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Sentencing and criminal justice, 5th ed.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010
ISBN 9780521748759
This book examines the key issues in sentencing policy and practice in English law, and provides an account of the legislation on sentencing. The law is stated as at 1 May 2009. The introductory chapter describes the sentencing system and provides statistics. Further chapters address: the constitutional context and the judicial function, including the machinery for producing sentencing guidelines, and judicial independence; sentencing aims, principles and policies; proportionality, and seriousness of offences; aggravation and mitigation; the sentencing of persistent offenders, plus anti-social behaviour orders, minimum sentences and dangerous offenders; equality before the law, in relation to race, gender and socio-economic circumstances; difficulties of sentencing multiple offenders; custodial sentencing; non-custodial sentencing; procedural issues in sentencing, and ancillary orders; and special sentencing powers. The final chapter reflects on the role of sentencing, on the sentencing framework and on the principle of proportionality in sentencing.
Emerging transnational (in)security governance.
London: Routledge, 2010
ISBN 9780415563604
This book contains papers which originated in a NATO-funded workshop on transnational security co-operation and intelligence-sharing. There are 9 main papers: Statist-transnationalism for a security cooperation regime, by AYDINLI; Beyond the State: the impact of transnational terrorist threats on security cooperation, by REVERON Derek S; Intelligence-sharing and United States counter-terrorism policy, by WALSH James Igoe; Rendition in a transnational insecurity environment: can we keep intelligence cooperation honest? by GILL Peter; Is the UK stepping toward transnationalism? The Serious Organised Crime Agency, by SEGELL Glen M; Theorizing transnational cooperation on the police and intelligence fields of security, by MARENIN Otwin and AKGUL Arif; Police liaisons as builders of a transnational insecurity cooperation, by YON Hasan; Globalizing and localizing counter-terrorism intelligence sharing, by NUSSBAUM Brian; Police and counter-terrorism: a sociological theory of international cooperation, by DEFLEM Mathieu. The editor's short concluding chapter is: Adaptive states and the new transnational security regime.
Race, crime and criminal justice: international perspectives.
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
ISBN 9780230220294
The 12 essays in this book examine the similarities and differences in the role of race in contemporary crime and criminal justice in 13 countries. These countries were selected because of their history of relations between white people (ie, of European descent) and non-white people. In the first chapter, the editor discusses race relations in its historical setting. The next 12 chapters concern the specific countries: Britain (England, Wales and Scotland); France; Germany; Italy; the Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; Australia and New Zealand; Brazil; Canada; South Africa; and the USA. The editor's concluding chapter provides a comparative assessment.
Rethinking leadership: a new look at old leadership questions.
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010
ISBN 9781847209351
This book explores the concept of leadership and how leadership, as a phenomenon, might be understood. It employs ideas primarily drawn from the Continental philosophy of phenomenology, although readers do not need to have philosophical training in order to follow the argument. The book addresses a range of questions, including: why are there so many different theories of leadership?, what goes on in the relationship between leaders and followers?, what is charismatic leadership?, what is so important about the 'vision-thing'?, and, how do leaders lead change?
Stable isotope forensics: an introduction to the forensic application of stable isotope analysis.
Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
ISBN 9780470517055
Part 1 explains stable isotopes and how they work: their natural abundance variation, isotope effects, isotopic fractionation, distribution, isotopic fractionation of light elements in nature, and stable isotope forensics in everyday life (eg food, pharmaceuticals, wildlife). Part 2 is about instrumentation and analytical techniques. Part 3 presents current research and case studies of stable isotope forensics. After setting the forensic context, it covers the isotope analysis and identification of drugs, of explosives, of human tissue and of other physical evidence (paper, plastic bags, parcel tape). It also has a short chapter on the isotope analysis of matchsticks for a particular murder enquiry.
Geoforensics
Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
ISBN 9780470057353
This book is about the application of selected geoscience techniques to criminal investigations. It includes illustrative case studies. Its main chapters are: physical geography, geomorphology, landform interpretation, archaeology, stratigraphy and hydrodynamics; geophysics, including ground-penetrating radar; remote sensing, including photography and other forms of imaging and scanning; spatial location and geographic information science; scale, sampling and geostatistics; conventional geological analysis; geological trace evidence, including analysis by scanning electron microscopy and spectroscopy; the search for buried materials, including bodies, both underground and underwater. One of the appendices contains guidance on soil sampling.
Social networking in business: choosing the right tools and resources to fit your needs.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Wharton School Publishing, 2010
ISBN 9780132357791
This book provides guidance on launching social networking projects to meet business objectives and on managing online communities. Its 11 chapters address: social computing on the ascent; sharing a social experience; leadership in social environments; social tasks (collaborating on ideas, and creating and managing information); social ecosystems and domains; building a social culture; engaging and encouraging members; community and social experience management; measuring social environments; and, social computing value.
