Crime and Criminal Justice in Disaster

by Dee Wood Harper

Book Overview

Crime and Criminal Justice in Disaster aims to answer two questions: Why do some people take advantage of the disruption that disaster causes to commit crime, and what can be done about it? The third edition of Crime and Criminal Justice in Disaster includes a complete updating of the chapters from the second edition and focuses on crime in the wake of recent disasters, including Hurricane Sandy, Typhoon Haiyan and the Ferguson riots. The authors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611637392
• ISBN13: 9781611637397
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 534 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"