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Ex Machina: Law Technology and Society: Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked Environment (Paperback)

The Internet has dramatically altered the landscape of crime and national security creating new threats such as identity theft computer viruses and cyberattacks. Moreover because cybercrimes are often not limited to a single site or nation crime... more

Man Against Man : Civil Law at Work (Paperback)

Understandable simplified overview of the U.S. system of criminal law. --ALA Booklist MAN AND SOCIETY: CRIMINAL LAW AT WORK -- The first in this series on law by crime writer Richard Deming. This is neither a... more

Citizens Cops and Power: Recognizing the Limits of Community (Paperback)

Politicians citizens and police agencies have long embraced community policing hoping to reduce crime and disorder by strengthening the ties between urban residents and the officers entrusted with their protection. That strategy seems to make sense... more

Studies in Russia & East Europe S The Tsarist Secret Police in Russian Society 1880-1917 (Hardcover)

List of Tables - Acknowledgements - A Note on Transliteration and Dates - A Note on Police Terminology - Abbreviations and Glossary - PART 1: SETTING THE STAGE - A Comparative Introduction - Law and the Repression of Political Crime in Russia... more

Pre-Owned Profit Without Honor: White Collar Crime and the Looting of America (Paperback 9780134871424) by Stephen Rosoff Henry Pontell Robert Tillman

9780134871424. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. 7th ed. Language: English. Pages: 624. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 624 p. Contains: Illustrations. For courses in criminal justice white-collar crime criminology law & society... more

Pre-Owned Speaking of Crime: The Language of Criminal Justice (Paperback 9780226767932) by Lawrence M Solan

9780226767932. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 264. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 264 p. Contains: Unspecified. Chicago Law and Society. Why do so many people voluntarily consent to searches by have the... more

Lbgtq+ Crime and Victimization (Hardcover)

This book provides research and analysis on an understudied topic: the LBGTQ+ community as victims and offenders. Most publications focus on LBGTQ+ history and the community s movement towards equality and acceptance in society and in law. A focus... more

Law and Society: City of Order : Crime and Society in Halifax 1918-35 (Paperback)

Interwar Halifax was a city in flux a place where citizens debated adopting new ideas and technologies but agreed on one thing: modernity was corrupting public morality and unleashing untold social problems on their fair city. To create a bulwark... more

Pre-Owned When Protest Becomes Crime: Politics and Law in Liberal Democracies (Hardcover 9780745340050) by Carolijn Terwindt

9780745340050. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Pages: 304. Library binding. 304 p. Anthropology Culture and Society . 2 b&w photographs. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. How does protest become criminalised? Applying an... more

Pre-Owned Crime and Punishment in Latin America: Law and Society Since Late Colonial Times (Paperback 9780822327448) by Ricardo D Salvatore Carlos Aguirre Gilbert M Joseph

9780822327448. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 480. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 480 p. Contains: Unspecified. Crowning a decade of innovative efforts in the historical study of law and legal phenomena... more

Sedition Hunters: How January 6th Broke the Justice System (Hardcover)

The January 6th attack is an unprecedented crime in American history. Sprawling and openly political it can t be handled by the traditional rules and norms of law enforcement--threatening the very idea of justice and its role in society. The attack... more

Pre-Owned Guilty Pleas in International Criminal Law: Constructing a Restorative Justice Approach (Hardcover 9780804753517) by Nancy Amoury Combs

9780804753517. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 384. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. International crimes such as genocide and crimes against humanity are complex and difficult to prove so their prosecutions... more

PHILOSOPHY OF CRIMINAL LAW

About the Book:- The absolute theory of punishment on which we must therefore fall back rests on the assumption that crime as crime must be punished; The state as representing society at large springs from a moral necessity. It is not a matter of... more

Pre-Owned Crime law and society BWB13085969

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting /... more

Issues in Crime and Justice: Murder Stories : Ideological Narratives in Capital Punishment (Hardcover)

Murder Stories takes on the difficult question of American retention of capital punishment by investigating the elusive role of ideology in the law. As such it is a prime example of contemporary scholarship on the death penalty and law and society. more

Anniversary Collection: Constructing White-Collar Crime (Hardcover)

Criminal law norms are socially derived being constructed in political processes but only recently has criminological research began to focus on the political construction of criminal law. There has been increasing interest in the quality of these... more

Crime and Transition in Central and Eastern Europe (Hardcover)

Full-scale political change affects every level of a society but perhaps nowhere as strikingly as in the areas of crime policy and law enforcement. Over the past two decades the European nations that have moved from totalitarianism toward democracy... more

Crime and Custom in Savage Society: [1926/1940] (Paperback)

This volume discusses aspects of small scale societies including the study of the mental processes as well as indigenous economics and law. more

The H Factor of Personality (Paperback)

The H Factor of Personality shows the importance of this personality dimension in people s approaches to money power and sex; their inclination to commit crimes or obey the law; their attitudes about society politics and religion; and their choice... more

Critique of Legal Order: Crime Control in Capitalist Society (Pre-Owned Paperback 9780765807977) by Richard Quinney Randall G Shelden

9780765807977. Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 234. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 234 p. Law and Society. Originally published thirty years ago Critique of the Legal Order remains highly relevant for the... more

Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice B Crimes of Mobility: Criminal Law and the Regulation of Immigration (Hardcover)

Winner of the 2014 British Society of Criminology Book Prize This book examines the role of criminal law in the enforcement of immigration controls over the last two decades in Britain. The criminalization of immigration status has historically... more

Law Science and Society: Law Technology and Society: Reimagining the Regulatory Environment (Paperback)

This book considers the implications of the regulatory burden being borne increasingly by technological management rather than by rules of law. If crime is controlled if human health and safety are secured if the environment is protected not by... more

Law and Society Critique of Legal Order: Crime Control in Capitalist Society (Paperback)

Originally published thirty years ago Critique of the Legal Order remains highly relevant for the twenty-first century. Here Richard Quinney provides a critical look at the legal order in capitalist society. Using a traditional Marxist perspective... more

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History: Colonial Justice: Justice Morality and Crime in the Niagara District 1791-1849 (Paperback)

This new study of early Canadian law delves into the court records of the Niagara District one of the richest sets of records surviving from Upper Canada to analyze the criminal justice system in the district during the first half of the 19th century. more

Pre-Owned Crime and Punishment in Latin America : Law and Society since Late Colonial Times 9780822327448

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Cambridge Studies in Law and Society Culture Under Cross-Examination: International Justice and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (Paperback)

The international community created the Special Court for Sierra Leone to prosecute those who bore the greatest responsibility for crimes committed during the country s devastating civil war. In this book Tim Kelsall examines some of the challenges... more

Guilty Pleas in International Criminal Law : Constructing a Restorative Justice Approach (Paperback)

This book explores the use of guilty pleas in criminal prosecutions for international crimes. more

Critical Issues in Crime and Society: Law and Order : Images Meanings Myths (Paperback)

In Law and Order: Images Meanings Myths Mariana Valverde draws on examples from film television and newspapers to examine these questions and to demonstrate how popular culture is creating an unrealistic view of crime and crime control. Valverde... more

Crime and Punishment in Latin America : Law and Society Since Late Colonial Times (Paperback)

Crowning a decade of innovative efforts in the historical study of law and legal phenomena in the region Crime and Punishment in Latin America offers a collection of essays that deal with the multiple aspects of the relationship between ordinary... more

Issues in Crime and Justice: Murder Stories : Ideological Narratives in Capital Punishment (Paperback)

Murder Stories takes on the difficult question of American retention of capital punishment by investigating the elusive role of ideology in the law. As such it is a prime example of contemporary scholarship on the death penalty and law and society. more

Policing Delhi: Urbanization Crime and Law Enforcement (Hardcover)

Urbanization poses several challenges before service delivery systems in almost every society. In a democratic society like India a service delivery system like policing assumes even greater importance. From understanding Delhi as a unique... more

Women Crime and Punishment in Ancient Law and Society: The Ancient Near East (Hardcover)

This volume spanning three millennia BCE concentrates on the major ancient civilizations that left information about women and crime in Mesopotamia and Asia Minor namely Sumer (Pt I) Babylonia (Pt II) Assyria (Pt III) and Khatti (Pt IV). Most of the... more

International Pocket Library: An Essay on Crimes and Punishments (Paperback)

Penal laws so considerable a part of every system of legislation and of so great importance to the happiness peace and security of every member of society are still so imperfect and are attended with so many unnecessary circumstances of cruelty in... more

Pre-Owned Constructing White-Collar Crime (Hardcover 9780812232400) by Joachim J Savelsberg Peter Brühl

9780812232400. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 200. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 200 p. Contains: Unspecified. Anniversary Collection. Criminal law norms are socially derived being constructed in political... more

Chicago Series in Law and Society: Speaking of Crime : The Language of Criminal Justice (Paperback)

Why do so many people voluntarily consent to searches by have the police search their person or vehicle when they know that they are carrying contraband or evidence of illegal activity? Does everyone understand the Miranda warning? How well can... more

Crime and Custom in Savage Society (Hardcover)

Crime and Custom in Savage Society represents Bronislaw Malinowski s major discussion of the relationship between law and society. Throughout his career he constructed a coherent science of anthropology one modeled on the highest standards of... more