Criminology - Law Books

New and Published Books

1. Crime Control and Community

   Edited by Gordon Hughes, Adam Edwards

   Community-based crime control has become one of the principal policy responses to crime and disorder across western societies, and is regarded now as one of the keys to successful crime prevention and reduction. The aim of this book is to bring together findings from case studies of community-based...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
2. 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
3. Policing Images

   By Rob Mawby

   In recent years the police have become one of the most watched and most visible organisations, and across the media there has been constant interest in the police. In such a situation the police themselves have been intensely concerned with promoting, projecting and protecting the police image....

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
4. Prison Governors

   By Shane Bryans

   This book provides the first systematic study of prison governors, a hidden and powerful, but much neglected, group of criminal justice practitioners. Its focus is on how they carry out their task, how that has changed over time and how their role has evolved. The author, himself a former prison...

   Published May 16th 2012 by Routledge
5. 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
6. Transnational Crime and Human Rights

   Responses to Human Trafficking in the Greater Mekong Subregion

   By Susan Kneebone, Julie Debeljak

   Transnational Crime and Human Rights offers an evaluation of the responses to the transnational crime of human trafficking and governance of the issue through a case study of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), which comprises Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, Lao People's Democratic...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
7. Illegal Markets and the Economics of Organized Crime

   Edited by Martin Bouchard, Chris Wilkins

   This book showcases recent advances in the theoretical and empirical understanding of the economic aspects of organised crime and illegal markets. It provides new insights into defining and quantifying the influence of organised crime by drawing on innovative approaches to studying criminal...

   Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
8. 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
9. The Terrorism Reader

   4th Edition

   Edited by David J. Whittaker

   Series: Routledge Readers in History

   The Terrorism Reader is an intriguing introduction to a notorious and disturbing international phenomenon. The book draws together material from a variety of experts and clearly explains their opinions on terrorism, allowing understanding, conjecture and debate. David J. Whittaker explores all...

   Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge
10. 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