Social services & welfare, criminology
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Social services & welfare, criminology
Paperback. Shows how African American young women are victimized and how they struggle to navigate a dangerous terrain Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756980
- ISBN
- 9780814756980
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.44
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Paperback. This work draws on extensive research to identify clear patterns among the cases of women who kill their children, shedding light on why some women commit these acts. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV; JMK; JMP; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756447
- ISBN
- 9780814756447
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
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Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814756324
- ISBN
- 9780814756324
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
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Paperback. Investigates whether tough punishments for sex offenders in America are undermining public safety Num Pages: 263 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814753262
- ISBN
- 9780814753262
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
€ 32.99
€ 31.26
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814749036
- ISBN
- 9780814749036
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.26
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Paperback. By comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and criminal courts, this work finds that prosecuting adolescents in criminal court does not fit with out cultural understandings of youthfulness. It suggests that justice would be better served if adolescents were handled by the system designed to address their special needs. Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 211 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVQ2; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814747742
- ISBN
- 9780814747742
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.12
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Paperback. Millions of people are incarcerated in America's prisons and jails. This book argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742914
- ISBN
- 9780814742914
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
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Paperback. Uncovers the ways that race influences capital punishment, and attempts to situate the linkage between race and the death penalty in the history of America, in particular the history of lynching. This book looks at how the death penalty gives meaning to race, as well as why the racialization of the death penalty is uniquely American. Editor(s): Ogletree, Charles J., Jr. Series: From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740224
- ISBN
- 9780814740224
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Examines the historical and theoretical assumptions that have underpinned the discussion of capital punishment in the United States Editor(s): Garland, David; McGowen, Randall; Meranze, Michael. Num Pages: 241 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732670
- ISBN
- 9780814732670
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
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Paperback. Addresses the impact of methamphetamine and, more generally, the war on drugs, on everyday life in the United States Num Pages: 201 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; GTB; JFFH; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 201
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732403
- ISBN
- 9780814732403
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.14
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€ 29.14
Paperback. Over the years, concern about adolescent sex offenders has grown at an astonishing pace, garnering coverage in the media and providing fodder for television shows like Law & Order. This book critiques the system and its methods for treating and categorizing juveniles, and calls for a reevaluation of how these cases should be managed in the future. Series: Psychology and Crime. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JKVQ2; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Edition
- 49197th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814720028
- ISBN
- 9780814720028
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.59
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Paperback. Are the unemployed more likely to commit crimes? Does having a job make one less likely to commit a crime? This book offers a carefully nuanced understanding of the links among work, unemployment, and crime. Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 303 pages, 31 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717080
- ISBN
- 9780814717080
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
€ 33.99
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Hardcover. Are the unemployed more likely to commit crimes? Does having a job make one less likely to commit a crime? This book offers a carefully nuanced understanding of the links among work, unemployment, and crime. Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 303 pages, 31 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814717073
- ISBN
- 9780814717073
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Condition: New
€ 91.05
€ 91.05
Paperback. Provides an overview and evaluation of the underlying assumptions of criminology Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814705094
- ISBN
- 9780814705094
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.47
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Paperback. The final volume of a series on building a veterinary practice, this text provides the ways and means to keep a veterinary business going and growing under all sorts of circumstances. It offers advice and insights on a wide range of particulars, from marketing gimmicks to fiscal shelters. Series: Building the Successful Veterinary Practice. Num Pages: 363 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSW; KJVS; MZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 248 x 20. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Iowa State University Press United States
- Edition
- Volume 3
- Number of pages
- 363
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813829845
- ISBN
- 9780813829845
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Condition: New
€ 102.12
€ 102.12
Hardcover. Former CIA Deputy Director of Counterterrorism and FBI Senior Intelligence Adviser Philip Mudd recounts his involvement in the fight against Al Qaeda, revealing how intelligence analysts understand and evaluate potential terror threats and communicate with political leaders. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; JKV; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244960
- ISBN
- 9780812244960
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Paperback. Public Housing That Worked offers a comprehensive history of America's largest and most successful housing authority. The New York City Housing Authority pioneered, and still maintains, rigorous systems of public housing management that allowed it to avoid the downward spiral experienced by most American public housing authorities. Num Pages: 368 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: JK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220674
- ISBN
- 9780812220674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. "In the restrained prose of Torture lies a passionate message about the intentional violation of the bodies of human beings, in our time and in the past."-New York Times Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; JFFE; JKVP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812215991
- ISBN
- 9780812215991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
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€ 35.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPA; KCQ; MBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 407. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804787000
- ISBN
- 9780804787000
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Condition: New
€ 16.13
€ 16.13
Paperback. Approaches the theories, organization, and practices of criminal justice from a sociological perspective so that students can simultaneously develop expertise in criminal justice and understand how issues related to the police, courts, and corrections are informed by broader sociological principles and concepts. Editor(s): Kubrin, Charis E.; Stucky, Thomas D. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 25. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762601
- ISBN
- 9780804762601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.15
€ 42.99
€ 42.15