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Lost in the Valley of Death - A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas (Paperback): Harley Rustad Lost in the Valley of Death - A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas (Paperback)
Harley Rustad
R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Change or Continuity in Drug Policy - The Roles of Science, Media, and Interest Groups (Hardcover): Julie Tieberghien Change or Continuity in Drug Policy - The Roles of Science, Media, and Interest Groups (Hardcover)
Julie Tieberghien
R4,344 Discovery Miles 43 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

While evidence-based policy is an emerging rhetoric of the desire by and for governments to develop policies based on the best available evidence, drug policy is an area where particular challenges abound. This book is a detailed and comprehensive examination of the contours of drug policy development through the consideration of the particular roles of science, media, and interest groups. Using Belgium as the primary case-study, supplemented by insights gathered from other countries, the author contributes to a richer understanding of the science-policy nexus in the messy, real-world complexities of drug policy. Change or Continuity in Drug Policy: The Roles of Science, Media, and Interest Groups is the first book to bring together policy and media theories, knowledge utilisation models, and public scholarship literature. As such, the book provides unique insights relevant to aspects of change or continuity in drug policies in Europe and beyond. This book will be of great value to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to academics, practitioners and policymakers with interest in the science-policy nexus with a particular focus on the drug policy domain.

Delinquency and Drift Revisited, Volume 21 - The Criminology of David Matza and Beyond (Hardcover): Thomas G. Blomberg, Francis... Delinquency and Drift Revisited, Volume 21 - The Criminology of David Matza and Beyond (Hardcover)
Thomas G. Blomberg, Francis T. Cullen, Cheryl Lero Jonson, Christoffer Carlsson
R3,911 Discovery Miles 39 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Fifty years ago, David Matza wrote Delinquency and Drift, challenging the ways people thought about the development of criminals. Today, Delinquency and Drift Revisited reminds criminologists that they ignore Matza's writings at their own intellectual peril. Matza's work shows his insights on a range of core criminological issues, such as: the complex nature of culture and its connection to criminality; the extent to which rule-breakers are truly different from the "rest of us"; the importance of focusing on human agency in understanding the subjective side of offending; the interaction of propensity and peer influences in criminal involvement; the role of the state in signifying individuals as deviant and entrapping them in criminal roles; and the processes that lead offenders to desist from crime. This volume was not written to pay homage to Matza, but to show how his ideas remain relevant to criminology today by continuing to question conventional wisdom, by making us pay attention to realities we have overlooked, and by inspiring us to theorize more innovatively.

The Enigma of Social Harm - The Problem of Liberalism (Paperback): Thomas Raymen The Enigma of Social Harm - The Problem of Liberalism (Paperback)
Thomas Raymen
R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

1. The concept of social harm is gaining in ground in Criminology as an alternative way of reconceptualizing crime within a wider context. This book offers a major intervention in taking stock of the field and suggesting ways forward. 2. This book would certainly be used as supplementary reading across a number of courses in criminological and social theory, as well as upper level courses on social problems and advanced criminological theory. 3. This book is multi-disciplinary, moving beyond criminology to consider liberal political economic theory and moral philosophy.

Social Psychology in Forensic Practice (Paperback): Joel Harvey, Derval Ambrose Social Psychology in Forensic Practice (Paperback)
Joel Harvey, Derval Ambrose
R1,134 Discovery Miles 11 340 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book explores how different social psychology theories and concepts can be applied to practice. Considering theories from attribution theory to coercion theory, social identity theories to ostracism, the authors offer a greater understanding and appreciation of the ways in which social psychology can contribute to forensic practice. The book argues that social psychology is useful for carrying out assessments (including risk assessments), formulations, and interventions with clients in forensic settings, as well as for psychological consultation, training, and the development of services. These theories are also important when understanding multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working, staff-client relationships, and peer-to-peer relationships. Through illustrative composite case examples, taken from the authors' experiences in forensic settings, the chapters demonstrate effective ways to pursue a theoretically informed practice. Exploring a broad range of theories and a timely topic, Social Psychology in Forensic Practice will interest a wide readership including graduate and undergraduate students and researchers in criminology, sociology, and forensic, social and clinical psychology. It will also be of practical use to health professionals and non-health professionals working in forensic settings as well as policy makers and others commissioning forensic services.

Elite Deviance (Hardcover, 11th edition): David Simon Elite Deviance (Hardcover, 11th edition)
David Simon
R5,404 Discovery Miles 54 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tracing the causes of elite deviance to the structure of U.S. power and wealth, this book introduces students to theories of elite deviance and covers both criminal and non-criminal elite acts that cause significant harm. This considerably updated, 11th edition enriches its coverage of both historical and contemporary elite deviance. Updates include: New and expanded discussions on history, property, and historical critique from Revolutionary America onward. New analysis on Donald Trump: his cabinet members of the political elite, his relationship with the EPA, and his business connections. Investigation into Caribbean and European tax havens. An extended review on elite deviance and increasing inequalities. Very current information and examples of scandals in international conflicts. The section on changing media patterns.

Arts in Corrections - Thirty Years of Annotated Publications (Hardcover): Grady Hillman Arts in Corrections - Thirty Years of Annotated Publications (Hardcover)
Grady Hillman
R3,554 Discovery Miles 35 540 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In Arts in Corrections, the author-a poet, translator and teacher-takes readers on a chronological journey through an annotated selection of 24 of his own publications from 1981 to 2014 which recount his experiences teaching, consulting and documenting US arts programs in prisons, jails and juvenile facilities. Anyone interested in corrections and arts-in-corrections will be drawn in by the poetic sensibility Hillman brings to his writing. Readers will gain a historical and personal perspective not only into correctional arts programming in the US over the last 40 years, but also the institutional transformations in policy, culture, populations, economics, and the criminological mission expansion into other institutional settings like K-12 education. Original essays, articles, monographs and poems are interspersed with recent annotations to deliver not only a top-down view of the correctional system but also the author's personal journey of "discouragement and hope" from work conducted in approximately 200 adult and juvenile facilities in 30 states and six countries. This comprehensive book is essential reading for a broad cross-section of international readers interested in and involved in the arts-in-corrections field. With two million individuals behind bars in the US at any given time, the profile of arts programs in prisons and jails is rising and interest in criminal-justice matters more generally is increasing. This includes not only arts-in-corrections professionals, policy makers, students, researchers, advocates and academics, but professionals in multiple other fields as well as the general public.

Reporting on Sexual Violence in the #MeToo Era (Paperback): Andrea Baker, Usha Manchanda Rodrigues Reporting on Sexual Violence in the #MeToo Era (Paperback)
Andrea Baker, Usha Manchanda Rodrigues
R1,098 Discovery Miles 10 980 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

- Topic timely and important: connects established and emerging journalism practices to changing discourses about sexual violence.. - Diverse range of perspectives, international in scope. Including contributions from authors situated in: Australia, US, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, India, Norway, Israel. - No other academic book on the market which explores sexual violence in the hashtag era of #metoo, #blacklivesmatter, #SayHerName from an intersectional lens

Correctional Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Communities - Reducing Recidivism Through Behavior Change (Hardcover): Jennifer... Correctional Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Communities - Reducing Recidivism Through Behavior Change (Hardcover)
Jennifer Pealer
R4,486 Discovery Miles 44 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Drawing on original research on the effectiveness of a therapeutic community (TC) in reducing recidivism among juvenile male offenders, Correctional Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Communities: Reducing Recidivism Through Behavior Change provides a comprehensive review of the current state of drug treatment for the offending population, especially the link between juvenile offending and substance abuse. The book assesses the factors predicting successful completion of treatment as well as the methodological limitation of previous TC program reviews, and suggests policy implication and routes for future research. Using improvements such as multiple outcome criteria, long-term follow-up, matching groups on risk and needs, and the employment of a standardized instrument to measure program quality, Correctional Rehabilitation assesses the degree to which participation in the TC affects antisocial attitudes and reduces delinquency. Readers will explore how TCs can be designed to influence adolescent drug offenders and ultimately reduce recidivism. This book is essential reading for students, researchers, practitioners, and other stakeholders focusing on the development of treatment programs.

Leave No Trace - A suspenseful, twisty detective novel (Paperback): M.J. White Leave No Trace - A suspenseful, twisty detective novel (Paperback)
M.J. White
R265 R127 Discovery Miles 1 270 Save R138 (52%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A disappearance Ewan Stokes disappeared after a football match 15 years ago. No one knows where he went - or why - but every year on the anniversary of his disappearance, random mysterious sightings are reported across Europe. A cult following An online cult following has grown up around the mystery, sharing tips and sightings. Rumour has it that 'Stokesy' is coming back. And he wants revenge. Riled by the prospect of his return, unrest grows. His followers blame his ex-girlfriend, Maisie, for his disappearance and they want her to pay. A woman in danger As the 15th anniversary of Stokesy's disappearance approaches, there are more sightings, followed by apparently random acts of violence. The campaign of intimidation against Maisie grows. Frightened, she reaches out to the police but she has long been the victim of the cult's anger and her pleas for help have gone unheeded for years. A psychologist with a special gift Dr Cora Lael is brought in to help DS Minshull and South Suffolk CID before the situation gets out of hand. Can her special intuition unlock the key to Stokesy's disappearance, save Maisie and stop Stokesy wreaking his revenge?

Eliminating Online Child Sexual Abuse Material (Paperback): Rick Brown Eliminating Online Child Sexual Abuse Material (Paperback)
Rick Brown
R1,124 Discovery Miles 11 240 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book uses a crime science approach to explore the ways in which child sexual abuse material (CSAM) can be tackled. It describes the CSAM ecosystem, focusing on the ways in which it is produced, distributed and consumed and explores different interventions that can be used to tackle each issue. Eliminating Online Child Sexual Abuse Material provides a methodical approach to unpacking and understanding this growing problem, identifies approaches that have been shown to work and offers alternatives that might be tried. This analysis is set within a crime sciences context that draws on rational choice, routine activities, situation crime prevention and environmental criminology to better understand the nature of the problem and the potential ways in which it may be solved. This book is intended for policy-makers and practitioners working in child protection, online harms and related areas and for students studying sexual violence or internet-related crime. The book will also be of interest to crime scientists as it provides another example of how the approach can be used to understand and reduce crime.

Transforming the War on Drugs - Warriors, Victims and Vulnerable Regions (Paperback): Annette Idler, Juan Carlos Garzon Vergara Transforming the War on Drugs - Warriors, Victims and Vulnerable Regions (Paperback)
Annette Idler, Juan Carlos Garzon Vergara
R750 Discovery Miles 7 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The war on drugs has failed, but consensus in the international drug policy debate on the way forward is missing. Amidst this moment of uncertainty, militarised lenses on the global illicit drug problem continue to neglect the complexity of the causes and consequences that this war is intended to defend or defeat. Challenging conventional thinking in defence and security sectors, Transforming the War on Drugs constitutes the first comprehensive and systematic effort to theoretically, conceptually, and empirically investigate the impacts of the war on drugs. The contributors trace the consequences of the war on drugs across vulnerable regions, including South America and Central America, West Africa, the Middle East and the Golden Crescent, the Golden Triangle, and Russia. It demonstrates that these consequences are 'glocal'. The war's local impacts on human rights, security, development, and public health are interdependent with transnational illicit flows. The book further reveals how these impacts have influenced the positions of governments across these regions, with significant ramifications for the international drug control regime. Crucially, it shows that, at a time when global order is in flux, critically evaluating the regime's securitisation through the war on drugs provides key insights into other global governance realms.

A Plot to Kill - The notorious killing of Peter Farquhar, a story of deception and betrayal that shocked a quiet English town... A Plot to Kill - The notorious killing of Peter Farquhar, a story of deception and betrayal that shocked a quiet English town (Hardcover)
David Wilson
R615 R503 Discovery Miles 5 030 Save R112 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'[A] real-life Midsomer Murder ... it's chilling, but [David Wilson's] explanation of how a psychopath thinks is masterly' The Times The shocking story of the murder of Peter Farquhar and the churchwarden who groomed and betrayed him, from the UK's leading criminologist David Wilson Two deaths. Three doors apart. An unsuspecting community about to realise there's a killer in their midst. In October 2015, Peter Farquhar was found dead in his house in Maids Moreton, lying on the sofa next to a bottle of whisky. An inquest was made, and Peter's death was quickly ruled an accident. But after the death of another elderly neighbour, the dreadful truth began to emerge: both victims had been groomed, seduced and mentally tortured by a young man, Benjamin Field, who had used his position of power in the community to target and exploit the elderly. He almost got away with it. Very little shocks criminologist David Wilson, but this extraordinary case in his sleepy hometown astounded him. Wilson felt duty-bound to follow its trail, discovering how his tightknit community failed to intervene, how a psychopath went undetected for years, and how Peter unwittingly supplied the blueprint for his own murder. A Plot to Kill is a chilling, gripping account of a callous murder in the heart of middle England, a fight for justice, and a revealing insight into the mind of a killer.

Rape Unresolved - Victims and Police Responses in South Africa (Paperback): Dee Smythe Rape Unresolved - Victims and Police Responses in South Africa (Paperback)
Dee Smythe
R386 R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Save R84 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Of the approximately 50,000 rape cases reported in South Africa every year, 30,000 - 35,000 simply disappear. The majority are closed by the police: case withdrawn, undetected, unfounded. Prosecutors decline to prosecute approximately half those referred to them. Of the remainder that are prosecuted, around 40% result in conviction. This translates into an overall conviction rate of between 4-8% of reported cases. To understand the criminal justice system's failure to adequately deal with sexual violence, one needs to start with the police. This book tells the story of some of the cases reported to the South African Police Service and how they were dealt with. Through a detailed qualitative review of rape dockets the author provides novel insights into police responses to rape. A key insight from the study is that while stereotypes certainly abound, it is in the process of investigating rape cases that things fall apart. Here we see the impact of poor investigative skills and a systemic breakdown in supervision at station level. The (unexpected) result, as the cases in this study show, is to shift responsibility for the investigation of these cases - and their ultimate failure - onto the complainant. The book shines new light on complainant withdrawals, false rape complaints and police responses to rape, issues which are problematic in South Africa but not unfamiliar elsewhere. Recommended for: Local and international academics concerned with policing and gender-based violence, policy-makers working on improving criminal justice responses to rape, and general readers interested in understanding the failure of the criminal justice system to deal with rape.

Deviance and Crime - Theory, Research and Policy (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Walter Dekeseredy, Desmond Ellis, Shahid Alvi Deviance and Crime - Theory, Research and Policy (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Walter Dekeseredy, Desmond Ellis, Shahid Alvi
R4,818 Discovery Miles 48 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book sensitizes the reader to the fact that there is substantial disagreement within the academic community, and among policymakers and the general public, over what behaviors, conditions (e.g., physical attributes), and people should be designated as deviant or criminal. Normative conceptions, the societal reaction/labeling approach, and the critical approach are offered as frameworks within which to study these definitions. A comprehensive explanation of theory and social policy on deviance is constructed.

The Police Manager (Hardcover, 8th edition): Egan K. Green, Ronald G Lynch, Scott R Lynch The Police Manager (Hardcover, 8th edition)
Egan K. Green, Ronald G Lynch, Scott R Lynch
R6,290 Discovery Miles 62 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Police Manager, 8th Edition, is a major update, with a completely fresh chapter on school resource officers, based on a new case study, and a new chapter on managing high-profile events. Every police agency today faces the possibility of controversy, and the need to train managers to deal appropriately with the media and the public continues to increase. Green, building on the foundation laid by Ronald Lynch in prior editions, gives practical, field-tested guidance to students and professionals who aspire to leadership roles in law enforcement, providing a comprehensive explanation of issues and challenges that they will face as police supervisors. The book is divided into four parts, covering historical and philosophical underpinnings, behavioral aspects of police management, functional aspects of police management, and major issues in modern police work. This eighth edition is ideal for police management courses in U.S. undergraduate criminal justice programs, as well as for law enforcement practitioners preparing for promotional examinations. The text is also appropriate for broader criminal justice management courses.

Racialised Gang Rape and the Reinforcement of Dominant Order - Discourses of Gender, Race and Nation (Hardcover): Kiran Kaur... Racialised Gang Rape and the Reinforcement of Dominant Order - Discourses of Gender, Race and Nation (Hardcover)
Kiran Kaur Grewal
R4,204 Discovery Miles 42 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This path-breaking book provides a comparative analysis of public discourses in France and Australia on a series of highly mediatised racialised gang rapes that occurred during the early to mid-2000s. These rapes led to intense public debate in both countries regarding an apparent 'gang rape phenomenon' associated with young men of Muslim background. By comparing the responses to similar instances of sexual violence in two very different Western liberal democracies, this book explores the relationship between constructions of national, gender and ethnic identity in modern, developed nations of the West. The impact of immigration and cultural diversity on communities has become an issue of central concern to Western liberal democracies in recent years. With greater movements of people than ever before, and large temporary migrant populations who have not 'gone home', the discourse of a 'crisis of national identity' is a feature of many democracies in the West. At the same time, in a supposedly 'post-feminist' age, the focus of debates around women's rights in these democracies has increasingly been the extent to which the cultural values of immigrant and ethnic minority populations are compatible with the espoused gender equality of the West. Through an analysis of these rapes, Kiran Kaur Grewal identifies certain commonalities as well as interesting points of divergence within the two nations' public discourses. In doing so she identifies the limitations of current debates and proposes alternative ways of understanding the tensions at play when trying to respond to acts of extreme sexism and violence committed by members of ethnic minority communities.

Domestic Violence in International Context (Hardcover): Diana Scharff Peterson, Julie Schroeder Domestic Violence in International Context (Hardcover)
Diana Scharff Peterson, Julie Schroeder
R4,202 Discovery Miles 42 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Domestic violence does not discriminate and is prevalent throughout the word regardless of race, age or socio-economic status. Why, then, do reactions and response differ so widely throughout the world? While some countries work diligently to address the matter through prevention and training, others take a 'hands-off' approach in their response. This book is one of the first to investigate domestic violence on a global scale and provides best practices gleaned from various countries around the world to paint a detailed picture of how police response to domestic violence is currently being conducted and provide training bodies with up-to-date information to enhance current curricula. Domestic Violence in International Context brings together expert scholars native to twelve different countries to examine the history and scope of domestic violence and how it is being addressed, repressed or ignored in their thirteen respective countries. Their specialised knowledge and unique data come together to create a series of snapshots that will guide nations, societies and communities worldwide in formulating effective strategies to prevent, intervene and combat this epidemic, and examine partnerships and programmes already in place. This book is essential reading for practitioners, policy makers, and human rights organisations, as well as students and scholars of criminology, social work, sociology and law.

Europe and Japan Cooperation in the Fight against Cross-border Crime - Challenges and Perspectives (Paperback): Shin Matsuzawa,... Europe and Japan Cooperation in the Fight against Cross-border Crime - Challenges and Perspectives (Paperback)
Shin Matsuzawa, Anne Weyembergh, Irene Wieczorek
R1,129 Discovery Miles 11 290 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book is the first to map and critically analyse the legalisation of EU-Japan cooperation in criminal justice matters, charting the existing legal instruments which regulate cooperation in the fight against crime between European states and Japan. It examines which forms of cooperation are regulated by EU Law, and which are not, and takes stock through selected case studies of the functioning in practice of cooperation between the EU as an organisation, single European States and Japan. The book focuses particularly on police cooperation, exchange of electronic evidence, mutual legal assistance, extradition, transfer of prisoners and data exchanges. It looks at the EU-Japan MLA Agreement, the Europol-Japan National Police Agency Working Arrangement, the negotiations on a PNR Agreement, and the Council of Europe Convention for Transfer of Sentenced Persons; all instruments aimed at regulating cooperation against crime between European states and Japan. Finally, the book also looks at the implications for the fight against crime of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, Strategic Partnership Agreement, and the European Commission Adequacy decision. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of EU Criminal law, EU-Japan cooperation, Japanese studies, transnational crime, and more broadly to comparative criminal justice, International Relations and security studies. Chapter 1 and 9 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 licence.

Young Offenders and Open Custody (Hardcover): Tove Pettersson Young Offenders and Open Custody (Hardcover)
Tove Pettersson
R4,203 Discovery Miles 42 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Young offenders given custodial sentences in youth institutions constitute an important group in the context of crime prevention research, given that offenders within this group are at high risk of reoffending or continuing with a criminal career into adulthood. This book explores the significance of custodial openness for children and youths and how this environment affects future desistance from crime. In Young Offenders and Open Custody Tove Pettersson provides powerful support for the view that the experience of more open custodial forms during the youth custody sentence is of significance both for providing incarcerated youths with a more humane environment and for the likelihood of a positive outcome following their release. Building upon detailed interviews with convicted youths and staff at the special approved homes in Sweden, this book offers unique insights into the effect of punishment on young offenders and their understanding of social control. Drawing upon quantitative and qualitative data, this book examines levels of reoffending over time among youths sentenced to custody, and considers the impact of open sentences. This book will be useful reading for students and researchers engaged in youth and juvenile justice, juvenile delinquency, and sentencing and punishment.

In Control - Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder (Paperback): Jane Monckton-Smith In Control - Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder (Paperback)
Jane Monckton-Smith
R304 R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Save R57 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Groundbreaking' OBSERVER 'Blows assumptions about abusive relationships out of the water' CAITLIN MORAN 'Offers a strategy for intervention that would save lives' INDEPENDENT Every four days in the UK, a woman is killed by her partner or ex-partner - and in the past year, domestic abuse has become an epidemic. For thirty years, Jane Monckton Smith has been fighting to change this. A former police officer and internationally renowned professor of public protection, she has developed her ground-breaking research into an eight-stage homicide timeline, laying out identifiable stages in which coercive relationships can escalate to violence and murder. Drawing on disciplines including psychology, sociology and law, Monckton Smith talks to victims, their families and killers to piece together the hows and whys of abuse - while shining a searching light onto the society and media that allow it to thrive.

Wise Guy (Paperback): Nicholas Pileggi Wise Guy (Paperback)
Nicholas Pileggi; Introduction by Martin Scorsese
R487 R366 Discovery Miles 3 660 Save R121 (25%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the true-crime bestseller that was the basis for Martin Scorsese's film masterpiece GoodFellas, which brought to life the violence, the excess, the families, the wives and girlfriends, the drugs, the payoffs, the paybacks, the jail time, and the Feds...with Henry Hill's crackling narration drawn straight out of Wiseguy and overseeing all the unforgettable action. "Nonstop...absolutely engrossing" (The New York Times Book Review).

Read it and experience the secret life inside the mob--from one who's lived it.

Cultural Expertise, Law and Rights - A Comprehensive Guide (Paperback): Livia Holden Cultural Expertise, Law and Rights - A Comprehensive Guide (Paperback)
Livia Holden
R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Cultural Expertise, Law and Rights introduces readers to the theory and practice of cultural expertise in the resolution of conflicts and the claim of rights in diverse societies. Combining theory and case-studies of the use of cultural expertise in real situations, and in a great variety of fields, this is the first book to offer a comprehensive examination of the field of cultural expertise: its intellectual orientations, practical applications, and ethical implications. This book engages an extensive and interdisciplinary variety of topics - ranging from race, language, sexuality, Indigenous rights, and women's rights to immigration and asylum laws, international commercial arbitration, and criminal law. It also offers a truly global perspective covering cultural expertise in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and North America. Finally, the book offers theoretical and practical guidance for the ethical use of cultural expert knowledge. This is an essential volume for teachers and students in the social sciences - especially law, anthropology, and sociology - and members of the legal professions who engage in cross-cultural dispute resolution, asylum and migration, private international law, and other fields of law in which cultural arguments play a role.

Psychology of Gang Involvement (Paperback): Jane L. Wood, Jaimee Mallion, Sarah Frisby-Osman Psychology of Gang Involvement (Paperback)
Jane L. Wood, Jaimee Mallion, Sarah Frisby-Osman
R1,118 Discovery Miles 11 180 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Psychology of Gang Involvement expands existing knowledge by applying psychological knowledge to gangs, including how gang members think, their mental and emotional well-being, and their perceptions of gang involvement, as well as issues relating to gang prevention and intervention strategies. This book offers readers a clearer understanding of the important role that social psychological processes play in the formation and maintenance of gangs and gang membership. It will enhance readers' understanding of gang members' social cognition, emotional intelligence, well-being, and mental health, as well as how these factors potentially promote and sustain individual gang involvement. Readers will discover also how these important psychological characteristics vary according to an individual's commitment to a gang. Organized in three sections, the first focuses on issues relevant to theoretical perspectives of gang involvement. Chapters include detailed examinations of a gang member's experiences and the implications of these for theoretical development, and considerations of the importance of social and psychological issues such as group processes and levels of commitment to gang membership to, understand and explain involvement in gangs. The second section centers on issues such as adverse childhood experiences and trauma, and examines their links to male and female gang membership as potential risk factors and outcomes of gang involvement. The section concludes by contemplating how the mental health, traumatic experiences, and involvement in violence compares between gang members and other violent men in adulthood. The final section considers current responses to gang membership by evaluating individual and group-based approaches to gang prevention and intervention strategies, and concludes with a theoretical conceptualization of how a strengths-based approach could work to reduce gang involvement. This book will be a useful text for a wide range of readers interested in, or working with gang members, including academics and students, practitioners, youth workers, clinicians, and criminal justice agents.

Investigative Interviewing in the Workplace - Culture, Deviance, and Investigations (Paperback): Kevin Sweeney Investigative Interviewing in the Workplace - Culture, Deviance, and Investigations (Paperback)
Kevin Sweeney
R1,384 Discovery Miles 13 840 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Based on extensive interdisciplinary research and the author's over 30 years of experience in the field, this book provides best practice skills for auditors and investigators in any type of investigation and adapts them to ensure they are relevant to a corporate environment where the powers available to police are absent. In addition to providing technical skills and practical advice on investigative interviewing, former police investigator Kevin Sweeney explains how to analyze information to assist in the investigation and to identify emerging trends to provide opportunities to prevent problems before they occur. Readers will come to understand legal concepts such as the chain of evidence, the psychological factors involved in questioning, and the sociological factors that can help to build a macro understanding of the organization and the event in question. This book will become an essential resource for professionals involved in auditing or investigation work of any type in the corporate or public sectors, in contexts including human resources, employee relation investigations, auditing, or where criminal activity is suspected.

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