Fear of Crime

Critical Voices in an Age of Anxiety

Edited by Stephen Farrall, Murray Lee

An attention to the 'fear of crime' has found its way into governmental interventions in crime prevention and into popular discourse with many newspapers, local...

Published July 3rd 2008 by Routledge-Cavendish.

Combating International Crime

The Longer Arm of the Law

Edited by Steven David Brown

The realities of international law enforcement are widely misunderstood and generally mystifying to the uninitiated. Combating cross border crime is a dynamic aspect of criminal...

Published June 17th 2008 by Routledge-Cavendish.

Learning from Key Debates

Edited by Tom Ellis

This innovative new book recognises that, while criminal justice studies is a core component of all criminology/criminal justice undergraduate degrees, it can be a confusing,...

Published June 1st 2008 by Routledge.

International Criminology

A Critical Introduction

By Rob Watts, Judith Bessant, Richard Hil

International Criminology is an easy access critical introduction to how conventional criminologists in the international arena think about, and research crime. By using examples from...

Published February 14th 2008 by Routledge.

Informal Reckonings

Conflict Resolution in Mediation, Restorative Justice, and Reparations

By Andrew Woolford, R.S. Ratner

The 'reparational turn' in the field of law has resulted in the increased use of so-called 'informal' approaches to conflict resolution, including primarily the three...

Published December 20th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish.

Intimacy and Responsibility

The Criminalisation of HIV Transmission

By Matthew Weait

In what circumstances and on what basis, should those who transmit serious diseases to their sexual partners be criminalised? In this new book Matthew Weait...

Published December 6th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish.

Hypercrime

The New Geometry of Harm

By Michael McGuire

Hypercrime develops a new theoretical approach toward current reformulations in criminal behaviours, in particular the phenomenon of cybercrime. Emphasizing a spatialized conception of deviance, one...

Published December 6th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish.

The Changing Chinese Legal System, 1978 – Present

Centralization of Power and Rationalization of the Legal System

By Bin Liang

This groundbreaking book examines the changing Chinese legal system since 1978. In addition to historical analyses of changes at the economic, political-legal, and social levels, Liang...

Published November 27th 2007 by Routledge.

Crime, Inequality and the State

Edited by Mary Vogel

Why has crime dropped while imprisonment grows? This well-edited volume of ground-breaking articles explores criminal justice policy in light of recent research on changing patterns...

Published November 22nd 2007 by Routledge.

Violent Femmes

Women as Spies in Popular Culture

By Rosie White

The female spy has long exerted a strong grip on the popular imagination. With reference to popular fiction, film and television Violent Femmes examines the...

Published October 25th 2007 by Routledge.