An introduction to criminology that is useful for the undergraduate student of criminology. This book is full of illustrations and is supported by a website.

Helps to understand the globally contested nature of 'crime' and 'justice'. Through an examination of key concepts and criminological approaches, this title illuminates the different ways in which crime is constructed, conceived and controlled.

Aims to equip the reader with a critical understanding of the globally contested nature of 'crime' and 'justice'. Through an examination of key concepts and criminological approaches, this work illuminates the different ways in which crime is constructed, conceived and controlled.

Aims to equip practitioners in youth justice and the wider children's workforce with an understanding of key theoretical concepts from a range of disciplines that might inform and enhance their work. This handbook also aims to encourage a critical interrogation of the ideas that underpin practice, examining such concepts as 'child development'.

Aims to equip practitioners in youth justice and the wider children's workforce with an understanding of key theoretical concepts from a range of disciplines that might inform and enhance their work. This handbook also examines such concepts as 'child development', 'crime' and 'punishment'.

Examines the rise and proliferation of 'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, in the United States since the late 1980s. This book provides a holistic view of the theory, practice and consequences of these prisons.

Offers students a range of excerpts (over 140 readings) from original criminological texts and key articles. This title introduces students to criminological argument and debate and also encourages them to read primary as well as secondary or summary sources.

Contains analysis and explanation of the nature, extent, patterns and causes of over 40 different forms of crime. This book challenges many popular and official conceptions of crime. It includes chapters on gang violence, hate crime, elder abuse, animal abuse, cyber crime, identity theft, money-laundering, human trafficking and global terrorism.

Contains analysis and explanation of the nature, extent, patterns and causes of over 40 different forms of crime. This book challenges many popular and official conceptions of crime. It is suitable for students, researchers, academics, practitioners, policy makers, journalists and those involved in understanding and preventing criminal behaviour.

Release from prison is matter of increasing interest throughout Europe. This book focuses on Council of Europe Recommendations and on European Union measures. It explains how release policy is related to wider questions about justice and fairness in prison-related decision-making and the changing place of imprisonment in European society.

Provides an account of drug use and drug dealing in club land in modern urban Britain, drawing on the author's experience of working in a London night club. This book opens up the real world of the night-time economy, exploring the workings of a criminal door firm working in a large night club with a focus on the role of recreational drug use.

Including chapters on policing and forensics, this title offers a comprehensive overview of policing in the UK, and is a useful reference point combining the expertise of leading academic experts on policing and policing practitioners themselves.

Includes chapters on crime and the postmodern condition, cultural criminology, globalisation and the risk society, and radical communitarian criminology. This interdisciplinary text recognises the value of legal, biological, psychological and sociological explanations of crime and criminal behaviour.

Examines the rise and proliferation of 'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, in the United States since the late 1980s. This book provides a holistic view of the theory, practice and consequences of these prisons.

Explores issues and debates surrounding internet-related crime, deviance, policing, law and regulation in the 21st century. This book reflects both the global nature of cybercrime problems, and the international span of scholarship addressing its challenges.

Suitable for scholars and others whose work brings them into contact with managing, policing and regulating online behaviour, this book explores issues and debates surrounding internet-related crime, deviance, policing, law and regulation in the 21st century. It also reflects the range and depth of cybercrime research and scholarship.

Covers the Criminal Law option of the A-level law syllabus. This book contains case illustration, and a range of examination related questions and activities.

Rape remains one of the most controversial issues within criminal justice and receives high profile coverage internationally. This book aims to take stock of the thinking and research about rape and the way it is handled in practice within the criminal justice system, and to challenge some of the widely held but inaccurate beliefs about rape.

Rape remains one of the most controversial issues within criminal justice and receives high profile coverage internationally. This book aims to take stock of the thinking and research about rape and the way it is handled in practice within the criminal justice system, and to challenge some of the widely held but inaccurate beliefs about rape.

Covers the Contract Law option of the A-level law syllabus, and provides at the same time an introduction for anybody coming to the subject for the first time. This book covers all A-level syllabuses/specification requirements, and is written by the principal examiner in Contract Law for one of the major examination boards.