More Maxims and Guidelines for Testifying in Court
In this extensive revision of his classic guide, Stanley Brodsky, joined by coauthor Thomas Gutheil, continues to educate and entertain mental health professionals who are called as expert witnesses, teaching them simple, effective strategies for direct and cross-examination.
How Well Do Children and Adolescents Describe and Identify Perpetrators?
Every year, numerous crimes occur involving child eyewitnesses. But how reliable is child eyewitness evidence? This book summarises the research on how well children can describe an event and perpetrator and how well they can identify the perpetrator. It shows that although children may be less advanced in these skills than adults, they ......
Reviews five examples of international criminal justice as they have been applied across Africa, where brutal civil conflicts in recent decades resulted in varying degrees of global attention and action. The book contributes to a broader international understanding of African politics and international criminal justice.
The Midwest's two most powerful gangs are fighting over territory and no one is safe. An upright citizen kidnapped in public and dumped in a shallow grave. A police chief's wife arrested for murder. A mobster kidnapped and threatened by the FBI. And an ongoing corruption probe looking at everyone from the lowest bookie all the way up to judges and ......
Crime Mapping, Information Technology, and the Rationality of Crime Cont
Offers a new understanding of the changing world of police departments and information technology's significant and undeniable influence on crime management
Crime Mapping, Information Technology, and the Rationality of Crime Cont
Offers a new understanding of the changing world of police departments and information technology's significant and undeniable influence on crime management
Presents a compelling portrait of the global drug market and the consequences of this international plague. Paul Stares explains that there are good reasons to fear that the global market for drugs will continue to expand in the coming years: profits to the traffickers are huge; the revolutionary advances in technology facilitate smuggling, as do ......
Car bombing, suicide bombing, abduction, smuggling, homicide, and hijacking are all profoundly criminal acts. This work presents an understanding of terrorism from a criminological point of view, arguing that the most successful way to understand, detect, prosecute and deter these acts is to use conventional criminal investigation methods.
Car bombing, suicide bombing, abduction, smuggling, homicide, and hijacking are all profoundly criminal acts. This work presents an understanding of terrorism from a criminological point of view, arguing that the most successful way to understand, detect, prosecute and deter these acts is to use conventional criminal investigation methods.
The Inside Story of America's Most Controversial Law Enforcement Agency--The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
From Chicago's Al Capone to Waco's David Koresh, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms has taken on America's most ruthless criminals and single-minded fanatics. In Very Special Agents, a longtime ATF veteran delivers the first full disclosure of the bureau's controversial exploits. When James Moore joined the ATF at Newark, New Jersey, in ......
Since Prohibition, the Mafia has captivated the media and, indeed, the American imagination. From Al Capone to John Gotti, organized crime bosses have achieved notoriety as anti- heroes in popular culture. This title presents an overview of the forces and events that led in the 1980s to the organized crime control initiatives in American history.
Presents a compelling portrait of the global drug market and the consequences of this international plague. Paul Stares explains that there are good reasons to fear that the global market for drugs will continue to expand in the coming years: profits to the traffickers are huge; the revolutionary advances in technology facilitate smuggling, as do ......
This text documents the US government's attack on organised crime. It presents an overview of the forces and events that led in the 1980s to the most successful organised control initiatives in American history. Trial testimonies, secretly taped conversations and court documents are included.
Covering a range of legal and medical issues pertaining to the interconnection between law and sexual behaviour, this book examines the nature of paraphilic behaviour and the social framework within which some of it becomes illegal. It discusses topics including sodomy, paedophilia, incest, sexual abuse, rape, exhibitionism, and prostitution.