Gender - Crime and Society Products

By Rosemary Sheehan, Chris Trotter

Women continue to be one of the fastest growing groups of offenders with an increasing group of women involved in the criminal justice system around the world. Whilst internationally women comprise a low percentage of the total prison population, there is an escalating use of custody inextricably…

Hardback – 2017-09-04 
Routledge
International Series on Desistance and Rehabilitation

By Karen Evans

At the end of the twentieth century a step-change in thinking about the offending behaviour of women began to impact on policy-makers concerned with the treatment of female offenders. A growing number of nations, states and organisations both national and supra-national in nature began to…

Hardback – 2017-08-15 
Routledge
Routledge Critical Studies in Crime, Diversity and Criminal Justice

Edited by Marie Segrave, Laura Vitis

Technological developments move at lightening pace and can bring with them new possibilities for social harm. This book brings together original empirical and theoretical work examining how digital technologies both create and sustain various forms of gendered violence and provide platforms for…

Hardback – 2017-05-30
Routledge
Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

By Victoria Canning

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
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Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship

Edited by Louise McOrmond-Plummer, Jennifer Y. Levy-Peck, Patricia Easteal

Research shows that intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) is the most common form of sexual assault. Professional focus is often on the victim, but more information is needed about the perpetrators in order to have a fuller understanding of this crime. The very nature of IPSV – sexual assault…

Paperback – 2016-12-08
Routledge

By Michael D. Lyman

Drugs in Society: Causes, Concepts, and Control, Eighth Edition, focuses on the many critical areas of America's drug problem, providing a foundation for rational decision-making within this complex and multidisciplinary field. Lyman offers a comprehensive big-picture examination of the US drug…

Paperback – 2016-10-27
Routledge

By Greg Newbold

Crime, Law and Justice in New Zealand examines the recent crime trends and the social, political, and legal changes in New Zealand from the end of the twentieth century to the present. Serving as the only New Zealand–specific criminal justice text, this book takes a direct look at what is unique…

Paperback – 2016-05-27
Routledge

Edited by Joan Reid

Human trafficking involves the violation of societal norms and often activates criminal justice responses including police, courts, juvenile justice, and child protective services. Due to the complex nature of human trafficking, some behaviours that facilitate human trafficking cannot be easily…

Hardback – 2016-04-01
Routledge Academic

By Tsachi Keren-Paz

Sex Trafficking: A Private Law Approach examines existing and potential causes of action against sex traffickers, in order to outine the argument for fair and effective private law remedies. Combining a theoretical inquiry about the borders of liability in torts and restitution with a…

Paperback – 2015-01-07
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By Kerry Carrington

In this book, Kerry Carrington takes a bold, critical and reflexive approach to understanding the global divisions and inequalities that shape distinctive patterns of gender and crime. The book argues that in order for feminist criminology to enhance its conceptual and political relevance in the…

Paperback – 2014-10-24
Routledge
New Directions in Critical Criminology

By Michael D. Lyman

This work focuses on the many critical areas of America’s drug problem, providing a foundation for rational decision making within this complex and multidisciplinary field. Broken up into three sections, Understanding the Problem, Gangs and Drugs, and Fighting Back, topics covered include the…

Paperback – 2013-11-28
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Edited by Claire M. Renzetti, Susan L. Miller, Angela R. Gover

Criminological research has historically been based on the study of men, boys and crime. As a result, the criminal justice system’s development of policies, programs, and treatment regimes was based on the male offender. It was not until the 1970s that some criminologists began to draw attention to…

Hardback – 2012-10-29
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