Offenders books

This volume is an attempt to bring together both forensic clinicians and those working within the criminal justice...  Read More >>

This volume is an attempt to bring together both forensic clinicians and those working within the criminal justice...  Read More >>

Aimed at any worker struggling with the comprehensive assessment of adult sex offenders, this text aims to bridge...  Read More >>

Based on a decade of research on the health of women prisoners both in the U.K. and U.S., this book is built around...  Read More >>

Explores the warning signs and motivations for murders committed by teenagers with no history of violence. The author...  Read More >>

This is an examination of adolescent violence in the United States as both a social phenomenon and a policy problem....  Read More >>

An A-Z of adult and young offender penal establishemnts in England and Wales, this guide contains information about...  Read More >>

The statistics are staggering: 20 percent of all women coming into the New York State prison system either have...  Read More >>

Girls are no less important to gang life than boys. Poor young women get trapped in cycles of victimization and...  Read More >>

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""An absorbing analysis of delinquency among working-class adolescents... This clearly written and well-researched...  Read More >>

This text covers the full range of topics found in a corrections course, but in a practical and easily-accessible...  Read More >>

Compelling stories about the lives of women at a time when Australia was a gaol.  Read More >>

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The authors seek to transcend criticisms about justice and injustice by arguing that organizations specializing...  Read More >>

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Most people know juvenile offenders only from daily headlines, and the images portrayed by the media are extreme...  Read More >>

Youth violence has become one of the most contentious and perplexing issues in recent debates on crime policy. This...  Read More >>

With increased urbanization and emphasis on human rights, corrections have become the target of a variety of attacks....  Read More >>

Based on research into Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison in the 1950s and 1970s, where inmates were used as guinea...  Read More >>

Murders by women were sensationalized in the English press during the 19th-century. Knelman analyses histories of...  Read More >>

This new book helps readers to understand why many offenders appear to fail to learn from experience, and why they...  Read More >>

This volume presents a clear description of the problems of women offenders, a variety of treatment approaches and...  Read More >>

Presents current treatment approaches to offenders with mental disorders in a variety of settings. The volume addresses...  Read More >>