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A cross-cultural exploration of crime and crime control in 15 representative countries from around the world.

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A collection of articles by both Chinese and American scholars attempting to promote understanding of crime and social control in China. The editors contend that as the economic system has been transformed, many other social institutions in China have also experienced unprecedented changes.

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Addressing specifically the period from 1960 to the present, this reference also projects into the 21st century with contemporary terminology covering aspects of violent crime, DNA evidence, terrorism, riots, gangs, guns and gun control, AIDS, drug and drug related crime, and corporate and political crime.

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This wide-ranging work examines aspects of crime, punishment and criminal justice, from medieval Western Europe to modern-day Canada. The chapters also look at the evolution of police systems as societies urbanise and undergo population changes.

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This volume approaches the full spectrum of crime as an issue in American society today, describing trends in various types of crime and the more recent rise of computer- and technology-related crime.

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Illustrating the diversity and richness of biosocial theory, this contributor volume introduces numerous new views on the biological and social causes of criminality and pro/antisociality.

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This annotated bibliography of crime in Victorian Britain covers the journal literature of the nineteenth century, a period marking the apex of the great quarterlies and the advent of the serious magazines on the subject. The 1614 entries cover 45 journals using the authoritative registers of titles of the times.

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This expert analysis addresses the many interconnections between political violence and crime, including the transnational crimes of non-state actors and the international crimes of states.

How crime is defined goes to the heart of the boundaries drawn between legitimate and illegitimate use of force;

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This book is a welcome study of the impact of citizen action on crime and on the fear of crime.

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Knafla and his contributors explore the common problems and issues that emerge from the study of class and gender in criminal prosecutions, ranging from late medieval Europe to the early 20th century.

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Two national surveys were conducted to examine the differences between mass and elite opinion regarding the policy making decisions of the Supreme Court in the area of criminal procedure. The results of the surveys indicate that those who have obtained a legal education are generally more protective of civil libertarian ideals.

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It also contains two long book review essays, and 22 book reviews on major works that have appeared in the subject from the mid-1990s.

Knafla's introduction outlines the issues and themes that are contained in the essays and the reviews.

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This comprehensive analysis of garbage trafficking, wildlife trafficking, illegal fishing, and illegal logging highlights the difficulty in balancing human interests and environmental responsibility.

The alarming consequences of eco-crime go far beyond the widespread degradation of the natural world;

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Walters integrates information from traditional criminological models and findings from developmental psychology to form a system of five belief systems (self-view, world-view, past-view, present-view, and future-view) designed to explain crime initiation and maintenance.

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This book looks at studies examining the deterrents of changing the certainty of punishment and altering the severity of punishment.

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This historical annual offers information on the history of crime, the criminal courts, policing and punishment in all geographical regions, from ancient to modern times. The annual also provides reviews of the major books on these subjects and book review essays on new findings and methodologies.

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This annual is a leading publication in the area of the history of crime world-wide, the criminal courts, policing, and punishment, from ancient to modern times. It contains book reviews of major books on the subject, and book review essays on new findings and methodologies.

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In addition to analytical articles, the annual provides reviews of the major books in these subjects and areas, and book review essays on major collections, new findings, and methodologies.

In this 1993 edition, two major articles focus on juvenile offenders;

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This historical annual is the major publication in the general area of the history of crime, the criminal courts, policing, and punishment in all geographical regions and from ancient to modern times.

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The how and why of criminal justice policy making is frequently overlooked in criminal justice texts. Stolz fills that gap with this reader, which introduces students to the study of criminal justice policy making at the federal level by drawing on the discipline of political science. Each chapter i