The second edition of this popular textbook introduces key critical criminological theories and perspectives for student......more

Does the presence of surveillance cameras curtail violent crime? Did Covid-19 shutdowns negatively impact violent crimin......more

Much of the existing literature on domestic terrorism, as opposed to international terrorism, is inadequate in various w......more

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A riveting investigation of the killing of Jordan Neely, the trial of Daniel Penny, and the limits of tolerance in conte......more

The consequences of America’s retreat from prosecuting elite-level corporate crime The United States is an exceptionally......more

Though there has been much work on the change in attitudes towards violence since the late eighteenth century, little at......more

This book explores the phenomenon of violence in Russian culture, showing how violence has been a legitimate articulatio......more

The 24 Hours in Charlottesville author offers a minute-by-minute account of the January 6 riots through the never-before......more

The First World War generated a climate of exacerbated nationalism, deep-running anxieties over gender, and heightened m......more

This book approaches the daily struggles of migrantized divorced motherhood through theories, discourses, and (in)visibi......more

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True crime is a huge cultural industry: media organisations use crime stories to push sales and clicks. Yet behind this ......more

When a naked, mentally ill white man with an AR-15 killed four young adults of color at a Waffle House, Nashville-based ......more

Civil Blood is a study of the practice of vendetta among the civic elites in sixteenth-century Italy, and illustrates th......more

An "unsparing, erudite, and incisive" (Jelani Cobb) reframing of the past and present of Black resistance--both nonviole......more

This book provides a comprehensive examination of conservative and right-wing responses to the Edwardian crisis in Brita......more

In the wake of World War II, Americans struggled to grasp the shifting scale of violence brought on by the nuclear era. ......more

Turkey hosts more refugees than any other country in the world, with forced migrants from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, ......more

From Dr Nicholas Wright, a leading neuroscientist and advisor to the Pentagon, discover a new perspective on the human b......more

Music explores the deepest experiences of the human condition - love, violence, religion, hedonism, protest and politics......more

Since the first edition of Adolescent-to-Parent Abuse, there has been a huge increase in media, research, policy and pra......more

A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence--and a prehistory of both t......more

Mission possible: ending gun violence in America’s Black and brown communities. As COVID-19 took hold, urban gun violenc......more

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This explosive exposé reveals the shocking truth about Mohamed Al-Fayed’s controversial 25-year reign at Harrods. To the......more

The revelatory and urgent story of how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence throug......more

In this incisive book, Reason editor Jacob Sullum untangles America’s twin crusades against guns and drugs, suggesting b......more

Brings together geographies and methodologies often kept apart by the difficulties of researching such a broad-ranging t......more

Femicide - the killing of women and girls - has gained increasing prominence on global and national agendas since the Un......more

How American-style capitalism creates a coercive state unlike any other How could America, that storied land of liberty,......more

Traces the violence of the protracted conflict in the Kurdish region of Turkey through the lens of dispossession The mil......more

Domestic Violence and Abuse as a Shadow Pandemic investigates, analyses and presents statistics to assess the claim by U......more

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Civil wars and intrastate armed conflict are the predominant form of organized violence in the contemporary era. Beyond ......more

Social and developmental psychology are often viewed as distinct subdisciplines, each with its own theories and methodol......more

Peace and violence are opposites, but they do not exclude each other entirely. Taking this observation as starting point......more

This multifaceted reference work surveys the history, development, leadership, and priorities of Black Lives Matter (BLM......more

Leading psychologist Dr. Janet Shibley Hyde shows that in order to understand the challenges posed by sensible gun refor......more

The murders of four innocent college students attending the University of Idaho left the world with so many questions--n......more

The murders of four innocent college students attending the University of Idaho left the world with so many questions--n......more

Focusing on India between the early nineteenth century and the First World War, Colonial Terror explores the centrality ......more

Available open access digitally under CC BY NC ND licence. Preventing Violence argues that we can move towards safer and......more

A probing investigation of Southeast Asia’s online scam industry - told through the voices of survivors Running the gamu......more

This book highlights the intimate connection between racial/ethnic equity and school and community safety, the consequen......more

On April 22, 2015, the sorority sisters at Ohio’s Muskingum University’s Delta house encountered a horrific scene: pools......more

Re-Defining Terrorism examines the emergence of the counter-radicalisation agenda in the UK and internationally. Offerin......more

This insightful book explores how non-profit advocacy, thought-leadership, and technological innovation are helping to h......more

"Ofelia Ortiz Cuevas contends that the documentation of racial violence has been an essential element of the overlapping......more

"Ofelia Ortiz Cuevas contends that the documentation of racial violence has been an essential element of the overlapping......more

This meticulously crafted book features contributions from experts who explore the key phases of violent extremism. Divi......more

Marginalian Editions presents a trailblazing Quaker scientist’s slender masterwork of moral courage, penned at the heigh......more

Can a young British woman from across the seas impact a group of African women living in a poverty-stricken community li......more

Most countries on the African continent have ratified or acceded to several human rights treaties, including the Torture......more

The inspiring story of a Black doctor who was deeply affected by the violence that plagued his Brooklyn childhood and la......more

For many fans and casual observers, professional sports and violence are deeply connected. Violence on the field has rea......more

For many fans and casual observers, professional sports and violence are deeply connected. Violence on the field has rea......more

This book is a genealogical inquiry into the present problem of violence in the US and internationally, which reflects a......more

"Anti-Semitism revisited in a wholly original way" Philippe Sands "Rippling with ideas on every page" Jewish Chronicle "......more

Based on over a decade of research, a powerful, moving work of narrative nonfiction that illuminates the little-known wo......more

This groundbreaking work takes readers deep into the world of police oversight and reveals what really happens when ever......more

Drawing on different understandings of feminisms, this volume archives the ways in which we engage with feminisms and im......more

What if everything we understood about gun violence was wrong? In 2007, economist Jens Ludwig moved to the South Side of......more

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Hundreds of Domestic Violence Death Review committees, teams, and panels are operating in the United States, Canada and ......more

Corpse Magic examines beliefs about vengeance the slain magically enact on their killers, focusing on lethal violence in......more

Turns the familiar story of trafficking across the US-Mexico border on its head, looking at firearms smuggled south from......more

First published in 1991, Sex Crime in the News is a unique examination of the nature of sex crime reporting in the press......more

’The Streets vs The Kingdom will give you the answer. Moses doesn’t just talk about change-he’s lived it. He’s from the ......more

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A sweeping history of the violence perpetrated by governments committed to extreme forms of secularism in the twentieth ......more

A powerful meditation on political resistance and the global search for justice From the ’War on Terror’ to resistance i......more