Katherine Palmer Kaup

Managing ethnic nationalism within the People's Republic of China has become increasingly challenging. As new reforms widen economic disparities between minorities and the Han majority, even the most assimilated of minorities, the Zhuang, have begun to demand special treatment from the central government. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officially recognized the sixteen million Zhuang as  More >

Noëleen Murray and Jonathan Cane, editors

How have politicians, planners, and power brokers deployed—or not—notions of creativity across the history of African cities from the colonial era to the present? The contributors to Creative Cities in Africa address this question as they frame critical approaches to architecture and urbanism and explore new and alternative forms of writing, thinking, and making the city.  More >

André Odendaal, Krish Reddy, Christopher Merrett, and Jonty Winch

The first of its kind for any sport in South Africa: a cricket love story of epic dimensions, full of sometimes shocking details. Cricket and Conquest fundamentally revises long-established foundational narratives of early South African cricket,  reaching beyond whites-only mainstream histories to integrate at every stage and in every region the experiences of black, as well as women,  More >

Ronald D. Hunter and Mark L. Dantzker

This concise but thorough introductory textbook bridges the gap between theory and the real world of crime and criminal justice. In clear, accessible prose, the authors discuss the full gamut of  issues and concepts typically covered on the introductory course syllabus. Building on the basics covered in the first edition, this revised and updated edition: •    Uses  More >

John E. Eck and David Weisburd, editors

The key role of "places"—very small areas such as a street corner, an address, a building or street segment—in the study of crime is explored in 15 papers by criminologists. Particular emphasis is given to "hot spots" of criminality, the geographic distribution of crime places, and the new technology of computer mapping of crime. The chapters are grouped into  More >

H. Richard Friman, editor

Crime has gone global. Conventional explanations point to ways in which criminals have exploited technological innovations, deregulation, and free markets to triumph over state sovereignty. Crime and the Global Political Economy reveals a more complex reality. Taking as a point of departure the fact that state and societal actors are challenged by—and complicit in—the expansion of  More >

David Weisburd and Tom McEwen, editors

Explores recent advances in the uses of crime mapping in prevention programs and in criminological research. Case examples illustrate the benefits of crime mapping for community policing and crime control programs in Baltimore, Boston, British Columbia, Jersey City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and other jurisdictions.  More >

Ronald V. Clarke, editor

This book series publishes theoretical and empirical research on reducing opportunities for crime. Until recently, this topic was of minor importance in criminology because opportunity was thought to determine not whether crime occurred, but only the time and place of its occurrence. However, after disillusionment set in first with the rehabilitation and deterrence of offenders in the 1960s and  More >

Ronald V. Clarke, editor

This volume of Crime Prevention Studies includes a mix of empirical and theoretical studies.  More >

Ronald V. Clarke, editor

The nine chapters in this volume of Crime Prevention Studies are organized into sections on crime analysis, evaluation, theory, and implementation.  More >