Criminology

ABC of Criminology - by Alain Bauer Purchase through Amazon  Durkheim: There is no society known where a more or less developed criminality is not found under different forms. No people exists whose morality is not daily infringed upon. We must therefore call crime necessary and declare that it cannot be non-existent, that the fundamental conditions of social organization,…Read more ABC of Criminology
Caribbean Perspectives on Criminology and Criminal Justice: Volume 1 - Editor: Wendell C. Wallace, PhD Purchase If your desire is to attain a greater understanding of theoretical frameworks, methodologies, and pragmatic discussions on criminology and criminal justice in the Caribbean, then this is the book for you. This book is a direct response to the call for a Caribbean Criminology as espoused by Ken Pryce…Read more Caribbean Perspectives on Criminology and Criminal Justice: Volume 1
Caribbean Perspectives on Criminology and Criminal Justice: Volume 2 - Dr. Wendell C. Wallace, Editor Purchase In this volume and the one that precedes it, Dr Wendell C. Wallace has not only succeeded in bringing together a fascinating collection of papers that illustrate the uniqueness (as well as sharedness) of Caribbean Criminology, he has succeeded in putting Caribbean Criminology very firmly back on the intellectual…Read more Caribbean Perspectives on Criminology and Criminal Justice: Volume 2
Crime 3.0: The Rise of Global Crime in the XXIst Century - by Alain Bauer with a forward by Paul Rich Alain Bauer argues that we need, with considerable immediacy, to press the formal study of crime in the academy, and that more resources need to be channeled towards that purpose. The approach in universities, if they do deign to study the subject, is often relegated to…Read more Crime 3.0: The Rise of Global Crime in the XXIst Century
Criminology Confronts Cultural Change - Edited by Alain Bauer Purchase through Amazon Is using the humanities and social sciences (psychology, sociology, law, etc.) to understand the crime, the criminal, the victim, criminality, and society’s reaction to crime a science? A crime is the unique combination of a perpetrator, a victim, and a set of circumstances. Its individual and quantitative analysis…Read more Criminology Confronts Cultural Change
Criminology in a Hostile Environment - Edited by Alain Bauer Is using the humanities and social sciences (psychology, sociology, law, etc.) to understand the crime, the criminal, the victim, criminality, and society’s reaction to crime a science? A crime is the unique combination of a perpetrator, a victim, and a set of circumstances. Its individual and quantitative analysis requires scientific methods…Read more Criminology in a Hostile Environment
History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 - by Mary Floyd Williams Ph.D. Purchase through Amazon  |  Purchase through CreateSpace Mary Floyd Williams gives a detailed account of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance formed in 1851 (it was later reincarnated in 1856. Although the Committee, formed by a group of vigilantes, lasted only about three months, they were responsible for the hanging…Read more History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851
International or Local Ownership?: Security Sector Development in Post-Independent Kosovo - by Dr. Florian Qehaja Purchase through Amazon  International or Local Ownership? contributes to the debate on the concept of local ownership in post-conflict settings, and discussions on international relations, peacebuilding, security and development studies. It utilizes extensive data collection, including public opinion surveys conducted throughout the country, in order to introduce the concept of local…Read more International or Local Ownership?: Security Sector Development in Post-Independent Kosovo
Issues in Maritime Cyber Security - Editors: Dr. Joe DiRenzo III, Dr. Nicole K. Drumhiller, Dr. Fred S. Roberts Purchase Free Chapter Download The world relies on maritime commerce to move exceptionally large portions of goods, services, and people. Collectively this effort comprises the Maritime Transportation System or MTS. A major component of this daunting multifaceted enterprise are cyber networks, and…Read more Issues in Maritime Cyber Security
New Crimes and New Solutions: International Journal of Criminology - New Crimes and New Solutions: International Journal of Criminology Edited by Alain Bauer Purchase through Amazon Coming to Kindle soon! Is using the humanities and social sciences (psychology, sociology,law, etc.) to understand the crime, the criminal, the victim, criminality, and society’s reaction to crime ascience? A crime is the unique combination of a perpetrator, a victim,…Read more New Crimes and New Solutions: International Journal of Criminology
New Frontiers in Criminology - Edited by Alain Bauer Purchase through Amazon  |  Purchase on CreateSpace Criminology owes a great deal as a discipline to the eighteenth century social philosophers, particularly those like Cesare Beccaria who partly built some of their arguments on social contract theory. Certainly some of the aspects of the debate over free will date from then. The…Read more New Frontiers in Criminology
Old-Time Punishments - by William Andrews Purchase Originally published in 1890, this work sheds interesting commentary and illustration of various treatments and devices used to punish people convicted of a crime. However, as Andrews discusses, sometimes these trials were a sham, or simply through public opinion and not evidence. Many of these punishments were awful and could lead…Read more Old-Time Punishments
This cover is a sepia toned drawing of a street in Philadelphia featuring a variety of grouped people on the sidewalk along a road and two large buildings, with a solitary figure on the right with a cane. Report of the Trial of Friends, in the City of Philadelphia, June, 1828, Before the Honorable Edward King: Or, the Case of Edmund Shotwell, Joseph Lukins, Charles Middleton, and Two Others - Transcribed by M. T. C. Gould Purchase There were several Meetings in Philadelphia, and the trial detailed here arose out of a conflict between two local Friends groups and a burying ground. Part of a wall was removed, and a gate was erected, along with some temporary buildings. Besides the three Friends, Edmund Shotwell, Joseph…Read more Report of the Trial of Friends, in the City of Philadelphia, June, 1828, Before the Honorable Edward King: Or, the Case of Edmund Shotwell, Joseph Lukins, Charles Middleton, and Two Others
Spies I Knew - by Marthe McKenna Purchase on Amazon  |  Purchase on CreateSpace Born in Flanders, Marthe Cnockaert McKenna (1892-1986) was recruited in 1915, during World War I, to an Anglo-Belgian espionage ring. Her cover was as a nurse, and the Germans awarded her the Iron Cross for her hospital work. After a period as a double agent she was apprehended by them…Read more Spies I Knew
The Death Penalty in the Caribbean: Perspectives from the Police - Editor, Wendell C. Wallace PhD Purchase through Amazon  “The Death Penalty in the Caribbean is a novel, thought-provoking and timely contribution to the contentious debate of the Death Penalty in the Anglophone Caribbean. This book is directed at policy makers, law enforcement practitioners and scholars, and is a must read for students of criminology, international…Read more The Death Penalty in the Caribbean: Perspectives from the Police
The Indiana Supreme Court, With Some Account of the Courts Preceding It: An Historical Sketch - by Timothy Edward Howard Purchase Timothy Edward Howard was born on January 27, 1837 in Northfield, Michigan. He went on to attend Notre Dame, but he put his undergraduate degree on hold to serve in the Civil War for the Union. After only a month in service, he was terribly wounded at the Battle of…Read more The Indiana Supreme Court, With Some Account of the Courts Preceding It: An Historical Sketch
The Story of Secret Service - by Richard Wilmer Rowan, Introduction by Rahima Schwenkbeck Purchase through Amazon  |  Purchase on CreateSpace Few works attempt to be as ambitious as Richard Wilmer Rowan’s The Story of Secret Service. Rowan packs in thirty-three centuries of world history in this volume, tracing a long history of espionage and its impact. The history of espionage…Read more The Story of Secret Service
Who is the Enemy?: The Revolution in Terrorism Affairs and the Ways to Understand It - by Alain Bauer Purchase on Amazon  |  Purchase on CreateSpace Few people have the advantages that Alain Bauer possesses in providing an overview of the current world security crisis. He is the ultimate example of “been there, done that”. Welcome in the inner circles of a half dozen countries, his opinions are eagerly sought as…Read more Who is the Enemy?: The Revolution in Terrorism Affairs and the Ways to Understand It