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The cause and causation of crime, covered from the time of Benjamin Rush, one of the most eminent of early American physicians, to Williams Healy; from the last decade of the eighteenth to the second decade of the twentieth century. The material is presented from biological, anthropological, and psychological perspectives.

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This book questions whether one of the tasks of criminal theory is to set goals and identify deficiencies in order to improve rules and procedures.

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While the book emphasizes the usefulness of the conceptual tools of chaos theory in critical criminology and law, its ultimate goal goes beyond theory-building to provide vistas for understanding the contemporary social scene and for the development of the new just society.

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While the book emphasizes the usefulness of the conceptual tools of chaos theory in critical criminology and law, its ultimate goal goes beyond theory-building to provide vistas for understanding the contemporary social scene and for the development of the new just society.

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Offers insight into child abductions, what can be done to prevent them, and how to solve them once they occur. This book details the scope of the child abduction problem in the United States, and its real danger. It covers the different types of abductions and discusses the psychological changes that can occur in long-term abducted children.

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Why are more young law breakers imprisoned in Russia and the UK than in any other European country This book explores the treatment of young offenders in these two very different states and the political and institutional context of their distinctively punitive approach.

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The President's Commission on Organized Crime predicted that Asian crime groups would be the United States' foremost organized crime problem by the 1990s.

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Classifying Reactions to Wrongdoing provides three comprehensive taxonomies for categorizing (1) crimes, sins, breaches of custom, and other misdeeds, (2) sanctions and treatments which people recommend perpetrators of misdeeds should experience, and (3) the aims of such sanctions and treatments.

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The study shows how that one neighborhood is fighting crime through a community education (comprehensive) approach.

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Reviews the history and present practice of community service in the United States. While aware of the strengths of community service programmes to the development of schools and society, the author believes that behind these good intentions, there is a certain ambivalence.

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The chapters deal with general issues in comparative criminology, cross-national data, perceptions of crime, violent crime, crimes against property, economic and political crime, transnational corporate crime, correlates of crime, underdevelopment and modernization, social control and dispute resolution, and criminal justice and penal policies.

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Originally published in 1948, "Con Man" is undeniable proof that "Yellow Kid" Weil was the virtuoso scam artist, bar none. Here is Weil's story as never before, with a smart and witty Afterword by Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow, who profiled "Yellow Kid" for "The Reporter" in 1956.

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The first definitive examination of the practice of corporate regulation and enforcement from the foundation of the Irish State to the present day. -- .

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Corporate Crime examines the ever-present problem of white-collar and corporate crime, not only within the United States but also worldwide.

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Tells the tale of how a corner of medicine dating back to ancient times matured into modern forensic science. This title introduces readers to the cases and personalities across history, countries, and cultures. It helps them translate the popularity into the reality of forensic science and laboratory investigation.

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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.