Dertig jaar geleden werd crime scripting geïntroduceerd in de criminologie. Het is een analytische methode om kennis over de procedurele aspecten en randvoorwaarden van specifieke vormen van criminaliteit te genereren, organiseren en systematiseren. De toepassing van de methode wint aan belang in zowel wetenschappelijk onderzoek als in de praktijk. Een bundeling van de kennis en ervaringen hieromtrent ontbreekt tot op heden. Daar brengt dit verzamelwerk verandering in. Dit boek is voor weten...

Illuminates the social pretentions of the middle classes in the modern world, focusing on the tastes and preferences of the French bourgeoisie. This book argues that the social world functions simultaneously as a system of power relations and as a symbolic system in which minute distinctions of taste become the basis for social judgement.

Crime, Criminal Justice & Religion: A Critical Appraisal seeks to bridge a gap in the examination of crime and criminal justice by taking both a historical and contemporary lens to explore the influence of religion.

Innovative and practical, this is the perfect methods book for anyone looking to apply intersectionality to their research and their multifaceted data.

In deze lectorale rede gaat Bauke Koekkoek in op de verhouding tussen onbegrepen gedrag en samenleving, bekeken vanuit veiligheidsperspectief. Na een sociaalwetenschappelijke verkenning van dit fenomeen, focust hij op het omgaan met mensen met onbegrepen gedrag, vanuit politie en in samenwerking met burgers en andere publieke professionals. Hij probeert de vragen te beantwoorden hoe te leren in deze complexe context, hoe zich in te leven in de ander en hoe een gelijkwaardige interactie aan te...

Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Lives is an exceptionally clear and readable introduction that helps students understand the application of anthropological concepts to the contemporary world and everyday life. It provides thorough treatment of key subjects such as colonialism and post-colonialism, ethnicity, the environment, cultural change, economic development, and globalization. This fourth edition has a fresh thematic focus on the future, with material relating to planning, de...

Alcohol, Crime and Public Health explores the issue of drinking in the criminal justice system, providing an overview of the topic from both a criminal justice and public health perspective.

Children: Rights and Childhood is widely regarded as the first book to offer a detailed philosophical examination of children's rights. This fully revised and updated edition is ideal reading for advanced studies across Philosophy, Social Work, Law, Childhood Studies, Politics, and Social Policy.

Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in economics, and presents detailed discussions of the solutions that have been offered. Throughout, philosophical issues are illustrated by and analysed in the context of concrete cases drawn from contemporary economics, the history of economic ideas, and actual economic events.

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