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The US is alone among Western democracies in its support for capital punishment. Studies show that capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime. This book argues that death row is a form of psychological torture and slow, painful dehumanisation. It aims to provide information and strategies to those who are opposed to the death penalty.

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In considering Eighth Amendment provisions against cruel and unusual punishment, the Court held that Willie Francis' previous subjection to electrical current did not make his subsequent electrocution any more cruel in the constitutional sense than any other electrocution.

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During the 20th century, only six women were legally executed by the State of New York at Sing Sing Prison. The tales of these death row women shed light on the death penalty as it applies to women and the role of the media in both the trials and executions of these convicts.

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Based on a study of three Texan counties, this work examines the idea of differential handling of minority youth offenders. It finds that minorities are represented in the juvenile justice system in greater numbers than majority offenders due to their greater involvement in criminal activity.

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As the crime problem worsens, the need for up-to-date information on its dynamics and incidence increases. This book, the final in a four-volume series, focuses exclusively on demographic trends in criminality and victimization in the USA.

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The book addresses the consequences of criminalization, the effectiveness of the measures used and the implications for attitudes towards the young.

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This overview of American penology covers practice, historical precedents, ideologies, and trends in prison management, as well as penal literature. There is a brief description of each state prison system and components of the federal system are discussed. Entries are cross-referenced for clarity.

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With the rise of violent crimes committed by teenagers in recent years, heated discussion has arisen over the societal factors that lead to juvenile criminality. Now a team of experts presents a book that cuts through the hype and paranoia to offer real solutions.

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This book critically analyses the contemporary home and its close relationship to fear and security, a relationship fuelled by the corporate and political manufacturing of fear, the triumph of neoliberal models of home-ownership and related modes of social individualisation and risk that permeate contemporary society. -- .

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This book critically analyses the contemporary home and its close relationship to fear and security, a relationship fuelled by the corporate and political manufacturing of fear, the triumph of neoliberal models of home-ownership and related modes of social individualisation and risk that permeate contemporary society. -- .

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This book gathers perspectives from across Asia into one place, allowing for effective advocacy. It offers a single source of material that can be used by health professionals in East and Southeast Asia on drug policy and explains recent changes towards harm reduction and treatment modalities to the general public in East and Southeast Asia.

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Drug Trafficking in Mexico and the United States examines drug trafficking from an interdisciplinary and progressive perspective. Gabriel Ferreyra analyzes its origins, apogee, cultural globalization, and destructive effects in Mexico.

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Money laundering has been around as long as there have been illicit businesses, since criminals have always had to convert their ill-gotten gains into clean financial instruments in order to utilize them in legitimate business.

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This is the first book to argue comprehensively that unless we destroy the legal and political basis for the corporation, we are unlikely to reverse the decline of the eco-system, and therefore we will hasten the end of the species.

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Effigy examines the images of a capital defendant portrayed, by the defense attorneys and the prosecutor, during the guilt and penalty phases of capital trial, the trial tactics used to impart these images, and the consequences that result from the jury's attempt to reconcile contradictory images to place one in permanent record as a verdict.

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Examines the Mexican cartels, how they smuggle drugs into the United States and ways to prevent the drug wars and protect our national security.

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Hu and Lovrich introduce the "electronic community-oriented policing" (E-COP), concept to explore how social media can impact police strategies on improving police-public relationships. This timely refinement to traditional community-oriented policing strategies is of the utmost importance as we move further into the twentieth century.

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There are today no more compelling sets of crime and security threats facing nations, communities, organizations, groups, families and individuals than those encompassed by cybercrime. social and economic impacts of crime enabled with information technology (IT) inclusive of harms experienced by victims of cybercrimes and computer abuse;

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There are today no more compelling sets of crime and security threats facing nations, communities, organizations, groups, families and individuals than those encompassed by cybercrime. social and economic impacts of crime enabled with information technology (IT) inclusive of harms experienced by victims of cybercrimes and computer abuse;

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A coverage of all aspects of forensic science past and present, from types of crime and evidence, to forensic scientists and officials, to the criminals they seek. It examines historical cases in which new techniques were first applied, entries are arranged both topically and alphabetically.

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From concerns about juveniles' incorrigibility at the turn of the century to school violence in the 1990s, adults have attempted to understand, control, and prevent juvenile violence. Yet, juvenile violence takes many forms, including both violence by juveniles and violence against juveniles, and has various causes and consequences.

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This reference provides systematic and detailed coverage of the traditional crime families of America, the important individuals, significant events and explanatory terms. Figures such as Al Capone, John Gotti and Sammy the "Bull" Gravano are listed.

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"With over 1000 entries and 400 illustrations, this volume is the most fact-packed history of the West ever assembled. Crime historian extraordinaire Jay Robert Nash has left no stone unturned in his s"