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New and Published Books

  1. The Criminology of Pleasure

    By Mike McGuire, Simon Hallsworth

    The Criminology of Pleasure offers a new way of thinking about crime and crime control, as it maintains that the very rationale of the criminal justice system lies in the channelling of desire and regulating of pleasure. Criminology has only confronted the importance of the desire/pleasure...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge-Cavendish

  2. Human Trafficking

    Interdisciplinary Perspectives

    By Mary C. Burke

    Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

    The practice of one human being exploiting another in slavery-like conditions is not new. Today, it is called human trafficking. Social, political, and economic forces over the past 60 years have changed how and why this human rights abuse occurs. In order to solve this or any social problem, it is...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge

  3. Critical Criminology (Routledge Revivals)

    Edited by Ian Taylor, Paul Walton, Jock Young

    First published in 1975, this collection of essays expands upon the themes and ideas developed in the editors’ previous work, the visionary and groundbreaking text: The New Criminology. Directed at orthodox criminology, this is a partisan work written by a group of criminologists committed to a...

    Published March 29th 2013 by Routledge

  4. Global Criminology

    Crime and Victimization in a Globalized Era

    Edited by K. Jaishankar, Natti Ronel

    Global criminology is an emerging field covering international and transnational crimes that have not traditionally been the focus of mainstream criminology or criminal justice. Global Criminology: Crime and Victimization in a Globalized Era is a collection of rigorously peer-reviewed papers...

    Published March 24th 2013 by CRC Press

  5. Judicial Reform and Reorganization in 20th Century Iran

    State-Building, Modernization and Islamicization

    By Majid Mohammadi

    Series: New Approaches in Sociology

    Iran is now at the center of political and social developments in the Middle East. This book examines the reform of the judicial system in 20th century Iran and is the first to relate state-building process with rule of law promotion and judicial reform in the region. This subject occupies the...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge

  6. Hooked: Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the U.S.

    By Susan C. Boyd

    Series: Routledge Advances in Criminology

    Drug prohibition emerged at the same time as the discovery of film, and their histories intersect in interesting ways. This book examines the ideological assumptions embedded in the narrative and imagery of one hundred fictional drug films produced in Britain, Canada, and the U.S. from 1912 to 2006...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge

  7. Organized Crime and Corruption in Georgia

    Edited by Louise Shelley, Erik R. Scott, Anthony Latta

    Series: Routledge Transnational Crime and Corruption

    Georgia is one of the most corrupt and crime-ridden nations of the former Soviet Union. In the Soviet period, Georgians played a major role in organized crime groups and the shadow economy operating throughout the Soviet Union, and in the post-Soviet period, Georgia continues to be important source...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge

  8. Securitization of Property Squatting in Europe

    By Mary Manjikian

    Series: Routledge Research in Urban Politics and Policy

    Housing is no longer about having a place to live – but about state pressures to conform, norms and policies regarding citizenship, and practices of surveillance and security. Breaking new ground in the field of urban politics and international relations, Securitization of Property Squatting in...

    Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge

  9. Youth, Crime and Justice

    By Cyndi Banks

    Youth, Crime and Justice takes a critical issues approach to analyzing the current debates and issues in juvenile delinquency. It encourages readers to adopt an analytical understanding encompassing not only juvenile crime, but also the broader context within which the conditions of juvenile...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge