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The Making of Migration
The Biopolitics of Mobility at Europe's Borders
Paperback || Martina Tazzioli || SAGE
The Making of Migration addresses the rapid phenomenon that has become one of the most contentious issues in contemporary life: how are migrants governed as individual subjects and as part of groups?
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Militant Jihadism
Today and Tomorrow
2019 || Paperback || Serafettin Pektas e.a. || Leuven University Press
Jihadist militants keep being a global threat. Many observers suggest that a transformation is likely to happen in their organisation, operation, mobilisation, and recruitment strategies, particularly after the territorial decline of the “Caliphate” of the “Islamic State.” This volume explores different aspects of the future trajectories of militant jihadism and the prospective transformation of this movement in and around Europe. The authors analyse the changing jihadist landscape a...
Toward Sustainable Transitions in Healthcare Systems
2019 || Paperback || Jacqueline Broerse e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Health systems have long been considered key determinants of well-being within modern societies, a valuable resource which have faced a series of reform initiatives throughout the past decades. These reforms have been used to manage the cost of development, measure the tenability of health systems in globalizing economies and promote the increasing importance of health problems related to lifestyle and living conditions, yet they have failed to provide a true resolution to the persistent econ...
Power, Politics, and Society / 2nd Edition
An Introduction to Political Sociology
2019 || Paperback || Betty Dobratz e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Power, Politics and Society: An Introduction to Political Sociology discusses how sociologists have organized the study of politics into conceptual frameworks, and how each of these frameworks foster a sociological perspective on power and politics in society. This includes discussing how these frameworks can be applied to understanding current issues and other "real life" aspects of politics. This second edition incorporates new material on cultural divides in American politics, emerging rol...
Shooting Incident Reconstruction
2019 || Hardcover || Michael G. Haag e.a. || Academic Pr
Shooting Incident Reconstruction, Second Edition, offers a thorough explanation of matters from simple to complex to help the reader understand the factors surrounding ballistics, trajectory, and shooting scenes. Forensic scientists, law enforcement, and crime scene investigators are often tasked with reconstruction of events based on crime scene evidence, along with the subsequent analysis of that evidence. The use and misuse of firearms to perpetrate crimes from theft to murder necessitates...
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Psychology and Crime
A Transdisciplinary Perspective
Paperback || Craig Webber || SAGE
Now in an updated second edition, this book continues to explore the links between psychology and crime, taking the reader through psychological explanations of crime and the use of psychology within the criminal justice system.
Comparative Criminal Justice / 4th edition
Fourth Edition
2019 || Paperback || Francis Pakes || Taylor & Francis
This book offers an accessible and scholarly introduction to comparative criminal justice, examining the ways different countries and jurisdictions deal with its main stages, from policing, to systems of trial, to sentencing, to punishment.
Societal Problems as Public Bads
2019 || Paperback || Nan de Graaf e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Corruption, crime, economic inequality, religious fundamentalism, financial crises, environmental degradation, population ageing, gender inequality, large-scale migration... This book tackles many of the most pressing problems facing societies today. The authors demonstrate that similar social mechanisms lie behind many of these seemingly disparate problems.
Indeed, many societal problems can be traced back to behaviours that are perfectly rational and often well-intended from an individual p...
Analyzing Media Messages
Using Quantitative Content Analysis in Research
2019 || Paperback || Daniel Riffe e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Analyzing Media Messages, Fourth Edition provides a comprehensive guide to conducting content analysis research. It establishes a formal definition of quantitative content analysis; gives step-by-step instructions on designing a content analysis study; and explores in depth several recurring questions that arise in such areas as measurement, sampling, reliability, data analysis, and the use of digital technology in the content analysis process. The fourth edition maintains the concise, access...
The Age of Migration / 6th edition
International Population Movements in the Modern World
2019 || Paperback || Hein de Haas e.a. || Bloomsbury Publishing
Long established as the leading textbook on migration and used by students and scholars alike all over the world, this fully revised and updated sixth edition continues to offer an authoritative and cutting-edge account of migration flows, why they occur, and their consequences for both origin and destination societies. International migration is one of the most emotive issues of our times, reforging societies around the world and shaping debates on security, national identity and sovereignty...