Télécharger le livre :  Understanding Crime Trends in a Hybrid Society
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This open access book critically revisits 30 years of debate surrounding the evolution of crime trends, aiming to reconcile various hypotheses and controversies. It scrutinizes the concept of the "crime drop," highlighting the methodological pitfalls in understanding...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2025-02-12
Collection : SpringerBriefs in Criminology
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Télécharger le livre :  Crime and Safety in the Rural
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Criminology has until recently neglected the nature and levels of crime outside the urban realm. This is not a surprise as crime tends to concentrate in urban areas and the police directs resources where the problems are. Yet, there are many reasons why scholars,...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2022-06-22
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Télécharger le livre :  Violence in the Balkans
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This is the first volume to offer an in-depth look at (lethal) violence in the Balkans. The Balkans Homicide Study analyses 3,000 (attempted) homicide cases from Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania and Slovenia. Shedding light on a region long neglected in...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2021-09-09
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Télécharger le livre :  U.S. Government Contractors and Human Trafficking
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This Brief examines the role of United States private military contractors (PMCs) in human trafficking and forced labor in case studies of Iraq and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Through the lens of these cases, the authors explore the legal and regulatory deficiencies surrounding...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-12-23
Collection : SpringerBriefs in Criminology
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Télécharger le livre :  The Role of State Agencies in Translational Criminology
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This Brief discusses the role of state-level criminal justice organizations in the prevention and control of crime and delinquency. State agencies play an important role in translating criminological knowledge into criminal justice policy and practice. Their unique...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-06-07
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Télécharger le livre :  UN Peacekeeping in Africa
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This timely volume explores the “dark side” of United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping in Africa: when rather than help establish a rule of law in the host country, they become perpetrators of crime. The work of the UN peacekeepers is generally comprised of police and military...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2016-11-17
Collection : SpringerBriefs in Criminology
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Télécharger le livre :  Serial Homicide
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This Brief provides an overview and history of the definition of serial homicide, from the perspectives of psychology, medicine, criminology and forensics. It reviews research to provide a standard definition of serial homicide (as opposed to multiple or mass homicide),...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2016-08-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Toward the Next Generation of Bystander Prevention of Sexual and Relationship Violence
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This briefs integrates and synthesizes an array of research about who helps others and under what conditions and discusses the implications of this research for a bystander intervention focused prevention agenda to reduce sexual and relationship violence in schools and...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2015-09-03
Collection : SpringerBriefs in Criminology
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Télécharger le livre :  Treatment versus Punishment for Drug Addiction
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??This brief summarizes the results of a two-year, international research project covering drug addiction treatment versus punishment in Austria, Poland, and Spain. It features: -An analysis of the national drug-related legislation and its application in these countries...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2015-08-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Social Crime Prevention in the Developing World
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This Brief explores the role of social crime prevention as a crime reduction strategy in the developing world. "Social crime prevention" focuses on the social and economic factors that may contribute to violence and criminal behavior in a community. Particularly in the...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2014-12-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Developing and Maintaining Police-Researcher Partnerships to Facilitate Research Use
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This Brief discusses methods to develop and maintain police – researcher partnerships.  First, the authors provide information that will be useful to police managers and researchers who are interested in creating and maintaining partnerships to conduct research, work...

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Parution : 2014-09-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Translational Criminology and Counterterrorism
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 This brief focuses on translational criminology practices as they relate to counter-terrorism and homeland security.   The work provides a detailed and practical examination of how global threats (such as, terrorism and cybercrime) are managed through local response....

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2014-07-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Using Modeling to Predict and Prevent Victimization
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This work provides clear application of a new statistical modeling technique that can be used to recognize patterns in victimization and prevent repeat victimization. The history of crime prevention techniques range from offender-based, to environment/situation-based,...

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Parution : 2014-01-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Volunteer Police in the United States
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?This work examines in-depth the phenomenon of volunteer policing in the United States. Due to a combination of municipal budget cuts, decreased manpower, and a renewed interest in community partnership, everyday citizens are increasingly joining the police rank and...

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Parution : 2013-11-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Counterterrorism in Areas of Political Unrest
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??Political transitions often create new law enforcement challenges. This Brief provides an examination of such special law enforcement challenges in the Northern Caucasas, both due to the unique structure of the crime groups that are active in the region, and to the...

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Parution : 2012-09-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Defining Street Gangs in the 21st Century
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In contrast to the pattern of long-standing occidental street gangs modelled in the North American paradigm, new-age gangs have appeared as loosely organized, with a high degree of interchangeability of their membership. Associated with this structural fluidity is an...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-07-13
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Télécharger le livre :  Youth Criminal Justice Policy in Canada
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In the past ten years, much has changed in terms of youth justice policies in Canada as well as in the way Canadian society has evolved.Canada has a new Act governing youth crime, and there are indications that the Act will be revised again to make it "tougher" on youth...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2012-02-02
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Télécharger le livre :  Understanding Lone Wolf Terrorism
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What drives the lone wolf terrorist to commit mass violence?What are their ideologies and motivations? How do they plan and carry out their attacks, and who do they target? How can lone wolf terrorism be effectively countered? One of the first in-depth analyses of lone...

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Parution : 2011-12-08
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