Forced Marriage and 'Honour' Killings in Britain: Private Lives, Community Crimes and Public Policy Perspectives
ISBN: 9781472432490 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the contemporary phenomenon of forced marriage and 'honour' killings in Britain. Set against a background of increasing 'honour'-based violence within the country's South Asian and Muslim Diasporas, the book traces the development of the 'honour' question over the past two decades. It accordingly witnesses unprecedented changes in public awareness and government policy including ground-breaking 'honour'-specific legislation and the criminalisation of forced marriage. All of which makes Britain an important context for the study of this now indigenous and self-perpetuating...
This book explores the contemporary phenomenon of forced marriage and 'honour' killings in Britain. Set against a background of increasing 'honour'-ba...
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The Sexual Murderer: Offender Behaviour and Implications for Practice
ISBN: 9781138925410 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sexual homicide continues to be one of the most widely reported and sensationalised forms of murder, attracting fascination from the public and scholars alike. Despite this continued interest, few empirical studies have been conducted on this particular form of sexual crime. "The Sexual Murderer" provides an analytical review of the state of knowledge on the sexual murderer and his offense, and presents new data that confronts some of the accepted ideas and myths surrounding this type of homicide. The authors draw on original data stemming from both offenders and the police to present... Sexual homicide continues to be one of the most widely reported and sensationalised forms of murder, attracting fascination from the public and sch... |
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Parents Killing Children: Crossing the Invisible Line
ISBN: 9781472470744 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Murder, Justice, and Harmony in an Eighteenth-Century French Village
ISBN: 9780367331184 / Angielski / Twarda / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Why We Kill: Understanding Violence Across Cultures and Disciplines
ISBN: 9780367271657 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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676,01 zł |
Serial and Mass Murder: Understanding Multicide through Offending Patterns, Explanations, and Outcomes
ISBN: 9781138067943 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Killer Data: Modern Perspectives on Serial Murder
ISBN: 9780367672690 / Angielski / Twarda / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Parricide and Violence against Parents: A Cross-Cultural View across Past and Present
ISBN: 9781138048577 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Organized Crime: A Cultural Introduction
ISBN: 9780367461263 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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676,01 zł |
Infanticide: Expert Evidence and Testimony in Child Murder Cases, 1688-1955
ISBN: 9780367438890 / Angielski / Twarda / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The Papin Sisters
ISBN: 9780198160106 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. France's "murder of the century" remains also the most violent non-war crime by women against women on record. The Papin sisters' killing and mutilation of their mistresses in 1933 has provoked reproduction and speculation ever since, by such prominent cultural figures as Simone de Beauvoir, Jacques Lacan, and Claude Chabrol. This book offers an overview of these reproductions and draws some provocative conclusions from them.
France's "murder of the century" remains also the most violent non-war crime by women against women on record. The Papin sisters' killing and mutilati...
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Fatal Families: The Dynamics of Intrafamilial Homicide
ISBN: 9780761907589 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work examines the nature, causes and consequences of family homicide in modern American society. Using a case study approach, the author explores the social, cultural and psychological forces that lead people to kill members of their own families.
This work examines the nature, causes and consequences of family homicide in modern American society. Using a case study approach, the author explores...
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716,07 zł |
Homicide: The Hidden Victims: A Resource for Professionals
ISBN: 9780803957763 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author of this volume is not only a social scientist and victim advocate - but also the mother of a murder victim. Deborah Spungen illustrates how and why family members become co-victims when a loved one is murdered, and addresses the emotional, physical, and psychological effects of these events.
The author of this volume is not only a social scientist and victim advocate - but also the mother of a murder victim. Deborah Spungen illustrates how...
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Contemporary Perspectives on Serial Murder
ISBN: 9780761914204 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers a unique look at these dreadful crimes from a variety of viewpoints including those of people directly involved as perpetrators or investigators.
Offers a unique look at these dreadful crimes from a variety of viewpoints including those of people directly involved as perpetrators or investigator...
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The Enigma of a Violent Woman: A Critical Examination of the Case of Karla Homolka
ISBN: 9781472471956 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Karla Homolka has proven to be a figure of enduring interest to the public and media for the last 20 years. However, despite the widespread Canadian and international public commentary and media frenzy that has encircled this case, Homolka herself remains an enigma to most who write about her. In contrast to much of the contemporary discussion on this case, this book offers a comprehensive and detailed examination of the legal, public and media understandings and explanations of Homolka s criminality. Drawing from multiple fields of study and varied bodies of critical literature, the... Karla Homolka has proven to be a figure of enduring interest to the public and media for the last 20 years. However, despite the widespread Canadia... |
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Homicide: Foundations of Human Behavior
ISBN: 9781138525207 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Honour, Violence, Women and Islam
ISBN: 9780415565424 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why are honour killings and honour-related violence (HRV) so important to understand? What do such crimes represent? And how does HRV fit in with Western views and perceptions of Islam? This distinctively comparative collection examines the concept of HRV against women in general and Muslim women in particular. The issue of HRV has become a sensitive subject in many South Asian and Middle Eastern countries and it has received the growing attention of the media, human rights groups and academics around the globe. However, the issue has yet to receive detailed academic study in the United... Why are honour killings and honour-related violence (HRV) so important to understand? What do such crimes represent? And how does HRV fit in with W... |
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The Great Nightmen Conspiracy: A Tale of the 18th Century's Dishonourable Underworld
ISBN: 9781138324008 / Angielski / Twarda / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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751,12 zł |
Washington Navy Yard Shootings: Internal & Independent Reviews
ISBN: 9781631179808 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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821,17 zł |
Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime
ISBN: 9780761924371 / Angielski / Twarda / 550 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime is edited by a internationally recognized expert on serial killers, covering both murder and violent crime in their variant forms. Included will be biographies, chronologies, special interest inset boxes, up to 100 photos, comprehensive article bibliographies, and appendices for things like famous unsolved cases, celebrity murders, assasinations, original source documents, and online sources for information.
The Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime is edited by a internationally recognized expert on serial killers, covering both murder and violent crim...
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901,34 zł |