Criminology and Criminal Justice

This book provides the first systematic overview of the theoretical, empirical, clinical, and police issues related to sexual murderers and murder and brings together leading researchers and practitioners from across eight different countries...

Spanning a variety of media, this book offers the first foundational handbook on visual criminology. Considering theory, representations of crime and justice, ethics of visual research methods and the challenges and limits of visual criminology...

This book explores the relationship between crime and community in rural areas and addresses the notion of safety as part of the community dynamics in such areas. Based on a wealth of original research, Ceccato combines spatial methods with qualitative analysis to examine, in detail, farm and wildli..

This book explores the relationship between crime and community in rural areas and addresses the notion of safety as part of the community dynamics in such areas. Based on a wealth of original research, Ceccato combines spatial methods with qualitative analysis to examine, in detail, farm and wildli..

Written by two of the leading experts in the field, Rural Criminology puts the study of rural crime and social control on the map. For the first time, this book brings together contemporary research and conceptual considerations to synthesize rural crime studies from a critical perspective...

Written by two of the leading experts in the field, Rural Criminology puts the study of rural crime and social control on the map. For the first time, this book brings together contemporary research and conceptual considerations to synthesize rural crime studies from a critical perspective...

Rural issues are currently attracting unprecedented levels of interest, with the debates surrounding the future of 'traditional' rural customs and practice becoming a significant political concern...

Rural issues are currently attracting unprecedented levels of interest, with the debates surrounding the future of 'traditional' rural customs and practice becoming a significant political concern...

Every year in the UK, hundreds of workers are killed just doing their jobs, thousands more die of illnesses caused by their work and tens of thousands suffer major injuries such as amputations, loss of sight, serious burns, and so on...

What causes young people to offend? What influence do schools have on young peoples' offending behaviour in relation to other possible causal factors? These critical criminological and educational questions are addressed in Schools and the Problem of Crime...

Often seen as host nation's largest ever logistical undertaking, accommodating the Olympics and its attendant security infrastructure brings seismic changes to both the physical and social geography of its destination. Through analyzing the social and community impact of the 2012 Games and its secur..

Today security is a central theme in criminology; as security governs our lives, governing security becomes a priority. This important text provides an authoritative introduction to security, serving simultaneously as an introduction and as a timely reflection upon the significance, implications, an..