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Catching a Serial Killer: My Hunt for Murderer Christopher Halliwell
Paperback,
22/06/2017,
£9.99
£8.99
19 March 2011, D S Stephen Fulcher receives a call that thrusts him into a race against time to save missing 22-year-old Sian O'Callaghan, who was last seen at a nightclub. Steve knows from experience that he has a small window of time to find Sian alive, but his hopes are quickly dashed when his investigation leads him to Christopher Halliwell.
Foucault's Discipline and Punish
Paperback,
15/07/2017,
£5.99
£5.39
How does a state control its citizens? Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish answers this question by investigating the prison system. Foucault argues that prison created and merged into a wider system of surveillance that extends throughout society.
Essentials of the Reid Technique, criminal interrogation and confessions
Paperback,
18/06/2004,
£21.99
£19.79
Criminal Investigations & Forensic Science
Key Challenges in Criminal Investigation
Paperback,
16/02/2018,
£19.99
£15.99
This comprehensive overview and critical analysis of the development and practice of criminal investigation examines decision-making within criminal investigations and links investigative influences on policing with the evidence-based agenda.
Police Photography
Paperback,
12/11/2010,
£28.99
£26.09
Teaches the fundamentals of photography and their application to police work. This title offers explanations of the basic elements of photography that are used in investigative police work.
Why Punish?: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Punishment
Paperback,
14/06/2017,
£30.99
£27.89
Integrating philosophical, sociological, political and ethical perspectives, it provides a thorough and wide-ranging discussion of the purposes, meanings and justifications of punishment for crime and the extent to which punishment does, could or should live up to what it claims to achieve.
Why Punish?
"Kill The Black One First": The most moving story you'll read this year
Hardback,
07/02/2019,
£16.99
£15.29
Where's Peter? : Unravelling the Falconio Mystery
Paperback,
20/12/2005,
£12.99
£11.69
Presents the story of an outback nightmare that goes down as one of the most appalling and terrifying crimes in modern Australian history. This story exposes the dark underbelly of a nation which paints itself as a warm, inviting holiday destination but too often proves to be anything but, as foreign tourists fall victim to its hidden dangers.
Crime and Everyday Life
7,
15/03/2002,
£22.99
£20.69
Crime and Everyday Life is written in a clear, concise style and the authors unique approach to crime causation is popular with lecturers and students. This Third Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to include such new chapters as white-collar crime and the use of technology in crime control.
Basics of Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology
Paperback,
29/01/2015,
£61.99
£55.79
Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2019 13ed
Paperback,
04/09/2018,
£34.99
£31.49
Reflecting the multitude of avenues into the police force now open to future police officers, from student officers and pre-join students to Specials, Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2019 ensures you have the knowledge and understanding necessary to undertake independent patrol in a professional and competent manner.
Issues in Transnational Policing
Paperback,
19/10/2000,
£41.99
£37.79
This volume is written from a criminological perspective and examines the effects of an emerging global culture on the nature of police and policing.
Introduction to Policing 3ed
Paperback,
01/01/2018,
£27.99
£25.19
Delving into the real issues of policing, and fully updated to cover recent changes in the field, the acclaimed Introduction to Policing, Third Edition is the introduction to your Police Studies course.
Policing Across the World: Issues for the Twenty-First Century
Paperback,
27/01/1999,
£37.99
£34.19
This wide-ranging text provides an overview of policing across different societies, and considers the issues facing the US and British police in a wider international context. The book is designed as a coherent introduction to the police and the challenges they face.
Unusually Cruel: Prisons, Punishment, and the Real American Exceptionalism
Paperback,
17/07/2017,
£18.99
£17.09
In Unusually Cruel, Mark Morje Howard shows how far outside the norm-and how different from systems in other advanced, industrial democracies-US prisons are.
End of Policing
Hardback,
10/10/2017,
£16.99
£15.29
How the police endanger us and why we need to find an alternative
Safety Crimes
Paperback,
01/09/2007,
£19.50
£17.55
Concerned with crimes against worker health and safety, this book offers an account and analysis of this field. It uses case studies to illustrate key points and themes, including the high profile instances of safety crimes, as well as the larger number of 'routine' deaths, injuries, ill-health, prosecutions, and enforcement relationships.
What is Policing?
Paperback,
30/03/2010,
£18.99
£17.09
An essential introduction to policing for all students undertaking policing related degrees.
Victims, Crime and Society 2ed
Paperback,
13/05/2017,
£29.99
£26.99
Providing a full account of victimisation across the social spectrum of class, race, age and gender, this new edition has new material on defining and constructing victims, fear and vulnerability, sexuality, white collar crime, and implications of policy
Oxford Dictionary of Law Enforcement
Paperback,
23/08/2007,
£12.99
£11.69
The only dictionary available focusing on UK law enforcement, this invaluable volume covers every aspect of criminal law including pathology, forensic medicine, commerce and trade, criminology, and psychology. Essential reference for trainee and practising police officers, and other professionals needing clear definitions of law enforcement terms.
Politics of the Police 4ed
Paperback,
04/03/2010,
£30.99
£27.89
This book covers the history of the police, the sociology of policing, and the law and politics of the police. From Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry to Life on Mars, Robert Reiner explores the highly-charged debates that surround policing and analyses the proposals for reform.
Introduction to Cybercrime: Computer Crimes, Laws, and Policing in the 21st Century
Paperback,
22/02/2016,
£34.00
£30.60
Explaining cybercrime in a highly networked world, this book provides a comprehensive yet accessible summary of the history, modern developments, and efforts to combat cybercrime in various forms at all levels of government-international, national, state, and local.
Handbook of Victims and Victimology
Paperback,
01/09/2007,
£43.99
£39.59
Provides an overview of the importance of the role of the victim in the criminal justice system, with an analysis of the different theoretical perspectives within victimology. This book explores the relationship between victimisation and feminism with particular focus on domestic and sexual violence.
Criminology 6ed
Paperback,
06/04/2017,
£29.99
£26.99
The sixth edition of Criminology offers updated coverage of the main criminological theories. An engaging read for students of criminology, it traces the history and development of these key theories, and provides full references to guide the reader in their further criminological studies.
Fast Eddie: My 20 Years on the Run as Britain's Most Wanted Man
Hardback,
04/05/2017,
£14.99
£13.49
This is the first time Eddie has ever spoken out about his story and he is willing to reveal everything that the press have been dying to know for the last 20 years - including how he escaped. He has never confirmed or denied anything that has been printed about him before but will now in his own words.
Situational prevention of child sexual abuse
Paperback,
01/03/2006,
£27.50
£24.75
Demonstrates that child sex offending is strongly influenced by opportunities to offend, and that analyzing the environmental contexts of offending may offer new insights into preventing the behavior. This book covers topics such as: situational factors in child molesting; social interactions among pedophiles; and others.
Introduction to Policing Research: Taking Lessons from Practice
Paperback,
03/12/2015,
£32.99
£29.69
Police and Crime Commissioners: The Transformation of Police Accountability
Paperback,
21/03/2016,
£24.99
£22.49
In this book Bryn Caless and Jane Owens reveal the innermost workings of the Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs)' relationships with the police, media, partners and public It makes essential reading for Police Crime Commissioners, police practitioner and academics, students and researchers in criminology and policing.
Homicide: A Year On The Killing Streets
Paperback,
16/07/2015,
£9.99
£8.99
The bestselling true crime classic from the creator of The Wire, is now a canon
Policing and Criminal Justice
Paperback,
30/03/2010,
£17.00
£15.30
An essential guide to the Criminal Justice System for students undertaking policing related degrees.
Prisoner Resettlement: Policy and Practice
7,
01/10/2007,
£22.00
£19.80
Provides a review and analysis of resettlement policy and practice in England and Wales in the early part of the 21st Century. This book aims to: outline developments in resettlement policy and practice; and describe particular projects, draw conclusions about their effectiveness and discuss advantages and challenges associated.
My Brother's Keeper
Hardback,
01/10/2005,
£45.00
£40.50
In 1997 the Verne Prison permitted the setting up of a distinct Christian community within its walls, the first prison to do so within the western world. Offered as a solution to the problem of control in that prison, it rapidly spread to three other prisons in the UK.
What matters in probation
Paperback,
01/01/2004,
£22.00
£19.80
The What Works initiative is having a profound impact on the work of the National Probation Service. This book aims to provide a critical overview of What Works, providing a wider set of perspectives on a project which is vital for the future of the service.
Handbook of Crime Prevention and Community Safety
Paperback,
01/09/2005,
£29.50
£26.55
Providing an account of the background, theory and practice of crime prevention and community safety, this book offers a detailed overview of the main theories and perspectives informing crime prevention policy and practice, and includes chapters covering efforts to address a number of the main types of crime problems.
Practical Skills for Police Community Support Officers
Paperback,
04/05/2007,
£14.00
£12.60
A compendium of policing skills specifically designed to aid both newly-recruited and established Police Community Support Officers (PSCOs).
Dictionary of probation & offender management
Paperback,
21/09/2007,
£22.50
£20.25
Covering aspects of criminal justice and the criminal justice system, this dictionary contains approximately 300 entries on terms and concepts. It contains entries which include summary definition, main text and key texts and sources. It also takes account of emerging occupational and Skills for Justice criteria.
Definitive Guide To Passing The Police Recruitment Process
Hardback,
20/02/2014,
£14.99
£13.49
This book is a complete manual on how to pass the police application and assessment process.
Policing the Rural Crisis
7,
01/03/2006,
£22.00
£19.80
Based on five years of extensive original empirical research in rural and regional Australia. The book draws on ideas and debates in contemporary social theory across several disciplines, making the analysis relevant to the study of crime and social change elsewhere.
Corrections Criminology
Paperback,
14/01/2005,
£19.50
£17.55
As prison populations increase in Australia and worldwide, this book presents a stocktake of what we know about corrections. It encompasses corrections in the community as well as private and public prisons, and is written by leading academics and senior practitioners.
Understanding Criminology: Current Theoretical Debates 3ed
Paperback,
01/06/2007,
£24.99
£22.49
The book examines the development of criminological theory over the past twenty five years, with detailed analysis of the relationship between criminological theorizing, criminal justice, social justice, and politics.
Handbook of Probation
Paperback,
01/05/2007,
£35.50
£31.95
Provides a source of information and analysis about various aspects of the work of the Probation Service - a useful text for those working in probation, studying the subject as part of criminology or criminal justice course, or training for it. This work takes account of the changes that the Probation Service has undergone.
Captive Audiences
7,
01/01/2002,
£18.99
£17.09
A study of the impact of media in the lives of prisoners and its impact on everyday life, power relations and masculine identities. The book develops a theoretical framework drawing upon both the critical literature relating to prisons and their relations with society more generally.
Policing the Narrow Ground
Hardback,
10/01/2010,
£28.00
£25.20
The Patten Report on policing in Northern Ireland was a benchmark in the 1998 Belfast Agreement, signaling an end to sectarian violence in the North. Ten years later, this book reflects on the Report, its role in the ongoing transformation of policing, and the lessons of the Northern Ireland experience for security-sector reform internationally.
Problem-oriented Policing and Partnerships: Implementing an Evidence-based Approach to Crime Reduction
Paperback,
20/03/2012,
£30.00
£27.00
This book makes an important contribution to the literature on problem-oriented policing, a discipline of increasing importance in crime reduction policy and practice.
Theorizing Surveillance
7,
01/07/2006,
£25.00
£22.50
Brings together some of the world's leading surveillance scholars to discuss the "why" question. This book is about explaining surveillance processes and practices in contemporary society. It explores the theoretical questions in a way that is grounded in and attuned to empirical realities.
Psychology and Policing
Paperback,
01/03/2002,
£29.99
£26.99
Applied psychology has become important in police training and the academic study of policing. This book shows how psychological practices are applied to policing, reflecting the attention being given to this area in the light of concerns about training and its effectiveness.
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