Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
Organized Crime and Terrorist Networks
1st Edition
Edited
By Vincenzo Ruggiero
March 31, 2021
This collection explores organized crime and terror networks and the points at which they intersect. It analyses the close relationships between these criminalities, the prevalence and ambiguity of this nexus, the technological elements facilitating it, and the financial aspects embedded in this ...
Private Security and Domestic Violence: The Risks and Benefits of Private Security Companies Working With Victims of Domestic Violence
1st Edition
By Diarmaid Harkin
March 31, 2021
Private companies are increasingly involved with the security of domestic violence victims. This has manifested in a number of ways, including private security companies working in partnership with domestic violence services, the proliferation of security-technology companies that seek a market ...
The Myth of the ‘Crime Decline’: Exploring Change and Continuity in Crime and Harm
1st Edition
By Justin Kotzé
March 31, 2021
The Myth of the ‘Crime Decline’ seeks to critically interrogate the supposed statistical decline of crime rates, thought to have occurred in a number of predominantly Western countries over the past two decades. Whilst this trend of declining crime rates seems profound, serious questions need to be...
Execution by Family: A Theory of Honor Violence
1st Edition
By Mark Cooney
December 18, 2020
Across many parts of the world, violence inflicted in the name of family honor is attracting an increasing amount of attention. Family honor violence, otherwise known as honor-based violence, is physical force inflicted primarily on women for conduct defined as dishonorable. This book explores ...
Human Enhancement Drugs
1st Edition
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By Katinka van de Ven, Kyle Mulrooney, Jim McVeigh
December 18, 2020
Despite increasing interest in the use of human enhancement drugs (HEDs), our understanding of this phenomenon and the regulatory framework used to address it has lagged behind. Encompassing public health, epidemiology, neuroethics, sport science, criminology, and sociology, this book brings ...
Cyber-risk and Youth: Digital Citizenship, Privacy and Surveillance
1st Edition
By Michael Adorjan, Rosemary Ricciardelli
September 30, 2020
Cyber-risks are moving targets and societal responses to combat cyber-victimization are often met by the distrust of young people. Drawing on original research, this book explores how young people define, perceive, and experience cyber-risks, how they respond to both the messages they are receiving...
Mothering and Desistance in Re-Entry
1st Edition
By Venezia Michalsen
June 30, 2020
Although there is plentiful research on the impact of marriage, employment and the military on desistance from criminal behaviour in the lives of men, far less is known about the factors most important to women’s desistance. Imprisoned women are far more likely than their male counterparts to be ...
Unarmed and Dangerous: Patterns of Threats by Citizens During Deadly Force Encounters with Police
1st Edition
By Jon Shane, Zoë Swenson
January 14, 2020
There is tremendous controversy across the United States (and beyond) when a police officer uses deadly force against an unarmed citizen, but often the conversation is devoid of contextual details. These details matter greatly as a matter of law and organizational legitimacy. In this short book, ...
Skinhead History, Identity, and Culture
1st Edition
By Kevin Borgeson, Robin Valeri
March 28, 2019
Skinheads go beyond the societal stereotype of hate mongers, bigots, and Neo-Nazis. The community of skins also includes traditional skins (those that adhere to the original philosophy of the British movement in 1969), Skinheads Against Racial prejudice (SHARPS), and gay skins, female skins and ...
Cybercrime Through an Interdisciplinary Lens
1st Edition
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By Thomas J. Holt
March 05, 2019
Research on cybercrime has been largely bifurcated, with social science and computer science researchers working with different research agendas. These fields have produced parallel scholarship to understand cybercrime offending and victimization, as well as techniques to harden systems from ...
Cybercrime and its victims
1st Edition
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By Elena Martellozzo, Emma Jane
March 05, 2019
The last twenty years have seen an explosion in the development of information technology, to the point that people spend a major portion of waking life in online spaces. While there are enormous benefits associated with this technology, there are also risks that can affect the most vulnerable in ...
Domestic Violence in International Context
1st Edition
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By Diana Scharff Peterson, Julie Schroeder
March 05, 2019
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, ...