Offers an overview of Investigative Psychology. This book includes empirically tested models for Offender Profiling and guidance for investigations. It introduces a paradigm for a wide range of psychological contributions to various forms of investigation within and outside of law enforcement.

Provides a portrait of white-collar criminals and their punishments. The authors of this book argue that white-collar crime is committed largely by the middle classes and as opportunities for financial wrong-doing increase so will people's susceptability.

Investigates into crime among British Pakistanis. This title shows how Bradford Pakistanis' perceptions of crime and control are a combination of the formal and informal, or British and 'traditional' Pakistani, that are no longer separable in the diasporic context.

Suitable for those concerned with addressing offending behaviour, this book: combines theoretical and contextual debates with practice-orientated concerns, key skills and interventions; offers a discussion of the types of work that are typically undertaken with offenders; and analyses treatment of minority and vulnerable offender populations.

The increased interest in research on patterns of offending, stimulated in part by the US National Academy of Sciences Panel on Research and Criminal Careers, prompted the work reported here.

This series offers a thorough introduction to and overview of the emerging field of investigative psychology. This volume examines social and organizational aspects of crime, knowledge of which enables the incapacitation of criminal networks and shows how investigative teams can best be organized.

When Sandy Mitchell was arrested for his alleged involvement in two bombings in Saudi Arabia in December 2000, he thought it was a case of mistaken identity and that he would soon be released. Instead, he spent the next two and a half years in jail, where he was repeatedly tortured before being forced to sign a confession and admit his guilt on Saudi television. In fact, Mitchell was an innocent .

Presents a story of a shocking miscarriage of justice. Based on diaries and records of meetings with ministers and officials, this work exposes how the British government acts when one of its citizens is illegally imprisoned and tortured by a regime with which it does business.

Geographical Offender Profiling (GOP) relies on a combination of principles and methodologies drawn from different disciplines, including psychology, geography, criminology and forensic science. This book brings together papers published in the field that indicate the ways in which GOP has and can be utilized in many different criminal contexts.

Drawing on primary research in the USA, Canada, Australia, Ireland and the UK, this title provides a provocative insight into the brutality of incarceration in 'civilised' states and its links to the revelations of torture and abuse in the 'war on terror'.

Bringing together a group of authorities to address key issues on the subject of crime and ageing, this book considers older people as both victims and perpetrators of crime, and also examines the conditions faced by older prisoners. It seeks to expose how violence against the aged may be normalized within families and care homes.

Examines the experiences of relatives of those accused or convicted of serious crimes such as murder, manslaughter, rape and sex offenses.This book focuses on how relatives dealt with the contradiction inherent in supporting someone and yet not condoning his or her actions.

Suitable for practitioners, researchers and academics concerned with addressing offending behaviour, this book combines wider theoretical and contextual debates with practice-orientated concerns, key skills and interventions. It discusses the types of work that are typically undertaken with offenders.

Tabloid heroine Tracy Kirby's astonishing life, from page 3 of the SUN to Holloway Prison to redemption.

Analyzing the system of offender profiling, this book looks at the quality and validity of the information on which police base their decisions, assessing the possibilities for detecting deception. The consistencies of a criminal's behaviour are also studied.

The study of criminal careers is of increasing interest in criminology. This book clarifies the crucial theoretical and methodological debates that surround the study of criminal careers. It focuses on some major longitudinal studies discussing the onset, persistence, desistance and the duration of a criminal career.

Developmental and life-course criminology aims to provide information about how offending and antisocial behavior develops, about risk and protective factors at different ages, and about the effects of life events on the course of development. This volume advances knowledge about these theories of offender behavior.

A collection of articles on important facets of criminal profiling. It aims to give insights into the behaviour of some of America's most notorious serial criminals. It covers topics such as: an interview with cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer, details of autoerotic fatalities, and the challenges of creating psychological profiles.

The United States now houses twenty-five percent of the world's prison inmates. This work argues that this extraordinary mass incarceration is not a response to rising crime rates or a proud success of social policy. Instead, it is the product of a generation-old collective decision to become a more punitive society.