BOOKS
The ten papers in this anthology discuss how to expand the impact of problem-oriented policing on the everyday worold of policing and crime prevention. More >
The theme of Volume 16 in the Crime Prevention Studies series is the development and application of theory for use in situational crime prevention. The theoretical perspectives and More >
In 1986, Mordechai Vanunu, a technician at Israel's highly secret nuclear arms research center at Dimona, disclosed highly classified details about Israel's nuclear arms program to More >
Can local, small-scale development successes can be scaled up to create wider, long-term benefits? Focusing on this question, the chapters in Development and Agroforestry, drawn from the More >
The authors of Development and Cities focus on the political, social, and economic viability of new or alternative approaches to urban management in the South that aim to increase More >
Alan Hedley argues that, although for centuries technological innovation allowed humanity to gain increasing control over its fate, the trajectory of that control is now—due to More >
What are the social dimensions of sustainable development? Why are they important? Can agreement be reached on what constitutes progress? How can progress most effectively be brought about? More >
While many microfinance organizations started as NGOs, there is now a growing movement for them to transform into regulated, for-profit entities. Concurrently, commercial banks, credit More >
