E-Books → The Invisible Woman Gender, Crime, and Justice, 5th Edition

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Free Download Joanne E. Belknap, "The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime, and Justice, 5th Edition"
English | ISBN: 1544348274 | 2020 | 568 pages | PDF | 12 MB
The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime, and Justice offers a thorough exploration of the theories and issues regarding the experiences of women and girls with the criminal justice system as victims, offenders, and criminal justice professionals. Working to counter the "invisibility" of women in criminal justice, this definitive text utilizes a feminist perspective that incorporates current research, theory, and the intersections of sexism with racism, classism, and other types of oppression. Focusing on empowerment of marginalized populations, author Joanne Belknap's gendered approach to the criminal justice system examines how to improve the visibility of women and to promote their role in society.

E-Books → Self–Control and Crime Over the Life Course

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Free Download Carter H. Hay, "Self-Control and Crime Over the Life Course"
English | ISBN: 1483358992 | 2015 | 312 pages | EPUB | 1209 KB
What exactly is self-control, and what life outcomes does it affect? What causes a person to have high or low self-control to begin with? What effect does self-control have on crime and other harmful behavior?

E-Books → Hate Crime in Football

Published by: voska89 on 1-01-2024, 22:46 | 0

Free Download Imran Awan, "Hate Crime in Football"
English | ISBN: 1529227186 | 2023 | 228 pages | PDF | 12 MB
Rates of hate crime within football have been increasing, despite the visibility of anti-racist actions such as 'taking the knee'. With a unique collection of testimonies, this book shows that hostility is a daily occurrence for some professional football players, ranging from online threats to physical intimidation and violence at football matches. Bringing a range of perspectives to this widespread problem, leading academics, practitioners and policy makers shed light on the best strategies to tackle racism, homophobia, transphobia and misogyny in football.

E-Books → Crime and Violence in the Caribbean Lessons from Jamaica

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Free Download Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis, "Crime and Violence in the Caribbean: Lessons from Jamaica"
English | ISBN: 1498549292 | 2018 | 256 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
This volume provides an overview of the Caribbean countries, its colonial history, causes, costs and consequences of crime and violence in the Caribbean. The contributors pull from primary research and the available data from multiple sources including national and country specific reports to assess the magnitude, characteristics, and the changing nature of crimes in various Caribbean countries. Discussion is offered on the following crime issue: gender-based violence, homicides, drugs, gangs, money laundering, murder suicided, deportation and the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) to fight crime. In addition, the book provides a discussion of the crime prevention capabilities of selected countries looking at the nature of the crime problem, offers an assessment of the crime prevention capabilities and makes suggestions for policy development.