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The Psychology of Crime
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 58.00An introductory textbook on criminal behaviour: its identification, cause and control. more...
Criminology
SAGE Publications 2006; US$ 31.00- Professor Kevin Stenson, Middlesex University This book offers a timely introduction both to the discipline of criminology and to the practice of studying it as an undergraduate subject. It takes the reader from first principles in Criminology through to some quite complex ideas and debates. It also offers useful advice on how to... more...
La Violence, la peur et le crime
Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa 2001; US$ 9.99La violence et la peur font tellement partie de nos vies que, parfois, elles se confondent avec elles. Elles s?insinuent aussi bien dans le social que dans l?individuel et déterminent l?histoire de l?un et de l?autre. Le crime, quant à lui, semble d?être devenu un acte privilégié non seulement pour dire la violence, mais aussi pour vivre la peur.... more...
Safeguarding Adults in Social Work
SAGE Publications 2008; US$ 37.95Safeguarding adults has a long history of neglect and scandal, but it is finally starting to gain the recognition it deserves. This book helps students and practitioners to understand this evolving field and to identify ways in which they can develop their own good practice. The first part of the book explores the evolution of concepts and... more...
Conscience of a Conspiracy Theorist
Algora Publishing 2011; US$ 22.95Conscience of a Conspiracy Theorist seeks to show how governmental deceit and (corporate-controlled) media silence have combined to keep the public misinformed about shocking events in American history. In the process, skeptics who question the ?official accounts? are labeled ?conspiracy theorists,? a pejorative term that carries with it suggestions... more...
Researching Crime and Justice
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 39.95This book provides an introduction to research and some of the methods in the field of crime and justice and related areas, including police, prisons and criminal justice policy making. Less a dry 'how to' book, it is concerned rather to provide a wide-ranging discussion that illustrates the kind of research that has been done in particular areas,... more...
Portrait of a Monster
St. Martin's Press 2011; US$ 7.99From a pair of New York Times bestselling authors with unparalleled access comes an in-depth account of the manhunt for Joran van der Sloot, one of the most reviled accused criminals in the world In May 2005, Natalee Holloway disappeared from a high school trip to Aruba. Five years to the day later, twenty-one-year-old Stephany Flores was... more...
Broken Lives
Hardie Grant Books 2009; US$ 16.99The father of Eric Edgar Cooke despised his baby son from the moment he saw him. Bashings and a hate-filled childhood followed for the boy with the crooked mouth, launching a personality unique among serial killers. He stalked the city of Perth for months, shooting strangers in the dead of night and using a sickening variety of weapons to steal the... more...
The Mammoth Book of Bizarre Crimes
Constable & Robinson 2010; US$ 11.65You couldn't make it up: incredible real-life criminal cases A fascinating A-Z of murderous crimes which spans the globe and the centuries in uncovering the extremes of human criminality in all its strangeness. This collection of unusual, if not sensational, murder cases recalls strange crimes of the past and offers insights into particularly... more...
Face to Face with Evil
John Blake Publishing 2011; US$ 6.78Dr Chris Cowley has been corresponding with moors murderer Ian Brady for six years, and has interviewed him extensively on several visits to Ashworth maximum security hospital in Liverpool. With the removal of a high court gagging order this insightful book includes extracts from over 50 letters written by Ian Brady to Dr Cowley plus details from... more...









