Product Description: International students and crime is an issue that impacts on lucrative international student markets, international relations, host countries' reputations, and the security of the broader population. This book presents vital new analyses on international students as victims and perpetrators of crime in Australia, the US and the UK...read more

Product Description: A New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2015In the early 1900s, Robert Miller, a.k.a. “Count Victor Lustig,” moved to Paris hoping to be an artist. A con artist, that is. He used his ingenious scams on unsuspecting marks all over the world, from the Czech Republic, to Atlantic ocean liners, and across America...read more

Product Description: How do criminals communicate with each other? Unlike the rest of us, people planning crimes can't freely advertise their goods and services, nor can they rely on formal institutions to settle disputes and certify quality. They face uniquely intense dilemmas as they grapple with the basic problems of whom to trust, how to make themselves trusted, and how to handle information without being detected by rivals or police...read more

Product Description: After spending nearly three decades in prison for murder, and having used his time inside to educate himself and gain a degree, Norman Parker emerged to become a bestselling author with his Parkhurst Tales books, which reveal the secret world of Britain's toughest jails...read more

Product Description: The Gender of Crime introduces students to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime. Moving beyond criminological theories and research that have often neglected gender, this dynamic and provocative book shows that gender is central to the definition, prosecution, and sentencing of crimes, that it shapes how victimization is experienced and understood, and that it structures the institutions of the criminal justice system and the experiences of workers within that system...read more

Product Description: In the 21st century celebrities and celebrity culture thrives. This book explores the much noted but little analyzed relationship between celebrity and crime. Criminals who become celebrities and celebrities who become criminals are examined, drawing on Foucault's theory of governance...read more

Product Description: The study of criminal careers is of increasing interest in criminology. It is now generally recognised that it is important to try to understand criminal behaviour across the life-course rather than focusing on fragmented incidents which provide only a partial picture...read more

The second edition of Profiling Violent Crimes combines social and behavioural theory with practical criminology research to acquaint professionals and students with the general principles of profiling. New to this edition are chapters on the use of computers in profiling geoforensic information, paedophilia and arson. The authors provide a practical approach to assessing violent crimes and outlines crime scene elements which offer insight not only to the type of crime involved but also to the person who may have been involved in the commission of such a crime. They argue that profiling should be used as `yet another forensic tool to compliment a thorough investigation′.

Collects stories of criminal stupidity from around the world, including such classics as: a man who gave police officers a wrong name after being stopped for a driving offence - who then noticed his real name tattooed on his neck; and, a knife-wielding mugger who came to a sticky end after deciding to hide in a zoo... in the tiger enclosure.

Product Description: Suppose you get that overdue promotion to hit man. The hours are great, the perks are generous, and there's plenty of room for advancement. Yet, if you are unaccustomed to strict deadlines, frequent law enforcement interactions, and severe sentencing risks, you may be miserable...read more

Product Description: Cesare Lombroso is widely considered the founder of criminology. His theory of the “born” criminal dominated European and American thinking about the causes of criminal behavior during the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth...read more

The Second Edition of Terance D. Miethe and Richard C. McCorkle's thought-provoking Crime Profiles addresses the following questions about crime: Who are the offenders and victims? What are the major motivators for crime? Are most offenders specialists or generalists? Are most offenders planners or opportunists? What are their criminal histories? How often are co-offenders involved? What are the common features of dangerous places, times, and situational dynamics? How effective are current crime prevention strategies? Crime Profiles provides a descriptive summary of seven major forms of crime: Homicide and Aggravated Assault Sexual Assault Robbery Burglary Motor-Vehicle Theft Occupational and Organizational Crime Public-Order Crimes The Second Edition updates all national data to develop current profiles of each crime based on characteristics of the offender, the victim, and the situational context. Comparisons within and between crime profiles illustrate similarities and differences in criminal behavior. New examples illustrate both change and stability in the types of situations in which particular crimes occur. Each chapter is organized in the same format - focusing on the particular definitions of the crimes, trends in their frequency of occurrence, the offender profile, the victim profile, situational elements and circumstances, particular subsets of crime syndromes, crime prevention, and intervention strategies. Easy-to-read tables and charts summarize major trends. Crime Profiles is suitable as a supplement for a variety of courses in criminology, criminal justice, and sociology.

Product Description: Career Criminals in Society examines the small but dangerous group of repeat offenders who are most damaging to society. The book encourages readers to think critically about the causes of criminal behavior and the potential of the criminal justice system to reduce crime...read more

Chronicles London's highwaymen and a few other criminals up until the end of the 1700s, who in addition to using horses, also used ice-skates and coaches.

Presents the lives of seventy-five North American criminals including the nature of their crimes, their motivations, and information relating to the law officers who challenged them. (view table of contents)

Presents the lives of seventy-five North American criminals including the nature of their crimes, their motivations, and information relating to the law officers who challenged them.

Product Description: Book by Gottlieb, Glen

Recounts the career of Chicago's notorious Prohibition-era gangster, and provides a tongue-in-cheek view of his times, life in the mob, the law enforcement effort that brought him down, prison conditions, and related matters.

Profiles the infamous gangster and murderer who was built a crime empire and was responsible for the building of the Flamingo hotel in Las Vegas with the help from the Mob. (view table of contents)

A biography of the notorious Chicago gangster who ruled bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling industries in the 1920s

Explains why and how the FBI decided to create the list of Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and how the mass media and ordinary population have become their allies in the fight against crime. (view table of contents)