Offenders books

This book explores the discourse and rhetoric that resists and opposes postsecondary prison education.  Read More >>

This interdisciplinary and cross-cutting volume serves as a vital resource for experts at universities, in international...  Read More >>

Drawing on the first comprehensive study in England and Wales to review the police custody process from the perspective...  Read More >>

This fully revised and expanded second edition focusses on high-risk youth - whose struggles include neglect and...  Read More >>

This fully revised and expanded second edition focusses on high-risk youth - whose struggles include neglect and...  Read More >>

Explore the history of youth gangs: the diverse gang types, how they form, and what makes them attractive to children,...  Read More >>

Women’s Criminalisation and Offending in Australia and New Zealand offers new research and analysis of women’s offending...  Read More >>

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A riveting, shocking, and thought-provoking standalone thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author M.J. Arlidge....  Read More >>

​This open access book explores how legal proceedings in and out-of-court can be matched to the complex problems...  Read More >>

The book demonstrates the unique contribution police ethnographies make to our understanding of policing cultures...  Read More >>

Relevant for experienced and emerging social work and human service practitioners alike, this book explores the...  Read More >>

Focusing on the lives of first and second generation British Pakistani young adult men and those approaching middle...  Read More >>

Relevant for experienced and emerging social work and human service practitioners alike, this book explores the...  Read More >>

With new cases such as Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, it further explores topics including the role of social media...  Read More >>

Building on a range of interviews with young adult women who were offenders in their youth, this book analyses their...  Read More >>

This edited volume presents nine new state-of-the-science chapters covering topics relevant to psychology and law,...  Read More >>

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First published in 1965, this study was the first attempt in this country to look at the problems of the families...  Read More >>

Challenging concepts and practices of rehabilitation, this text draws on criminology, philosophy and theology to...  Read More >>

This book presents the findings from the Enhancing Positive Outcomes in Youth and the Community (EPYC) study.  Read More >>

This book focuses on the parents whose adolescent male children are sent to prison. Charting many of the adversities...  Read More >>

In this new and distinctive contribution to the desistance literature, Dr David Honeywell draws on his own lived...  Read More >>

This book uses a critical approach to understand the issues and questions about offender rehabilitation within the...  Read More >>

Analysing the causes and effects of a variety of youth delinquent behaviours, both digital and conventional, this...  Read More >>