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Natural Hazards Analysis
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 89.95Assesses critical preparedness issues that emergency personnel face in the event disasters of various kinds. This book discusses the nature and consequences of such hazards and examines strategies at the individual, organization, community, and regional levels. It covers various steps, from planning and preparedness to mitigation, and response. more...
Handbook of Disaster Research
Springer 2009; US$ 69.99Recent disasters, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, bomb explosions in London, Hurricane Katrina, the Pakistan Earthquake, floods in Central America, and landslides in Indonesia, among many others, have resulted in an extensive loss of life, social disruption, significant economic impacts to local and national economies, and have made headline... more...
Smuggler's Blues
ECW Press 2007; US$ 14.95Told from the viewpoint of an impressionable young entrepreneur named Jay Carter Brown, this memoir quickly dives into the gritty underbelly of the international drug trade. The story begins with minor league smuggling scams between Canada and the Caribbean that soon escalate to multi-ton shipments of grass and hash from the Caribbean and the... more...
Protection ou partenariat
International Development Research Centre 2002; US$ 35.00This book examines this dilemma from various local perspectives, through eye-opening case studies from Bosnia, Guatemala, Haiti, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, and Sri Lanka. In doing so, it finds real hope and real possibilities amidst the prevailing rhetoric and confusion. more...
Besondere Probleme der Kriminologie
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 293.00x The second volume considers the particular problems of criminology and is divided into seven sections. Section 1 examines international problems. Political and community problems are dealt with in the second section. This is followed by social and personal issues as well as theory and method problems. The fifth section focuses on issues of violence.... more...
Genocide and International Justice
Infobase Publishing 2009; US$ 54.00The term 'genocide' was coined in 1944, but it has been practiced for centuries. The intent of one people to deliberately wipe out another can be traced back to the ancient world, and it continues today despite efforts from the United Nations and international treaties such as the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of... more...
Tobacco Industry and Smoking
Infobase Publishing 2009; US$ 54.00As the single largest preventable cause of premature death, tobacco use kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. A host of new laws has increased taxes on cigarettes and restricted smoking in public places, and U.S. smoking rates have declined. But nearly one in five adults in the United States still smokes. Despite vigorous criticism from... more...
ABC of Conflict and Disaster
Wiley 2009; US$ 41.95This ABC introduces medicine in areas of conflict or natural disaster responding to the growing number of regions affected. Chapters deal with subjects such as earthquakes and landslides as well as nuclear incidents and biological warfare both nationally and internationally. It covers both logistical planning and medical aid as well as post-conflict... more...
Critical Voices in Criminology
Lexington Books 2009; US$ 32.99As more scholars in Criminology become aware that the author behind the scholarship is becoming just as important as the work itself, they are casting an ever increasing eye at the personal context in which the authors are writing. Critical Voices in Criminology provides an opportunity for figures in and around critical criminology to discuss their... more...
An Introduction to Criminological Theory
Willan Publishing 2009; US$ 89.95This book provides a comprehensive and up to date introduction to criminological theory for students taking courses in criminology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. more...









