Thisreader provides a comprehensive introduction for students studying criminology at undergraduate level. Not only does the book include 34 essential readings, but also editorial commentary with section introductions, study questions, and suggestions for further reading.
The reader will provide a thorough grounding in issues related to the study of crime, the criminal justice system, and social control. In their selection the editors have sought to indicate crime's varied and conflicting history as well as its current debates. The mixture of historical and more recent...
Thisreader provides a comprehensive introduction for students studying criminology at undergraduate level. Not only does the book include 34 e...
Thisreader provides a comprehensive introduction for students studying criminology at undergraduate level. Not only does the book include 34 essential readings, but also editorial commentary with section introductions, study questions, and suggestions for further reading.
The reader will provide a thorough grounding in issues related to the study of crime, the criminal justice system, and social control. In their selection the editors have sought to indicate crime's varied and conflicting history as well as its current debates. The mixture of historical and more recent...
Thisreader provides a comprehensive introduction for students studying criminology at undergraduate level. Not only does the book include 34 e...
This volume is concerned with the media's role in everyday life, power relations and the construction of masculine identities in the context of prisons. It is based upon research into the nature, impact and consequences of a situation where most prisoners in English prisons have access to some media resource, whether radio or television, or with communal or individual access to it.
This volume is concerned with the media's role in everyday life, power relations and the construction of masculine identities in the context of prison...
Cyberspace opens up infinitely new possibilities to the deviant imagination. With access to the Internet and sufficient know-how you can, if you are so inclined, buy a bride, cruise gay bars, go on a global shopping spree with someone else's credit card, break into a bank's security system, plan a demonstration in another country and hack into the Pentagon all on the same day. In more than any other medium, time and place are transcended, undermining the traditional relationship between physical context and social situation.
This book crosses the boundaries of sociological,...
Cyberspace opens up infinitely new possibilities to the deviant imagination. With access to the Internet and sufficient know-how you can, if you ar...
Prison Readings provides a comprehensive, critical introduction to the main debates and dilemmas associated with prisons and imprisonment, bringing together a selection of the key readings on the subject, along with a comprehensive introduction and commentary written by the editors. The book will be essential reading for practitioners working in this field, and students studying prisons as part of courses in criminology, sociology, law, psychology, and other disciplines. Prison Readings introduces students to the history and development of prisons, contemporary theories and issues relating to...
Prison Readings provides a comprehensive, critical introduction to the main debates and dilemmas associated with prisons and imprisonment, bringing to...
This book provides a highly authoritative account and analysis of key issues within the rapidly burgeoning field of cybercrime. Drawing upon a range of internationally known experts in the fields, and representing a variety of different disciplines, Crime Online focuses on different constructions and manifestations of cybercrime and diverse responses to its regulation. It will be essential reading for anybody with an interest in one of the most exciting and fast-moving areas of crime, policing, and legislation.
This book provides a highly authoritative account and analysis of key issues within the rapidly burgeoning field of cybercrime. Drawing upon a range o...
Contemporary prison practice faces many challenges, is developing rapidly, and is become increasingly professionalized, influenced by the new UK National Offender Management Service. As well as bringing an increased emphasis on skills and qualifications, it has also introduced a new set of ideas and concepts into the established prisons and penal lexicon. At the same time, courses on prisons and penology remain important components of criminology and criminal justice degree courses. Dictionary of Prisons and Punishment will be the essential source of reference for the increasing number of...
Contemporary prison practice faces many challenges, is developing rapidly, and is become increasingly professionalized, influenced by the new UK Natio...
This volume is concerned with the media's role in everyday life, power relations and the construction of masculine identities in the context of prisons. It is based upon research into the nature, impact and consequences of a situation where most prisoners in English prisons have access to some media resource, whether radio or television, or with communal or individual access to it.
This volume is concerned with the media's role in everyday life, power relations and the construction of masculine identities in the context of prison...
A stimulating introduction to the key debates and dimensions in media studies, this is a valuable resource for undergraduate students. Posing questions about the nature of culture in modern society, it looks at the historical development of the various media, their relationship with modernity, and the critical commentaries that have evolved as a result of their public and private presence. The readings encompass a wide range of media forms, from television, radio, film, magazines, newspapers, and advertising to emergent and changing media forms focusing on media production, media texts,...
A stimulating introduction to the key debates and dimensions in media studies, this is a valuable resource for undergraduate students. Posing quest...
The second edition of the "Handbook on Prisons" provides a completely revised and updated collection of essays on a wide range of topics concerning prisons and imprisonment. Bringing together three of the leading prison scholars in the UK as editors, this new volume builds on the success of the first edition and reveals the range and depth of prison scholarship around the world.
The "Handbook" contains chapters written not only by those who have established and developed prison research, but also features contributions from ex-prisoners, prison governors and ex-governors, prison...
The second edition of the "Handbook on Prisons" provides a completely revised and updated collection of essays on a wide range of topics concerning...
