Reducing Violence and Other Public Health Problems
Provides practitioners and researchers with the means to make more impactful choices in the design and implementation of prevention programs. Drawing from state-of-the-art research on a range of behaviour problems, Victoria Banyard and Sherry Hamby present a strengths-based approach to prevention.
Masonic Involvement in Murder, Treason and Scandal
Crime and the Craft reveals that the Freemasons have been involved in treason, murder, conspiracy, fraud, and scandal for the last 400 years. Nearly every famous case investigated by Scotland Yard-including Jack the Ripper, Dr Crippen, the Great Train Robbery, and the Kray Twins-is shown to have Masonic involvement, for good or bad.
Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America
Considers race and ethnicity as central organizing principles in why, how, where and by whom crimes are committed and enforced. This volume argues that dimensions of race and ethnicity condition the very laws that make certain behaviours criminal, and the determination of who becomes a victim of crime under which circumstances.
Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America
Considers race and ethnicity as central organizing principles in why, how, where and by whom crimes are committed and enforced. This volume argues that dimensions of race and ethnicity condition the very laws that make certain behaviours criminal, and the determination of who becomes a victim of crime under which circumstances.
Argues that fears of immigrant crime are largely unfounded, as immigrants are themselves often more likely to be the victims of discrimination, stigmatization, and crime. This book covers a variety of immigrant groups - mainly from Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America - and topics, such as: victimization, racial conflict, drugs, gangs, and more.
Argues that fears of immigrant crime are largely unfounded, as immigrants are themselves often more likely to be the victims of discrimination, stigmatization, and crime. This book covers a variety of immigrant groups - mainly from Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America - and topics, such as: victimization, racial conflict, drugs, gangs, and more.
Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order, and Building Community Activism
With the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. This book draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago's South side to see how they tried to keep their streets safe.
Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order, and Building Community Activism
With the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. This book draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago's South side to see how they tried to keep their streets safe.
