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Routledge has an illustrious history in research and reference publishing. You can explore this area of the site to learn more about our featured research, reference, monographs, handbooks and major works in Criminology & Criminal Justice. In addition, you can visit one of following areas for broad representation of our reference publishing program:

Recent Research & Reference Articles

  1. T&F eBooks YouTube video_screenshot

    Oscar nominations galore for the new Taylor & Francis (Routledge) eBooks video

    And the winner in the category of Best Short Film (Live Action) goes to ... eBooks for Libraries from Taylor & Francis (including all Routledge titles)! We are very proud of our new eBooks video (a bit too proud maybe). It gives you a great overview of what T&F eBooks are all about, how to trial them and how to purchase. Watch the vid here!

  2. Handbook of Crime

    Handbook on Crime

    Order your copy of Handbook on Crime by Fiona Brookman, Mike Maguire, Harriet Pierpoint, Trevor Bennett.
     

  3. Featured Book: Patterns, Prevention, and Geometry of Crime

    In this collection of original essays, Andresen and Kinney bring together new research on the geometry of crime, patterns in crime, and crime generators and attractors.

    Recommend this book to a librarian.

  4. Featured Book: Sentencing and the Legitimacy of Trial Justice

    In Sentencing and the Legitimacy of Trial Justice, Ralph Henham argues that there is an increasing gap between what society percieves as legitimate punishment and the sentencing decisions of criminal courts.

    Recommend this book to a librarian.

  5. Featured Book: Indigeneity in the Courtroom

    New in paperback!

    Indigeneity in the Courtroom focuses on the legal deployment of indigenous difference in US and Canadian courts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

  6. Featured Book: Women and Heroin Addiction in China’s Changing Society

    Using intensive interviews with 131 female heroin users, Huan Gao explores the careers of these women in China under the changing social contexts of the reform era.

    Recommend this book to your librarian.

  7. Featured Book: Emotions, Genre, Justice in Film and Television

    Emotions, Genre, and Justice in Film and Television considers emotions as structures of feeling that are collectively shared and historically developed. The author, Deidre Pribram, focuses on the justice genres—movie and television programs concerned with crime, law, and social order—to examine how fictional police, detective, and legal stories participate in collectively realized conceptions of emotion.

    Recommend this book to a librarian.

  8. Featured Book: Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology

    Essays in the Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology cover the history of critical criminology, cutting edge theories, and a variety of research methods used by leading scholars in the field.

    Recommend this book to a librarian.

  9. Coming Soon: Young Adult Offenders

    Young adults aged 18-21 are at the peak age for offending, but they have been neglected in comparison with offenders under 18. There are few programs specially for the 18-21 set, and they are increasingly held in adult prisons rather than Young Offender Institutions.

    This book analyzes theoretical and policy issues relating to this group, and explores different approaches to crime prevention and the treatment of offenders.

  10. Featured Book: Handbook on Sexual Violence

    The Handbook on Sexual Violence examines violence on a continuum ranging from verbal abuse to rape in war and murder. This handbook provides an historical, contemporary, and future context for the the sociological, psychological, and economic dimensions of sexual violence.

    Recommend this book to a librarian.

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