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Transcending Taboos

A Moral and Psychological Examination of Cyberspace

• By Garry Young, and Monica Whitty.

Published March 2012

Cyberspace is composed of a multitude of different spaces where users can represent themselves in many divergent ways. Why in a video game, is it more acceptable to murder or maim than rape? After all, in each case, it is only pixels that are being assaulted. This book avoids wrestling with the…
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Sport, Violence and Society

• By Kevin Young.

Published November 2011

Is violence an intrinsic component of contemporary sport? How does violence within sport reflect upon the attitudes of wider society? In this landmark study of violence in and around contemporary sport, Kevin Young offers the first comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central…
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Illegal Leisure Revisited

Changing Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults

• By Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham and Lisa Williams.

Published February 2011

This book updates the progress into adulthood of the cohort of fourteen-year-olds who were recruited and tracked until they were eighteen years old. Illegal Leisure (1998) described their adolescent journeys and lifestyles, focusing on their early regular drinking and extensive ‘recreational’ drug…
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Handbook of Police Psychology

• Edited by Jack Kitaeff.

Published February 2011

The Handbook of Police Psychology represents the contributions of over thirty police psychologists, all experts in their field, on the core subject matters of police psychology. Police psychology is broadly defined as the application of psychological principles and methods to law enforcement.…
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The Subculture of Violence

Towards an Integrated Theory in Criminology

• Edited by Franco Ferracuti, and Marvin E. Wolfgang.

Published October 2010

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have…
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Forensic Psychology

Concepts, Debates and Practice

• Edited by Joanna Adler, and Jacqueline Gray.

Published July 2010

This book brings together academics, practitioners and experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and push its parameters. Its aim is to go beyond introductory texts to challenge perceptions, to raise questions for research and to pose problems for…
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Forensic Psychology in Context

Nordic and International Approaches

• Edited by P.A. Granhag.
• Foreword by Elizabeth F. Loftus.

Published May 2010

Academics and researchers from the Nordic countries (Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland) have made a particularly strong contribution internationally to the rapidly developing disciplines of forensic and legal psychology. This book brings together the leading authorities in the field to look…
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Handbook of Forensic Science

• Edited by Jim Fraser, and Robin Williams.

Published June 2009

Forensic science has become increasingly important within contemporary criminal justice, from criminal investigation through to courtroom deliberations, and an increasing number of agencies and individuals are having to engage with its contribution to contemporary justice. This Handbook aims to…
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Mental Health and Emerging Adulthood among Homeless Young People

• By Les B. Whitbeck.

Published April 2009

What happens to homeless and runaway adolescents when they become adults? This is the first study that follows homeless youth into young adulthood and reviews the mental health consequences of runaway episodes and street life. The adolescents were interviewed every three months for three years from…
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Criminal Psychology

• By Francis Pakes, and Suzanne Pakes.

Published January 2009

This book provides an accessible introduction to the increasingly popular subject of criminal psychology. It explores the application of psychology to understanding the crime phenomenon, criminal behaviour,solving crimes, the court process and punishment rehabilitation. It will be an invaluable…
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