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Making Sense of Prostitution
ISBN: 9780333749890 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a compelling analysis of the conditions in which women are sustained within prostitution in Britain at the end of the millennium. Based on a major empirical study, it is a unique glimpse into how some women, who live lives completely torn apart by poverty, violence and criminalization, are able to understand their lives in prostitution and make sense of the choices they make (including their involvement in prostitution) in their struggles to survive.
This book provides a compelling analysis of the conditions in which women are sustained within prostitution in Britain at the end of the millennium. B...
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402,53 |
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Drugs in Prison
ISBN: 9780826451279 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drugs in Prison is an essential handbook for all those who work with prisoners as well as students of penal drugs policy. Comprehensive and easy to use, it: provides up-to-date information on drugs, drug misuse and drugs legislation; outlines government and prison strategies for tackling drug misuse; describes the various methods being used to combat drugs in prison; reviews the effectiveness of these approaches and the performance of different establishments; discusses future strategy and practice.
Also featured are extensive index, a glossary, and useful appendices,... Drugs in Prison is an essential handbook for all those who work with prisoners as well as students of penal drugs policy. Comprehensive and eas...
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1106,89 |
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Families Shamed: The Consequences of Crime for Relatives of Serious Offenders
ISBN: 9781843922070 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the experiences of relatives of those accused or convicted of serious crimes such as murder, manslaughter, rape and sex offences. A broader literature exists on prisoners' families, but few studies have looked specifically at those related to serious offenders, or considered their experience other than as prison visitors. Many of the difficulties faced by 'mundane' prisoners' families are magnified for the relatives of serious offenders, first by the length of sentence, and secondly by the seriousness and stigmatizing impact through association of the offence itself....
This book examines the experiences of relatives of those accused or convicted of serious crimes such as murder, manslaughter, rape and sex offences. A...
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612,21 |
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Doing Prison Work: The Public and Private Lives of Prison Officers
ISBN: 9781843922162 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a much-needed sociological account of the social world of the English prison officer, making an original contribution to our understanding of the inner life of prisons in general and the working lives of prison officers in particular. As well as revealing how the job of the prison officer - and of the prison itself - is accomplished on a day-to-day basis, the book explores not only what prison officers do but also how they feel about their work. In focusing on how prison officers feel about their work this book makes a number of interesting revelations - about... This book provides a much-needed sociological account of the social world of the English prison officer, making an original contribution to our und... |
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195,86 |
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Social Control and Political Order: European Perspectives at the End of the Century
ISBN: 9780803975590 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vibrant collection of essays offers a profound and timely assessment of issues surrounding the concept of social control, and indicates its significance for the new political orders developing in contemporary Europe. The contributors debate the issues relating to the future of social control from a range of perspectives. They outline its history and politics in both the Anglo-American sociology and the Hispanic world; they discuss the weaknesses of the concept, and assess its relevance for contemporary Europe.
This vibrant collection of essays offers a profound and timely assessment of issues surrounding the concept of social control, and indicates its signi...
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313,46 |
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Illicit : How Smugglers, Traffickers and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy
ISBN: 9780099484240 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Illicit international trade pits governments against well-financed networks of highly dedicated individuals. This book reveals the scale of this dark underground. It uncovers the connections between illegal industries and shows how they join forces to bree
Illicit international trade pits governments against well-financed networks of highly dedicated individuals. This book reveals the scale of this dark ...
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82,44 |
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Understanding Police Intelligence Work
ISBN: 9781447326410 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Procedural and moral shortcomings in both child abuse cases and the long-term deployment of undercover police officers have raised questions about the effectiveness and efficacy of intelligence work, and yet intelligence work plays an ever growing role in policing. Part of a new series on evidence-based policing, this book is the first to offer a comprehensive, fully up-to-date account of how police can and do use intelligence, assessing the threats and opportunities presented by new digital technology, like the widespread use of social media and the emergence of big data, and applying both a...
Procedural and moral shortcomings in both child abuse cases and the long-term deployment of undercover police officers have raised questions about the...
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118,52 |
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Understanding Police Intelligence Work
ISBN: 9781447326403 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Procedural and moral shortcomings in both child abuse cases and the long-term deployment of undercover police officers have raised questions about the effectiveness and efficacy of intelligence work, and yet intelligence work plays an ever growing role in policing. Part of a new series on evidence-based policing, this book is the first to offer a comprehensive, fully up-to-date account of how police can and do use intelligence, assessing the threats and opportunities presented by new digital technology, like the widespread use of social media and the emergence of big data, and applying both a...
Procedural and moral shortcomings in both child abuse cases and the long-term deployment of undercover police officers have raised questions about the...
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412,44 |
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Theories of Crime
ISBN: 9780415370684 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presenting a comprehensive review of theoretical thinking on crime, this book encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of classic and contemporary theories, and provides an interdisciplinary approach to criminology through the contributions of
Presenting a comprehensive review of theoretical thinking on crime, this book encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of classic and con...
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979,55 |
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Police and Crime Commissioners: The Transformation of Police Accountability
ISBN: 9781447320708 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives whose role is to ensure that police forces in England and Wales are running effectively. Intended to bring a public voice to policing and hold the police to account, this controversial role also controls budgets and strategic planning.
Drawing on unprecedented access to PCCs and their chief officer teams, Bryn Caless and Jane Owens performed confidential interviews with both sides and reveal in this book the innermost workings of PCCs relationships with the police, media, partners, and the public. The authors also analyze... Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives whose role is to ensure that police forces in England and Wales are running effectiv...
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144,30 |
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Police and Crime Commissioners: The Transformation of Police Accountability
ISBN: 9781447320692 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives whose role is to ensure that police forces in England and Wales are running effectively. Intended to bring a public voice to policing and hold the police to account, this controversial role also controls budgets and strategic planning.
Drawing on unprecedented access to PCCs and their chief officer teams, Bryn Caless and Jane Owens performed confidential interviews with both sides and reveal in this book the innermost workings of PCCs relationships with the police, media, partners, and the public. The authors also analyze... Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are elected representatives whose role is to ensure that police forces in England and Wales are running effectiv...
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438,22 |
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Criminal Lives: Family Life, Employment, and Offending
ISBN: 9780199217205 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book uses historical data to directly address modern criminological debates. There is currently a huge growth of interest in histories of crime, and intellectual conversations and connections between historians and criminologists are becoming much more frequent. However, published work which uses historical data to this extent is rare. This book's aim is to draw a wide audience from the worlds of criminology, history, and social policy and engage in a genuinely interdisciplinary debate. This book addresses a number of important questions about offenders' persistence in, or desistance...
This book uses historical data to directly address modern criminological debates. There is currently a huge growth of interest in histories of crime, ...
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423,90 |
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Much of what Jack Webb, the star and creator of the most successful police drama in television history - "Dragnet", unearthed was too sensational to be broadcast on prime time. This title features those stories, including crimes like the sex slaying of Bet
Much of what Jack Webb, the star and creator of the most successful police drama in television history - "Dragnet", unearthed was too sensational to b...
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82,44 |
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Reducing Reoffending: Social Work and Community Justice in Scotland
ISBN: 9781843922186 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reducing Reoffending provides a critical overview of social work and community justice in Scotland, taking full account of recent developments. The book is divided into three comprehensive sections. Part one of the book provides a critical analysis of the challenge of reducing reoffending in Scotland and locates this challenge within its historical context. Part one also reviews the available evidence about when, how and why people stop offending; about desistance from crime. This analysis exposes not only the complexities of desistance processes, but also the many difficulties that offenders...
Reducing Reoffending provides a critical overview of social work and community justice in Scotland, taking full account of recent developments. The bo...
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195,86 |
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Madness and Crime
ISBN: 9781843922971 / Angielski / Twarda / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an authoritative and highly readable review of the relationship between madness and crime by one of the leading authorities in the field. The book is divided into four parts, each essay focusing on selected features of madness which have relevance to contemporary society. Part 1 is about madness itself, exploring three main models - cognitive, statistical, and emotional. Part 2 is a short discussion on madness, genius and creativity. Part 3 is about the much neglected area of compulsion, an issue that has largely disappeared from public debate. The mad may have... This book provides an authoritative and highly readable review of the relationship between madness and crime by one of the leading authorities in t... |
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710,17 |
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Ladies of Lost Causes
ISBN: 9781843922988 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Evaluates the development of a residential programme for female offenders run by the Griffins Society. This text documents the radical contribution of women philanthropists and practitioners to offender rehabilitation. It illuminates the pathways of women
Evaluates the development of a residential programme for female offenders run by the Griffins Society. This text documents the radical contribution of...
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141,98 |
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Crime, Social Control and Human Rights : From Moral Panics to States of Denial, Essays in Honour of Stanley Cohen
ISBN: 9781843922285 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The work of Stanley Cohen over the decades has come to acquire a classical status in the fields of criminology, sociology and human rights. This book reflects some of his many-sided contributions. It examines the main themes Stanley Cohen has explored and
The work of Stanley Cohen over the decades has come to acquire a classical status in the fields of criminology, sociology and human rights. This book ...
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759,15 |
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Social Control and Political Order: European Perspectives at the End of the Century
ISBN: 9780803975583 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study assesses social control and its prospects into the next century. The concept of political control in Anglo-American and Hispanic sociology is described both historically and politically, and its weaknesses and relevance are discussed.
This study assesses social control and its prospects into the next century. The concept of political control in Anglo-American and Hispanic sociology ...
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881,59 |
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Beyond Bad Girls: Gender, Violence and Hype
ISBN: 9780415948289 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this important new work, two respected criminologists challenge the characterization of the new 'bad girl' arguing that it is only a new attempt to punish girls who are not the stereotypical depiction of good. Through interviews with young women, educators and people in the criminal justice system, Beyond Bad Girls exposes the formal and informal systems of socio-cultural control imposed on girls.
In this important new work, two respected criminologists challenge the characterization of the new 'bad girl' arguing that it is only a new attempt to...
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195,86 |
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Criminology: Past, Present and Future: A Critical Overview
ISBN: 9780333683101 / Angielski / Miękka / 343 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by an internationally renowned authority in the field, the founder of the highly regarded School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, the book draws heavily on research done on three Continents: North America, Europe and Australia, to trace the discipline's historical evolution, its current problems, disappointing achievements, and promising trends. It concludes with a prospective look at the future of criminology and criminology of the future. Although the perspective is critical, the author's critique is constructive and he expresses a healthy optimism about the discipline's...
Written by an internationally renowned authority in the field, the founder of the highly regarded School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, th...
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201,24 |
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