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Will They Do it Again?by Herschel Prins
Routledge 1999; US$ 42.50Considers the issue of risks to ordinary people particularly those posed by the mentally ill. Prins considers public protection within a broad context and, of risk in society in general. more...
Adventures in Criminologyby Sir Leon Radzinowicz
Routledge 1998; US$ 190.00Offers a profound overview of the changing understanding of crime and criminals, of criminal justice systems and penology, and of the tensions and dilemmas these pose for democratic societies. more...
Psychology in Prisonsby David Cooke; Pamela Baldwin; Jacqueline Howison
Routledge 1993; US$ 29.95Psychology in Prisons illustrates how a knowledge of psychological principles can lead to a better understanding of the prison environment and the problems that occur within it. more...
Psychology and Crimeby Clive R. Hollin
Routledge 1989; US$ 32.50Psychology and Crime supplies a timely and much-needed general text covering the range of contributions psychology has made both to understanding crime and responding to it. more...
Gender and Crime in Modern Europeby Meg Arnot; Cornelie Usborne
Routledge 1999; US$ 38.95This volume explores the construction of gender norms and examines how they were reflected and reinforced by legal institutional practices in modern Europe. more...
Offending Womenby Anne Worrall
Routledge 1989; US$ 55.95Offending Women provides an interesting and useful theoretical analysis of the discourse surrounding women's deviancy. more...
Cultural Criminology and the Carnival of Crimeby Mike Presdee
Routledge 2000; US$ 49.95This text provides a perspective on the relationship between culture and crime which introduces the idea of "cultural criminology", and examines how it can be applied to criminal and criminalized activity. more...
Offenders with Developmental Disabilitiesby William R. Lindsay; John L. Taylor; Peter Sturmey
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2004; US$ 73.95For over a century, developmental disabilities have been associated with crime in prejudicial and pejorative contexts. Offenders with Developmental Disabilities provides a balanced, comprehensive review of the prevalence, nature and development of offending by those with intellectual disabilities. Not only does this volume include coverage of evidence-based assessment and treatment ideas, strategies and plans, but also places the field in a historical, legal and ethical context. William Lindsay, John Taylor and Peter Sturmey have brought together a wealth of contributors from differing backgrounds to share new material and knowledge of assessments, treatment, and service issues in a single volume. Divided into five parts, Part I opens with... more...
Bandits in the Roman Empireby John Drinkwater; Thomas Grunewald
Routledge 2004; US$ 138.00The book aims to show how the concept of the bandit was taken up and manipulated during the Late Roman Republic and early Empire (2nd c.BC - 3rd c. AD.) more...
Criminal Justice Mental Health And The Politics Of Riskby Dr Nicola Gray; Dr Judith Laing; Dr Lesley Noaks
Routledge-Cavendish 2001; US$ 110.00This text addresses the important issues which lie at the forefront of decision-making and policy in criminal justice and health care. The book brings together several perspectives from a number of distinguished academic lawyers, criminologists, sociologists and medical professionals. more...