Violent Crime Books

New and Published Books

1. Handbook on the Study of Multiple Perpetrator Rape

   A multidisciplinary response to an international problem.

   Edited by Miranda Horvath, Jessica Woodhams

   Series: Issues in Forensic Psychology

   Whilst there is considerable literature on rape from various perspectives, there is very little that focuses on rape committed by multiple perpetrators (also referred to as group or gang rape). For the first time, this handbook brings together international multi-disciplinary perspectives on...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. Intimate Intrusions (Routledge Revivals)

   Women's Experience of Male Violence

   By Elizabeth Stanko

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1985, this book looks at the victimisation of women, focusing on the four main areas of incest, rape, physical violence, and sexual harassment. Elizabeth Stanko’s work is based on original research and interviews with police forces, victims and others involved. It examines women’...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
3. Women, Policing, and Male Violence (Routledge Revivals)

   International Perspectives

   Edited by Jalna Hanmer, Jill Radford, Elizabeth Stanko

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1989, this book focuses on the policing of male violence against women. It is an issue that has been criticised substantially in the past, and the book shows how even police themselves have sometimes admitted that women have received inadequate treatment. The book includes...

   Published February 7th 2013 by Routledge
4. Risk Assessment for Juvenile Violent Offending

   Edited by Anna Baldry, Andreas Kapardis

   This volume is the result of an EU project involving two different European countries (Italy and Cyprus) on risk and needs assessment for juvenile violent offenders. The book is based on a longitudinal data base of juveniles who have committed violent crimes and who have been followed up after ...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Willan
5. Strengthening Systems to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence

   Edited by Pat Conway, Pamela Cox, Patricia Cook-Craig, Sandra Ortega, Theresa Armstead

   Over the past 25 years, developing coordinated responses to intimate partner violence and sexual violence has improved both perpetrator accountability, and victim safety and self-determination. However, preventing intimate partner violence and sexual violence from occurring is beyond the ability of...

   Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
6. Intersections of Crime and Terror

   Edited by James J.F. Forest

   During the last ten years an increasing number of government and media reports, scholarly books and journal articles, and other publications have focused our attention on the expanded range of interactions between international organized crime and terrorist networks. A majority of these...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
7. Serial Killers

   Psychiatry, Criminology and Responsibility

   By Francesca Biagi-Chai

   Francesca Biagi-Chai’s book - a translation from the French of Le Cas Landru - tackles the issue of criminal responsibility in the case of serial killers, and other 'mad' people who are nonetheless deemed to be answerable before the law. The author, a Lacanian psychoanalyst and senior psychiatrist...

   Published August 19th 2012 by Routledge-Cavendish
8. Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence

   Edited by Nicky Ali Jackson

   The Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence is a modern reference from the leading international scholars in domestic violence research. This ground-breaking project has created the first ever publication of an encyclopedia of domestic violence. The primary goal of the Encyclopedia is to provide...

   Published August 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. Managing Clinical Risk

   A Guide to Effective Practice

   Edited by Caroline Logan, Lorraine Johnstone

   Series: Issues in Forensic Psychology

   Violence directed towards others and violence directed towards oneself cause an immense amount of physical and psychological damage – to the harmed and the harmful person alike, to their families, and to the public at large. Managing clinical risk is an authoritative manual for practitioners...

   Published August 8th 2012 by Willan
10. Raising the Bar

    By Kathryn Graham, Ross Homel

    Series: Crime Science Series

    This book provides a definitive review of knowledge about bar room environments and their regulation, and provides directions for the prevention of aggression, violence and injury in and around public drinking establishments. It shows why drinking establishments are high risk for aggression, why...

    Published July 4th 2012 by Willan