Brottsorsaker & brottsförebyggande

Crime Prevention: Approaches, Practices, and Evaluations, Eleventh Edition, meets the needs of students and instructors for engaging, evidence-based, impartial coverage of interventions that can reduce or prevent deviance. This edition examines th...

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Environmental criminology is a term that encompasses a range of overlapping perspectives. At its core, the many strands of environmental criminology are bound by a common focus on the role that the immediate environment plays in the performance of...

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I de flesta städer - från minsta småstad i Sverige till megastäder som New York - finns miljöer där brott begås i större utsträckning än i andra. För att kunna förstå brottslighetens natur och agera både brottspreventivt och trygghetsskapande är d...

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De senaste årtiondena har frågor om brottsprevention integrerats i vår vardag i allt från tekniska lösningar som larm, stöldskydds¿märkning och övervakningskameror till engagemang i grann¿samverkan. Brottsprevention är ett mångfacetterat område so...

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After decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending. High impulsiveness, low attainment, criminal parents, parental conflict, and growing up in a depri...

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Engagemang, samverkan och kunskap är grundläggande förutsättningar för ett framgångsrikt brottsförebyggande och trygghetsskapande arbete. Kunskap - framtagen genom forskning eller erfarenhetsbaserad - behöver återkommande uppdateras och förbättras...

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Under senare år har det lokala brottsförebyggande arbetet oftast kopplats samman med breda trygghetsfrågor och hanterats inom olika partnerskap mellan organisationer som Polisen, socialtjänsten, skolan och fritidsförvaltningen. Den här boken är re...

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Sedan början av 1990-talet har det i Sverige växt fram ett antal bostadsområden där stora delar av befolkningen lever under ekonomiskt utsatta livsvillkor. Många har sin bakgrund i andra länder. Under de senaste femton åren har befolkningens utsat...

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In 2005 Waverly Duck was called to a town he calls Bristol Hill to serve as an expert witness in the sentencing of drug dealer Jonathan Wilson. Convicted as an accessory to the murder of a federal witness and that of a fellow drug dealer, Jonathan...

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Crime Prevention: Approaches, Practices, and Evaluations, Eleventh Edition, meets the needs of students and instructors for engaging, evidence-based, impartial coverage of interventions that can reduce or prevent deviance. This edition examines th...

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Why do certain people commit acts of crime? Why does crime happen in certain places? Presenting an ambitious new study designed to test a pioneering new theory of the causes of crime, Breaking Rules: The Social and Situational Dynamics of Young Pe...

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After decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending. High impulsiveness, low attainment, criminal parents, parental conflict, and growing up in a depri...

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Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its contribution to the understanding and prevention of crime ha...

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As seen on TV - DEXTER: NEW BLOOD - major new drama'A macabre tour-de-force' NEW YORK TIMESDexter Morgan isn't exactly the kind of man you'd bring home to your mum. At heart, he's the perfect gentleman: he has a shy girlfriend, and seems to lead a...

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This book sets an agenda for the development of historical approaches to criminology. It defines historical criminology, explores its characteristic strengths and limitations, and considers its potential to enhance, revise and fundamentally challe...

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Why do people hate? A world-leading criminologist explores the tipping point between prejudice and hate crime, analysing human behaviour across the globe and throughout history in this vital book. 'This should be on the curriculum. A must read.' D...

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Många tjänstemän har någon gång upplevt att någon försökt få dem att fatta felaktiga beslut eller avstå från att ingripa eller genomföra kontroller. Sådana påverkansförsök kan ske i form av trakasserier, hot, våld, skadegörelse eller korruption. S...

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By articulating a general theory of crime and related behavior, the authors present a new and comprehensive statement of what the criminological enterprise should be about. They argue that prevalent academic criminologywhether sociological, psycho...

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This book maps the problems and possibilities of the policies and practices designed to tackle violence against women in the domestic sphere over the last 40 years. In 2018, the United Nations declared the home the most dangerous place for women a...

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Understanding Victimology: An Active Learning Approach is the only textbook with extensive discussion of both online and offline victimization reinforced by group and individual learning activities. Our textbook offers instructors a variety of act...

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How do I reduce crime in my police command? How do I tackle chronic crime problems? How do I address the long-term issues that have plagued my community? How do I analyze crime and criminal behaviour? How do I show evidence of success in crime red...

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A bracing account of abuses of power and corruption in the criminal justice system. The Guardian From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflixs The Staircase comes an essential examination of Americas cor...

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Crime is never unpredictable. Before a lie is spoken, a pocket is picked, or an assault is inflicted, there are silent cues: a nonverbal language that speaks loud and clear if you're trained to see it. Filled with fascinating real-life stories of ...

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I denna rapport beskrivs utvecklingen för ett flertal centrala brottstyper, bland annat dödligt våld, misshandel och sexualbrott. Källor är i första hand Nationella trygghetsundersökningen (NTU), som redovisar utsatthet för brott i befolkningen, o...

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Shades of Deviance is a turbo-driven guide to crime and deviance. It offers politically engaged, thought-provoking and accessibly written accounts of a wide range of socially and legally prohibited acts. This updated and revised edition is designe...

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Across America today, gated communities sprawl out from urban centers, employers enforce mandatory drug testing, and schools screen students with metal detectors. Social problems ranging from welfare dependency to educational inequality have been ...

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Den organiserade brottsligheten i Sverige har alltmer börjat tillämpa maffialiknande metoder, såsom att begära skyddspengar av restaurangägare och andra näringsidkare samt infiltrera företag, myndigheter och organisationer. För att lära sig mer om...

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All brottslighet sker lokalt och behöver förebyggas lokalt. Samtidigt är det viktigt att även regionala och nationella aktörer bidrar i arbetet med att motverka brott. Vilket brottsförebyggande arbete bedrivs av lokal...

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Based on a reading of contemporary philosophical arguments, this book accounts for how punishment has provided audiences with pleasure in different historical contexts. Watching tragedies, contemplating hell, attending executions, or imagining pri...

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Written by one of the leading figures in biosocial criminology and evolutionary psychology, this work explores the tight relationship between criminality and indiscriminate sexuality within the framework of life history theory. The underlying thes...

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