Causes & prevention of crime books

1756 books were found.

Perspectives on Punishment: The Contours of Control

Perspectives on Punishment: The Contours of Control...

Author: Sarah Armstrong (Lecturer in Law, University of Edinburgh) ,  Lesley McAra (Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Edinburgh)
ISBN: 9780199278770
Format: Paperback
$67.95

This book provides broad coverage of the latest research on punishment and control. The contributions look at some...  Read More >>

Perspectives on Punishment: The Contours of Control

Perspectives on Punishment: The Contours of Control...

Author: Sarah Armstrong (Lecturer in Law, University of Edinburgh) ,  Lesley McAra (Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Edinburgh)
ISBN: 9780199278763
Format: Hardback
$154.95

This book provides broad coverage of the latest research on punishment and control. The contributions look at some...  Read More >>

Less Law, More Order: The Truth about Reducing Crime

Less Law, More Order: The Truth about Reducing Crime...

Author: Irvin Waller
ISBN: 9780275990770
Format: Hardback
$110.00

This timely book illustrates in convincing detail what needs to be done to prevent crime and keep people out of...  Read More >>

The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America

The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity,...

Author: Ruth D. Peterson ,  Lauren J. Krivo
ISBN: 9780814767191
Format: Hardback
$193.00

Considers race and ethnicity as central organizing principles in why, how, where and by whom crimes are committed...  Read More >>

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: How Investing in Physical and Social Capital Makes Communities Safer

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: How Investing...

Author: Garland White
ISBN: 9780773457157
Format: Hardback
$290.27

Provides an examination of the major criminological perspectives on the presence of crime and disorder in residential...  Read More >>

The Colour of Justice: Policing Race in Canada

The Colour of Justice: Policing Race in Canada

Author: David M. Tanovich
ISBN: 9781552211199
Format: Paperback
$76.43

Provides a comprehensive look at racial profiling in Canada. This book offers the answers to the following questions:...  Read More >>

Community safety: Critical perspectives on policy and practice

Community safety: Critical perspectives on policy and...

Author: Peter Squires (School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton)
ISBN: 9781861347305
Format: Hardback
$165.95

Community safety emerged as a new approach to tackling and preventing local crime and disorder in the late 1980s...  Read More >>

Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of 'a Few Bad Apples'

Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of...

Author: Frances Henry ,  Carol Tator
ISBN: 9780802086662
Format: Paperback
$105.00

Informed by a wealth of research and theoretical approaches from a wide range of disciplines, Racial Profiling in...  Read More >>

Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of 'a Few Bad Apples'

Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of...

Author: Frances Henry ,  Carol Tator
ISBN: 9780802087140
Format: Hardback
$270.00

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Immigration and Crime: Ethnicity, Race, and Violence

Immigration and Crime: Ethnicity, Race, and Violence...

Author: Ramiro Martinez Jr. ,  Abel Valenzuela, Jr.
ISBN: 9780814757048
Format: Hardback
$193.00

Argues that fears of immigrant crime are largely unfounded, as immigrants are themselves often more likely to be...  Read More >>

Crime and Social Institutions

Crime and Social Institutions

Author: Richard Rosenfeld ,  Professor Gerald Mars
ISBN: 9780754625018
Format: Hardback
$630.00

Presents theoretical arguments and empirical research on the relationship between crime and the structure of communities...  Read More >>

Community safety: Critical perspectives on policy and practice

Community safety: Critical perspectives on policy and...

Author: Peter Squires
ISBN: 9781847429575
Format: Electronic book text
$303.60

Explores the strengths and weaknesses of the community safety legacy. This book explores such topics as: anti-social...  Read More >>

Bar Wars: Contesting the Night in Contemporary British Cities

Bar Wars: Contesting the Night in Contemporary British...

Author: Phil Hadfield (Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of York)
ISBN: 9780199297856
Format: Hardback
$151.95

The night-time economy poses one of the biggest crime problems in Britain. This book highlights precisely how and...  Read More >>

The Truce: Lessons from an L.A. Gang War

The Truce: Lessons from an L.A. Gang War

Author: Karen Umemoto
ISBN: 9780801473050
Format: Paperback
$63.23

This ethnography of a gang war in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Oakwood, just blocks from the famed Venice Beach...  Read More >>

The Truce: Lessons from an L.A. Gang War

The Truce: Lessons from an L.A. Gang War

Author: Karen Umemoto
ISBN: 9780801443725
Format: Hardback
$343.20

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