Criminology and Criminal Justice

This fully updated and expanded new version builds upon the success of the first edition and aim to provide an up-to-date and authoritative account of recent developments and provide an overview of policing in Scotland, with an updated description of the basic factual information about Scottish poli..

This book brings together a group of respected academics to explore the role of the police in the regulation of consensual, sexual practices and in shaping the boundaries of that aspect of contemporary life that we imagine to be most private...

This book critically evaluates the creation of the new police force, an Garda Síochána, in the 1920s and analyses how this institution was influenced by and responded to substantial changes in Ireland...

This book aims to provide an accessible introduction to the key issues surrounding ethics in policing, linking this to recent developments and new human rights legislation. It sets out a powerful case for a modern 'ethical policing' approach, and argues that securing and protecting human rights shou..

Building on ethnographic fieldwork in two European ports, this book discusses how operational policing and security realities and identities are established, and examines how industrial commercialization has aggravated security issues...

Building on ethnographic fieldwork in two European ports, this book discusses how operational policing and security realities and identities are established, and examines how industrial commercialization has aggravated security issues...

This book focuses on the use of CCTV in a very different environment to that in which its impact has previously been studied - that of a busy London police station - and draws upon the analysis of CCTV footage, suspects' backgrounds and extensive interviewing of both police officers and suspects. Th..

Providing an overview of the history of policing in the UK, the book investigates the changes in policing strategies over time, and provides a historical foundation for contemporary debates. It will be essential reading for anybody interested in the history of policing, and in today's intense debate..

Providing an accessible introduction to the role and function of the police and policing, this book looks at the 'core functions' of the police, the ways in which police functions have developed, their key characteristics, and the challenges they face...

This book aims to bring together the key readings which constitute the core of policing studies, setting them within the necessary theoretical, social and political context, and providing an explanatory commentary...

Pornography and The Criminal Justice System..

_x005F_x000D_ This book offers the first comprehensive review of positive criminology in theory, research and practice, an approach that emphasizes integration, social inclusion and rehabilitation. _x005F_x000D_ Each chapter in this book is written by key scholars in the related fields of criminolog..