Violent Crime Books

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1. 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 in most jurisdictions. The author, a Lacanian psychoanalyst...

   April 2011 | 978-0-415-56112-9 | Hardback (Routledge-Cavendish)
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   Narcos Over the Border: Gangs, Cartels and Mercenaries

   Edited by Robert J Bunker

   The book takes a hard hitting look at the drug wars taking place in Mexico between competing gangs, cartels, and mercenary factions; their insurgency against the Mexican state; the narco-violence and terrorism that is increasingly coming over the border into the United States, and its...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-59725-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Genocide, State Crime, and the Law: In the Name of the State

   By Jennifer Balint

   Genocide, State Crime, and the Law argues that genocide and other forms of state crime must be located in relation to cultural, political and legal processes if they are to be properly understood and addressed. Discussing a series of case studies of genocide – in Armenia, Nazi Germany,...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-54381-1 | Hardback (Routledge-Cavendish)

4. Rethinking Violence

   Edited by Vittorio Bufacchi

   Violence is a prevalent and persistent theme in all aspects of human affairs. A comprehensive understanding of violence therefore requires exposure to the research coming out from all the disciplines in the social sciences: their different methodologies, findings and insights. This book promotes...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-61343-9 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Violence, Prejudice and Sexuality

   By Stephen Tomsen

   The binary model of sexuality can be devastating and even fatal for people left outside the category of heterosexuality. Essentialist categories of sexuality and gender are often enforced by harassment and violence, as is clear in the case of violence directed against sexual minorities such as...

   August 2010 | 978-0-415-88655-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   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...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-55980-5 | Hardback (Routledge-Cavendish)
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   Honour, Violence, Women and Islam

   Edited by Mohammad Mazher Idriss, Tahir Abbas

   Why are honour killings and honour-related violence (HRV) so important to understand? What do such crimes represent? And how does HRV fit in with Western views and perceptions of Islam? This distinctively comparative collection examines the concept of HRV against women in general and Muslim women...

   July 2010 | 978-0-415-56542-4 | Hardback (Routledge-Cavendish)
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   The Scene of Violence: Cinema, Crime, Affect

   By Alison Young

   In the contemporary fascination with images of crime, violence gets under our skin and keeps us enthralled. The Scene of Violence explores the spectator’s encounter with the cinematic scene of violence – rape and revenge, homicide and serial killing, torture and terrorism. Providing a detailed...

   May 2010 | 978-0-415-58508-8 | Paperback (Routledge-Cavendish)
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   Genocidal Crimes

   By Alex Alvarez

   Genocide has emerged as one of the leading problems of the twentieth century. No corner of the world seems immune from this form of collective violence. While many individuals are familiar with the term, few people have a clear understanding of what genocide is and how it is carried out. This book...

   October 2009 | 978-0-415-46678-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Violence and Abuse Issues: Cross-Cultural Perspectives for Health and Social Services

    By Lee Ann Hoff

    After centuries of being considered a private matter in most societies, violence and its profound effect on the physical health, mental health, and social well-being of victims and their families, as well as on the assailants themselves, has started to take centre stage as a public issue of...

    June 2009 | 978-0-415-46572-4 | Paperback (Routledge)