): Lewis, Brenda. Num Pages: 181 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKVP1; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 159 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781536100389
- ISBN
- 9781536100389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.83€ 152.07
€ 201.83
€ 152.07
Paperback. This is the first book to analyse the use of rape as a tactic of war and international progress away from tacit acceptance to active rejection of this violation of international law. Including powerful testimonies of victims, it is a much-needed volume for academic and professional communities. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JKV; JWXK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447326700
- ISBN
- 9781447326700
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.54
€ 38.54
Paperback. DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent and let the guilty walk free. In this unsettling analysis, Garrett examines what went wrong in the cases of the first 250 people exonerated by DNA testing, and proposes systemic reforms. Num Pages: 376 pages, 18 graphs. BIC Classification: JKVF1; LNAA; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674066113
- ISBN
- 9780674066113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.52
€ 27.99
€ 25.52
Borderline Crime: Fugitive Criminals and the Challenge of the Border, ...
Bradley The Osgoode Society; Miller
hardcover. Borderline Crime examines how law reacted to the challenge of the border in British North America and post-Confederation Canada.Miller also reveals how the law remained confused, amorphous, and often ineffectual at confronting the threat of the border to the rule of law. Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JKV; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487501273
- ISBN
- 9781487501273
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.97
€ 67.97
Going beyond the newspapers, Killer Weed examines how legal, political, and civil initiatives that have emerged from the media narrative have troubling consequences for a shrinking Canadian civil society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5, 18 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFFH1; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442643673
- ISBN
- 9781442643673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Paperback. Domestic violence in adolescent romantic relationships is an increasingly important and only recently acknowledged social issue. This book provides conceptual frameworks for the design and evaluation of interventions with a focus on developing evidence based practice, as well as a research, practice and policy agenda for consideration. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; JKV; JMC; JMK; JMS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349458004
- ISBN
- 9781349458004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.57
€ 65.57
Paperback. In the search for alternative approaches to punishment and dealing with offenders this book provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging review of the range of issues associated with using the variety of non-custodial sanctions, examining experiences in Scotland and Northern Ireland as well as England and Wales. Editor(s): Bottoms, Sir Anthony (University of Cambridge); Rex, Sue; Robinson, Gwen. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 32. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 456
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843921042
- ISBN
- 9781843921042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.89
€ 60.89
Hardback. In 1970s Las Vegas-a heyday of Mafia misdeed in Sin City-a fearless young man launched a crusade to eradicate organized crime in the casinos. In the process, he revolutionized gaming lawenforcement, came within a hair's breadth of death, and wasbetrayed by a system that was dirty to its core. Hit Me! is his story. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC; JKV; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 34.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780762780723
- ISBN
- 9780762780723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.47
€ 29.99
€ 23.47
Policing the Inner City in France, Britain, and the US (Europe in Cris...
Body-Gendrot, Sophie, de Wenden, Catherine Wi...
Hardcover. This book analyzes and compares the police's inner city presence in France, the US, and Britain. Its authors' research points to the idea that the creation of a more inclusive environment is a sound approach for cities looking to better maintain peace, reduce discrimination, and manage the dynamic between police and citizens in inner cities. Series: Europe in Crisis. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVC; JPB; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427991
- ISBN
- 9781137427991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88
Paperback. Bobby Cummines was only 28 when he passed through the grim gates of Parkhurst, Britain's Alcatraz, as a category - A prisoner with a host of crimes to his name. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785035166
- ISBN
- 9781785035166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.88
€ 19.99
€ 14.88
Paperback. New edition of Morrison's insightful and brilliant account of the Bulger trial. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; DNF; JFSP1; JKVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 3rd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084170
- ISBN
- 9781847084170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.93
€ 17.99
€ 12.93
Hardcover. What do refugee and concentration camps, prisons, terrorist and guerrilla training camps and prisoner of war camps have in common? Arguably they have all followed an 'outsides inside' model, enforcing a dichotomy between perceived 'desirable' and 'undesirable' characteristics. This separation is the subject of Moller's multidisciplinary study. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFD; JKVP; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137502780
- ISBN
- 9781137502780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. Editor(s): Liang, Bin; Lu, Hong. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKVP; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170062
- ISBN
- 9780231170062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.66€ 89.70
€ 116.66
€ 89.70
Paperback. Editor(s): Liang, Bin; Lu, Hong. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKVP; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231170079
- ISBN
- 9780231170079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00€ 29.12
€ 35.00
€ 29.12
Paperback. The story of a self-destructive hard man, bodyguard and boozer whose life was utterly transformed by Christ Num Pages: 208 pages, 8pp colour. BIC Classification: BGX; HRCC92; JKSW1; JKVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857212559
- ISBN
- 9780857212559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Hardcover. This book argues that punishment's function is to communicate a message about an offenders' wrongdoing to society at large. It discusses both 'paradigmatic' cases of punishment, where a state punishes its own citizens, and non-paradigmatic cases such as the punishment of corporations and the punishment of war criminals by international tribunals. Series: Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JKVP; JWXK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137357113
- ISBN
- 9781137357113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
hardcover. This book examines youth justice in a UK and international context, highlighting the challenge facing all jurisdictions in balancing welfare and justice. It explores the impact of political ideas and influences on the structural and practical challenges of delivering youth justice. Series: Social Work in Practice Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JKVQ2. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 172. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781861348401
- ISBN
- 9781861348401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.54
€ 86.54