Social services & welfare, criminology books

This book gives the investigator a guide to probing, evaluating, and analyzing local criminal organizations, with...  Read More >>

The latest installment in a series of insightful interviews with senior police executives worldwide, this book offers...  Read More >>

Drawn from the work of scholars on the cutting edge of police research, this volume provides concrete recommendations...  Read More >>

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Bringing together cutting-edge theory, up-to-date research and current practice, this book analyses the role of...  Read More >>

This work considers the international and European obligations of the UK in challenging the far-right and assesses...  Read More >>

Written by international leaders with firsthand knowledge of the issues, this book investigates criminal and non-criminal...  Read More >>

Focusing on the late 20th and the early 21st centuries, this collection assembles contributions concerned with current...  Read More >>

This book offers a philosophical examination of incarceration as a form of punishment. A diverse group of contributors...  Read More >>

This book represents the culmination of ten years of research and an ongoing partnership between the Volgograd Academy...  Read More >>

Exploring the history and reform of policing in Hong Kong, this book focuses on the colonial years and questions...  Read More >>

Operation Devil Horns delivers a high-impact, true insider account of one of the largest federal takedowns of a...  Read More >>

Exploring issues of courage, integrity, leadership, and character and demonstrating the concept of anima-based leadership,...  Read More >>

This book describes how to use logic, reasoning, critical thinking, and the scientific method to conduct and improve...  Read More >>

With reported incidents increasing every year, kidnapping for ransom continues to be a worldwide plague. This volume...  Read More >>

This forward-looking guide introduces a new model of policing— Public Safety Policing—that accounts for changes...  Read More >>

This book reveals the precautions travelers can take to avoid being kidnapped or derail a kidnapping attempt in...  Read More >>

This book explores the injustices of bias, prejudice, and corruption in American jurisprudence concerning American...  Read More >>

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This volume employs the comparative case study approach to evaluate systems in police departments in two diverse...  Read More >>

Written by former Commanding Officer of the Manhattan Special Victims Squad Thomas P. Carney, this volume provides...  Read More >>

This volume explores an experiment that took place in Zwelethemba—located in South Africa’s Western Cape Province—to...  Read More >>