Télécharger le livre :  Serial Homicide

This Brief provides an overview and history of the definition of serial homicide, from the perspectives of psychology, medicine, criminology and forensics. It reviews research to provide a standard definition of serial homicide (as opposed to multiple or mass homicide),...
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Parution : 2016-08-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Hate Crime Statutes

??????This Brief provides a clearly outlined and accessible overview of the challenges in creating and enforcing hate crime legislation in the United States. As the author explains, while it is generally not controversial that hate crime behavior should...
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Parution : 2016-07-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Command Transitions in Public Administration

This Brief provides a quantitative and qualitative analysis of proactive strategies for management transitions in criminal justice and other public administration civic service agencies. These organizations have a unique need for managing transitions effectively. ...
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Parution : 2016-02-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Neighborhood Disorganization and Social Control

This Brief presents a framework for understanding the role of school and neighborhood contexts in the development of self-control. Through the application of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime and Shaw and McKay’s social disorganization theory, the...
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Parution : 2016-02-04
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Télécharger le livre :  Offending from Childhood to Young Adulthood

This Brief examines criminal careers by providing the most extensive and comprehensive investigation to date on the official offending, self-reported offending, and trajectories of offending of the Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS) participants.  The PYS is a...
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Parution : 2015-12-24
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Télécharger le livre :  Police Use of Research Evidence

This brief takes the reader through a 10-year journey of seeking to embed Evidence Based Policing within one of the largest police forces in the world - the Metropolitan Police Service in London, England - from the inside. As a topic, Evidence Based Policing has...
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Parution : 2015-10-20
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Télécharger le livre :  Confidential Informants

While confidential informants (CI’s) can play a crucial role in police investigations, they also have the potential to cause great harm if they are dishonest.  The process by which police agencies qualify a CI to work and the strength of agency policy may be the source...
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Parution : 2015-09-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Toward the Next Generation of Bystander Prevention of Sexual and Relationship Violence

This briefs integrates and synthesizes an array of research about who helps others and under what conditions and discusses the implications of this research for a bystander intervention focused prevention agenda to reduce sexual and relationship violence in schools and...
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Parution : 2015-09-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Labor Unions, Management Innovation and Organizational Change in Police Departments

This Brief examines the role of Police Unions in law enforcement policy development. It provides an overview of the historical and political background of police labor unions, and takes a critical look at the shifting perception of labor unions from generally positive...
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Parution : 2015-08-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Treatment versus Punishment for Drug Addiction

??This brief summarizes the results of a two-year, international research project covering drug addiction treatment versus punishment in Austria, Poland, and Spain. It features: -An analysis of the national drug-related legislation and its application in these countries...
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Parution : 2015-08-14
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Télécharger le livre :  Homicide Data Sources

This Brief provides a detailed guide to national data sources that collect and report data on homicides in the United States, and some key international sources abroad. It provides in-depth coverage of well-known sources, and highlights more obscure sources, providing a...
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Parution : 2015-07-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Prison Inmates Living with HIV in India

This Brief presents preliminary findings from research in three prisons in Maharashtra, India on experiences of prison inmates there living with HIV. The study explores health care services in these prisons, and problems experienced by inmates in India living with HIV,...
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Parution : 2015-04-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Prison Tattoos

This Brief studies the important role that tattoos play in prison culture, and examines its unique manifestation among minority inmates.This work aims to provide a better understanding of prison group culture, particularly among social marginal groups, through the lens...
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Parution : 2015-03-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Social Crime Prevention in the Developing World

This Brief explores the role of social crime prevention as a crime reduction strategy in the developing world. "Social crime prevention" focuses on the social and economic factors that may contribute to violence and criminal behavior in a community. Particularly in the...
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Parution : 2014-12-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Developing and Maintaining Police-Researcher Partnerships to Facilitate Research Use

This Brief discusses methods to develop and maintain police – researcher partnerships.  First, the authors provide information that will be useful to police managers and researchers who are interested in creating and maintaining partnerships to conduct research, work...
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Parution : 2014-09-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Translational Criminology and Counterterrorism

 This brief focuses on translational criminology practices as they relate to counter-terrorism and homeland security.   The work provides a detailed and practical examination of how global threats (such as, terrorism and cybercrime) are managed through local response....
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Parution : 2014-07-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Policing

This brief focuses on the “doing” of procedural justice: what the police can do to implement the principles of procedural justice, and how their actions can improve citizen perceptions of police legitimacy. Drawing on research from Australia (Mazerolle et al), the UK...
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Parution : 2014-07-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Neurocognitive Risk Assessment for the Early Detection of Violent Extremists

This Brief provides a theoretical and conceptual development of a new Risk Assessment Toolbox (RAT) for the early detection of violent extremists. It is based on a neurocognitive perspective, conceptualized as ‘neuroplasticity-in-action’ arising from brain-based neural...
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Parution : 2014-06-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs as Organized Crime Groups

??This brief covers the unique crime group of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs. Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs are adult criminal associations composed of “bikers” living a deviant lifestyle that includes individual, group, and club criminal behavior. These groups are sometimes called...
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Parution : 2014-05-29
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Télécharger le livre :  Police Pursuit Driving

Police pursuits, often receiving a lot of media attention, have become a topic of concern and priority for both law enforcement and the communities they serve. They often come with high risks for the well-being of community members and for both the police officers...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2014-04-12
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