This book deals with the rising epidemic of illegal drug use and its relation to governmental policies. Drug trafficking in the United States has b...

A sense of scale is a prerequisite to thinking sensibly about illicit drug markets. For example, knowing whether a country consumes tens, hundreds,...

Global trade in illegal wildlife is a growing illicit economy, estimated to be worth at least $5 billion and potentially in excess of $20 billion a...

Aside from capital punishment, incarceration represents the most severe and most costly punishment that state governments can administer to its cit...

This book provides an overview of the current research that addresses issues concerning incarcerated men, their partner and parenting relationships...

Technology and informatics in the field of applied social work is at the cusp of development within the profession. For many years, other applied f...

It is clear that virtually all criminal justice organizations, including jails, are driven by information. From initial intake to final release, vi...

Experience has shown that if a jail does not meet the basic human needs of inmates, the inmates will find a way to satisfy their needs in ways that...

Since the early 1980s, there has been a historically unprecedented increase in the federal prison population. Some of the growth is attributable to...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for "the most serious ...

Revenue from the illegal drug industry provides international drug trafficking organisations with the resources to evade and compete with law enfor...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) reduces the average delivery time frame for emergency food aid by prepositioning food domesti...

The 2015 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the...

Book & DVD. The 2011 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is a report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in acc...

Researchers, community organisations and government agencies, including Child Support Enforcement agencies, are seeking effective strategies to mak...

This book explores the issues of crime, aging and criminal justice and their relationship to pensions, prisons, offenders, and victimisation. The b...

In the autumn of 1888 the streets of London were streets of terror. The cause -- a series of mysterious and apparently motiveless murders. Respecta...

Dr. Zvi Feine served the Jewish communities of Romania and Poland as country director for the Joint Distribution Community during those two countri...

Psychologists in different tributaries of the discipline have long been preoccupied with aspects of ‘Justice', but none previously has addressed th...

Criminal justice professionals and the media have noted the rise of juvenile crime rates nationwide and a growing surge in youth violence. This in ...

This book presents a detailed and comprehensive critical analysis of evidence on adolescent research from leading international scholars. It explor...

Administering justice to juvenile offenders has largely been the domain of the states, and as a result of this the laws that pertain to juvenile of...

For corrections officer Gordon Cruse, the youths he supervised were more than juvenile offenders. They were unique individuals with their own circu...