Crime & criminology
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Crime & criminology
Hardcover. We call it justice - the assassination of Osama bin Laden, the incarceration of corrupt politicians or financiers, and the slaying of cinema-screen villains by superheroes. But could we not also call it revenge? Revenge, the author argues, is not the problem. Instead, the problem is the inadequacy of lawful outlets through which to express it. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226726618
- ISBN
- 9780226726618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.82
€ 30.99
€ 24.82
Paperback. This text examines the activities of the Nevada regulatory agencies and organised crime in their respective efforts to control gambling. The focus is the "Black Book", a list of "notorious and unsavoury" persons banned for life from all licensed casinos in the state. Num Pages: 368 pages, 19 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSW1; JKV; KC; WDP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299147648
- ISBN
- 9780299147648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.59
€ 29.59
Paperback. Jean Trounstine spent ten years teaching in a women's prison in America. She tells the stories of six inmates who have been inspired by the works of Shakespeare to come to terms with their incarceration and to seek redemption. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472030095
- ISBN
- 9780472030095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.52
€ 29.52
Paperback. Robert Waxler and Judge Robert Kane, created Changing Lives Through Literature (CLTL), an educational initiative for inmates based on the idea that studying literature can transform lives. In this book, they discusses the "how and why" of their alternative sentencing program, providing practical advice for other teachers. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472030408
- ISBN
- 9780472030408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.52
€ 40.52
Paperback. Describes the University of Michigan's Prison Creative Arts Project, a pioneering program that works with the incarcerated youth and adults of Michigan's juvenile facilities and prisons. Alexander recounts the genesis of this pragmatic and original system Series: New Public Scholarship Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVP; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472051090
- ISBN
- 9780472051090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.85
€ 40.85
Jurors' Stories of Death: How America's Death Penalty Invests in Inequ...
Benjamin Dov Fleury-Steiner
Paperback. Fleury-Steiner draws on the experiences of white and black jurors in capital punishment trials to discuss the effect of race on the sentencing process in America. He shows how jurors rely on narratives that deny defendants their individuality and complexity, while reinforcing the jurors' own moral superiority. Series: Law, Meaning & Violence. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472068609
- ISBN
- 9780472068609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.00
€ 39.00
Paperback. An account of the ways in which defense attorneys represent capital defendants, this book brings to light the paramount role these attorneys have played in shaping the modern system of capital punishment. It explains how attorneys' skills and abilities influence the determination of which capital defendants are sentenced to death. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069118
- ISBN
- 9780472069118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.98
€ 37.98
Paperback. Examines Africa's efforts to strike the perilous balance between democratic participation and social control. This book calls for South Africa to reaffirm its commitment to public empowerment by reforming its criminal justice system. It speaks to political scientists, criminal justice scholars, and anyone interested in the future of democracy. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JKV; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472069149
- ISBN
- 9780472069149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.54
€ 49.54
Hardcover. Describes the University of Michigan's Prison Creative Arts Project, a pioneering program that works with the incarcerated youth and adults of Michigan's juvenile facilities and prisons. Alexander recounts the genesis of this pragmatic and original system Series: New Public Scholarship Series. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVP; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- U OF M DIGT CULT BOOKS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472071098
- ISBN
- 9780472071098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.96
€ 93.96
Paperback. Drawing on a selection of the best British and American detective fiction past and present, Lehman takes readers on a probing investigation of why men and women of all educational and social backgrounds are continually fascinated by the murder mystery. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: JKVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472085859
- ISBN
- 9780472085859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.52
€ 39.52
Paperback. Discusses the dilemmas of the relationship between the liberal state and capital punishment Series: Law, Meaning & Violence. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 photographs. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472088904
- ISBN
- 9780472088904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.51
€ 40.51
Paperback. Now available in paper, Welsh S. White's insightful examination of the effect of the Supreme Court's recent upholding of one of its most famous rulings Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JKVF; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472089413
- ISBN
- 9780472089413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.34
€ 39.34
Hardcover. Why do so many of us feel prisons are the answer to crime? Num Pages: 265 pages, 2tabs. BIC Classification: JKV; LNAA; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472105823
- ISBN
- 9780472105823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73
€ 111.73
Dying Inside: The HIV/AIDS Ward at Limestone Prison (Law, Meaning, and...
Benjamin Dov Fleury-Steiner
Hardcover. At Limestone Prison, the Alabama State Department of Corrections reserves Dorm 16 exclusively for inmates infected with HIV. This book takes readers for a visit to the Limestone infirmary where patients lie chained to beds while insects and rodents run freely through filthy, drafty rooms. Series: Law, Meaning & Violence. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH2; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472114290
- ISBN
- 9780472114290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.82
€ 49.82
Hardcover. The first history of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, from its creation in 1939 to 2007. Includes detailed accounts of the crimes, investigations, and arrests of some of the state's most infamous criminals, from Richard Hickock and Perry Smith of "In Cold Blood" to the BTK Killer. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVF1; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618859
- ISBN
- 9780700618859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.74
€ 59.74
Paperback. The first history of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, from its creation in 1939 to 2007. Includes detailed accounts of the crimes, investigations, and arrests of some of the state's most infamous criminals, from Richard Hickock and Perry Smith of "In Cold Blood" to the BTK Killer. Num Pages: 406 pages. BIC Classification: BTC; JKVF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700620166
- ISBN
- 9780700620166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.09
€ 45.09
Paperback. The Marion Experiment combines academic research with personal accounts by prisoners to investigate solitary confinement and supermax prisons. USP Marion became a model for supermax prisons, with many other prison systems-in the U.S. and abroad-copying the special architectural and program innovations there. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809333769
- ISBN
- 9780809333769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.77
€ 44.99
€ 44.77
Paperback. Female drug addicts are often stereotyped either as promiscuous, lazy, and selfish, or as weak, scared, and trapped into addiction. This title presents a critical feminist analysis of the drug world. By shifting the discussion to one centered on women's agency and empowerment, it reveals the experiences and social relationships of women addicts. Editor(s): Anderson, Tammy. Series Editor(s): Michalowski, Raymond J. Series: Critical Issues in Crime and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813542096
- ISBN
- 9780813542096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.32
€ 46.32
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBLW3; JKVF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937830
- ISBN
- 9780813937830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.86
€ 17.99
€ 17.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817303631
- ISBN
- 9780817303631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.86
€ 30.86