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  • The Prisoner's Release

    A Study of the Employment of Ex-Prisoners

    by Keith Soothill ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Prison and Prisoners
    For well over one hundred years society had considered ways of helping prisoners on their release from prison, but there had been no serious attempt to assess in a scientific manner the value of such efforts. Originally published in 1974, this book broke with this tradition and was the first full-scale work published in this country evaluating carefully whether an active policy of finding suitable ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Sex Crime in the News

    by Keith Soothill, Sylvia Walby ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1991, Sex Crime in the News is a unique examination of the nature of sex crime reporting in the press. Analysing examples from forty years of newspaper coverage, the authors provide a systematic study of this controversial topic. The book reveals the misleading and trivializing nature of sex crime coverage, with serious research reports on rape and discussions on law reform ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Criminal Conversations

    An Anthology of the Work of Tony Parker

    Edited by Keith Soothill ...
    This anthology, selected by Tony Parker shortly before his death in 1996, provides the very essence of his quite distinctive contribution to criminology. In it he speaks intimately to all kinds of people including offenders, inadequates, professional criminals, sex offenders, frauds and false pretence merchants and prisoners on death row. Lyn Smith concludes with some reflections on his ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Understanding Criminal Careers

    by Keith Soothill, Claire Fitzpatrick, Brian Francis ...
    The study of criminal careers is of increasing interest in criminology. It is now generally recognised that it is important to try to understand criminal behaviour across the life-course rather than focusing on fragmented incidents which provide only a partial picture. This is an accessible text which clarifies the crucial theoretical and methodological debates surrounding the study of criminal ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Questioning Crime and Criminology

    Edited by Moira Peelo, Keith Soothill ...
    This is a text for criminology students designed to take them to the heart of the contradictions, confusions and blurred boundaries around the subject of crime, about what crime is, about social regulation and control, and about social responsibility. It focuses on the key questions and issues underpinning them in contemporary definitions, representations and explanations of crime. It aims to ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Handbook of Forensic Mental Health

    Edited by Keith Soothill, Paul Rogers, Mairead Dolan ...
    This is a comprehensive reference book on the subject of forensic mental health, looking at what forensic mental health is and its assessment, management and treatment. It focuses on key topics and the issues underpinning them in contemporary society.The book includes:an account of the historical development of forensic mental health, along with a description of the three mental health systems ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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    by Jonathan Merritt ...
    Series series Practical Policing Skills Series
    This book provides a comprehensive examination of all the required areas of criminal and policing law, with explicit links to the National Occupational Standards. Chapters open with clear objectives and include regular revision notes, knowledge check questions and answers and practical activities.This second edition has been fully revised to expand the content, take account of recent changes and ... Read more

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  • Introducing Criminology

    by Clive Coleman, Clive Norris ...
    Criminology, or the study of crime, has developed rapidly as a subject in recent years, while crime and the problem of how to respond to it have become major concerns for society as a whole. This book provides a succinct, highly readable - and much needed - introduction to criminology for those who want to learn more, whether they are already studying the subject, thinking of doing so, or just ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Prisonomics

    Behind Bars in Britain's Failing Prisons

    by Vicky Pryce ...
    In March 2013, Vicky Pryce was sentenced to eight months in prison for accepting her ex-husband's penalty points on her driving licence some ten years earlier. After a very public trial, she was sent first to the notorious Holloway and then to East Sutton Park, an open prison in Kent. Inside, she kept a diary documenting her views and experiences; from this diary, Prisonomics was born. Faced with ... Read more

    $15.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Forensic Psychology

    Concepts, Debates and Practice

    Edited by Joanna Adler, Jacqueline Gray ...
    This book brings together academics, practitioners and experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and push its parameters. Its aim is to go beyond introductory texts to challenge perceptions, to raise questions for research and to pose problems for practice. The editors hope to inspire and stimulate debate about how forensic psychology can aid the ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Education in Scotland

    Policy and Practice from Pre-School to Secondary

    Edited by Margaret M Clark, Pamela Munn ...
    Education in Scotland is markedly different from what happens in the rest of the UK - with a different National Curriculum, school boards to oversee school management and a General Teaching Council which has been in existence since 1965. Whilst there are many examples of successful and innovative practice in Scotland, the system is quite often not recognised as different by writers who talk about ... Read more

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  • COVID-19 Collaborations

    Researching Poverty and Low-Income Family Life during the Pandemic

    Edited by Kayleigh Garthwaite, Ruth Patrick, Maddy Power, Anna Tarrant, Rosalie Warnock ...
    Epdf and ePUB available Open Access under CC BY NC ND licence. The COVID-19 pandemic affected everyone – but, for some, existing social inequalities were exacerbated, and this created a vital need for research. Researchers found themselves operating in a new and difficult context; they needed to act quickly and think collectively to embark on new research despite the constraints of the pandemic. ... Read more

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