This analysis of the multiple dimensions of crime in early 20th-century Mexico City examines the paradoxes of repressive policies toward crime and the impact of social rebellion on patterns of common crime.
This analysis of the multiple dimensions of crime in early 20th-century Mexico City examines the paradoxes of repressive policies toward crime and the impact of social rebellion on patterns of common crime.
From fallen porn star John Holmes to jailed pop star Rick James, to the assassination of Irish reporter Veronica Guerin, this collection by the award-winning "Esquire" and "Rolling Stone" journalist brings pop culture's underbelly into dark focus
From fallen porn star John Holmes to jailed pop star Rick James, to the assassination of Irish reporter Veronica Guerin, this collection by the award-winning "Esquire" and "Rolling Stone" journalist brings pop culture's underbelly into dark focus.
Just Send Me Word' is a powerful and moving experience. It is the story of the relationship between Lev and Sveta, two young Muscovites separated by the Second World War and then the Gulag, where the Soviet state sent Lev for ten years on absurd and arbitrary charges.
The story of the relationship between Lev and Sveta Mishchenko, two young Muscovites separated by the Second World War and then the Gulag, where the Soviet state sent Lev for ten years on absurd and arbitrary charges.
The first prisons were in the dungeons of empires and castles, places of neglect and sheer oblivion. Every civilization has had its dissenters and its 'deviants' - criminals as well as political offenders, and so prisons became essential to the retention of power. As the centuri…
"Cambodia. Rwanda. Armenia. Nazi Germany. History remembers these places as the sites of unspeakable crimes against humanity, and indisputably, of genocide. Yet, throughout the twentieth century, the world has seen many instances of violence committed by states against certain g…
Providing the most comprehensive, authoritative introduction to criminal justice research available today, this edition continues its focus on getting students to do research and is enhanced by new examples, research, applications, and built-in study tools.