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Offending Behaviour
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the relationship between psychology, moral reasoning theory and offending behaviour. It sets out the theory and research which has been carried out in the field, and examines the ways in which this knowledge has been used in practice to inform treatment programmes for offenders. This book... more...
Handbook on the Economics of Crime
Edward Elgar Publishing 2010; US$ 60.00While few economists analyzed criminal behaviour and the criminal justice process before Gary Becker's seminal 1968 paper, an enormous body of economic research on crime has since been produced. This insightful and comprehensive Handbook reviews and extends much of this important resulting research. The Handbook on the Economics of Crime provides... more...
Cosa Nostra
Palgrave Macmillan 2006; US$ 26.95The story of the mafia is not just what we see Tony Soprano and his boys doing on Sunday nights. In this vivid, gripping history of "cosa nostra," a noted historian of Italian culture uses startling new research to reveal what the mafia is and always has been: a secret society whose power is based on murder. 16 pages of photos. more...
Serial Crime
Elsevier Science 2009; US$ 72.95Serial Crime: Theoretical and Practical Issues in Behavioral Profiling examines serial predatory behavior and is comprised of two main parts. The first section deals with behavioral profiling, and covers a variety of critical issues from profiling?s history and the theoretical schools of thought to its treatment in the mainstream media. The second... more...
The Criminal Triad
Charles C Thomas 2010; US$ 47.95What is it that compels a person to choose a life of crime and deviancy over one of responsibility and social conformity? To understand exactly how and why that choice is ultimately made, we must turn to the discipline of psychology. The author presents and then deconstructs his own unique formulation of the internal deterrence system, and looks specifically... more...
Race, Racism, and Crime
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 35.95A little more than a century ago, the famous social scientist W.E.B. Du Bois asserted that a true understanding of African American offending must be grounded in the "real conditions" of what it means to be black living in a racial stratified society. Today and according to official statistics, African American men ? about six percent of the population... more...
Konstruierte Normalitäten ¿ normale Abweichungen
Springer Fachmedien 2010; US$ 54.99Delinquent Girls
Springer 2011; US$ 99.99Traditionally, delinquent girls were considered an anomaly, a rare phenomenon attracting little scholarly notice. Today, more than one in four youth offenders is female, and researchers and practitioners alike are quickly turning their attention and resources to address this challenging situation. Delinquent Girls: Contexts, Relationships, and Adaptation... more...
Tod im Gefängnis
Campus Verlag 2012; US$ 27.17Hauptbeschreibung Welche Freiheiten braucht ein Mensch, um in Würde zu sterben? Obgleich der Tod ein unausweichlicher Bestandteil des Gefängnisalltags ist, ist er wissenschaftlich bislang kaum untersucht. Der Band beleuchtet die Themen Hungerstreik, Suizid und Todesstrafe, aber auch den "normalen" Tod im Gefängnis aus rechtlicher, historischer und... more...
Crime and Transition in Central and Eastern Europe
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99









