Alcatraz Island has a chilling history. Surrounded by icy waters, enshrouded by thick fog, and wrapped in whistling wind, it is no surprise to find...

Global Social Work: Crossing Borders, Blurring Boundaries is a collection of ideas, debates and reflections on key issues concerning social work as...

Each year, hundreds of New Yorkers disappear under mysterious circumstances never to be heard from again, with their families and loved ones waitin...

Federal firearms regulation has been a subject of continuous interest for legislators. In recent Congresses, a range of proposals has been introduc...

Virtually every crime gun in the United States starts off as a legal firearm, "according to then-Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) dire...

According to state reporting to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), there were at least 8 million active permits to carry concealed handgun...

This book provides an overview of prior judicial treatment of the Second Amendment, with a focus on the litigation of Colombia versus Heller and th...

This book provides people who want to work systemically with a set of practical tools. It is above all a reference book full of specific and helpfu...

Head Start is a federal program that has provided comprehensive early childhood development services to low-income children since 1996. Services pr...

This book is the dramatic psychological study of a brutal killer, whose crimes of rape and murder were gruesome secrets he kept even from himself. ...

This book first provides an overview of murder-suicide in educational settings, with an emphasis on K-12 schools, and recommendations for the preve...

Homicide refers to the act of killing another human being. There are many types of homicide, including criminal homicide, when a person purposely, ...

Dr Albert P Cardarelli (University of Massachusetts, Boston) and Dr. Charles Wellford (University of Maryland, College Park) opened the conference ...

Ever since the Canadian prairies were first settled and the Mounties marched west to establish and maintain law and order, the names of individual ...

A house generally refers to a shelter or builing that is a dwelling or place for habitation by human beings. The term includes many kinds of dwelli...

Low-income families with housing problems are found in every section of the United States. They are located in large cities like Los Angeles and Ne...

Crime data collected through the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and the National Crime Victimis...

This book explores the ability of persons with disabilities to live independently in affordable, accessible housing. This became a prominent issue ...

Human trafficking is a transnational crime whose victims include men, women, and children and may involve violations of labour, immigration, antisl...

Crime has moved yet another step forward in its unyielding progression through society. Now it is identity theft. Trying to combat both legal and i...

This book examines the trends and issues related to identity theft. In the wake of the economic downturn, policymakers are increasingly concerned w...

Crime has moved yet another step forward in its unyielding progression through society. Now it is identity theft. Trying to combat both legal and i...

According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft is the most common complaint from consumers in all fifty states, and complaints regarding...

Identity theft tax refund fraud is a persistent, evolving threat to honest taxpayers and tax administration. It occurs when an identity thief files...

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...