This book, prepared by the foreign law specialists and analysts of the Law Library of Congress, provides a review of laws adopted in Argentina, Aus...

The United States, at the local, state, tribal, and Federal levels, has made a concerted effort to enhance, expand, and codify multiple measures de...

The global illegal drug trade represents a multi-dimensional challenge that has implications for U.S. national interests as well as the internation...

For millions of Americans, the heartbreak of watching a loved one struggle with Alzheimer's disease is a pain they know all too well. Alzheimer's d...

The imperative for the exchange of terrorism-related intelligence information among law enforcement and security officials at all levels of governm...

In life, people face challenges and storms that come in different forms and fashions. These personal storms vary in scope, size and gravity, and so...

This book presents current research in the study of basic human rights, with a particular focus on the crimes against human rights and the laws whi...

The first part of the book is entitled 'Family, Transition and Ageing' and addresses rapid social and economic changes in China through a kaleidosc...

Midnight, April 5, 1970. Minutes after a red Pontiac with two men in it was stopped, four young California Highway Patrolmen lay dead of gunshot wo...

Although the 9-1-1 system has been an unqualified success story for more than 30 years, changes in the public's use of technology, the saturation o...

Girls' delinquency has attracted the attention of federal, state, and local policymakers for more than a decade as girls have increasingly become i...

This volume covers Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Khun Sa and Raymond Chow. All three of these men are among the most colourful gangsters of recent times....

Includes a translator's preface, note on the text, and suggestions for further reading.

Includes a translator's preface, note on the text, and suggestions for further reading.

This book highlights some of the main issues currently being discussed within the international academic debate on organised crime: What constitute...

This book studies the causes and consequences of organised crime drawing on research from around the world including the countries of Colombia, Chi...

Organised crime has taken on an increasingly transnational nature, and with more open borders and the expansion of the Internet, criminals endanger...

This book presents and discusses information in the study of organised crime, gangs and trafficking on a global scale. Topics discussed include org...

Organised retail crime (ORC), also known as organised retail theft, typically refers to large-scale retail theft and fraud by organised groups of p...

Organized retail crime (ORC) involves the large-scale theft of everyday consumer items and potentially has much broader implications. Organized gro...

Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in children born out of wedlock. Such a situation is of great concern because the poorest demographic gr...

This self-directed journal-based guide recognises that grief is a process. Through well-written, practical information, it provides tools for nurtu...

Trafficking in persons, or human trafficking, refers to the subjection of men, women, and children to exploitative conditions that can be tantamoun...

The work presented here has the ambitious objective to analyse a highly topical issue not in the usual terms of finding an immediate answer to pres...

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...

Philanthropy is a general term used to describe actions taken by individuals and organizations to benefit social units and universal causes. In pra...

In the past decades the role of the State has undergone major alterations regarding supply of goods and services in general, particularly housing s...

This book provides new research on police. Chapter One examines if newspaper reporting of crime in a given jurisdiction affects the levels of racia...

We live in a rapidly changing society that is driven by higher and higher levels of technological advancement. New technologies are creating greate...

A veteran police officer gives his thoughtful, balanced views on police shootings, racial profiling, community relations, and every other aspect of...

The Problem-Specific Guides series summarise knowledge about how police can reduce the harm caused by specific crime and disorder problems. They ar...

The prevalence of police deviance is a much-debated statistic and one that is often rife with problems. While some researchers suggest that corrupt...

Police psychology is a specialised field of psychology addressing issues specific to police personnel and other public safety workers. Police psych...

In most Soviet successor states, the police (militia) are among the least trusted government agencies. The police are frequently seen as representa...

Hong Kong, 1918. A tranquil place compared to war-torn Europe. But on the morning of the 22 January, a running battle through the streets of Wanch...

There seems to be a tendency to consider police crime as a result of bad practice, lack of resources or mismanagement, rather than acts of criminal...

Across the nation, headlines tell the story of evidence that has been mishandled, misplaced, lost, or destroyed. Often the blame for these mishaps ...

Suicide-proofing a room can prevent suicidal behaviour in incarcerated prisoners and in psychiatric patients. The question addressed is this book i...

Why would a student bring a weapon to school and without any explicable reason open fire on fellow students and teachers? Are school shooters angry...

This book examines the evidence for the effectiveness of prison and programmes in the community aimed at reducing reoffending and some of the claim...

The U.S. prison system has exploded in size and economic importance during the past three decades, due to a variety of factors including mandatory ...

This book presents research on prison privatisation in the US, with a focus on state prison privatisation. The basic thrust is to research the priv...

To an Antipodean, this book is at first a fascinating development of the New Zealand Prison System which includes the history of penology prior to ...

This book traces the fascinating development of the New Zealand Prison System which includes the history of penology prior to the phenomenon coming...

In an age where electronic communications are changing in front of our eyes, the potential to do harm using mobile phones, satellite telephones and...

In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the management, legal issues and security aspects relating to privacy. Topics di...

In recent years research initiatives in the field of project management have accelerated and are now pursued across many disciplinary fields and a ...

Research findings showed that secondary school students in Hong Kong face many challenges. In particular, morbid emphasis on academic excellence ha...