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Author : Victor E. Kappeler,Mark Blumberg,Gary W. Potter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Law
ISBN : 1577660781
An insightful look at the realities of crime & justice that challenges basic assumptions & misconceptions about specific crimes or parts of the criminal justice system.
Author : Victor E. Kappeler,Gary W. Potter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Crime
ISBN : UOM:49015003076784
"This innovative alternative to traditional textbooks provides insightful observations of myths and trends in criminal justice. The authors dissect popular images of crimes and criminals in a cogent, compelling, and engaging manner. They confront the misleading statistics and fears that form the basis of myths - and the collateral damage of basing policies on mythical beliefs. The text encourages skepticism about commonly accepted beliefs and provides the tools necessary for critical thinking about complex problems."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Victor E. Kappeler,Mark Blumberg,Gary W. Potter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105060160269
Osrednja tema knjige zadeva nastajanje in razvoj družbenih procesov, katerih posledice se kažejo v izkrivljenih definicijah in pogledih na posamezna kriminalna dejanja in vprašanja s področja kazenskega sodstva. Spreminjanje in izkrivljanje realnosti oziroma dejstev se običajno dogaja v neznanstvenih krogih, z javno polemiko in nenehnimi rapravami, ki te dogodke preoblikujejo v neresnične družbene in politične probleme. Na podlagi govoric, izmišljotin in senzacionalnih zgodb, ki se ponavljajo in širijo, postajajo prepričljivi in se na neki točki vcepijo v javno zavest z novim pomenom, funkcijo in družbenimi posledicami.
Author : VICTOR E. KAPPELER (& POTTER, GARY W.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:966930033
Author : Victor E. Kappeler,Gary W. Potter
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478636021
The social construction of crime is often out of proportion to the threat posed. The media and advocacy groups shine a spotlight on some crimes and ignore others. Street crime is highlighted as putting everyone at risk of victimization, while the greater social harms from corporate malfeasance receive far less attention. Social arrangements dictate what is defined as crime and the punishments for those who engage in the proscribed behavior. Interest groups promote their agendas by appealing to public fears. Justifications often have no basis in fact, but the public accepts the exaggerations and blames the targeted offenders. The net-widening effect of more laws and more punishment catches those least able to defend themselves. This innovative alternative to traditional textbooks provides insightful observations of myths and trends in criminal justice. Fourteen chapters challenge misconceptions about specific crimes or aspects of the criminal justice system. Kappeler and Potter dissect popular images of crimes and criminals in a cogent, compelling, and engaging manner. They trace the social construction of each issue and identify the misleading statistics and fears that form the basis of myths—and the collateral damage of basing policies on mythical beliefs. The authors encourage skepticism about commonly accepted beliefs, offer readers a fresh perspective, and urge them to analyze important issues from novel vantage points.
Author : Victor E. Kappeler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9387210804
Author : Steven Barkan,George J. Bryjak
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780763755744
Americans are fascinated with crime, criminals, and criminal justice. For all the public interest, however, relatively little is known about these topics that dominate newspaper headlines each and every day in the United States. This book provides readers with an accurate and up-to-date picture of crime and justice in the United States. Myths and Realities of Crime and Justice: What Every American Should Know addresses the major topics in this broad field and presents recent findings from criminologists and criminal justice practitioners in a reader-friendly manner. Combining up-to-date facts with an engaging narrative, this book will dispel many of the preconceived notions and distorted pictures about crime and justice that continue to perpetuate in the United States. This one-of-a-kind criminal justice book offers everything you need to know about crime, criminals, police. Book jacket.
Author : Peter Fitzpatrick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134890507
The Mythology of Modern Law is a radical reappraisal of the role of myth in modern society. Peter Fitzpatrick uses the example of law, as an integral category of modern social thought, to challenge the claims of modernity which deny the relevance of myth to modern society.
Author : Victor E. Kappeler,Gary W. Potter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114214443
Author : Jana Arsovska
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520282803
The expansion of organized crime across national borders has become a key security concern for the international community. In this theoretically and empirically vibrant portrait of a global phenomenon, Jana Arsovska examines some of the most widespread myths about the so-called Albanian Mafia. Based on more than a decade of research, including interviews with victims, offenders, and law enforcement across ten countries, as well as court files and confidential intelligence reports, Decoding Albanian Organized Crime presents a comprehensive overview of the causes, codes of conduct, activities, migration, and structure of Albanian organized crime groups in the Balkans, Western Europe, and the United States. Paying particular attention to the dynamic relationships among culture, politics, and organized crime, the book develops a framework for understanding the global growth of the criminal underworld and provides a model for future comparative research.
Author : Tim Newburn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1863 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317244257
Comprehensive and accessible, Tim Newburn’s bestselling Criminology provides an introduction to the fundamental themes, concepts, theories, methods and events that underpin the subject and form the basis for all undergraduate degree courses and modules in Criminology and Criminal Justice. This third edition includes: A new chapter on politics, reflecting the ever increasing coverage of political influence and decision making on criminology courses New and updated crime data and analysis of trends, plus new content on recent events such as the Volkswagen scandal, the latest developments on historic child abuse, as well as extended coverage throughout of the English riots A fully revised and updated companion website, including exam, review and multiple choice questions, a live Twitter feed from the author providing links to media and academic coverage of events related to the concepts covered in the book, together with links to a dedicated textbook Facebook page Fully updated to reflect recent developments in the field and extensively illustrated, this authoritative text, written by a leading criminologist and experienced lecturer, is essential reading for all students of Criminology and related fields.
Author : Joseph F Donnermeyer,Walter DeKeseredy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136207600
Rural crime is a fast growing area of interest among scholars in criminology. From studies of agricultural crime in Australia, to violence against women in Appalachia America, to poaching in Uganda, to land theft in Brazil -- the criminology community has come to recognize that crime manifests itself in rural localities in ways that both conform to and challenge conventional theory and research. For the first time, Rural Criminology brings together contemporary research and conceptual considerations to synthesize rural crime studies from a critical perspective. This book dispels four rural crime myths, challenging conventional criminological theories about crime in general. It also examines both the historical development of rural crime scholarship, recent research and conceptual developments. The third chapter recreates the critical in the rural criminology literature through discussions of three important topics: community characteristics and rural crime, drug use, production and trafficking in the rural context, and agricultural crime. Never before has rural crime been examined comprehensively, using any kind of theoretical approach, whether critical or otherwise. Rural Criminology does both, pulling together in one short volume the diverse array of empirical research under the theoretical umbrella of a critical perspective. This book will be of interest to those studying or researching in the fields of rural crime, critical criminology and sociology.
Author : Alison Burke,David Carter,Brian Fedorek,Tiffany Morey,Lore Rutz-Burri,Shanell Sanchez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1636350682
Author : Julian V. Roberts
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191025877
The criminal justice system is wide ranging; from the crimes themselves and policing to the sentencing of offenders and prisons. In this Very Short Introduction Julian V. Roberts draws upon the latest research and current practices from a number of different countries around the world. Focusing on the adversarial model of justice found in common law countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, he discusses topics such as the uses of imprisonment, the effects of capital punishment, and the purposes of sentencing. Considering the role of the victim throughout the criminal justice system, as well as public knowledge and attitudes towards criminal justice, Roberts critically assesses the way in which the system functions and its importance around the world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Christopher Harding,Jennifer Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317169635
Anti-competitive business cartels, engaging in practices such as price fixing, market sharing, bid rigging and restrictions on output, are now subject to strong official censure and rigorous legal control in a large number of jurisdictions across the world. The longstanding condemnation under the US Sherman Act of 1890 has been taken up (although in a rather different form) during the last thirty years in the EC/EU and in European national jurisdictions in particular, but also in a range of countries outside North America and Europe. Legal control has not only extended geographically but has intensified, as a number of jurisdictions have moved beyond administrative regulation and penalties to embrace enforcement through civil liability and (most significantly in terms of policy and rhetoric) the methods of criminal law. It is therefore timely to consider critically this development of legal control and assess its achievement to date and its future prospects. But such an exercise requires an understanding of the reasons and need for such regulation, based on a clear appreciation of the nature and extent of the economic and social malaise which is its subject. What, more exactly, are such business cartels, why do they come into existence and persist, why are they regarded as being so bad, and what are the objectives within this increasingly complex and multi-level phenomenon of legal control? By seeking to answer such fundamental questions, this book sets a research agenda for a pathology, aetiology and criminology of business cartels, and probes more accurately their nature, operation, endurance and perceived delinquency.