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For much of history, pirates and buccaneers constituted one of the most serious threats to maritime activities all over the world. More recently, apart from adventure stories and swashbuckling films, maritime piracy was largely thought of as a thing of the past. This...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2012-04-15
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Following Michelle and Lisa Taylor's conviction of the savage murder of Alison Shaugnessy, Bernard O'Mahoney embarked on a successful crusade to prove their innocence. Michelle - who had been having an affair with Alison's husband - had been found guilty of murdering...
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Mainstream Digital
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2012-04-13
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Raw and unflinching, a gripping, true insight into the life of a front-line CID detective.'I laughed, I cringed, and I also found myself deeply disturbed by it . . . Officer 'A' does not pull any punches' - Kevin Morris QPM, Head of the Superintendents Association for...
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Mainstream Digital
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2012-04-05
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This volume addresses critical questions about how to achieve the best outcomes from police and security providers by reviewing and critiquing the scientific literature and identifying best practice guidelines. Chapters cover a range of topical issues, including...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2012-04-05
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'It wasn't only Britain's biggest heist, it became the bloodiest' Mail on SundayThe inside story of the 20th century's most lucrative armed robbery.On 26 November 1983 six armed robbers escaped with £28 million worth of gold bullion from a Brink's-Mat warehouse at...
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Quercus
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2012-03-29
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Despite strenuous efforts from local, national, and international law enforcement, organized crime continues to thrive and prosper—even centuries-old crime outfits are surviving the global forces of mass migration and multinational business and finance.
From traditional...
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Springer
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2012-03-20
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How can a society prevent-not deter, not punish-but prevent crime? Criminal justice prevention, commonly called crime control, aims to prevent crime after an initial offence has been commited through anything from an arrest to a death penalty sentence. These traditional...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-02-24
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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...
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Springer
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2012-02-02
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Running with the Krays lifts the liid off London's underworld, from street gangs and race-course con games to protection rackets, beatings, maimings, intimidation and even murders. It reveals elements of police corruption and provides insights into the interdependence...
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Mainstream Digital
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2012-01-20
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Grass is the incredible story of Phil Sparrowhawk, a working-class boy with gambling in his blood. Like most punters, he enjoyed an incredible run of luck, but finally rolled the dice once too often.Before he had come of age, Phil had accumulated a small fortune from...
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Mainstream Digital
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2012-01-06
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As a steady source of juvenile delinquents and an incubator for future adult offenders, the youth gang has long been a focus of attention, from their origins and prevalence to intervention and prevention strategies. But while delinquent youth form gangs worldwide, youth...
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Springer
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2011-12-14
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Dr Bill Bass' work, and in particular his Body Farm, has furthered forensic anthropology and made it possible to prove from the discovery of a skeleton, no matter how much time has elapsed since death, how and when death occurred and to whom the body belonged. His work...
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Quercus
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2011-11-24
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A shocking and brutal murder had taken place in the city in February that year, and the words 'Jack Ripper is at the back of this door' were found written in chalk on a door at the scene of the crime. When he was arrested, the accused, William Bury, admitted that he was...
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Mainstream Digital
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2011-11-18
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In the past eight years, there has been a massive increase in government spending on counterterrorism intervention development and implementation. Given this increase, there are two evidence-based policy questions that are important to address: Is there evidence that...
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Springer
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2011-11-06
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Springer Series on Evidence-Based Crime Policy
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The forty-percent drop in crime that occurred across the U.S. from 1991 to 2000 remains largely an unsolved mystery. Even more puzzling is the eighty-percent drop over nineteen years in New York City. Twice as long and twice as large, it is the largest crime decline on...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-11-01
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In DarkMarket: CyberThieves, CyberCops and You, Misha Glenny plunged into the murky depths of the world's most notorious carder fraud site, DarkMarket.In this exclusive short eBook, he takes you even deeper into that world.In the realm of the cyberthief, your best...
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Vintage Digital
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2011-10-20
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'My Lord, You are aware that, at this moment, the public feeling is strongly excited against the perpetrators of the late foul and cold blooded murders that have taken place in the very centre of a populous and civilised city . . . Your Lordship is aware, that in all...
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Mainstream Digital
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2011-10-14
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In The Trigger Men, bestselling author Martin Dillon delves into the dark and sinister world of Irish terrorism and counter-terrorism. Over three decades he has interviewed and investigated some of the most professional, dangerous and ruthless killers in Ireland. Now...
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Mainstream Digital
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2011-10-14
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Although criminal justice systems in developed Western countries are much alike in form, structure, and function, the American system is unique. While it is structurally similar to those of other Western countries, the punishments it imposes are often vastly harsher. No...
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Oxford University Press
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2011-09-07
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FRED & ROSE IS THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT OF THIS INFAMOUS TRUE CRIME CASE - NOW UPDATED WITH A POSTSCRIPT FROM THE AUTHOR. AS FEATURED ON TV, AND IN THE PODCAST SERIES, UNHEARD: THEFRED & ROSE WEST TAPESFred and Rose West are virtually unique in British criminal history: a...
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Sphere
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2011-09-05
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