Criminology and Criminal Justice

Waltermaurer and Akers bring together leading researchers and practitioners in a book that transcends and merges the disciplines of criminal justice and public health, criminology and epidemiology...

Helping courts, evaluators, guardians, and lawyers understand and work with ambiguous child abuse cases, this volume brings together insights from multiple sources to minimize unnecessary harm done to children and families. Exploring all facets of case management, the book discusses how courts opera..

Introducing the fundamentals of ethical theory, this text exposes the reader to the ways and means of making moral judgments by covering the teachings of the great philosophers, sources of criminal justice ethics, and unethical patterns in the criminal justice system. It is presented from two perspe..

Intense discussion exists concerning what constitutes professional conduct for scientists whose decisions in the laboratory can mean death for someone in the courtroom. This volume reviews the rationale for a code of ethics, makes recommendations for appropriate scientist/advocate relations, and pro..

Evaluating Police Tactics..

This fascinating new book opens up new ways of looking at different aspects of crime and crime control, exploring the potential contribution that a more welcoming approach to the evolutionary perspective would make to criminology...

A collection of works, some previously published as articles in the journal Police Practice and Research, this book provides both conceptual analysis and case studies, exploring historical and sociopolitical contexts of conflicts in order to help readers better understand these themes. The book defi..

Although the exercise of discretion often plays a key part in decisions which are made within the criminal justice system, definitions of discretion are not clear, and despite widespread recognition of its importance there is much controversy on its nature and legitimacy. This book focuses on the co..

This book will be essential reading for students seeking an understanding of the nature of the discipline of criminology and criminological research. It brings together a series of writings on the problems facing contemporary criminology, highlighting the main theoretical priorities of critical anal..

Bringing together experts from around the world and presenting a range of comparative critical research relating to key themes of the pains of imprisonment, stigma, power and vulnerability, this book explores the various ways in which offenders relate to the justice systems and how these relationshi..

Bringing together experts from around the world and presenting a range of comparative critical research relating to key themes of the pains of imprisonment, stigma, power and vulnerability, this book explores the various ways in which offenders relate to the justice systems and how these relationshi..

Conceived and written in the trenches, Expert Witnessing in Forensic Accounting: A Handbook for Lawyers and Accountants candidly shows how to be successful in the courtroom through the hands-on experiences of both a certified public accountant and a trial attorney. Zeph Telpner and Michael Mostek gu..