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This Brief fills a gap in criminological literature, as there are few empirically-based studies on delinquency of adolescent girls. It provides results of a longitudinal study, The Pittsburgh Girls Study (PGS), which includes 2,451 girls, followed annually from age...
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Springer
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2016-11-23
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This collection presents a diverse set of case studies and theoretical reflections on how criminologists engage with practitioners and policy makers while undertaking research. The contributions to this volume highlight both the challenges and opportunities associated...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-11-23
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Oxford Centre for Criminology, this edited collection of essays seeks to explore the changing contours of criminal justice over the past half century and to consider possible shifts over the next few decades.
The question of how...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-11-17
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Der Sammelband verfolgt das Ziel, Praktiker in den sozialtherapeutischen Einrichtungen des Justizvollzugs und des Maßregelvollzugs über Standards bei der Behandlung von Straftätern und über Ergebnisse aus der Behandlungsforschung zu informieren. Dabei bilden die gerade...
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Centaurus Verlag & Media
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2016-11-15
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This book develops the idea that the Cosa Nostra Sicilian mafia likes and, more than any other criminal organization, follows the patterns of capitalist transformation. The author presents analysis of the mafia under post-fordism capitalism, showing how...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2016-11-15
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This book brings the visual dimension of environmental crimes and harms into the field of green criminology. It shows how photographic images can provide a means for eliciting narratives from people who live in polluted areas – describing in detail and from their point...
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Palgrave Pivot
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2016-11-07
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This book explores young adults' experiences and understandings of sexualised violence within licensed venues. Although anecdotally common, unwanted sexual attention in pubs and clubs has been the focus of relatively little criminological analysis.This text provides the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-03
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There has been a significant increase in the focus on sex offending in recent years in both the academic and public spheres. From heightened media attention on sex crimes to new waves of legislation aimed at crime prevention, issues related to sexual assault,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2016-11-03
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Oxford Centre for Criminology, this edited collection of essays seeks to explore the changing contours of criminal justice over the past half century and to consider possible shifts over the next few decades.
The question of how...
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OUP Oxford
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2016-11-03
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This book introduces 'convenience' as the key concept to explain financial crime by white-collar criminals. Based on a number of fraud examination- reports from the United States and Norway, the book documents empirical evidence of convenience among white-collar...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-27
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This book provides a timely criminological investigation into the rapidly growing sale of fake medicines online. Some estimates suggest that the fake medicine trade has now overtaken marijuana and prostitution as the world's largest market for criminal traffickers.This...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-25
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Why has crime fiction become a global genre? How do writers use crime fiction to reflect upon the changing nature of crime and policing in our contemporary world? This book argues that the globalization of crime fiction should not be celebrated uncritically....
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-23
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Mit diesem Buch wird eine sozialwissenschaftliche Studie zu Ursachen und Folgen des über Jahrzehnte anhaltenden Missbrauchs im österreichischen Benediktinerstift Kremsmünster vorgelegt.In Deutschland und Österreich haben Kinder und Jugendliche über Jahrzehnte in...
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Springer VS
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2016-09-20
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Providing a historical analysis of the impact of criminology on the rationale of punishment and the sentencing systems in Europe and the US between the 1870s and the 1930s, Reinventing Punishment: A Comparative History of Criminology and Penology in the 19th and 20th...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-10
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Providing a historical analysis of the impact of criminology on the rationale of punishment and the sentencing systems in Europe and the US between the 1870s and the 1930s, Reinventing Punishment: A Comparative History of Criminology and Penology in the 19th and 20th...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-08
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This book examines the practices of cybercriminals who steal and sell personal information acquired through various means, including mass data breaches, to engage in cybercrime and fraud. Using data from multiple English and Russian language web forums, the authors...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-09-06
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Die systemtheoretisch orientierte Monografie untersucht Phänomen und Funktion von Illegalität. Sie enthält außerdem die Ausarbeitung des neuen Theoriestücks der Modalmedien.Illegalität ist ein solches Modalmedium, das sich an rechtlich-politischen Unvereinbarkeiten...
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Springer VS
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2016-09-01
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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),...
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Springer
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2016-08-30
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This volume brings together a series of original contributions made by international experts dedicated to guiding efforts in preventing crime. The collection is divided into seven sections that cover cutting edge approaches to crime prevention: 1) the offenders’...
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Springer
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2016-08-27
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This book illuminates the decision-making processes of the US Supreme court through an examination of several prisoners' rights cases. In 1964, the Supreme Court declined to hear prisoners’ claims about religious freedom. In 2014, the Supreme Court heard a case that...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-08-25
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