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Crime & criminology

Paperback. This survey of European public opinion on national security issues interprets numerous public opinion polls retrieved from government ministries, commercial agencies and educational institutions. It is a comparative and historical survey of the security challenges faced by Western governments. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKV; JPA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349077090
ISBN
9781349077090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.10

paperback. This book offers a comparative analysis of the US and European prosecution system. It offers solutions on how to improve the American system as well as details lessons that European criminal justice systems can draw from the experience in the US. Num Pages: 386 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 31 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 1DFH; JKV; LAM; LBB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 593.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319354583
ISBN
9783319354583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.31

Hardback. This book offers a comparative analysis of the US and European prosecution system. It offers solutions on how to improve the American system as well as details lessons that European criminal justice systems can draw from the experience in the US. Num Pages: 386 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 31 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; LB; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319045030
ISBN
9783319045030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.29

Paperback. Provides an analysis of public protection and criminal justice. This book explores the concept of 'dangerousness' and its application to criminal justice. It is a practical and useful reference for students and academics working in the area. It is also a useful reference for probation officers, police officers and policy makers. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JKSW1; JKV; LNFX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199289431
ISBN
9780199289431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.84

Paperback. In 49 out of 50 crimes in Britain the criminals go free. Many are young and become persistent criminals. Where do the answers lie? Home environment? Education? Criminal intelligence? Technology? The law and judicial procedures? Prison or its alternatives? How can we protect civil liberties - for suspects, accused and victims? Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333611869
ISBN
9780333611869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.78

Paperback. Policing and security governance in areas of limited statehood have become central issues in contemporary academic and political debates. This book offers an in-depth study on public security provision, the resulting state-society relations, and policing in Mexico City. Series: Governance and Limited Statehood. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JPA; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349333486
ISBN
9781349333486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.54

Paperback. Examines the difficult lives of young Latino and African American boys caught in a cycles of delinquency in a legal system that limits their opportunities Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL3; JFSL4; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
237
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814776384
ISBN
9780814776384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814749036
ISBN
9780814749036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. A sociologist explains how over the past two decades neoliberal societies have sought to control the poor through a combination of penal sanction and welfare supervision. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKVP; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 52. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First edition, paperback issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344223
ISBN
9780822344223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.25

Paperback. Bringing together new research, this book advances current theoretical understandings of punishment and control in society. It provides a critical analysis of institutions, punishment and the law, and explores the delivery of punishment and experience of incarceration in Western societiesfrom the early-nineteenth century." Editor(s): Johnston, H. B. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKV; JKVP; JKVQ2; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 419.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349361809
ISBN
9781349361809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Bringing together new research, this book advances current theoretical understandings of punishment and control in society. It provides a critical analysis of institutions, punishment and the law, and explores the delivery of punishment and experience of incarceration in Western societies from the early-nineteenth century. Editor(s): Johnston, Helen. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; HBT; JKVP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230549333
ISBN
9780230549333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.15

Paperback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226766102
ISBN
9780226766102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Hardback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226766096
ISBN
9780226766096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 79.61

paperback. Num Pages: 161 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1973rd Edition
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401186186
ISBN
9789401186186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Paperback. Editor(s): Corlett, J. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349316694
ISBN
9781349316694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. A collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment, gathering new perspectives on various challenging topics including punishment and forgiveness, dignity, discrimination, public opinion, torture, rehabilitation, and restitution. Editor(s): Ryberg, Jesper; Corlett, J. Angelo. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350. New Perspectives. 200 pages. Editor(s): Ryberg, Jesper; Corlett, J. Angelo. A collection of original contributions by philosophers working in the ethics of punishment, gathering new perspectives on various challenging topics including punishment and forgiveness, dignity, discrimination, public opinion, torture, rehabilitation, and restitution. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HPQ; JKVP; LAB. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 14. Weight: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230240971
ISBN
9780230240971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.46

Hardback. This volume in the series Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance deals with aspects of punishment, including sentencing, incarceration, and prison conditions, in a variety of settings at local, national, and/or regional levels. Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783509102
ISBN
9781783509102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.91

Paperback. The kinds of punishment used in a society have been considered an important criterion in judging whether a society is civilized or barbaric, advanced or backward, modern or premodern. This title asks how such distinctions have affected our understanding of the past and contributed to the proliferation of kinds of barbarity in the modern world. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 halftones. 1 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130309
ISBN
9780691130309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. In Punishment and the History of Political Philosophy, Arthur Shuster offers an insightful study of punishment in the works of Plato, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Beccaria, Kant, and Foucault. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HB; HPS; JKV; JPA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647282
ISBN
9781442647282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Paperback. A look at some current forms of penal governance in Canadian federal women?s prisons and a suggestion that the prison system itself, given its primary functions of custody and punishment, is consistent in thwarting attempts at progressive reform. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ1; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802082749
ISBN
9780802082749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.84

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