Forms of Crime Books

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1. 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)

2. Human Security, Transnational Crime and Human Trafficking: Asian and Western Perspectives

   Edited by Shiro Okubo, Louise Shelley

   In recent years, drug use, illegal migration and human trafficking have all become more common in Asia, North America and Asia: the problems of organized crime and human trafficking are no longer confined to operating at the traditional regional level. This book fills a gap in the current...

   January 2011 | 978-0-415-43701-1 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Money Laundering – An Endless Cycle?: A comparative analysis of the anti-money laundering policies in the USA, UK, Australia and Canada

   By Nicholas Ryder

   This book provides a detailed look at anti-money laundering policies and legislative frameworks in a number of jurisdictions and considers how successful these jurisdictions have been in implementing international measures to combat money laundering. Looking at the instruments and...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-58373-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Routledge Handbook of International Criminology

   Edited by Cindy J. Smith, Sheldon X. Zhang, Rosemary Barberet

   This handbook represents the latest thinking and findings from a group of senior and promising young scholars around the world who came together in an effort to broaden our perspectives in understanding crime and social control across borders and nationalities. This collaborative project ...

   December 2010 | 978-0-415-77909-8 | Hardback (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)

7. Organized Crime

   Edited by Federico Varese

   The systematic study of organized crime dates back to John Landesco’s classic of ethnography, Organized Crime in Chicago (1929). Since then, the field has grown considerably and, as well as criminologists and sociologists, the topic has been embraced by researchers from a broad range of disciplines...

   May 2010 | 978-0-415-46074-3 | Hardback (Routledge)

8. Illegal Markets and the Economics of Organized Crime

   Edited by Martin Bouchard, Chris Wilkins

   This book showcases recent advances in the theoretical and empirical understanding of the economic aspects of organised crime and illegal markets. It provides new insights into defining and quantifying the influence of organised crime by drawing on innovative approaches to studying criminal...

   January 2010 | 978-0-415-56551-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   The Terrorism Reader, 3rd Edition

   Edited by David J. Whittaker

   An intriguing introduction to a notorious and disturbing international phenomenon, The Terrorism Reader draws together material from a variety of experts, clearly explaining their opinions on terrorism, to allow understanding, conjecture and debate. David J. Whittaker explores all...

   2007 | 978-0-415-42246-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Transnational Organised Crime: Perspectives on Global Security

    Edited by Adam Edwards, Peter Gill

    The perceived threat of 'transnational organised crime' to Western societies has been of huge interest to politicians, policy-makers and social scientists over the last decade. This book considers the origins of this crime, how it has been defined and measured, and the appropriateness of...

    2006 | 978-0-415-40339-9 | Paperback (Routledge)