Social services & welfare, criminology
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Social services & welfare, criminology
Hardcover. Exploring the way in which criminal punishment is interpreted and narrated by offenders, this book examines the meaning offenders ascribe to their sentence and the consequences of this for future desistance. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVP1; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440822
- ISBN
- 9781137440822
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Condition: New
€ 121.56
€ 121.56
Hardcover. Through an empirical inquiry into three categories of offending women, Offending Women in Contemporary China: Gender and Pathways into Crime explores the socioeconomic conditions that facilitate womens' pathways into crime, and examines the interplay between gender, class, rapid social changes and female law-breaking in neoliberal China. Series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia. Num Pages: 142 pages, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSC; JFSJ1; JFSL3; JKVC; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441430
- ISBN
- 9781137441430
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€ 63.23
€ 63.23
Hardcover. This book analyzes how strategic intelligence can support decision-makers in national policing organizations to anticipate transnational organized crime (TOC). The authors examine case studies from Australia, Canada and the UK, and argue for the development of empirically-grounded intelligence theory to aid the policy process and law enforcement. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443878
- ISBN
- 9781137443878
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Condition: New
€ 63.54
€ 63.54
Hardcover. Membership in Service Clubs provides the first rigorous assessment of the activities of Rotary, a global service organization founded in 1905 that implements projects and helps build goodwill and peace throughout the world. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN1; KJVX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137444738
- ISBN
- 9781137444738
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Condition: New
€ 63.51
€ 63.51
Hardcover. This book addresses how the Conservative Party has re-focused its interest in social policy. Analysing to what extent the Conservatives have changed within this particular policy sphere, the book explores various theoretical, social, political, and electoral dimensions of the subject matter. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKS; JPFM; JPL; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137445803
- ISBN
- 9781137445803
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Condition: New
€ 63.94
€ 63.94
Hardcover. This book analyses the animal images used in William Hogarth's art, demonstrating how animals were variously depicted as hybrids, edibles, companions, emblems of satire and objects of cruelty. Beirne offers an important assessment of how Hogarth's various audiences reacted to his gruesome images and ultimately what was meant by 'cruelty'. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AGB; AGN; JFFZ; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137447203
- ISBN
- 9781137447203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.00
€ 63.00
Justice Reinvestment: Winding Back Imprisonment (Palgrave Studies in P...
Brown, David, Cunneen, Chris, Schwartz, Melan...
Hardcover. This book examines justice reinvestment from its origins, its potential as a mechanism for winding back imprisonment rates, and its portability to Australia, the United Kingdom and beyond. It argues for a community-driven approach, originating in vulnerable Indigenous communities with high imprisonment rates. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVP; LAQ; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137449108
- ISBN
- 9781137449108
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Condition: New
€ 132.82
€ 132.82
Paperback. This book analyzes the political and material conditions driving contemporary border control policies, revealing the mounting death tolls arising at illegal borders in Europe, Australia and North America. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 black & white tables, 5 figures, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JFFS; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453150
- ISBN
- 9781137453150
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Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardcover. This book offers a comprehensive understanding of sexual homicide. It includes a thorough survey of offender classifications, and analyses current theoretical explanations and understandings of sexual homicide from a criminological perspective. It proposes an important new integrated theoretical understanding of sexual homicide offenders. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JKV; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453716
- ISBN
- 9781137453716
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Condition: New
€ 121.06
€ 121.06
Hardback. This book offers a solution-focused response to the debates around youth and adult mentally disordered offenders. It draws on the knowledge and experience of academics and professionals who constructively explore ways to integrate research evidence and practitioner knowledge into current and future initiatives. Editor(s): Winstone, Jane. Num Pages: 318 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH; JKVQ; LNFB; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137453860
- ISBN
- 9781137453860
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Condition: New
€ 134.00
€ 134.00
Hardcover. The dominant cultural script is that the Baby Boomers have 'had it all', thereby depriving younger generations of the opportunity to create a life for themselves. Bristow provides a critical account of this discourse by locating the problematisation of the Baby Boomers within a wider ambivalence about the legacy of the Sixties. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 graphs, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; JFFP; JFSP; JHBK; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137454720
- ISBN
- 9781137454720
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Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardcover. Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs are increasingly seen as a threat to communities around the world. They are a visible threat as a recognizable symbol of deviance and violence. This book uses gang and organized crime theory to explain the groups and looks at policing and political responses to the clubs' activities. Num Pages: 122 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFE; JFSV; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456281
- ISBN
- 9781137456281
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Condition: New
€ 63.08
€ 63.08
Hardcover. This book analyses the life histories of Jamaican men involved in the UK drugs trade, including wholesalers, street dealers, specialist cooks, cutters, and growers. Employing a life history approach, their autobiographical accounts are examined to provide an in-depth and unique insight of their journeys into drugs and crime. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KJWJ; JFFH1; JFSJ2; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456649
- ISBN
- 9781137456649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.63
€ 63.63
Culture and the Politics of Welfare: Exploring Societal Values and Soc...
Hudson, John, Jo, Nam Kyoung, Keung, Antonia
Hardcover. This text offers an in-depth examination of the influence of culture on welfare states. It suggests new ways in which cross-national differences in culture might be measured and, using a range of approaches, utilizes these measures to explore the role culture plays in shaping differences in social policy frameworks across high income countries. Num Pages: 138 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHB; JHBC; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457486
- ISBN
- 9781137457486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.20
€ 63.20
Hardcover. Safety and Security in Transit Environments presents interdisciplinary studies from leading international authors. This important volume identifies key challenges and complexities in addressing security and safety concerns in transit settings, policy recommendations for prevention, and new frontiers for research at transit settings. Editor(s): Ceccato, Vania; Newton, Andrew; Robinson, E. A. G. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 418 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKVC; KNG; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137457646
- ISBN
- 9781137457646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.88
€ 154.88
Hardback. With the recent media interest in celebrity childhood sexual abuse and rape cases, we think we know what sexual violence is and who 'rape victims' are. But this portrayal is limited. Drawing on in-depth accounts from women who have experienced rape, this book revisits issues of credibility, responsibility and feminism to provide missing details. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFFK; JHBK5; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 141
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137461711
- ISBN
- 9781137461711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.49
€ 68.49
Hardcover. This book explores the critical questions of how and why criminal justice policies emerge, and examines how criminal justice policy is understood and applied by practitioners. It questions whether diversity in implementation implies policy failure or a sign of healthy activism among local practitioners.lied by practitioners. Editor(s): Wasik, Martin; Santatzoglou, Sotirios. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137462480
- ISBN
- 9781137462480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.85
€ 121.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JKSN; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137462688
- ISBN
- 9781137462688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.61
€ 64.61
Hardcover. This book reconceptualises the concept of moral economy in its relevance for, and application to, the criminal justice system in England and Wales. It advances the argument that criminal justice cannot be reduced to an instrumentally driven operation to achieve fiscal efficiencies or provide investment opportunities to the commercial sector. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; HPQ; JHBA; JKVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 225 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137468451
- ISBN
- 9781137468451
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Condition: New
€ 63.08
€ 63.08
Hardback. Series: Disaster Studies. Num Pages: 185 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; JKV; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 185
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137469137
- ISBN
- 9781137469137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.42
€ 143.42
Hardcover. The author aims to develop conceptual refining and theoretical reframing of the productivist welfare capitalism thesis in order to address a set of questions concerning whether and how productivist welfarism has experienced both continuity and change in East Asia. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JKSB; JPRB; KCM; KCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471840
- ISBN
- 9781137471840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. Policing Integration critically examines coordination work between police officers and agencies. It presents important theoretical principles and empirical evidence drawn from extensive fieldwork in a multi-jurisdictional environment, revealing how and why police choose to work across boundaries or create barriers between one another. Series: Transnational Crime, Crime Control and Security. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSW1; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473745
- ISBN
- 9781137473745
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.39
€ 132.39
Hardcover. Radical Environmentalism: Nature, Identity and More-than-human Agency provides a unique account of environmentalism - one that highlights the voices of activists and the nature they defend. It will be of interest to both students and academics in green criminology, environmental sociology and nature-human studies more broadly. Series: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JKV; RNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137473776
- ISBN
- 9781137473776
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.48
€ 63.48
Hardback. This book examines the most recent and contentious issues in relation to cybercrime facing the world today, and how best to address them. The contributors show how Eastern and Western nations are responding to the challenges of cybercrime, and the latest trends and issues in cybercrime prevention and control. Editor(s): Smith, Russell G.; Chak-Chung Cheung, Ray; Yiu-Chung Lau, Laurie. Series: Palgrave Macmillan's Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity. Num Pages: 312 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 19 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFMG; JKV; PDR; UR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137474155
- ISBN
- 9781137474155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31