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Society & culture: general

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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. This book provides critically examines how recent international developments in victims theory and policy are experienced within specific local contexts. The chapters approach key criminological issues including the experience of criminal justice agencies, policy formulation, the construction of victim identities and the 'discovery' of new victims. Editor(s): Wilson, Dean; Ross, Stuart. Series: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JKV; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 505.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137383921
ISBN
9781137383921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSR; JHBA; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137490094
ISBN
9781137490094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.49

Paperback. Editor(s): Mooney, Gerry. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JFF; JKV; LNFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138924031
ISBN
9781138924031
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.57

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138919679
ISBN
9781138919679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.57

Paperback. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349410491
ISBN
9781349410491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.92

Hardback. Do criminal cultures lead to drug use? This book examines the nature and extent of the relationship between urban deprivation, drug misuse and crime. It aims to establish a causal link between drugs and crime that can be used to justify a policy approach towards drug users that is ultimately coercive. Num Pages: 154 pages, includes 10 tables. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKVC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 384.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
154
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754647423
ISBN
9780754647423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.92

Hardcover. This timely book provides a theoretical and empirical engagement with contemporary understandings of the governance of crime, safety and security. Using a Bourdieuian framework, Bowden explores concepts such as capital, habitus and symbolic power to present an analytic tool-kit for a critically engaged public criminology. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137330352
ISBN
9781137330352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.99

Hardcover. Yar examines the autobiographies of fallen sports stars, exploring their fall from grace and the stigma it entails. Drawing upon sociological and criminological perspectives, it illuminates how fallen stars use confessional acts of story-telling to seek forgiveness, vindication and redemption. Num Pages: 116 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JHBA; JHBS; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137403742
ISBN
9781137403742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Hardback. Explores the largely unknown world of rural crime and justice in post-emancipation Imperial Russia. This title offers a major reassessment of the interactions between peasantry and the state in the decades leading up to World War I. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 396 pages, 7 b/w illustrations, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLL; JFSF; JHM; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520213418
ISBN
9780520213418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.17
€ 53.73

Hardback. The behaviour and safety of children and young people in and around schools is a topic of world-wide concern. From school shootings and deaths on school premises to the everyday behaviour of young people in school, this book explores what is happening in schools in Britain and links it with evidence from elsewhere in the world. Editor(s): Hayden, Carol; Martin, Denise. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JKSN; JKVQ2; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230241978
ISBN
9780230241978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Paperback. The behaviour and safety of children and young people in and around schools is a topic of world-wide concern. From school shootings and deaths on school premises tothe everyday behaviour of young people in school, this bookexplores what is happening in schools in Britain and links it with evidence from elsewhere in the world." Editor(s): Hayden, C.; Martin, D. Num Pages: 273 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP; JHB; JHBK; JKV; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2011
SKU
V9781349317646
ISBN
9781349317646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This book presents a comprehensive review of the impact of residential design on crime focusing upon research, policy and practice both in the UK and internationally, appealing to both academics and practitioners within the fields of crime prevention, urban planning and architecture. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMC; JFFB; JKVC; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230356177
ISBN
9780230356177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Hardcover. Drawing together examples from broadsheet and tabloid newspapers this account of English crime reportage takes readers from the late eighteenth century to the present day. In the post-Leveson world, it is a timely and engaging contextualisation of the history of printed crime news and investigative journalism. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLX; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303591
ISBN
9780230303591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; HBTB; JFD; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349338276
ISBN
9781349338276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.02

Hardback. Crime in an Insecure World investigates the alarming trend across Western societies of treating every imaginable source of harm as a crime. It locates this trend in the 21st century obsession with insecurity fostered by neo-liberal governments. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JP; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745638287
ISBN
9780745638287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. Brings together key debates within cultural studies, media studies, criminology and sociology on the relationship between the meda and crime in a postmodern society. Editor(s): Kidd-Hewitt, David; Osborne, Richard. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745309118
ISBN
9780745309118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.83

Hardback. This study explores the 'imaginary of disaster' that appears in popular fictions about the apocalyptic breakdown of society. Focusing on representations of crime, law, violence, vengeance and justice, it argues that an exploration post-apocalyptic story-telling offer us valuable insights into social anxieties. Num Pages: 124 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD; JFFE; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137509062
ISBN
9781137509062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

Paperback. Examines contemporary French society's relationship with violence in an era of increased media dominance. This book presents an interdisciplinary approach which integrates media, cinema, and literary studies. It analyzes how media and politicians use the crime story as a tool for upholding the dominant ideology. Series: Comparative Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JFC; JFD; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 263.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557534330
ISBN
9781557534330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Hardcover. One of the dark sides to democratization can be crime and corruption. This book looks at the way political liberalization affects these practices in a number of ways whilst also challenging some of the scare stories about democracy. The book also brings the politics of power back into an examination of corruption. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFX; JKV; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230237414
ISBN
9780230237414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.25

Hardcover. Creolizing Europe critically interrogates creolization as the decolonial, rhizomatic thinking necessary for understanding the cultural and social transformations set in motion through trans/national dislocations within Europe. Editor(s): Gutierrez-Rodriguez, Encarnacion; Tate, Shirley Anne. Series: Migrations and Identities. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381717
ISBN
9781781381717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.42

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