Crime & criminology
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Crime & criminology
Paperback. Delves into the world of medical examiners to uncover the intricate web of social, legal, and moral issues in which they operate. This work reveals how medical examiners speak to the living on behalf of the dead. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVF1; MMQ; PDZ; VFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226803999
- ISBN
- 9780226803999
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.87
€ 24.99
€ 19.87
Paperback. Crime rates in Latin America are among the highest in the world, creating climates of fear and lawlessness in several countries. This title addresses a variety of topics, including the impact of kidnappings on investment, mandatory arrest laws, education in prisons, and the relationship between poverty and crime. Editor(s): Tella, Rafael Di; Edwards, Sebastian; Schargrodsky, Ernesto. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 536 pages, 95 figures, 106 tables, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JKV; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 34. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791852
- ISBN
- 9780226791852
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Condition: New
€ 98.21€ 81.15
€ 98.21
€ 81.15
Paperback. Drawing on Chicago Police Department statistics and interviews with both law-abiding citizens and criminals in one of the city's highest-crime areas, this work demonstrates that drug dealers and robbers are primarily attracted to locations with businesses like liquor stores, fast food restaurants, and check-cashing outlets. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 halftones, 5 maps, 3 line drawings, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226774992
- ISBN
- 9780226774992
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.86
€ 42.99
€ 32.86
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
€ 93.53€ 77.43
€ 93.53
€ 77.43
Paperback. Reveals how modern strategies of punishment - and their failure - relate to political and economic transformations in society at large. The author uses the practice of parole in California as a window to the changing historical understanding of what a corrections system does and how it works. Series: Studies in Crime & Justice. Num Pages: 296 pages, 19 tables, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226758572
- ISBN
- 9780226758572
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JFCA; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Paperback edition 2006
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226738697
- ISBN
- 9780226738697
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. In this account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. It shows that the media gangster was less a reflection of reality than a projection created from Americans' values, concerns and ideas about what would sell. Num Pages: 200 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JFC; JFD; JKVM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226732183
- ISBN
- 9780226732183
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.95
€ 35.99
€ 27.95
Paperback. By analyzing the trial of Charles Guiteau, who assassinated US President Garfield in 1881, this text explores insanity and criminal responsibility in the late-19th century. Although the role of genetics in behaviour had been accepted, the trial debated whether heredity influenced Guiteau's actions. Num Pages: 290 pages, 6 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKVC; JMAL; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226727172
- ISBN
- 9780226727172
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.97
€ 40.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. Race is a factor in government efforts to control dangerous drugs, but the precise ways that race affects drug laws remain difficult to pinpoint. Illuminating this relationship, this book lays out how decades of racism helped shape a punitive US drug policy whose onerous impact on racial minorities has been ignored by Congress and the courts. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKVG; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226684628
- ISBN
- 9780226684628
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Explains how maps can tell where to anticipate certain hazards, but also how maps can be misleading. The text considers that although it is important to predict and prepare for catastrophic natural hazards, more subtle and persistent phenomena such as pollution and crime also pose serious dangers. Num Pages: 378 pages, 2 halftones, 16 line drawings, 97 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFC; JKV; RGV; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534190
- ISBN
- 9780226534190
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.79
€ 43.99
€ 33.79
Paperback. DNA profiling is often heralded as unassailable criminal evidence, a veritable "truth machine" that can overturn convictions based on eyewitness testimony, confessions, and other forms of forensic evidence. This book traces the controversial history of DNA fingerprinting by looking at court cases in the US and UK from the mid-1980s onwards. Num Pages: 416 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: JKVF1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226498072
- ISBN
- 9780226498072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27
Paperback. Explores the sexual lives of prisoners and the sexual culture of prisons over the years, along with the impact of various issues, including race, class, and gender, sexual violence, prisoners' rights activism, and the HIV epidemic. This title argues for the importance of the prison to the history of sexuality. Editor(s): Kunzel, Regina. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBK5; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226462271
- ISBN
- 9780226462271
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. Starting with music publishers' efforts to stamp out bootleg compilations of lyric sheets in 1929, this title details nearly a century of disobedient music distribution, from song sheets to MP3s. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JJ; JKV; KNTF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226431833
- ISBN
- 9780226431833
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 31.94
€ 41.99
€ 31.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB1; JKVP; LN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389813
- ISBN
- 9780226389813
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.29
€ 34.99
€ 27.29
Paperback. Series: Studies in Crime & Justice. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389790
- ISBN
- 9780226389790
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Hardcover. Series: Crime and Justice: a Review of Research. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226337579
- ISBN
- 9780226337579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.92€ 65.74
€ 78.92
€ 65.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; HBTB; JFC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226324326
- ISBN
- 9780226324326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.06
€ 20.99
€ 18.06
Paperback. Series: Studies in Crime & Justice. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 283.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226320007
- ISBN
- 9780226320007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones, 18 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226316147
- ISBN
- 9780226316147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 32.70
€ 42.99
€ 32.70
Paperback. Historically, it has been difficult to measure the impact of policies and programs designed to address juvenile crime. The most commonly used strategies for combating juvenile delinquency have primarily relied on intuition and fads. This book presents methods that can remedy these deficiencies in our juvenile justice system. Series: Adolescent Development and Legal Policy. Num Pages: 236 pages, 18 fugures, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226307206
- ISBN
- 9780226307206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.85
€ 24.99
€ 19.85