Crime Prevention Books

New and Published Books

1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology

   Edited by Walter S. DeKeseredy, Molly Dragiewicz

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   The Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology is a collection of original essays specifically designed to offer students, faculty, policy makers, and others an in-depth overview of the most up-to-date empirical, theoretical, and political contributions made by critical criminologists around the...

   Published October 25th 2011 by Routledge
6. Internet Child Abuse: Current Research and Policy

   Edited by Julia Davidson, Petter Gottschalk

   Internet Child Abuse: Current Research and Policy provides a timely overview of international policy, legislation and offender management and treatment practice in the area of Internet child abuse. Internet use has grown considerably over the last five years, and information technology now forms a...

   Published September 29th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
7. Bio-Privacy

   Privacy Regulations and the Challenge of Biometrics

   By Nancy Liu

   Bio-Privacy: Privacy Regulations and the Challenge of Biometrics provides an in-depth consideration of the legal issues posed by the use of biometric technology. Focusing particularly on the relationship between the use of this technology and the protection of privacy, this book draws on material...

   Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge
8. Community Justice

   2nd Edition

   By Todd Clear, John R Hamilton, Jr., Eric Cadora

   Community Justice discusses concepts of community within the context of justice policy and programs, and addresses the important relationship between the criminal justice system and the community in the USA. Taking a bold stance in the criminal justice debate, this book argues that crime management...

   Published November 25th 2010 by Routledge
9. Crime Reduction

   Edited by Kate Moss

   Series: Critical Concepts in Criminology

   Across the globe, challenging and contentious issues about community safety and security increasingly exercise governments and police forces—as well as, for example, town planners and car-park designers. Consequently, as a specialist area within the wider discipline of criminology, crime reduction...

   Published December 9th 2008 by Routledge
10. Playing the Identity Card

    Surveillance, Security and Identification in Global Perspective

    Edited by Colin J Bennett, David Lyon

    National identity cards are in the news. While paper ID documents have been used in some countries for a long time, today's rapid growth features high-tech IDs with built-in biometrics and RFID chips. Both long-term trends towards e-Government and the more recent responses to 9/11 have prompted the...

    Published July 21st 2008 by Routledge