Crime & criminology
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Crime & criminology
Paperback. This book challenges the widely held conjecture that gangs represent 'the new face of youth crime', repudiating claims which situate the gang at the heart of sexual violence, mass shooting and control of the illegal drugs trade and examining how better we might understand the violence of the street and the organisations that inhabit it. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFFE; JKVC; JKVJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137358097
- ISBN
- 9781137358097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Hardback. This book explores the extent to which children engage with questions of morality, arguing that they are active members of society who have both the capacity and understanding to engage with discourses of morality. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFSP1; JHB; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 220 x 11. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284265
- ISBN
- 9780230284265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65
€ 64.65
paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JMS; LAB; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- SKU
- V9781349462391
- ISBN
- 9781349462391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.21
€ 122.21
Paperback. Air accidents and disasters are often attributed to 'pilot error'. The author argues that such 'blamism' may obscure the underlying cause(s) of a disaster, as errors can also be induced through bad design, poor training, unrealistic rosters, sub-standard maintenance, and other factors totally outside the control of the flight crew. Num Pages: 60 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 6. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Perpetuity Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 62
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899287727
- ISBN
- 9781899287727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.64
€ 62.64
Paperback. In this book, leading academics and policy practitioners develop approaches for managing critical contemporary and emerging security challenges for South East Europe. They attempt to conceptualize and realize security as a cooperative endeavour for collective good, in contrast to security narratives driven by power and national egotism. Editor(s): Cross, S. Series: New Security Challenges. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVM; JPS; JPWL; JW; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349436309
- ISBN
- 9781349436309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.62
€ 63.62
Paperback. A number of studies investigate the extent to which levels of welfare benefits reduce crime among the unemployed. This title expands this literature by testing whether the intensity of other welfare programs aimed at the unemployed affects their criminal activity. Num Pages: 26 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 3. Weight in Grams: 76.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rockwool Foundation Research Unit Denmark
- Number of pages
- 26
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788790199647
- ISBN
- 9788790199647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.84
€ 7.99
€ 7.84
Anticorruption in Transition 2: Corruption in Enterprise-State Interac...
Ryterman, Randi, Gray, Cheryl, Hellman, Joel
Paperback. This work analyzes patterns and trends in corruption in business-government interactions in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. It points to some encouraging signs that the magnitude and negative impact that corruption exerts on businesses may be declining in many countries in the region. Num Pages: 100 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FC; JKV; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- World Bank Publications
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821358085
- ISBN
- 9780821358085
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.31
€ 17.99
€ 16.31
Hardcover. This book defines the concepts of biosecurity, biosafety, and biosurety and shows how they relate to one another under the overall framework of biodefense. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFU; JPWL; JWMC; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470614174
- ISBN
- 9780470614174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.71
€ 104.71
Paperback. Provides an explanation for the increase in number of people in US prisons by more than 450%. This book examines the issue through statewide, rural, and urban perspectives to explain how the expansion developed from surpluses of finance capital, labor, land, and state capacity. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 412 pages, 8 line illustrations, 1 map, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486. Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California. Series: American Crossroads. 412 pages, 8 line illustrations, 1 map, 10 tables. Provides an explanation for the increase in number of people in US prisons by more than 450%. This book examines the issue through statewide, rural, and urban perspectives to explain how the expansion developed from surpluses of finance capital, labor, land, and state capacity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JKVP1. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 25. Weight: 478.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 412
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242012
- ISBN
- 9780520242012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Hardback. In the 21st century celebrities and celebrity culture thrives. This book explores the much noted but little analyzed relationship between celebrity and crime. Criminals who become celebrities and celebrities who become criminals are examined, drawing on Foucault's theory of governance. Series: Cultural Criminology. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JKV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230224681
- ISBN
- 9780230224681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.02
€ 112.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Canadian Scholars Press Canada
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551301747
- ISBN
- 9781551301747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.43
€ 33.99
€ 28.43
Paperback. Considers race and ethnicity as central organizing principles in why, how, where and by whom crimes are committed and enforced. This volume argues that dimensions of race and ethnicity condition the very laws that make certain behaviours criminal, and the determination of who becomes a victim of crime under which circumstances. Editor(s): Peterson, Ruth D.; Krivo, Lauren J.; Hagan, John. Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 430 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814767207
- ISBN
- 9780814767207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
€ 36.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSL; BGH; JKVP1; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 27. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509829408
- ISBN
- 9781509829408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.33
€ 15.99
€ 12.33
Hardback. This book examines the most recent and contentious issues in relation to cybercrime facing the world today, and how best to address them. The contributors show how Eastern and Western nations are responding to the challenges of cybercrime, and the latest trends and issues in cybercrime prevention and control. Editor(s): Smith, Russell G.; Chak-Chung Cheung, Ray; Yiu-Chung Lau, Laurie. Series: Palgrave Macmillan's Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 19 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFMG; JKV; PDR; UR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474155
- ISBN
- 9781137474155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.10
€ 65.10
Hardcover. Editor(s): Javitze, Russell D. Num Pages: 166 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 166
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606926574
- ISBN
- 9781606926574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.74€ 44.39
€ 61.74
€ 44.39
Hardcover. Editor(s): Boysen, Russell C. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP1; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626183414
- ISBN
- 9781626183414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.18€ 154.92
€ 227.18
€ 154.92
Paperback. "Discovering Highwaymen". Series: Shire Discovering. Num Pages: 88 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 177 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications Ltd
- Number of pages
- 88
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747802600
- ISBN
- 9780747802600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.89
€ 8.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 191 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKSW1; JKVC; JNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Impact Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 191
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570230356
- ISBN
- 9781570230356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.60
€ 20.99
€ 15.60
paperback. This collection, from a range of leading international scholars, looks at penal practice in a variety of different European countries. Noting particularities as well as similarities, such as the overuse of imprisonment and the use of harsher sanctions against the poor, this book questions how we justify and deliver punishment in Europe. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; JKVP; JP; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349439966
- ISBN
- 9781349439966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Punishment in Europe: A Critical Anatomy of Penal Systems (Palgrave St...
Ruggiero, Vincenzo, Ryan, Mick
Hardcover. This collection, from a range of leading international scholars, looks at penal practice in a variety of different European countries. Noting particularities as well as similarities, such as the overuse of imprisonment and the use of harsher sanctions against the poor, this book questions how we justify and deliver punishment in Europe. Editor(s): Ruggiero, Vincenzo; Ryan, Mick. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 328 pages, 29 tables, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1D; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137028204
- ISBN
- 9781137028204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.52
€ 65.52