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This edited collection presents current research dealing with crime
involving information and communications technologies in the months
immediately before, during and following the coronavirus pandemic
since 2019. Information and communications technologies played a
pivotal role during the pandemic in communicating information
across the globe on the risks and responses to the pandemic but
also in providing opportunities for various forms of illegality.
This volume describes the nature and extent of such illegality, its
connection to the pandemic and how digital technologies can assist
in solving not only the health crisis but also the associated crime
problems. The contributors are established academic scholars
and policy practitioners in the fields of cybercrime and computer
forensics. This book provides a ready source of content including
technological solutions to cybercrime, legal and legislative
responses, crime prevention initiatives and policy discussions
dealing with the most critical issues present during and following
the pandemic.
This book draws together leaders in science, the health sciences,
the humanities, and the social sciences to investigate the role of
religion, its meaning and relevance, for their area of
specialization. It provides a much-needed fresh perspective on the
way in which religion operates within the modern, neo-liberal
world. The book approaches the topic by way of a critical
engagement between religion, broadly defined, and the individual
disciplines in which each of the contributors is expert. Rather
than simply taking the dogmatic position that religion offers
something to every possible discipline, each of the chapters in
this collection addresses the question: is there something that
religion can offer to the discipline in question? That is the value
of the book - it takes a truly critical stance on the place of
religion in contemporary society.
This book draws together leaders in science, the health sciences,
the humanities, and the social sciences to investigate the role of
religion, its meaning and relevance, for their area of
specialization. It provides a much-needed fresh perspective on the
way in which religion operates within the modern, neo-liberal
world. The book approaches the topic by way of a critical
engagement between religion, broadly defined, and the individual
disciplines in which each of the contributors is expert. Rather
than simply taking the dogmatic position that religion offers
something to every possible discipline, each of the chapters in
this collection addresses the question: is there something that
religion can offer to the discipline in question? That is the value
of the book - it takes a truly critical stance on the place of
religion in contemporary society.
This handbook engages key debates in Australian and New Zealand
criminology over the last 50 years. In six sections, containing 56
original chapters, leading researchers and practitioners
investigate topics such as the history of criminology; crime and
justice data; law reform; gangs; youth crime; violent, white collar
and rural crime; cybercrime; terrorism; sentencing; Indigenous
courts; child witnesses and children of prisoners; police
complaints processes; gun laws; alcohol policies; and criminal
profiling. Key sections highlight criminological theory and,
crucially, Indigenous issues and perspectives on criminal justice.
Contributors examine the implications of past and current trends in
official data collection, crime policy, and academic investigation
to build up an understanding of under-researched and emerging
problem areas for future research. An authoritative and
comprehensive text, this handbook constitutes a long-awaited and
necessary resource for dedicated academics, public policy analysts,
and university students.
Corruption within government is a worldwide problem. This volume
presents insight from police practitioners and scholars on the
nature and extent of this epidemic in both more and less developed
countries in all regions of the globe. Editors Rick Sarre, Dilip K.
Das, and H. J. Albrecht and the notable contributors shed light on
the conditions under which corruption flourishes and its
far-reaching consequences for individuals' safety and freedom as
well as each nation's security, economy, and even sovereignty.
Importantly, this volume also presents innovative anti-corruption
strategies to be undertaken by governments, international
organizations, and the media. Devoting special attention to
malpractice within police forces, The Policing of Corruption is an
important resource for all who work to undo corruption and its
debilitating effects.
This book arises from a research project funded in Australia by the
Criminology Research Council. The topic, bail reform, has attracted
attention from criminologists and law reformers over many years. In
the USA, a reform movement has argued that risk analysis and
pre-trial services should replace the bail bond system (the state
of California may introduce this system in 2020). In the United
Kingdom, Europe and Australia, there have been concerns about tough
bail laws that have contributed to a rise in imprisonment rates.
The approach in this book is distinctive. The inter-disciplinary
authors include criminologists, an academic lawyer and a forensic
psychologist together with qualitative researchers with backgrounds
in sociology and anthropology. The book advances a policy argument
through presenting descriptive statistics, interviews with
practitioners and detailed accounts of bail applications and their
outcomes. There is discussion of methodological issues throughout
the book, including the challenges of obtaining data from the
courts.
This book arises from a research project funded in Australia by the
Criminology Research Council. The topic, bail reform, has attracted
attention from criminologists and law reformers over many years. In
the USA, a reform movement has argued that risk analysis and
pre-trial services should replace the bail bond system (the state
of California may introduce this system in 2020). In the United
Kingdom, Europe and Australia, there have been concerns about tough
bail laws that have contributed to a rise in imprisonment rates.
The approach in this book is distinctive. The inter-disciplinary
authors include criminologists, an academic lawyer and a forensic
psychologist together with qualitative researchers with backgrounds
in sociology and anthropology. The book advances a policy argument
through presenting descriptive statistics, interviews with
practitioners and detailed accounts of bail applications and their
outcomes. There is discussion of methodological issues throughout
the book, including the challenges of obtaining data from the
courts.
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