Crime and Crime Prevention

Private Security and the Law, 5e, is a singular resource that provides the most comprehensive analysis of practices in the security industry with respect to law, regulation, licensure, and constitutional questions of case and statutory authority. It examines the constitutional and due-process dimens..

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of government-based licensing and minimum standards imposed on the security industry in relation to selection, training, and licensing in select countries from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. The chapters in this book were originally published i..

Surveillance has a high profile in security contexts – it is also increasingly central to organizational life: personal information is valued commercially as well as in policing. Through international comparisons and up-to-date, expert analysis this handbook shows how and why surveillance operates t..

Herein lie the answers to crime and disorder...

This book brings together original writings from leading scholars in the field to explore the many ways that the use and abuse of state power results in grave social harms that outweigh, by far, the consequences of ordinary street crime. The topics covered include the crimes of empire, illegal war, ..

Research has shown that the majority of crimes are committed by persistent or serial offenders, with as little as seven percent of offenders accounting for approximately 60 percent of all crimes. This volume provides a comprehensive discussion on both the theoretical and practical aspects of crime s..

In recent years the workplace has emerged as a recognized site of violence, threat and menace and this book makes a significant contribution to the growing literature on workplace violence. Using innovative research methods, this book uniquely examines four of the most violence-prone occupations: th..

A new installment of the series of Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts, and Prisons, this book expands upon the criminal justice coverage of earlier volumes, offering the voices of 14 lawyers from 13 diverse locales, including countries in Arfrica, North Amercia, South America, Europe..

Using three topics in criminology, this book describes how to reduce and respond to crime without reliance on the conventional criminal justice practices of police and prisons. It highlights the diffusion of knowledge about crime through media and criminological research; and examination of surveill..

Examines the the Neighbourhood Watch scheme and other community policing initiatives, revealing that most schemes are now dormant or dead and arguing that this is largely due to a lack of commitment to community policing by police forces...