The first seven of the ten contributions from sociologists and criminologists assembled in this volume are not concerned with robberies of the local convenience store but rather with the mortgage fore
Volume 19 in the Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance series, this book takes a close look at global perspectives on punishment, with special attention paid to incarceration and prison conditions. Spe
Deflem (University of South Carolina) and US contributors in law, sociology, environmental and occupational health, political science, and justice studies examine some of the legal dimensions of disas
This volume contains chapters dealing with a variety of issues related to terrorism and counterterrorism and the study thereof, especially in relation to crime, criminal justice, law, and social contr
This new volume of Sociology of Crime, Deviance and Law addresses issues of race and ethnicity within the law and law-related phenomena. Even in today’s so-called multicultural, post-racial world raci
This volume deals with various social-science perspectives on law and legal control pertaining to music in a variety of contexts. Under influence of important recent social developments, especially in
This volume in the series Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance edited by Mathieu Deflem addresses contemporary issues of policing with a focus on the characteristics of police power as a coercive for
This volume of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance addresses a variety of issues and concerns involved with the study of violent crime and homicide in the contemporary world. The chapters are conceiv
