Crime Control Books

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111. Informers

     Policing, policy, practice

     Edited by Roger Billingsley, Teresa Nemitz, Philip Bean

     The police rely heavily on paid and unpaid informers: without them clear-up rates would plummet, and many crimes would remain undetected. Yet little is known about the informer system and how it works, for example: who are these informers? how are they recruited? how are they handled? who handles...

     Published October 31st 2000 by Willan
112. Crime, Risk and Justice

     Edited by Kevin Stenson, Robert Sullivan

     Crime control has risen rapidly up the social and political agendas to become a central feature of western societies. As inequalities in society have increased, so the actual and perceived risks of crime and other social ills have grown rapidly for all sections of society. Crime has become a...

     Published October 31st 2000 by Willan
113. Crime Control as Industry

     3rd Edition

     By Nils Christie

     This classic text argues that crime control, rather than crime itself is the real danger for our future. Since the second edition was published in 1994, prison populations , especially in Russia and America, have grown at an increasingly rapid rate. This third edition is published to take account...

     Published May 31st 2000 by Routledge
114. Policing Citizens

     Police, Power and the State

     By P.A.J. Waddington

     Published December 15th 1998 by Routledge
115. Crime Prevention Through Housing Design

     Edited by Dr Paul Stollard, Paul. Stollard

     This book provides specific guidance for architects, planners, and housing managers on designing to deter crime. While every estate and neighbourhood has different problems which require unique solutions, the process which leads to the solutions will be the same. This book provides specific...

     Published January 16th 1991 by Taylor & Francis