Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
Regulation and Social Control of Incivilities
1st Edition
Edited
By Nina Persak
February 06, 2018
The increasing trend and prevalence of incivilities-targeting punitive regulatory measures across Europe raises important issues regarding the legitimacy, effectiveness and impact of such formal social control. Regulation and Social Control of Incivilities addresses the pertinent issues of current ...
Policing, Port Security and Crime Control: An Ethnography of the Port Securityscape
1st Edition
By Yarin Eski
January 15, 2018
Ports are the vital hubs of the maritime transport industry, and crucial to the flow of global trade. The protection of this global supply chain from crime and terrorism is a fundamental objective of port security, and is a landscape beset by new challenges and changes post 9/11. Building on ...
Rural Crime and Community Safety
1st Edition
By Vania Ceccato
April 27, 2017
Crime is often perceived as an urban issue rather than a problem that occurs in rural areas, but how far is this view tenable? This book explores the relationship between crime and community in rural areas and addresses the notion of safety as part of the community dynamics in such areas. Rural ...
State Crime, Women and Gender
1st Edition
By Victoria Collins
April 07, 2017
The United Nations has called violence against women "the most pervasive, yet least recognized human rights abuse in the world" and there is a long-established history of the systematic victimization of women by the state during times of peace and conflict. This book contributes to the established ...
Men, Masculinities and Violence: An ethnographic study
1st Edition
By Anthony Ellis
March 09, 2017
Why do some men use physical violence against others? How do some men come to value physical violence as a resource? Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research conducted with men involved in serious violence and crime over a period of two years in the North of England, Anthony Ellis addresses these ...
Criminology and War: Transgressing the Borders
1st Edition
Edited
By Sandra Walklate, Ross McGarry
November 07, 2016
It is widely observed that the study of war has been paid limited attention within criminology. This is intellectually curious given that acts of war have occurred persistently throughout history and perpetuate criminal acts, victimisation and human rights violations on a scale unprecedented with ...
Queer Sex Work
1st Edition
Edited
By Mary Laing, Katy Pilcher, Nicola Smith
November 07, 2016
Sex work is a subject of significant contestation across academic disciplines, as well as within legal, medical, moral, feminist, political and socio-cultural discourses. A large body of research exists, but much of this focuses on the sale of sex by women to men and ignores other performances, ...
Transitional Justice and Legacies of State Violence
1st Edition
By Lisa White
November 07, 2016
As politicians, public bodies and non-Governmental organisations continue to profess an interest in making peace with the past, this highly original study explores the motivation, significance and legacy of ‘making public’ experiences of state violence in Northern Ireland. Based on a synthesis of...
Why Men Buy Sex: Examining sex worker clients
1st Edition
By Philip Birch
November 07, 2016
Sex work has been a contentious issue in a variety of ways throughout history – socially, morally, ethically, religiously and politically. Traditionally noted as one of the oldest professions in the world, sex work has commonly been demonised and is often viewed as a social disgrace. While sex work...
Understanding Gender Based Violence: National and international contexts
1st Edition
Edited
By Nadia Aghtaie, Geetanjali Gangoli
April 27, 2016
This book aims to bring together the pioneering research on gender based violence that has been conducted by the Centre for Gender and Violence Research at the School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Topics discussed include violence in young people’s relationships, prostitution policy, ...
Flexible Workers: Labour, Regulation and the Political Economy of the Stripping Industry
1st Edition
By Teela Sanders, Kate Hardy
March 03, 2016
Striptease and other types of erotic dance increasingly make up a large, lucrative and visible part of the sex industries in the United Kingdom and 'lap dancing' has become the focus of many important contemporary debates about gender, work and sexuality. This new book from Teela Sanders and Kate ...
Histories of State Surveillance in Europe and Beyond
1st Edition
Edited
By Kees Boersma, Rosamunde van Brakel, Chiara Fonio, Pieter Wagenaar
March 03, 2016
Does the development of new technology cause an increase in the level of surveillance used by central government? Is the growth in surveillance merely a reaction to terrorism, or a solution to crime control? Are there more structural roots for the increase in surveillance?This book attempts to find...