The Republic of China on Taiwan spent nearly four decades as a single-party state under dictatorial rule (1949-1987) before transitioning to liberal democracy. This book describes the social life of a neighborhood police station during the first rotation in executive power follo…
This book offers a sociological exploration of street children in India and what pulls and pushes them into delinquency, at a time when the government of India is contemplating strengthening its juvenile justice system. It draws on in-depth, qualitative research carried out by a…
This book offers a sociological exploration of street children in India and what pulls and pushes them into delinquency, at a time when the government of India is contemplating strengthening its juvenile justice system. It draws on in-depth, qualitative research carried out by a…
This insightful volume examines key research questions concerning police decision to arrest as well as police-led diversion. The authors critically evaluate the tentative answers that empirical evidence provides to those questions, and suggest areas for future inquiry. Nearly se…
This book explores the discrimination encountered and propagated by individuals in online environments. The editors develop the concept of 'online othering' as a tool through which to analyse and make sense of the myriad toxic and harmful behaviours which are being created throu…
This book explores the discrimination encountered and propagated by individuals in online environments. The editors develop the concept of 'online othering' as a tool through which to analyse and make sense of the myriad toxic and harmful behaviours which are being created throu…
This book offers a theoretically-based study on crimes against protected wildlife in mainland China with first-hand empirical data collected over five years. It provides an overall examination of crimes against protected and endangered wildlife and an extensive account of the si…
This book offers a theoretically-based study on crimes against protected wildlife in mainland China with first-hand empirical data collected over five years. It provides an overall examination of crimes against protected and endangered wildlife and an extensive account of the si…
by Bean, Philip, Billingsley, Roger, Nemitz, Teresa
This compilation represents the first study to examine the historical evolution and shifting global dynamics of policing across the Lusophone community. With contributions from a multi-disciplinary range of experts, it traces the role of policing within and across settings that …
This book provides a contemporary 'snapshot' of critical debate centred around cybercrime and related issues, to advance theoretical development and inform social and educational policy. It covers theoretical explanations for cybercrime, typologies of online grooming, online-tro…
The recent and ongoing public outrage over the killings of unarmed people – particularly people of color and people with mental illness – have demonstrated a separation of how the public and legal decision makers define justice. The present study examined how mock grand jurors m…
Between 1980 and 2020, the United States saw the precipitous expansion of a regime of detention, incarceration, and mass deportation on a scale without parallel or precedent in modern history. This study has the following aims: a) to refine our understanding of the social and po…
Political science research has often examined how the actions of the police affect the public. Yet, there has been little research to examine the broader political effects of controversial policing incidents, such as police shootings. Since 2014, the U.S. public has seen, read, …
Throughout history women have worked hard to enter the workplace without prejudice. More often than not, women were faced with negative public perceptions concluding they do not belong in male-dominated professions. However, over time, women have proven they can be just as good …
The purpose of this study was to examine whether community policing models support and contribute to officer job satisfaction through work-related variables, such as skill variety, task identity, autonomy, and feedback, which enable officers to feel good about their work. The hi…
Three main areas are addressed: smuggling as a commercial activity; as a form of social crime; and as a problem of policing. The claim that the violence of the Sussex smugglers in the 1740s was atypical is scrutinised, adopting a comparative approach between regions and over tim…
Policing in the UK is undergoing fundamental transformation. In an emerging 'mixedeconomy' of social control, policing has become a complex assortment of public and privateinputs. As non-emergency policing has gradually shifted away from the Home Office policeservice monopoly, t…
