What are the risks of crime and do they vary from country to country? What is the impact of crime on the victim? How are victims treated by police, welfare agencies and courts? Why have governments become interested in victims? Can we learn from the experiences of policies in other nations? This book provides a critique of victimology.

This wide-ranging text provides an overview of policing across different societies, and considers the issues facing the US and British police in a wider international context. The book is designed as a coherent introduction to the police.

This wide-ranging text provides an overview of policing across different societies, and considers the issues facing the US and British police in a wider international context. The book is designed as a coherent introduction to the police and the challenges they face.

Burglary has all the credentials as the folk crime of the new millennium, and is regularly identified as one of the crimes most feared by the public. Victims are particularly affected by burglary, and burglary is generally at the centre of crime prevention and community safety strategies.

Burglary has all the credentials as the folk crime of the new millennium, and is regularly identified as one of the crimes most feared by the public. Victims are particularly affected by burglary, and burglary is generally at the centre of crime prevention and community safety strategies.

An exploration of the reunification in historical, constitutional, legal, political and economic terms. Among the topics covered are: * The reunification as a German revolution * East Germany and the Third Reich compared * Criminal law and the fusion of two hostile states * The political economy of reunification * New German economic policy