Why do people hate? A world-leading criminologist explores the tipping point between prejudice and hate crime, analysing human behaviour across the globe and throughout history in this vital book.*'*This should be on the curriculum. A must read.' DR JULIE SMITH'A key text for how we live now.' DAVID BADDIEL'Wildly engrossing.' DARREN MCGARVEY'This is a world-changing book.' ALICE ROBERT...

Following the fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan in late 2001, members of the former regime and Al-Qaeda found refuge in Waziristan. Waziristan is a tribal area in Pakistan located along the border with Afghanistan whose majority ethnic Pashtun population has menaced every occupying power since Alexander the Great. The formidable terrain coupled with the fierce independent character of the Pashtun tribes has made Waziristan a difficult area for outsiders to subdue. Taliban and A...

There were more colons used in legislation in 2015 than there were words enacted in 1900. Using analysis from machine readings of all legislation enacted between 1900 and 2015, this book discusses the social impact of increasingly elastic legislative language on the contemporary workings of the British constitution.The hot-button debates of our time — from immigration to European integration, to the creeping power of judges — have, at their core, battles over what policy instructio...

Why do people hate? A world-leading criminologist explores the tipping point between prejudice and hate crime, analysing human behaviour across the globe and throughout history in this vital book.*'*This should be on the curriculum. A must read.' DR JULIE SMITH'A key text for how we live now.' DAVID BADDIEL'Wildly engrossing.' DARREN MCGARVEY'This is a world-changing book.' ALICE ROBERT...

This book looks at how the language of the law has changed over time, and how this has empowered judges. In particular it looks at how this has empowered judges to rule against governments.

Amidst the sensationalist claims about the dangers of the Internet, Virtually Criminal provides an empirically grounded criminological analysis of deviance and regulation within an online community. It integrates theory and empiricism to forge an explanation of cybercrime whilst offering new insights into online regulation.One of the first studies to further our understanding of the causes of cyber deviance, crime and its control, this groundbreaking study from Matthew Wil...

In 1629 something visited the parish of Feckenham. The events that followed were so terrifying that they never gained their place in the history books. Now in 2008, something seems to be wrong with Marie Watsons young children. Her father wont believe her and her mother is nearing the end of her tether. Marie feels utterly alone. But is she?

A shady corner in life can be a dark and mysterious place, but in the shady corners of the mind, the mystery and darkness know no bounds!In a struggle with his conscience and haunted by images of murder, David is given a choice to right the wrongs of his past.Can he cheat fate and avoid his future? Or is the evil that dwells within him more than it seems?Only one thing is certain . . .Fate can be cruel, but true evil can be brutal!

Behind the luxurious walls of an island palace, Prince Akiiki's life is peaceful—but that peace is shattered when he is kidnapped and, under dark of night, taken into the unforgiving brush. Forced to survive not only the harsh environment but the ever-present threat of danger, it's not long before he despairs of ever seeing his home again. But when he meets a traveling shaman, hope is restored. Will he survive the long, dangerous journey home? And if he does, will be ever be the same? The ...

When School's out. And summers in. Everybody at Glass Art. a elite boarding school. Can't wait for summer. Everybody, except for Benny Breezy. A piano prodigy. Who attends Glass Art. With his best friends. Simon, Mallory, Doyle and Nasser. Worried about next year. Since it will be there last year together. Benny sets out to have the best summer ever with his friends. His plans quickly change. After learning that. His, friends. Have other plans for the summer. He decides to go home for the ...

Space-sheriff Joe Corbit has just stumbled upon the greatest artifact in the history of the universe.Too bad it's a threat to our very existence.When a distress call leads Joe to the ruins of a lost, alien civilization, he finds an illegal archaeological dig underway. The Chinese Galactic Empire is working with the Martian mob to smuggle an artifact across state lines.One deadly shoot-out later, and Joe finds himself in possession of the curious trinket. His plan is...

A plague has wiped out more than 99% of earth's population. Less than 200,000 humans survive. Among them, only eighteen-year-old Kizzy Cartwright is capable of having children. But becoming a mother is not in her plans. When a violent mutation strikes the male population, the fate of the human race falls on Kizzy's shoulders. Rebooting UNCLE, an artificial intelligence hidden in the depths ...