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"Cops, politicians, and ordinary people are afraid of black men. The result is the Chokehold: laws and practices that treat every African American man like a thug. In this explosive new book, an African American former federal prosecutor shows that the system is working exactly the way it's supposed to. Black men are always under watch, and police violence is widespread--all with the support of judges and politicians. In his no-holds-barred style,...
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L'adoption de la Loi sur le système de justice pénale pour adolescents (LSJPA)en 2003, en remplacement de la Loi sur les jeunes contrevenants, a eu des répercussions certaines dans les milieux d'intervention dédiés aux adolescents contrevenants. Conçue en fonction du principe de proportionnalité entre la gravité du délit et la sévérité de la sentence, elle préconise autant que possible le recours à des mesures non judiciaires avant que...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inadequacies of the state's response to public health and public order issues through deeply flawed legislation. Written in the context of the #Blacklivesmatter protests, this book explores why law enforcement responses to a public health emergency are prioritised over welfare provision and what this tells us about the state's criminal justice institutions. Informing scholarly, civic and activist thinking...
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This book is one of the great 20th century classics on the historical, cultural and social role of stigma in societies everywhere, but especially Western Society. Shoham, his erudition on display like no other, explores what it means to be stigmatized and how society becomes differentiated between "us" and "them." The case study on Jean Genet, famous playwright and infamous thief, is an essay of genius, surpassing, some say, Sartre's Saint Genet....
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Government policy has steadfastly been against drug legalization, but increasingly critics have argued that this is unsustainable. This book is a timely examination of the issues this raises. Numerous suggestions have been offered. Some seek complete legalization, others a more modified form, yet still others want an increasing commitment to harm reduction policies. Philip Bean examines the implications of these proposals for individuals, especially...
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The Short Guide to Criminal Justice provides a comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the current state of the criminal justice system in the United Kingdom. Avoiding an overtly legalistic or philosophical approach, it offers an accessible entry point for students and researchers across disciplines, including many student-friendly features such as case study boxes, tables showing key facts and figures and links to data sources and further reading....
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Punir est un acte social qui poursuit un but précis. C'est aussi une façon de tenter de faire valoir des valeurs prédominantes au moment o le jugement est prononcé. Être puni, c'est subir une souffrance déterminée socialement au nom de la protection de l'ordre public. L'ensemble soulève des questions qu'il convient de mettre en lumière. Les débats font rage autour de la pénalité contemporaine. Pour certains, nous punissons trop — trop...
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La seguridad pública es una de las principales preocupaciones de las personas en Chile, según todos los sondeos de opinión. Sin embargo, es poco lo que se ha escrito desde el ámbito político para abrir la reflexión e intentar esbozar algunas respuestas.
En este libro, Jaime Quintana se aproxima a estos debates a partir de su propia experiencia como integrante de la Comisión de Seguridad Pública del Senado, de conversaciones con el expresidente...
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¿Qué información puede obtener la Policía y la Justicia investigando un teléfono celular? ¿Siempre se investiga de la misma manera? ¿La Policía y la Justicia investigan más o mejor dependiendo el apellido del damnificado? ¿Los investigadores de la Policía y los Fiscales están preparados para investigar?
Esta obra, que abarca tanto la teoría como la práctica, se convierte en un recurso indispensable tanto para investigadores dedicados...
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S'appuyant sur des données empiriques riches et variées, ce livre porte sur les homicides perpétrés dans quatre pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest francophone. Ses auteurs décrivent et analysent toutes les manifestations de la violence criminelle — qu'il s'agisse de vengeance ou d'autodéfense, d'infanticide, de vol, ou de crime rituel — et se font un devoir d'indiquer des pistes de solution réalistes.
Que nous apprennent ces données sur les particularités...
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Way ahead of its time, in this classic text the authors convincingly introduce social science theory and methods to the field of private security. While they deal with the various approaches to private security including management styles and adaptations of regular policing styles, the significant innovation is the introduction of situational crime prevention -- at the time virtually unknown in the private policing field -- as a major tool of private...
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Discussing illegal drugs without taking into account its criminal context is a difficult proposition. Certain questions come back repeatedly: Does doing drugs really lead to delinquency? Do some drugs have criminal properties? Why would a drug addict turn to crime? What are the best methods of intervention in dealing with individuals who have serious drug habits?
The third edition of Drogue et criminalité: Une relation complexe (Les Presses de l'Université...
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José Luis Calva Zepeda fue uno de los asesinos más conocidos en México y uno de los casos más mediáticos que ha habido en este país. En este libro, se desgrana el tratamiento que los medios de comunicación mexicanos hicieron sobre lo sucedido y se realiza un análisis criminológico del caso.
¿Se trató el caso de Calva Zepeda de una manera objetiva por la prensa mexicana? ¿Fue Calva Zepeda apodado como "caníbal" para resaltar el morbo?...
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Go Ahead and Shoot Me is a collection of stories written and edited by former probation officer Doug Heckbert about real people who have been convicted of real crimes and who have been on probation, on parole, or in prison. The title story is of a woman who shot her husband upon his insistence and who, like many other subjects in the book, have come to see their offences as being "pretty stupid." Some stories might be described as ordinary crimes...
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Dans un monde o les opérations policières de paix se substituent graduellement aux opérations exclusivement militaires, à quels défis organisationnels les services de police contributeurs et les sociétés htes sont-ils confrontés? Quelles sont les motivations institutionnelles et individuelles à participer à de telles opérations? Quels liens unissent les contingents internationaux aux polices locales et aux autres acteurs du maintien de...
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Get the Summary of Susan Wise Bauer's The History of the Ancient World in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope...
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Concevoir la question des drogues illicites en dehors de leur contexte criminel est difficile. Certaines questions reviennent immanquablement: prendre de la drogue pousse-t-il vraiment à la délinquance? Existe-t-il des drogues aux propriétés criminogènes? Pourquoi un toxicomane se tourne-t-il vers la criminalité? Quelles sont les meilleures façons d'intervenir auprès des personnes qui ont de graves problèmes de consommation?
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A teacher reveals the callous truth about the ins and outs of working rehabilitation in a maximum security detention centre in the early nineties. With a broom closet for an office, she put up with harassment and jumbles of red tape from a constantly changing set of managers while trying to deliver correspondence courses and support to adult inmates, and learning the special modus operandi of working in a maximum security facility as she went along....
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En présentant les grands principes de l'analyse criminelle, cet ouvrage vise un premier objectif: bénéficier du savoir des études menées depuis deux siècles qui ont permis des avancées notables et qu'il ne faudrait pas oublier. Dès le 19e siècle, en effet, on réalisait des travaux d'analyse criminelle pour répondre à la nécessité d'augmenter l'efficacité de la police dans sa lutte contre la criminalité.
L'analyse criminelle est un...
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The anticipated final book in the “Biggest Gang in Britain” trilogy. Moving on from the brutally honest accounts of police work during the 1960s and 1970s to the private detective sector of the 1980s and 1990s. The latest book gives further eye opening, and gripping revelations of accepted practices then and until the Human Rights Act of 1998 when such devious practices went underground and of course were constantly denied, but actively used until...
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