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Crime & criminology
Hardcover. We live in the age of international crime but when did it begin? This book examines the period when crime became an international issue (1881-1914), exploring issues such as 'world-shrinking' changes in transportation, communication and commerce, and concerns about alien criminality, white slave trading and anarchist outrages. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230238183
- ISBN
- 9780230238183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Hardcover. This book is about relating the concepts of rape and murder in both senses of the term; that is the way rape and murder are linked and related and also how stories of rape and murder are related or told. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ; JKV; JMK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362. Narratives of Sex, Death and Gender. 208 pages, 1 black & white tables. This book is about relating the concepts of rape and murder in both senses of the term; that is the way rape and murder are linked and related and also how stories of rape and murder are related or told. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ; JKV; JMK. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 18. Weight: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242029
- ISBN
- 9780230242029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardcover. Efforts to counter terrorism are drawing increasingly on community-based initiatives and a partnership between police officers and members of specific social groups. This book analyses the potential of these initiatives and the role played by factors such as community engagement, gender and religion, and the tensions that these create. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVC; JKVM; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242135
- ISBN
- 9780230242135
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.40
€ 127.40
Globalization and Borders: Death at the Global Frontier (Transnational...
Weber, Leanne, Pickering, Sharon
Hardcover. This book analyzes the political and material conditions driving contemporary border control policies and discusses the processes that mediate popular and official understandings of border-related fatalities. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; JKVC; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247345
- ISBN
- 9780230247345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.45
€ 67.45
Hardcover. Exploring the illegal drug issue in international context, this book looks at why harmonization has not already taken place at the European level. It considers the desirability and viability of harmonization, examines the conflict between repressive and liberal drug policies and applies a multi-level governance lens to the issue. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKVG; JPB; JPSN2; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230271869
- ISBN
- 9780230271869
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. Despite reports of exile proving disastrous to the region, 300,000 Russian subjects, from political dissidents to the elderly and mentally disabled, were deported to Siberia from 1823-61. Their stories of physical and psychological suffering, heroism and personal resurrection, are recounted in this compelling history of tsarist Siberian exile. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJ; HBLL; JKVP; JPVR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273269
- ISBN
- 9780230273269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.15
€ 128.15
Hardcover. This topical book uses the recent Dano Sonnex and Baby Peter cases to analyze the problems facing both probation and child protection under conditions of economic recession and public spending cuts. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSB1; JKSN; JKVQ; JKVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230275379
- ISBN
- 9780230275379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardcover. Drawing on research in men's long-term, maximum-security prisons, this book examines three interconnected problems: the tendency of the prison to obscure other social problems and conceal its own failings, the pursuit of greater levels of human security through repressive and violent means and the persistence of the belief in the problem of 'evil'. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282933
- ISBN
- 9780230282933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Hardcover. This collection focuses on the existential predicaments and choices that underpin current debates and developments in the governance of crime and criminal justice and argues for the relevance of existentialist thought for enhancing a critical and philosophically inspired criminological imagination. Editor(s): Lippens, Ronnie. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HPS; JKV; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230283152
- ISBN
- 9780230283152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Fear is ingrained in the history of cities but our short-sightedness prevents us from grasping its evolution over time. Increasingly, risk and fear are experienced, portrayed and discussed as globalized phenomena, particularly since 9/11. This research puts urban insecurity in perspective, with a comparison of world cities in the North and South. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKVC; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284210
- ISBN
- 9780230284210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardcover. Between 1919 and 1939, crime received a prominent place on the international public agenda. This book explores the blueprint for twenty-first century international crime prevention - The League of Nations approach - which established institutions for confronting dangerous drugs, traffic in women and terrorist violence. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HBLW; HBTB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 193 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284296
- ISBN
- 9780230284296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Hardcover. Analysis of why politicians are driven to create an independent judicial institution with the authority to overrule their decisions. It focuses on a country with no tradition of independent judicial review - Russia. History does not support an independent judiciary here; yet a potentially powerful constitutional court has existed for 20 years. Series: St Antony's Series. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JKV; JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298729
- ISBN
- 9780230298729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Hardcover. This book argues that it is witnesses who are the targets of terrorism and that the question of whose witnessing counts, and which stories are the most legitimate, is of vital importance for understanding the meanings and consequences of contemporary terrorism. Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JKV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299757
- ISBN
- 9780230299757
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.37
€ 127.37
Hardcover. Based on over 130 interviews with criminals, law enforcement officials and government representatives from post-Soviet Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, this book situates organized crime in the debate on state formation and examines the diverging patterns in organized crime following the aftermath of these countries' Coloured Revolutions. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVU; JKVM; JPHC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299801
- ISBN
- 9780230299801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.31
€ 128.31
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340169
- ISBN
- 9780230340169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Hardcover. This book presents a comprehensive review of the impact of residential design on crime focusing upon research, policy and practice both in the UK and internationally, appealing to both academics and practitioners within the fields of crime prevention, urban planning and architecture. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMC; JFFB; JKVC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230356177
- ISBN
- 9780230356177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.58
€ 127.58
Hardcover. In this unique and engaging book, Sue Pryce tackles the major issues surrounding drug policy. Why do governments persist with prohibition policies, despite their proven inefficacy? Why are some drugs criminalized, and some not? And why does society care about drug use at all? Pryce guides us through drug policy around the world. Num Pages: 193 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JKVG; JPB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 375.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230359703
- ISBN
- 9780230359703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Hardcover. Focusing on male-on-male rape, this book looks at the common myths surrounding this taboo issue, including the idea that 'men who rape other men must be homosexual' and that 'real men can't be raped'. It also reveals that men are not only raped in prison, as is commonly believed, and that they suffer similar trauma to female survivors of rape. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH; JKV; L. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230520769
- ISBN
- 9780230520769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.27
€ 67.27
Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail thefts. This topical study explores crime prevention as a management issue, using criminomics, a concept based on commercial realities rather than maximising arrests. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 334 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230521605
- ISBN
- 9780230521605
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Hardcover. Considering the question of how levels of security allow state power to be increased to the point at which it infringes essential civil liberties, this book explores the creeping power of the executive and the unfeasibility of widespread use of the Human Rights Act as a bulwark against the oppressive use of state power. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVC; JPV; LNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 437.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230524675
- ISBN
- 9780230524675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82