Crime & criminology
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Crime & criminology
Hardcover. China's infamous death penalty record is the product of firm Party-state control and policy-setting. Though during the 1980s and 1990s, the Party's emphasis was on "kill many," in the 2000s the direction of policy began to move toward "kill fewer." This book details the policies, institutions, and story behind the reform of the death penalty. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613546
- ISBN
- 9780230613546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.36
€ 129.36
Paperback. China's infamous death penalty record is the product of firm Party-state control and policy-setting. Though during the 1980s and 1990s, the Party's emphasis was on "kill many," in the 2000s the direction of policy began to move toward "kill fewer." This book details the policies, institutions, and story behind the reform of the death penalty. Series: Palgrave Series in Asian Governance. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFC; JKVP; JP; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 397.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349378166
- ISBN
- 9781349378166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.91
€ 128.91
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
€ 116.67€ 89.70
€ 116.67
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 35.00€ 29.12
€ 35.00
€ 29.12
Hardcover. In recent years the death penalty has sharply declined across Africa, but this trend belies actual public opinion and the retributivist sentiments held by political elites. This study explains capital punishment in Africa in terms of culturally specific notions of life and death as well as the colonial-era imposition of criminal and penal policy. Num Pages: 130 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438751
- ISBN
- 9781137438751
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Hardcover. Are reports of the 'death of deviance' premature? This collection brings together leading international scholars to analyse uses of the 'deviance' concept to argue its vitality and show its possible utility in a variety of fields including religion, education and media narratives. Editor(s): Dellwing, Michael; Kotarba, Joseph A.; Pino, Nathan W. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBA; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137303790
- ISBN
- 9781137303790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
The Death and Resurrection of Deviance. Current Ideas and Research.
. Ed(S): Dellwing, Michael; Kotarba, Joseph A...
paperback. Are reports of the 'death of deviance' premature? This collection brings together leading international scholars to analyse uses of the 'deviance' concept to argue its vitality and show its possible utility in a variety of fields including religion, education and media narratives. Editor(s): Dellwing, Michael; Kotarba, Joseph A.; Pino, Nathan W. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HR; JHBA; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 423.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349454327
- ISBN
- 9781349454327
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Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 44 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFS; JKVM; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816680887
- ISBN
- 9780816680887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV; JKVQ2; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195370362
- ISBN
- 9780195370362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
hardcover. Looks at both Howard's immense legacy in terms of prison reform as well as his fascinating character and personal life. Num Pages: 384 pages, Colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Publisher
- Waterside Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 378
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904380733
- ISBN
- 9781904380733
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.87
€ 38.99
€ 35.87
Paperback. Takes readers on a tour of the sites where culture and punishment - meet television shows, movies, prison tourism, and post 9/11 new war prisons - demonstrating that because incarceration affects people along distinct race and class lines, it is only a privileged group of citizens who are removed from the experience of incarceration. Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814791004
- ISBN
- 9780814791004
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.67
€ 33.99
€ 30.67
Paperback. In this volume, the authors argue that in order to understand the death penalty, we need to know more about the "culturalives" - past and present - of the state's ultimate sanction. Editor(s): Sarat, Austin; Boulanger, Christian. Series: The Cultural Lives of Law. Num Pages: 360 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752343
- ISBN
- 9780804752343
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.53
€ 33.99
€ 30.53
Paperback. Richard DeGrandpre, author of Ritalin Nation, targets the illogic underlying U.S. drug policy and Americans' limited understanding of what drugs are and how they work. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349075
- ISBN
- 9780822349075
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.67
€ 30.99
€ 28.67
Paperback. An anthology of theoretical essays on causes of crime published in the American Society of Criminology's journal Criminology . Articles have been edited into concise, student-friendly readings, capturing the essence and diversity of thinking about crime from major theoretical perspectives including Editor(s): Henry, Stuart; Einstadter, Werner. Num Pages: 637 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 39. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 637
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814735510
- ISBN
- 9780814735510
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 b/w line, 4 b/w halftone, 28 color halftone. BIC Classification: JKVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199928637
- ISBN
- 9780199928637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.78
€ 70.78
Paperback. The first major study of prison reform and the prison system in Peru and one of the few social histories of criminals and their world in Latin America. Num Pages: 328 pages, 10 b&w photos, 15 tables. BIC Classification: JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334699
- ISBN
- 9780822334699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.81
€ 36.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. This book examines how the modern criminal trial is the result of competing discourses of justice, from human rights to state law and order, that allows for the consideration of key stakeholder interests, specifically those of victims, defendants, police, communities and the state. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JKVQ2; JPQB; LB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349367511
- ISBN
- 9781349367511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.24
€ 66.24
Hardcover. This book focuses on the world's first publicly-funded body- the Criminal Cases Review Commission- to review alleged miscarriages of justice, set up following notorious cases such as the Birmingham Six in the UK. Providing a critique of its operations, the book shows that its help to innocent victims of wrongful conviction is merely incidental. Num Pages: 273 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JKVF; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219380
- ISBN
- 9780230219380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.84
€ 67.84
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479894697
- ISBN
- 9781479894697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.91
€ 37.99
€ 34.91
Paperback. Offers ways to evaluate new theories of the criminal brain that may radically reshape ideas about the causes of criminal behaviour Num Pages: 352 pages, 39 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814776148
- ISBN
- 9780814776148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.47
€ 30.99
€ 28.47