Crime Control - Criminology Books

New and Published Books

1. Police Custody

   Governance, Legitimacy and Reform in the Criminal Justice Process

   By Layla Skinns

   Police custody acts as an important gateway to the criminal justice process. Much is at stake here for both staff and suspects as what happens in police custody can have important consequences further down the line. This book offers a timely contribution to research on police custody, which has...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. Policing, Surveillance and Social Control

   By Tim Newburn, Stephanie Hayman

   This book reports the result of research carried out in a busy London police station on the role and impact of closed-circuit television (CCTV) in the management and surveillance of suspects - the most thorough example of the use of CCTV by the police in the world. It focuses on the use of CCTV in...

   Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Escape Routes: Contemporary Perspectives on Life after Punishment

   Edited by Stephen Farrall, Richard Sparks, Shadd Maruna, Mike Hough

   Escape Routes: Contemporary Perspectives on Life After Punishment addresses the reasons why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated or resettled back into the community. Engaging with, and building upon, renewed criminological interest in this area, Escape Routes...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
4. Routledge Handbook of Surveillance Studies

   Edited by Kirstie Ball, Kevin Haggerty, David Lyon

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   Surveillance is a central organizing practice. Gathering personal data and processing them in searchable databases drives administrative efficiency but also raises questions about security, governance, civil liberties and privacy. Surveillance is both globalized in cooperative schemes, such as...

   Published March 26th 2012 by Routledge
5. The Crime Numbers Game

   Management by Manipulation

   By John A. Eterno, Eli B. Silverman

   Series: Advances in Police Theory and Practice

   In the mid-1990s, the NYPD created a performance management strategy known as Compstat. It consisted of computerized data, crime analysis, and advanced crime mapping coupled with middle management accountability and crime strategy meetings with high-ranking decision makers. While initially credited...

   Published January 30th 2012 by CRC Press
6. A Street Survival Guide for Public Safety Officers

   The Cop Doc's Strategies for Surviving Trauma, Loss, and Terrorism

   By Daniel Rudofossi

   An expansion of Dr. Rudofossi's theory of Police and Public Safety Complex Trauma, this text integrates other models of trauma and loss into a one-of-a-kind intervention model. It offers insider perspectives from police psychologists, police managers, and clinicians describing what police personnel...

   Published January 24th 2012 by CRC Press
7. Security Games

   Surveillance and Control at Mega-Events

   Edited by Colin Bennett, Kevin Haggerty

   Security Games: Surveillance and Control at Mega-Events addresses the impact of mega-events – such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup – on wider practices of security and surveillance. "Mega-Events" pose peculiar and extensive security challenges. The overwhelming imperative is that "...

   Published December 31st 2011 by Routledge
8. Rethinking Policing and Justice

   Exploring Alternatives to Law Enforcement

   Edited by Luis Fernandez, Laura Huey

   It has become somewhat axiomatic to refer to the police as the ‘gatekeepers’ of the criminal justice system and thus as a mechanism for the provision of justice. And yet, when we conceptualize the police in this way, what is often taken for granted is the exact nature of that role and its larger...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
9. Police Responses to People with Mental Illnesses

   Global Challenges

   Edited by Duncan Chappell

   Series: Police Practice and Research

   According to the World Health Organisation during their lifetime more than one quarter of all individuals will develop one or more mental or behavioural disorders. Given prevalence data like this it is not surprising that wherever they reside on the planet many persons suffering from a mental...

   Published November 22nd 2011 by Routledge
10. Conflict and Crisis Communication

    Principles and Practice

    Edited by Carol Ireland, Martin Fisher, Gregory Vecchi

    Conflict and crisis communication is the management of a critical incident which has the potential for resolution through successful negotiations. This can include negotiating with individuals in crisis, such as those threatening self-harm or taking individuals hostage as part of emotional...

    Published April 25th 2011 by Routledge