Handbook on Crime

986 Pages·2010·5.09 MB·English

by  Fiona Brookman, Mike Maguire, Harriet Pierpoint, Trevor Bennett

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corporations and governments. There are chapters on, for example, gang violence, hate crime,
elder abuse, animal abuse, cyber crime, identity theft, money-laundering, eco crimes, drug
trafficking, human trafficking, genocide, and global terrorism. Many of these topics receive
surprisingly little attention in the criminological literature.
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Handbook on Crime

Handbook on Crime
Edited by
Fiona Brookman, Mike Maguire,
Harriet Pierpoint, T revor Bennett
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Contents
List of abbreviations ix
List of figures and tables xvii
Table of statutes xix
Notes on contributors xxiii
Introduction xxxv
Fiona Brookman, Mike Maguire, Harriet Pierpoint and Trevor Bennett
Part I: ‘Conventional’ property crime
Introduction 1
1 Domestic burglary 3
Mike Maguire, Richard Wright and Trevor Bennett
2 Vehicle crime 26

Rick Brown
3 Shoplifting 48
Nick Tilley
4 Understanding and tackling stolen goods markets 68
Mike Sutton
Part II: Fraud and Fakes
Introduction 85
5 Income tax evasion and benefit fraud 87
John Minkes and Leonard Minkes

6 Theft and fraud by employees 100
Martin Gill and Janice Goldstraw-White

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7 Fakes 120
Simon Mackenzie
8 Scams 137
Simon Mackenzie
9 Credit fraud 153
Michael Levi
10 Identity theft and fraud 172
Natasha Semmens
11 Cybercrime 191
Matthew Williams
Part III: Violent Crime
Introduction 215
12 Homicide 217
Fiona Brookman
13 Domestic violence 245
Amanda Robinson
14 Street robbery 270
Trevor Bennett and Fiona Brookman
15 Stealing commercial cash: from safe-cracking to armed robbery 290
Dick Hobbs
16 Youth gang crime 308
Jennifer Maher

17 Violence in the night-time economy 331
Simon Winlow
18 Hate crime 351
Paul Iganski
19 Stalking and harassment 366
Victoria Heckels and Karl Roberts
20 Arson 380
Emma J. Palmer, Clive R. Hollin, Ruth M. Hatcher and
Tammy C. Ayres
21 Blackmail, kidnapping and threats to kill 393
Keith Soothill and Brian Francis
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22 Elder abuse 415
John Williams
23 School bullying: risk factors, theories and interventions 427
Maria M. Ttofi and David P. Farrington
24 Institutional abuse and children’s homes 458
Jonathan Evans
25 Animal abuse 480
Harriet Pierpoint and Jennifer Maher
Part IV: Sex-Related Crime
Introduction 503

26 Sexual offences against adults 505
Clive R. Hollin, Ruth M. Hatcher and Emma J. Palmer
27 Sexual offences against children 525
Clive R. Hollin, Emma J. Palmer and Ruth M. Hatcher
28 Sex work 542
Belinda Brooks-Gordon
Part V: Drug-Related Crime
Introduction 577
29 Drug- and alcohol-related crime 579
Trevor Bennett and Katy Holloway
30 Drug supply and possession 598
Tim McSweeney, Paul J. Turnbull and Tiggey May

31 Drug trafficking 626
Letizia Paoli, Toine Spapens and Cyrille Fijnaut
Part VI: Organised and Business Crime
Introduction 651
32 Corporate financial crimes 653
John Minkes
33 Middle-range business crime: rogue and respectable businesses,
family firms and entrepreneurs 678
Hazel Croall
34 Human trafficking 698
Jo Goodey
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35 Money laundering 712
David C. Hicks

36 Extortion 726
Dick Hobbs
Part VII: State, Political and War Crimes
Introduction 739
37 State crime 741
Katherine S. Williams
38 Genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing’ 762
Andy Aitchison
39 Torture 785
Rod Morgan
40 Crimes of the global state 801
Maureen Cain
41 Political protest and crime 825
P.A.J. Waddington
42 Terrorism 846
Nicola Weston and Martin Innes
Part VIII: Harms, Health and Safety
Introduction 865
43 Eco-crime and air pollution 867
Reece Walters

44 Corporate violence and harm 884
Steve Tombs
45 Driving offences 904
Claire Corbett
Index 930

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List of abbreviations
AAIPT Alliance Against Intellectual Property Theft
ACF Arson Control Forum
ACFE Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
ACMD Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
ACPO Association of Chief Police Officers
ADHD Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADL Anti-Defamation League
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AML anti-money laundering
ANPR Automatic Number Plate Recognition
APA American Psychological Association
APACS Association for Payment Clearing Services
APPG All Party Parliamentary Group
AQMA Air Quality Management Area
ARA Assets Recovery Agency

ASBO Anti-Social Behaviour Order
ASRO Addressing Substance Related Offending
ATM automated teller machine
AUC area under the curve
BAC blood alcohol concentration
BARK Brent Action for Responsible K9s
BAT best available techniques
BATNEEC best available techniques not entailing excessive cost
BCCI Bank of Credit and Commerce International
BCS British Crime Survey
BCU basic command unit
BDSM bondage, domination, sadism and masochism
BERR Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina
BJS Bureau of Justice Statistics (US)
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