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A criminal defense attorney, sociologist, and legal scholar takes readers inside New York City's lower criminal courts.

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This reference text explains what modern piracy is, where and why it happens, and what measures are being taken to combat it.

While piracy today typically occurs in specific areassuch as Somalia and Southeast Asiaa single pirate attack can involve and affect many different countries.

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From the commission of the crime to the collection of evidence, examination of the crime scene, roundup of suspects, interrogation, and resolution, he leads readers from the scene to the courtroom, stopping along the way to consider all the elements that go into a murder investigation.

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Focusing on the female serial murderer, who is shown to be far more difficult to apprehend and complexly motivated than her male counterpart, this text explores the background, motive and method of killing, and the cultural biases that have historically dismissed the criminal potential of women.

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A gathering of more than 1,000 interesting, clever, and hilarious questions and answers about the world of mystery fiction for the ever-inquisitive mystery, crime, and suspense fan by the owner of New York bookstore, Murder Ink.

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Australia's leading legal historian examines the chain of events that occurred between Ned Kelly's last stand at Glenrowan and the day he faced the public executioner revealing the truth behind the drama, intrigue, and pathos of the death of Australia's most notorious outlaw.

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This innovative collection presents original theoretical analyses and previously unpublished empirical research on criminal victimisation.

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This innovative collection presents original theoretical analyses and previously unpublished empirical research on criminal victimisation.

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Lists the sites of mob shootings, celebrity busts, riots, and other crimes and disasters in New York City and briefly describes each incident.

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Introduction; 1. Charles Pigott, The Jockey Club; or a Sketch of the Manners of the Age; 2. [James Parkinson], Old Hubert, pseud., An Address to the Hon. Edmund Burke from the Swinish Multitude (London, 1793; 3. James Henry Lawrence, An Essay on the Nair System of Gallantry and Inheritance; 4.

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Who should bear the financial and social costs of the consequences of crime The author analyzes the social philosophy and legislative policy behind such remedies as restitution, private insurance, and civil litigation, notes their histories and their limitations, and makes recommendations for ways that each can be improved.

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Studies 300 delinquent boys in a medium security institution and after their release. The field experiment shows how peers affect the rehabilitation of different group members, how staff use those influences to lead to prosocial change after release, and how behaviour improved.

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One area of policing in which this is especially true is pursuit driving, which may be the deadliest weapon in a police officer's arsenal.

Using the analogy between improper use of firearms and improper pursuit driving, Alpert and Dunham analyze the police car as a potentially dangerous weapon.

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Looks at the history of women police officers and provides accounts of women at almost every level, including those who drop out. This book addresses discrimination, competition, lack of mentoring, differential treatment, and sexual harassment. It looks at what plays into the decision to stick it out or leave that many policewomen face.

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This book examines how begging regulation plays a central role in organising how we feel responsible for one another in late capitalist society.

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This book maps the development of modern policingboth theory and practicefrom humans first efforts at social control, through the British roots of modern policing, to the unique institution of American policing today.

How Americans view police has varied dramatically through history.