CRIMINOLOGY. Thorough. Engaging. Distinctive. 'From the moment you begin to study criminology, you should consider yourself a criminologist' Stephen Case, chapter 2 Criminology is a core, introductory textbook that takes students further. From the first chapter, students are encouraged to regard themselves as producers of criminological knowledge. Starting from the basics, the book takes students on a journey through the subject. This begins with what crime is and the theories that try to explain it, through society's response to crime, and ultimately to how to carry out independent research and plan first steps in a career. The critical, applied approach is emphasized through some of the many features that are integrated throughout the book. These include conversations with authentic voices from the field, compelling personal insights from the authors, and challenges to students to question assumptions, apply knowledge and critically reflect on their personal viewpoints. The ultimate goal behind Criminology is a bold, important, and ambitious one. Both student-focused and research engaged, the purpose of the book is to contribute towards producing the next generation of criminologists who are switched-on, excited, active, and - above all - critical. Online Resource Centre Criminology is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre containing the following resources: - Selected further readings and web links - Mini video lectures from the authors - Recordings of discussions between the authors on key areas of debate

Criminology

Politics & Social Sciences

JOHNSON, Philip

Manlow, David

Williams, Katherine

Case, Stephen

Smith, Roger

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

Youth Justice: A Critical Introduction

Routledge

This book provides a comprehensive, student-friendly and critical introduction to youth justice in England and Wales, offering a balanced evaluation of its development, rationale, nature and evidence base. It explores the evolution of definitions and explanations of youth offending and examines the responses to it that constitute youth justice. 
Bringing together theory, policy and practice, this book provides a balanced exposition of contemporary youth justice debates, including detailed discussions of governmental rationales, policy developments, practical issues and an extensive evaluation of critical academic positions. It includes a range of features designed to engage and inspire students: 
‘Stop and think’: Activities challenging students to reflect on important issues. 
‘Conversations’: Discussions of key themes and issues from the perspectives and experiences of relevant stakeholders, including policy makers and activists. 
‘Telling it like it is’: Testimonies giving voice to the personalised, subjective and contentious viewpoints of youth justice influencers. 
‘Controversies and debates’: Prompts to stimulate students to question and critique established knowledge and understanding by considering alternative angles. 
‘Recurring theme alerts’: Boxes flagging recurring themes in the developing construction of youth offending and youth justice. 
The new edition has been fully revised and updated and includes discussion of revised National Standards in Youth Justice, the new ‘Child First’ strategic objective for youth justice, the ‘trauma informed practice’ movement, the impact of coronavirus on children in the Youth Justice System and the continued impact of austerity on policy and practice. 
This book is essential reading for students taking courses in youth justice, youth offending, youth crime, youth work and social policy.

Youth Justice

Treacherous Beauty is the first popular biography of an eighteenth-century society girl named Peggy Shippen—close friend of a British spymaster and wife of Benedict Arnold—and how she was instrumental to the treasonous plot to sabotage the American Revolution.

Treacherous Beauty: Peggy Shippen, The Woman Behind Benedict Arnold's Plot To Betray America

History

Jacob, Mark

Americas

LYONS PRESS+

Histories of the Revolutionary War have long honored heroines such as Betsy Ross, Abigail Adams, and Molly Pitcher. Now, more than two centuries later, comes the first biography of one of the war's most remarkable women, a beautiful Philadelphia society girl named Peggy Shippen. While war was raging between England and its rebellious colonists, Peggy befriended a suave British officer and then married a crippled revolutionary general twice her age. She brought the two men together in a treasonous plot that nearly turned George Washington into a prisoner and changed the course of the war. Peggy Shippen was Mrs. Benedict Arnold. After the conspiracy was exposed, Peggy managed to convince powerful men like Washington and Alexander Hamilton of her innocence. The Founding Fathers were handicapped by the common view that women lacked the sophistication for politics or warfare, much less treason. And Peggy took full advantage. Peggy was to the American Revolution what the fictional Scarlett O'Hara was to the Civil War: a woman whose survival skills trumped all other values. Had she been a man, she might have been arrested, tried, and executed. And she might have become famous. Instead, her role was minimized and she was allowed to recede into the background-with a generous British pension in hand. In Treacherous Beauty, Mark Jacob and Stephen H. Case tell the true story of Peggy Shippen, a driving force in a conspiracy that came within an eyelashof dooming the American democracy.

Treacherous Beauty: Peggy Shippen, the Woman behind Benedict Arnold's Plot to Betray America

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Making Stars Physical offers the first extensive look at the astronomical career of John Herschel, son of William Herschel and one of the leading scientific figures in Britain throughout much of the nineteenth century. Herschel’s astronomical career is usually relegated to a continuation of his father, William’s, sweeps for nebulae. However, as Stephen Case argues, John Herschel was pivotal in establishing the sidereal revolution his father had begun: a shift of attention from the planetary system to the study of nebulous regions in the heavens and speculations on the nature of the Milky Way and the sun’s position within it. Through John Herschel’s astronomical career—in particular his work on constellation reform, double stars, and variable stars—the study of stellar objects became part of mainstream astronomy. He leveraged his mathematical expertise and his position within the scientific community to make sidereal astronomy accessible even to casual observers, allowing amateurs to make useful observations that could contribute to theories on the nature of stars. With this book, Case shows how Herschel’s work made the stars physical and laid the foundations for modern astrophysics.

Making Stars Physical: The Astronomy of Sir John Herschel

University of Pittsburgh Press

Creatures of Reason: John Herschel and the Invention of Science

Professionals & Academics

With the discovery of faster-than-light travel, humanity has begun its exploration of the galaxy. When a military fleet discovers the ancient ruins of an extinct alien civilization, it is heralded as the first proof of intelligent life away from Earth. However, when a medical regeneration pod accidentally revives alien tissue and awakens something shockingly destructive, the fleet transmits a single terrifying distress call before going silent. 
A team of scientists is assembled to find the casualties, including a young entanglement expert who is struggling with the knowledge her sister is one of the missing. As her team gets closer to the horror that is the remains of the fleet, she realizes that some things are better left unfound. 
A cosmic horror inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. --------------------------
“Help us. We’ve gone too far...” When the military’s largest space fleet disappears with a single terrifying transmission, the best and brightest are recruited to find out what happened. Beka Grales, a young quantum entanglement expert whose only sister was stationed on the missing fleet, struggles along with her team to decipher their only clues: the encrypted memories of the lost soldiers. Meanwhile across the galaxy, two young twin girls awaken from visions of ghastly souls pleading for help. Night after night the girls are drawn deeper into their dreams as they communicate with these lost beings. As their mother, Cam Dowager, realizes the lost souls are connected to the missing fleet, she works frantically to hide the twins and their knowledge from the increasingly desperate military. Despite the military’s sole focus on recovering their ships, Beka and Cam begin to realize the horrifying truth…that the Fleet, and the creature that has taken control of it, must never be found again.
This novel is the full compilation of the First Fleet Series by Stephen Case and includes: First Fleet 1: Bones First Fleet 2: Wake First Fleet 3: Descent First Fleet 4: Memory You can read First Fleet #1 - Bones for free! Download it on Amazon.com and if you enjoy it, come back to download the full book!

First Fleet #1-4: The Complete Saga

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Retrofit Publishing

The Christian faith is filled with mystery, from the Trinity and the Incarnation to the smaller mysteries found in some of the strange and unexplained passages of the Bible: Behemoth and Leviathan, nephilim and seraphim, heroes and giants and more. There is no reason for fiction engaging with Christianity to be more tidy and theologically precise than the faith itself. Here you will find challenging fantasy, science fiction, and horror stories that wrestle with tough questions and refuse to provide easy answers or censored depictions of a broken world, characters whose deeds are as obscene as their words and people who meet bad ends—sometimes deserved and sometimes not. But there are also hope, grace, and redemption, though even they can burn like fire. Join us as we rediscover the mysteries of the Christian faith. Featuring stories by Daniel Southwell, Stephen Case, Bret Carter, H. L. Fullerton, David Tallerman, James Beamon, Robert B Finegold MD, Pauline J. Alama, J. S. Bangs, Kenneth Schneyer, Christian Leithart, F. R. Michaels, Rachael K. Jones, S. Q. Eries, Beth Cato, G. Scott Huggins, Laurel Amberdine, Joanna Michal Hoyt, Mike Barretta, Sarah Ellen Rogers. Publisher's Note: Mysterion does not adhere to CBA content guidelines.

Mysterion: Rediscovering the Mysteries of the Christian Faith

Religion & Spirituality

Tallerman, David

Finegold MD, Robert B

Beamon, James

Carter, Bret

Crankshaw, Donald S.

Janz, Kristin

Southwell, Daniel

Fullerton, H. L.

Alama, Pauline J.

Christian Books & Bibles

Enigmatic Mirror Press

This book provides a comprehensive, student-friendly and critical introduction to youth justice in England and Wales, offering a balanced evaluation of its development, rationale, nature and evidence base. It explores the evolution of definitions and explanations of youth offending and examines the responses to it that constitute youth justice. Bringing together theory and practice, this book provides a balanced exposition of contemporary youth justice debates, including detailed discussions of governmental rationales and practical issues and an extensive evaluation of critical academic positions. It includes a range of features designed to engage and inspire students:  ‘Stop and think’: Activities challenging students to reflect on important issues. ‘Conversations’: Discussions of key themes and issues from the perspectives and experiences of relevant stakeholders, including policy makers and activists. ‘Telling it like it is’: Testimonies giving voice to the personalised, subjective and contentious viewpoints of youth justice influencers. ‘Controversies and debates’: Prompts to stimulate students to question and critique established knowledge and understanding by considering alternative angles. ‘Recurring theme alerts’: Boxes flagging up recurring themes in the developing construction of youth offending and youth justice. This book is essential reading for students taking courses in youth justice, youth offending, youth crime, youth work and social policy.

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