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Restorative Justice: Theoretical Foundations
This title explores the theoretical foundations of restorative justice. It looks at restorative justice philosophy and the ways in which models have been applied to adults, corporate crime, family violence and to cases of extreme violence.
Restorative Justice in Context
This book brings together a selection of papers originally presented and discussed at the fourth international restorative justice conference, held at the University of Tübingen. The contributors include many of the leading authorities in the burgeoning field of restorative justice, and they provide a comprehensive review of developing international practice and directions, and the context in which restorative justice practices are developing. Restorative Justice in Context moves beyond a focus on restorative justice for juveniles to a broader concern with the application of restorative justice in such areas as corporate crime, family violence and the application of restorative justice in cases of extreme violent crimes. The contexts examined are drawn from Europe, North America, Australasia and Japan. leading world authorities analyse international case studies reflecting the growth of restorative justice worldwiderapidly expanding area of interest
Developments in Crime and Crime Control Research
"One of the central features of modern German criminology in revealing the 'true nature of crime' follows the tradition of enlightment" instead of accommodating the approach of the criminal justice system. This contention is made by the editors of Developments in Crime and Crime Control Research, Drs. Sessar and Kerner, as they continue to bridge the traditional gap between Anglo-American scholars in criminology and their German counterparts. The language barrier has long been another contributing circumstance to the division of philosophy among countries, but recently, substantial attempts are being undertaken to examine more closely the differences among specific criminological schools of thinking. Drs. Sessar and Kerner point out that, although crime has its universality, a clear understanding of the various approaches to the problem of crime will prove of benefit to those in the field in all countries.
Developmental Criminology and Its Discontents
Life-course criminology has generated new energy and provoked sharp debate over competing ideas about the fundamental relationship between age and crime. A major catalyst for this debate – a 2003 American Society of Criminology (ASC) conference session entitled "Age, Crime, and Human Development: The Future of Life-Course Criminology," chaired by the editors of this issue – provided a springboard for this special issue of The Annals. With an eye to the future, this special issue provides critical debate on patterns of age and crime across the full life course – from infancy to late adulthood. Criminal career topics such as onset, continuation, termination, and career length are also di...
The Oxford Handbook of Criminological Theory
This handbook presents a series of essays that captures not the past of criminology, but where theoretical explanation is headed. The volume is replete with ideas, discussions of substantive topics with salient theoretical implications, and reviews of literatures that illuminate avenues along which theory and research evolve.
Mafia Brotherhoods
Relying on previously undisclosed confessions of former mafia members now cooperating with the police, Letizia Paoli provides a clinically accurate portrait of mafia behavior, motivations, and structure in Italy. The mafia, Paoli demonstrates, are essentially multifunctional ritual brotherhoods focused above all on retaining and consolidating their local political power base. A truly interdisciplinary work of history, politics, economics, and sociology, Mafia Brotherhoods reveals in dramatic detail the true face of one of the world's most mythologized criminal organizations.
The Criminal Career
How can the average 'criminal career' be characterized and how common are career criminals? Does offending become more specialized and/or more serious as people get older? Do female careers in crime differ from those of males in substance or only in magnitude? Britta Kyvsgaard examines these questions through her longitudinal analysis of the life circumstances and criminal pursuits of 45,000 Danish offenders. This 2002 book provides a remarkably broad assessment of the full spectrum of criminal career patterns. The data, unparalleled in size and quality, allows powerful analyses of criminal behavior, even among relatively small demographic subgroups. Kyvsgaard is thus able to make solid assessments of offending patterns for males and females, juveniles and middle-aged adults, and employed and unemployed individuals. Furthermore, she examines the empirical evidence of the effects of deterrence and incapacitation. Her findings suggest rehabilitation as an alternative worthy of further research.
The American Street Gang
About street gangs in the United States.
The Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Life-course Criminology
The Oxford Handbook on Developmental and Life-Course Criminology offers the first comprehensive look at these two approaches. Edited by noted authorities in the field, the Handbook aims to be the most authoritative resource on all issues germane to developmental and life-course criminologists from the world's leading scholars.
Bibliographie zur deutschen Soziologie
Diese Bibliographie - entstanden aus der Datenbank SOLIS (Sozialwissenschaftliches Literaturinformationssystem) - enthält die soziologische Fachliteratur der Erscheinungsjahre 1983 bis 1986. In ihr werden fast 15.000 selbständige und unselbständige Veröffentlichungen aus dem gesamten deutschsprachigen Raum nachgewiesen. Die Bibliographie ist inhaltlich in drei Abschnitte (Grundlagen und Methoden, Spezielle Soziologie, Sozialpsychologie) und insgesamt 29 Kapitel untergliedert. Mit dieser Veröffentlichung wird die Reihe soziologischer Bibliographien fortgesetzt, die mit der im Jahr 1997 herausgegebenen "Bibliographie zur deutschen Soziologie 1978 - 1982" neu begründet wurde und bis auf die 1980 erschienene "Bibliographie zur deutschen Soziologie 1945 - 1977" zurückgeht. Die Bibliographie wird (neben der Kapitelgliederung) durch ein umfassendes Personenregister, ein Institutionenregister sowie durch ein zweistufiges Sachregister erschlossen, das sich auf den vom Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften entwickelten Thesaurus der sozialwissenschaftlichen Fachterminologie stützt und alle in ihm enthaltenen Sachgebiete berücksichtigt.
