Crime & criminology books

The untold story of how Cambridge University locked up women in their own private prison - and how the town fought...  Read More >>

The explosive second volume of former mobster's Lou Ferrante's BORGATA trilogy in which we learn of the existential...  Read More >>

This book issues a powerful call to action: queer justice requires the abolition of the prison industrial complex....  Read More >>

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This book issues a powerful call to action: queer justice requires the abolition of the prison industrial complex....  Read More >>

In the 1980s the relationship between alcohol and aggression and violence was a controversial one. Much of previous...  Read More >>

This open access brief examines NATO’s Stability Policing doctrine...  Read More >>

This open access book examines the impact of digitalisation processes on fair, accessible and inclusive criminal...  Read More >>

This book charts the history of execution laws and practices in the era of the 'Bloody Code' and their extraordinary...  Read More >>

Why are some harms defined as crimes while others are not? This pioneering collection disrupts the boundaries of...  Read More >>

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From civil and criminal trials, all the way to the Supreme Court James Brosnahan saw it all in his career of suspenseful...  Read More >>

Sin City Gangsters is a fast-paced account of how the mob created Las Vegas by building, buying, and controlling...  Read More >>

Mastering Cybersecurity – A Practical Guide to Cyber Tools & Techniques (Volume 2) offers a hands-on, real-world...  Read More >>

In a small Missouri town in 1992, the body of 19-year-old Mischelle Lawless was found and 18-year-old Josh Kezer...  Read More >>

Mastering Cybersecurity – A Practical Guide to Cyber Tools & Techniques (Volume 2) offers a hands-on, real-world...  Read More >>

Brazil's prison population, estimated at 90,000 in 1990, has exploded to over 650,000, the third highest in the...  Read More >>

Bad boys, bright lights and sorry ends: the story of our most infamous gangster. Joseph Leslie 'Squizzy' Taylor...  Read More >>

Detecting Lies in Legal Proceedings is a first-of-its-kind practice guide written by a lawyer, specially for lawyers,...  Read More >>

A Mafia insider and authentic Hollywood tough guy reveals the explosive secrets he's learned (and kept) for decades...  Read More >>

Brazil's prison population, estimated at 90,000 in 1990, has exploded to over 650,000, the third highest in the...  Read More >>

This book critically examines the failures and contradictions of UK drug policy, exposing how current laws disproportionately...  Read More >>

Einschlägige Wissenschaftler*innen leisten einen Beitrag zu einer reflektierten und weiterführenden Diskussion von...  Read More >>

As well as case analysis, it draws on interviews with both practitioners and stakeholders, reflects on the authors’...  Read More >>

The Prison Community was a landmark study on prison culture and social processes, first published in 1940 (and reissued...  Read More >>