Bøger af Kevin Marsh

The Royal Parks of London are safe green spaces enjoyed by many thousands of people, but when the body of a young woman is discovered in Hyde Park, the harmonious balance between nature and recreation is disturbed.Newly promoted Detective Inspector Isobel Woods is tasked with leading the investigation, then elements of a previous case threatens her wellbeing forcing her to prove to a new boss that she is fit to lead her team.Things rarely go to plan and the situation escalates when the killer strikes again. Unexpectedly, a web of abuse, fraud and deceit is exposed and as they investigate further Woods and her colleagues' lives are endangered.With resources stretched to the limit, the team must keep themselves and the public safe.What other surprises will be uncovered before the investigation reaches a satisfactory conclusion?

This is the story of a young, working class man almost invisible to history. He went to war in 1915. By the end of that year, nothing of him remained.Today, a few scraps of paper that are almost dust are all that we have to try to find out about his short life.

Criminal justice programs, to be adopted in today's climate, need demonstrate not only efficacy but return on tax dollars invested. Cost-benefit analysis, the economist's tool for determining the price of outcomes, yields a single metric that allows different interventions to be compared directly. Yet CBA is difficult, even controversial, to apply to crime control, as it involves placing monetary value on intangibles such as pain, suffering, well-being, and human life. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Crime Control guides researchers through cost collection, design of bias-free studies, measurement of effects, approaches to estimating program benefits, and methods for combining the elements into a unified analysis