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  • Pathways to Gang Involvement and Drug Distribution

    Social, Environmental, and Psychological Factors

    by Inger-Lise Lien ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book uses a multi-methods study of incarcerated youths to examine the pathways to gang involvement, the drug distribution system and hierarchy within gangs, levels of traumatic stress and depression among gang-involved youths, and other mechanisms of control and retention within the system of gangs. Based on a study of young inmates in Norway, with international backgrounds including Africa, ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Street Gangs, Migration and Ethnicity

    Edited by Frank van Gemert, Dana Peterson, Inger-Lise Lien ...
    This book is the third publication from the Eurogang Network, a cross-national collaboration of researchers (from both North America and Europe) devoted to comparative and multi-national research on youth gangs. It provides a unique insight into the influence of migration on local gang formation and development, paying particular attention to the importance of ethnicity. The book also explores the ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • European Street Gangs and Troublesome Youth Groups

    by Francesca Angelini, Paul Bradshaw, Yngve Carlsson, Finn-Aage Esbensen, Mark S. Fleisher, Uberto Gatti, Hans-Juergen Kerner, Malcolm W. Klein, Inger-Lise Lien, Gilberto Marengo, Natalia Melchiorre, Kerstin Reich, Alexander Salagaev, Marcello Sasso, Alexander Shashkin, Irina Sherbakova, Elias Touryanskiy, Frank van Gemert, Elmar G. M. Weitekamp ...
    Series series Violence Prevention and Policy
    Although a well-known phenomenon in the U.S., street gangs and other violent and criminal groups_including racist groups_exist also in European cities and countries, and are of increasing concern in global law enforcement. The eminent contributors to this volume present valuable new data on European youth gangs, describing important characteristics of these groups, and their similarities and ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

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    Crime is big news. From murder to theft to drug gangs, crime and criminal justice affect the lives of millions of people worldwide. Hardly surprisingly, crime has been pushed high up the public policy agenda across the world. But how can we measure crime, or evaluate the effectiveness of preventative measures? Does the threat of prison reduce someone's likelihood of reoffending, or would ... Read more

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  • Preventing Crime

    A Holistic Approach

    by Tore Bjørgo ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Traditional "schools" of crime prevention, like the criminal justice model, social crime prevention or situational crime prevention, have proved to be too narrow and do not combine well with other approaches. However, each of these models provides important insights and contributions for reducing crime. By extracting the main preventive mechanisms of these diverse approaches, this book develops a ... Read more

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  • The Handbook of Homicide

    Edited by Fiona Brookman, Edward R. Maguire, Mike Maguire ...
    Series series Wiley Handbooks in Criminology and Criminal Justice
    The Handbook of Homicide presents a series of original essays by renowned authors from around the world, reflecting the latest scholarship on the nature, causes, and patterns of homicide, as well as policies and practices for its investigation and prevention.Includes comprehensive coverage of the complex phenomenon of homicide and its various formsFeatures original contributions from an esteemed ... Read more

    $175.00 USD

  • Police-Citizen Relations Across the World

    Comparing sources and contexts of trust and legitimacy

    Edited by Sebastian Roché, Dietrich Oberwittler ...
    Series series Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
    Police-citizen relations are in the public spotlight following outbursts of anger and violence. Such clashes often happen as a response to fatal police shootings, racial or ethnic discrimination, or the mishandling of mass protests. But even in such cases, citizens’ assessment of the police differs considerably across social groups. This raises the question of the sources and impediments of ... Read more

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  • Surviving Incarceration

    Inside Canadian Prisons

    by Rose Ricciardelli ...
    Is prison a humane form of punishment and an effective means of rehabilitation? Are current prison policies, such as shifting resources away from rehabilitation toward housing more offenders, improving the safety and lives of incarcerated populations?Considering that many Canadians have served time, are currently incarcerated, or may one day be incarcerated–and will be released back into society ... Read more

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  • Crime in Canada

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    In her latest book, sociologist Diane Crocker challenges the popular perception that crime in Canada is on the rise and argues that public opinion is becoming a bigger barrier to achieving justice than the actual extent of crime. Using the most current data available, her research reveals how we can better assess the effectiveness of crime control policies, as well as our own responses to crime, ... Read more

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  • Misunderstanding Terrorism

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  • Behind the Walls

    Inmates and Correctional Officers on the State of Canadian Prisons

    by Michael Weinrath ...
    Series series Law and Society
    In this system, you can’t trust anybody. Like, even on the streets, I’ve never trusted my own brother. But now, in Ni-Miikana, I’m starting to get that trust back. You just gotta be careful what you say in here, and you’ll be all right.Despite falling crime rates, more rights for inmates, and better training for correctional officers, Canada’s prison population is on the rise, and outbreaks of ... Read more

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  • Gender and Crime

    A Human Rights Approach

    by Marisa Silvestri, Chris Crowther-Dowey ...
    Series series Key Approaches to Criminology
    This book is a comprehensive and critical introduction to the field of gender and crime, re-thinking the key themes and debates within a human rights framework.Integrating empirical, theoretical and policy-related material, this Second Editionhas been significantly updated, and now includes;Full consideration of the 2010-2015 Coalition Government and its effect on gender and crime within England ... Read more

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