This volume presents an examination of both the common and unusual acts of murder in light of society's changing norms, values, attitudes, and customs. Each chapter explores a specific type of murder by examining trends, methods, motives and statistics, and concludes with suggestions aimed at prediction and prevention.
This volume presents an examination of both the common and unusual acts of murder in light of society's changing norms, values, attitudes, and cust...
This wide-ranging anthology offers a variety of perspectives with excerpts from books and current articles from research journals, plus four original contributed articles. Topics covered include the major types of sex crimes and offenders, therapies, juvenile sex offenses, and nuisance sexual offenders. This book is designed as a stand alone or as a supplemental text to "Sex Crimes, 2/e."
Features of this text include: Cutting-edge articles by top scholars in the field Major units of the reader parallel and enhance the contents of "Sex Crimes 2/e"a "
This wide-ranging anthology offers a variety of perspectives with excerpts from books and current articles from research journals, plus four origin...
Offers a variety of perspectives with excerpts from books and articles from research journals, and four original contributed articles, on the major types of sex crimes and offenders, therapies, juvenile sex offenses, and nuisance sexual activities.
Offers a variety of perspectives with excerpts from books and articles from research journals, and four original contributed articles, on the major ty...
Suicide: Theory, Practice and Investigation is the only text available in paperback form that offers an accessible overview of suicide in the United States. Written by Ronald M. Holmes and Stephen T. Holmes, two of the foremost authors of murder and violent crime books in the world, this book examines the social problem and criminal justice concerns of suicide from unique perspectives. The authors discuss the various forms of suicide and analyze the latest data on regional differences and how gender, marital status, occupation, health, drug use, and religion all influence the practice of...
Suicide: Theory, Practice and Investigation is the only text available in paperback form that offers an accessible overview of suicide in the United S...
Suicide: Theory, Practice and Investigation is the only text available in paperback form that offers an accessible overview of suicide in the United States. Written by Ronald M. Holmes and Stephen T. Holmes, two of the foremost authors of murder and violent crime books in the world, this book examines the social problem and criminal justice concerns of suicide from unique perspectives. The authors discuss the various forms of suicide and analyze the latest data on regional differences and how gender, marital status, occupation, health, drug use, and religion all influence the practice of...
Suicide: Theory, Practice and Investigation is the only text available in paperback form that offers an accessible overview of suicide in the United S...
-Excellent book, I have used this for my Criminal Behavior course for a number of years. Very authoritative.- --Harry Cramer, Quincy University
The Fourth Edition of this best-selling text provides students with the most up-to-date information on the increasingly popular field of psychological profiling. Well-known authors Ronald M. Holmes and Stephen T. Holmes build upon their continued research and involvement in field investigation as a source of relevant and often high-profile case studies to illustrate theory and application of the methods...
-Excellent book, I have used this for my Criminal Behavior course for a number of years. Very authoritative.- --Harry Cramer, Quincy Univ...
