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From Dependency to Work: Addressing the Multiple Needs of Offenders with Drug Problems
ISBN: 9781861346605 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This report presents the findings from one of the first evaluations of a British programme to integrate drug and alcohol treatment with mental health services, and education, training and employment support - the 'From Dependency to Work (D2W)' programme. It provides an invaluable insight into the challenges and difficulties of integrating services in this way and highlights important lessons for central and regional government on funding and working with the voluntary sector to deliver services. With the recent launch of the Drug Interventions Programme (DIP), designed to get statutory and...
This report presents the findings from one of the first evaluations of a British programme to integrate drug and alcohol treatment with mental health ...
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103,06 |
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Building Better Connections: Interagency Work and the Connexions Service
ISBN: 9781861346612 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This highly topical report provides much needed evidence to inform the re-configuration of services for children and young people. Focusing on the Connexions strategy and service in England, it explores the effectiveness of inter-agency working in this area.The report is based on two years research in three contrasting Connexions Partnerships and around 300 hours of interviews with key stakeholders, young people's Personal Advisors and young people themselves. It examines the inter-agency strategies developed by the partnerships but, most importantly, what impact they have had on the...
This highly topical report provides much needed evidence to inform the re-configuration of services for children and young people. Focusing on the Con...
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Plural Policing: The Mixed Economy of Visible Patrols in England and Wales
ISBN: 9781861346711 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This timely and important report draws together the findings of an extensive two-year study of developments in the provision of visible policing in England and Wales. Exploring the dynamic relations between different public and private providers, it combines an overview of national developments with a detailed analysis of six focused case studies, including two city centres, one out-of-town shopping centre, an industrial park and two residential areas. The report considers the role of community support officers, neighbourhood wardens and private security guards, amongst other plural policing...
This timely and important report draws together the findings of an extensive two-year study of developments in the provision of visible policing in En...
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103,06 |
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Community Safety: Critical Perspectives on Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9781861347305 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Community safety emerged as a new approach to tackling and preventing local crime and disorder in the late 1980s and was adopted into mainstream policy by New Labour in the late '90s. Twenty years on, it is important to ask how the community safety agenda has evolved and developed within local crime and disorder prevention strategies. This book provides the first sustained critical and theoretically informed analysis by leading authorities in the field. It explores the strengths and weaknesses of the community safety legacy, posing challenging questions, such as how and why has community...
Community safety emerged as a new approach to tackling and preventing local crime and disorder in the late 1980s and was adopted into mainstream polic...
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418,74 |
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Anti-Social Behaviour Strategies: Finding a Balance
ISBN: 9781861347633 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Government has introduced new powers for tackling anti-social behaviour, such as Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs). This study examines how the new powers are being used, and what people think about them. Its findings will advance strategic thinking on the issue.Through empirical research - combining a national survey with in-depth fieldwork in three neighbourhoods experiencing high levels of ASB - it develops principles for effective responses to problems of anti-social behaviour.The report is aimed at politicians, civil servants and practitioners with responsibility for tackling...
The Government has introduced new powers for tackling anti-social behaviour, such as Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs). This study examines how the...
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113,37 |
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Communities, Identities and Crime
ISBN: 9781861348050 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Communities, identities and crime provides a critical exploration of the importance of social identities when considering crime, victimisation and criminal justice. Offering a refreshing perspective on equality and diversity developments that feature in the policies and practices of criminal justice agencies, the author critically examines: 'race' relations legislation, 'race' equality and criminal justicegender, crime and victimisationthe increasing role that faith communities play in community justicehate crimes committed against individuals, motivated by prejudicecommunity engagement and...
Communities, identities and crime provides a critical exploration of the importance of social identities when considering crime, victimisation and cri...
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412,44 |
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Getting Out and Staying Out: Results of the Prisoner Resettlement Pathfinders
ISBN: 9781861348173 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Short-term prisoners have exceptionally high reconviction rates. Growing recognition of this and of deficiencies in prison-probation coordination has accelerated 'resettlement' of ex-prisoners up the penal agenda. This report looks at the effectiveness of these strategies in detail through three case studies of 'Resettlement Pathfinders' projects.
Short-term prisoners have exceptionally high reconviction rates. Growing recognition of this and of deficiencies in prison-probation coordination has ...
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103,06 |
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'Hate Crime' and the City
ISBN: 9781861349408 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The impression often conveyed by the media about hate crime offenders is that they are hate-fuelled individuals who, in acting out their extremely bigoted views, target their victims in premeditated violent attacks. Scholarly research on the perpetrators of hate crime has begun to provide a more nuanced picture. But the preoccupation of researchers with convicted offenders neglects the vast majority of hate crime offenders that do not come into contact with the criminal justice system. This book, from a leading author in the field, widens understanding of hate crime by demonstrating that many...
The impression often conveyed by the media about hate crime offenders is that they are hate-fuelled individuals who, in acting out their extremely big...
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438,22 |
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Introduction to Criminology
ISBN: 9781872870427 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A basic guide - written with newcomers, lay people and those working within the criminal justice field in mind. Acquaint yourself with some key strands of this literally enormous topic and how it interacts with real life situations by reading the chapters of this book as follows: 1. Introduction 2. Classicism 3. Positivism 4. Strain Theories 5. Control Theories 6. Gender, Subcultures, Labelling and Differential Association 7. Conflict and Radical Criminology 8. Victimology, Fear of Crime, Restorative Justice - and A Look at Some Statistics 9. Criminology: Aspects of Criminal Justice (Criminal...
A basic guide - written with newcomers, lay people and those working within the criminal justice field in mind. Acquaint yourself with some key strand...
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150,84 |
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Going Straight: After Crime and Punishment
ISBN: 9781872870663 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includes interviews with people who have 'succeeded' after being in prison. This book looks at a range of criminals including famous, notorious, creative and ordinary people who were prepared to talk about the turning point in their lives - the events which caused them to leave crime behind.
Includes interviews with people who have 'succeeded' after being in prison. This book looks at a range of criminals including famous, notorious, creat...
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Crime, Abuse and the Elderly
ISBN: 9781903240021 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text examines and analyzes the experiences of older people as both victims and perpetrators of crime. Drawing upon research from British and North American sources, the authors detail the historical experience of the elderly as victims, the extent of present-day criminal victimization in the home and institutions, the social theories which attempt to explain that experience, and the types of resolution available.
This text examines and analyzes the experiences of older people as both victims and perpetrators of crime. Drawing upon research from British and Nort...
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195,86 |
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Introducing Criminology
ISBN: 9781903240106 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Criminology, or the study of crime, has developed rapidly as a subject in recent years, while crime and the problem of how to respond to it have become major concerns for society as a whole. This book provides a succinct, highly readable - and much needed - introduction to criminology for those who want to learn more, whether they are already studying the subject, thinking of doing so, or just interested to discover what criminology is about. Introducing Criminology begins by asking basic questions: what is crime? what is criminology?, before examining the ways in which... Criminology, or the study of crime, has developed rapidly as a subject in recent years, while crime and the problem of how to respond to it have be... |
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661,20 |
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Policing, Ethics and Human Rights
ISBN: 9781903240168 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ethical and human rights issues have assumed an increasingly high profile in the wake of miscarriages of justice, racism, incompetence and corruption both in Britain and overseas. This title aims to provide an accessible introduction to the key issues surrounding ethics in policing, linking this to recent developments and human rights legislation. It is divided into three parts, putting ethics in the context of changes in Britain and international policing, analyzing the purpose and aims of poicing, setting out a framework for the discussion of ethics and human rights. Part two discusses...
Ethical and human rights issues have assumed an increasingly high profile in the wake of miscarriages of justice, racism, incompetence and corruption ...
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759,15 |
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Family Law: Issues, Debates, Policy
ISBN: 9781903240205 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work provides a carefully-planned introduction to the key issues and debates within family law from some of the leading authorities within their field. It is designed both as a self-standing book focusing on the key issues in the subject, and as a supplement to more detailed textbooks on the subject - useful reading for anybody studying or practising in the field of family law.
This work provides a carefully-planned introduction to the key issues and debates within family law from some of the leading authorities within their ...
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205,65 |
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Offender Profiling and Crime Analysis
ISBN: 9781903240229 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offender profiling is a set of techniques used by law enforcement agencies to try to identify perpetrators of serious crime. There has been a rapidly growing interest in this subject over recent years. Profiling techniques have been used increasingly by police forces in many parts of the world, while fictional representations in films and television series like Silence of the Lambs, and Cracker have generated an enormous popular fascination with the topic.
Offender profiling is a set of techniques used by law enforcement agencies to try to identify perpetrators of serious crime. There has been a rapidly ...
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710,17 |
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Policing: A short history
ISBN: 9781903240274 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides an overview of the history of policing in the UK. Its primary aim is to investigate the shifting nature of policing over time, and to provide an historical foundation to today's debates.
This book provides an overview of the history of policing in the UK. Its primary aim is to investigate the shifting nature of policing over time, and ...
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567,11 |
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Policing and the Media: Facts, Fictions and Factions
ISBN: 9781903240298 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Policing and the Media provides an up-to-date overview of the changing dynamics and dimensions of the relationships that exist on the British police-media nexus. Factual, fictional and factional representations of policing in the media are the major - and for a great many citizens probably the sole - influence in shaping their perceptions and opinions about crime, law and order, community safety, police efficiency and integrity, not to mention the efficacy of criminal justice and penal policy. This book deals with all three representations, noting the lines between such clear...
Policing and the Media provides an up-to-date overview of the changing dynamics and dimensions of the relationships that exist on the British...
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747,55 |
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Burglary
ISBN: 9781903240335 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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. ...
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538,76 |
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Crime, Risk and Justice: The Politics of Crime Control in Liberal Democracies
ISBN: 9781903240397 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Crime control has risen rapidly up the social and political agendas to become a central feature of western societies. As inequalities in society have increased, so the actual and perceived risks of crime and other social ills have grown rapidly for all sections of society. Crime has become a central issue to governments, and no longer just a technical operation of law enforcement and adjudication. This book is concerned with issues arising from these developments. Top criminologists from Britain, the USA and Australia explore the links between crime and risk through a range of... Crime control has risen rapidly up the social and political agendas to become a central feature of western societies. As inequalities in society ha... |
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563,24 |
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Psychology and Policing
ISBN: 9781903240458 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Applied psychology has become increasingly important in the work of policing, police training and the academic study of policing. This book provides an account of the way in which psychological principles and practices are applied to policing, reflecting the increasing attention being given to this area in the light of recent concerns about police training and its effectiveness - for example the MacPherson report.
Applied psychology has become increasingly important in the work of policing, police training and the academic study of policing. This book provides a...
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538,76 |
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