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Cybercrime
Thomas Holt
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Cybercrime Introduction There is no standard unit of analysis, and multiple terms are used to describe offenses often classified as cybercrim...
Cybercrime Investigations and Prosecutions
David Maimon, Donald E. Hunt
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2020-02-26
Cybercrime Investigations and ProsecutionsIntroductionOfficial crime statistics from around the globe suggest that violent and property crime rates ha...
Cycle of Violence
Preeti Chauhan, Cathy Spatz Widom
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2014-01-30
Cycle of Violence Introduction Several different phenomena are included under the broad concept of the cycle of violence. Originally, the cycl...
Day Fines
Jakub Drápal
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2021-08-25
Day FinesIntroductionThe day fine concept consists in imposing fines in such a structured way that the final amount of the fine is directly proportion...
Deadly Force
Philip M. Stinson
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2020-11-24
Deadly ForceIntroductionDeadly force refers to any use of force by a police officer that could result in the imposition of serious bodily injury or de...
Defining "Success" in Corrections and Reentry
Michaela Soyer
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2020-04-22
Defining "Success" in Corrections and ReentryIntroductionDefining what exactly constitutes successful reentry into society is challenging. Is abstaini...
Desistance
Lila Kazemian
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Desistance Introduction In the field of criminology, desistance is generally defined as the cessation of offending or other antisocial beha...
Deterrence
Thomas A. Loughran
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2013-09-30
Deterrence Introduction Criminologists have long been interested in the effectiveness of sanctions and sanction threats on subsequent criminal ...
Developmental and Life-Course Criminology
Lila Kazemian
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Developmental and Life-Course Criminology Introduction Developmental and life-course criminology are both concerned with the study of changes i...
Digital Piracy
Thomas Holt
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2015-11-30
Digital Piracy Introduction The problem of digital piracy is diverse and involves the illegal copying of media including software, digital sou...
Driving and Traffic Offenses
Claire Corbett
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2015-01-15
Driving and Traffic OffensesIntroduction“Driving offenses” and “traffic offenses” are often treated as synonymous, though some jurisdictions distingui...
Drug Control
Martin Bouchard, Morena Anamali
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Drug Control Introduction A number of psychoactive substances such as cannabis, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines have been defined as ill...
Drug Trafficking, International
Erik D. Fritsvold
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
International Drug Trafficking Introduction The global illegal drug trade is massive in scope with sweeping consequences for the developed and...
Drugs and Crime
Richard Wright, Scott Jacques
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Drugs and Crime Introduction The relationship between drugs and crime has a long history and is a mainstay of fiction, widely documented in...
Elder Abuse
Preeti Nijhar
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2021-08-25
Elder AbuseIntroductionCriminological concerns with the victimization of the elderly has developed parallel to, and independently of, the elder abuse ...
Electronically Monitored Home Confinement
William G. Staples, Darcy L. Sullivan
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2019-08-28
Electronically Monitored Home ConfinementIntroductionAs a tactic of control and punishment, “house arrest’’ has been used for millennia to sequester i...
Employee Theft
Jay Kennedy
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2018-01-11
Employee TheftIntroductionEmployee theft is a type of crime that is unlike many other crimes primarily because the offenders have legitimate and often...
Environmental Crime and Justice
Michael J. Lynch, Paul B. Stretesky
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Environmental Crime and Justice Introduction Traditionally, environmental crime and justice were viewed as issues for researchers working i...
Experimental Criminology
Lorraine Mazerolle, Sarah Bennett
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Experimental Criminology Introduction Experimental criminology is a family of research methods that involves the controlled study of cause and ...
Extortion
Atanas Rusev
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2020-07-29
ExtortionIntroductionExtortion is a predatory crime similar to other practices such as blackmail, bribery, coercion, and robbery. Extortion practices ...
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