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1. Delinquency Theories: Appraisals and Applications

   By John P Hoffmann

   This book provides a comprehensive overview of theories of juvenile delinquency. It begins with a description of what a theory is and how theories are created in the social sciences. The remaining chapters describe particular theories – such as social learning theory – by first, telling the tale of...

   June 2011 | 978-0-415-78187-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. The Right to Silence: Principle, Pragmatism and Policy Making

   By Hannah Quirk

   Within an international context in which the right to silence has long been regarded as sacrosanct, this book provides the first comprehensive, empirically-based analysis of the effects of curtailing the right to silence. The right to silence has served as the practical expression of the...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-54771-0 | Hardback (Routledge-Cavendish)

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. Policing and Human Rights: From Geneva to Johannesburg

   By Julia Hornberger

   Policing and Human Rights analyses the implementation of human rights standards, tracing them from the nodal points of their production in Geneva, through the board rooms of national police management and training facilities, to the streets of downtown Johannesburg. This book deals with how...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-61068-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

5. Capital Punishment and Political Sovereignty

   By Adam Thurschwell

   Adam Thurshwell, a respected academic and death penalty lawyer, draws upon Continental theory and the Anglo-American jurisprudential tradition in order to deliver a critical survey of both the theoretical aspects of capital punishment and its actual administration. Pursuing an original political...

   January 2011 | 978-1-84568-111-1 | Paperback (Routledge-Cavendish)

6. Youth in Crisis?: 'Gangs', Territoriality and Violence

   Edited by Barry Goldson

   Few issues attract greater concern and censure thatn those that surround youth 'gangs'. Paradoxically, youth researchers have conventionally been reluctant to even use the term 'gang' but, more recently, such reluctance has receded. Indeed, it is increasingly claimed that - in particular urban '...

   January 2011 | 978-1-84392-751-8 | Paperback (Routledge)

7. Handbook of Human Rights

   Edited by Thomas Cushman

   The Handbook maps out the field of human rights for the humanities and social sciences. It provides a solid foundation for the reader who wants to learn the basic parameters of the field, but also to promote new thinking and frameworks for the future study of human rights in the 21st century....

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-48023-9 | Hardback (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...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-55034-5 | Hardback (Routledge-Cavendish)

9. Effective Practice in Youth Justice, 2nd Edition

   By Martin Stephenson, Sally Brown

   Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date review of research and the implications for practice, the second edition of Effective Practice in Youth Justice proves to be an essential resource for professionals working within the youth justice system, those training to work in youth justice, and...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-61077-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

10. Community Justice, 2nd Edition

    By Todd Clear, John R Hamilton, Jr.

    Community Justice discusses concepts of community within the context of justice policy and programs, and addresses the important relationship between the criminal justice system and the community in the USA. Taking a bold stance in the criminal justice debate, this book argues that crime...

    October 2010 | 978-0-415-78027-8 | Paperback (Routledge)