Addressing Greenlanders, the German minority, problem children, as well as immigrants and refugees. Through historical and sociological studies of ...

Fighting to survive on a police patrol launch during a typhoon, and investigating a murder by a Vietnamese gangster in a refugee camp. Battling rio...

Tales featuring drug king pins, entertainers, hit men, street gangs, con men, corrupt cops and reformed gang-bangers. Read about the most feared ma...

An anthology of first-person stories by patients and their families, "Success Stories from the Frontline" is a frank depiction of what life is like...

Suicide & Homicide in the 20th Century - Changes Over Time

The President's National Drug Control Strategy describes the Administration's strategic approach for reducing illicit drug use in the United States...

Today, more than 12,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States use conducted energy devices (CEDs) as an alternative to conventional physica...

Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa, made up of multiple ethnic groups, cultures, and languages. She is a nation with world-acclaimed wri...

The Child Welfare System: Perspectives, Challenges and Future Directions opens with a description of the empirical results of a study on bird's nes...

This book is an attempt to present to the reader a critical summary of the results of the science now commonly called criminal anthropology. In oth...

Explore an urban underworld where many people get lost, lose it or just disappear! Twenty-something Oli shapes a torrent of chemicals into a searin...

This book introduces the 'new sociology of aging' through the analytical lens of sociological themes and new sociological theories. In traditional ...

The world today is a much more dangerous place in many aspects than it used to be years back. Much has changed in many arenas of life and the gener...

This book is a compilation of CRS reports on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant in the United States. TANF was formed i...

This innovative book is a theoretical, reflexive and critical overview of the key issues connected to aging in contemporary society. The book explo...

Tobacco products face varying levels of taxation in different locations, creating opportunities and incentives for illicit trade. Cigarettes are ta...

Energy has been described as "that which makes things go". Air conditioning accounts for 1/3 of the total energy use in society. Further, ventilati...

This volume is a groundbreaking criticism of our criminal systems and of international criminal justice. One way of ensuring compliance with intern...

Trafficking in people for prostitution and forced labour is one of the most prolific areas of international criminal activity and is of significant...

This book explores the trafficking of persons for the purpose of exploitation and illicit drug trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean. Traf...

The end of the Cold War -- along with increasing globalisation beginning in the 1990s -- has helped criminal organisations expand their activities ...

Street gangs have long been a concern to policy makers. The more recent emergence, growth, and expansion of two Latino street gangs, the Mara Salva...

The United States has long adhered to the rules regarding the treatment of prisoners as set forth by the Geneva Convention. Following the terrorist...

"‘I live at the end of a gravel road at the top of a valley consumed by bush. My husband is here, and my three girls. But the bush swallows them up...

Poverty is a social fact of life for billions of people around the world. The developed countries abhor poverty, or seem to, for several reasons. P...

Sure to raise the hackles of many across the nation is any mention of welfare and federal entitlement programs. All agree that no one should be on ...

This engaging collection of verse captures the history and experience of the Mounties from the 1800s to the present day. Ranging from humorous to p...

Nearly 1 million people and $1.5 billion of trade entered the United States through 328 POEs on an average day in fiscal year 2013. CBP, within the...

Substance abuse takes a terrible toll on the public health, public safety and financial resources of the United States. The Administration's nation...

This book explores specific theories on ageing grounded through examination of several issues in social welfare. The book will review different und...

A number of studies investigate the extent to which levels of welfare benefits reduce crime among the unemployed. This paper expands this literatur...

This book provides an overview of instances in which the United States has used its armed forces abroad in situations of military conflict or poten...

Nearly forty years after Jimmy Hoffa vanished from the face of the earth — his disappearance still remains one of the biggest mysteries in crime hi...

An examination of the psychological literature on victimisation shows disproportionately that that we know more about the predator than we do the v...

In the early 1990's, Congress passed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The act was intended to change attitudes toward domestic violence, fost...

Violence is observed in all levels and expressions of biological and social life. However, human violence has the distinction of being greatly alte...

Violence in Central America has reached crisis levels. Throughout Central America, Mexican drug trafficking organization, local drug traffickers, t...

Sadly, the threat of violent extremism in America is nothing new. Throughout our history, misguided groups, including international and domestic te...

The war on drugs is a kind of declared war against a set of often invisible foes which is often fought with toothless policies, uncoordinated campa...

Approximately 662,000 children spend some time in foster care each year. Most enter care because they have experienced neglect or abuse by their pa...

A diagnosis of dementia can be frightening for those affected by the syndrome, their family members, and caretakers. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is th...

Early one spring morning, disaster struck San Francisco, and a young man grabbed his camera and started documenting the destruction and death surro...

Legal protection for employees who report illegal misconduct by their employers have increased dramatically since the late 1970s when such protecti...

White-collar crime is defined as the use of deception for illegal gain, normally involving breach of trust, and some concealment of the true nature...

This glossary provides the wildland fire and fire use communities a single source document that covers wildland fire, prescribed fire, fire use and...

By having a thorough knowledge of this legal process and by working in partnership with the courts, child protective (CPS) caseworkers, and other p...

Each year, approximately 25,000 youth exit the foster care system before being reunified with their family of origin, being adopted, or achieving a...

Gang activity and related violence threaten public order in a diverse range of communities in the United States today. Congress has long recognised...