We are delighted to share with you our Spring collection of newly published reference titles in Criminology. You can find further information below on the titles publishing, and by visiting the Criminology subject page.
Britain is often heralded as a country in which the rights and welfare of survivors of conflict and persecution are well embedded, and where the standard of living conditions for those seeking asylum is relatively high. Drawing on a decade of activism and research in the North West of England, this…
Hardback – 2017-03-30
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship
Drawing on empirical research conducted with police in the UK and Romania, Child Trafficking in the EU explores the way in which the ‘who’ and ‘how’ we police and protect as trafficker and trafficked is related to Western notions of innocence, guilt, childhood, and of the status of ‘deserving’…
Hardback – 2017-03-15
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
In a contemporary setting of increasing social division and marginalisation, Policing Hate Crime interrogates the complexities of prejudice motivated crime and effective policing practices. Hate crime has become a barometer for contemporary police relations with vulnerable and marginalised…
Hardback – 2017-03-15
Routledge
Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
Over the last few decades, the racial and ethnic composition of the United States has changed dramatically. This seismic transformation has important implications for theory, research, policy, and public opinion – perhaps most crucially around the topic of race/ethnicity and our justice systems.…
Hardback – 2017-03-14
Routledge
Since its introduction in the latter half of the 1980s, the meticulous study of distinct criminal career dimensions, like onset, frequency, and crime mix, has yielded a wealth of information on the way crime develops over the life-span. Policymakers in turn have used this information in their…
Hardback – 2017-03-06
Routledge
Routledge International Handbooks
In the United Kingdom, an official definition of hate crime is ‘any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice towards someone based on a personal characteristic’, but this critical criminological concept is increasingly…
Hardback – 2017-02-24
Routledge
Critical Concepts in Criminology
Understanding the politics of security in city-regions is increasingly important for the study of contemporary policing. This book argues that national and international governing arrangements are being outflanked by various transnational threats, including the cross-border terrorism of the attacks…
Hardback – 2017-02-14
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Crime, Security and Justice
This book explores the theoretical contribution of Michel Foucault to the fields of criminology, law, justice and penology. It surveys both the ways in which the work of Foucault has been applied in criminology, but also how his work can be used to understand and explain contemporary issues and…
Hardback – 2017-02-14
Routledge
Routledge Key Thinkers in Criminology
Sexual violence, in all its forms, is a crime for which anecdotal accounts and scholarly reports suggest victims in their great majority do not receive adequate ‘justice’ or redress. The theory and practice of restorative justice is rapidly developing and offers some well-argued new avenues for…
Hardback – 2017-02-09
Routledge
Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice