Criminology and Criminal Justice
Sentencing guidelines, adopted by many states in recent decades, are intended to eliminate the impact of bias based on factors ranging from a criminal’s ethnicity or gender to the More >
Is there a place for punishment in restorative justice? Can restorative justice be applied to a full range of offenses? Ross London answers both questions with an unequivocal yes. London More >
The media frequently hype the notion that US prisons, overcrowded and understaffed, are deadly places. Are they correct? How many people actually die in prison, and from what causes? Who are More >
Good Cop/Bad Cop offers the first extended review of the influence of the mass media on local and federal law enforcement in the US. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach and drawing More >
This acclaimed textbook insightfully frames the problem of crime in relation to class, race, gender, culture, and history. More >
How is the racial divide in US society reflected in the practices of the nation's criminal justice system? Documenting a persistent pattern of institutionalized racial and ethnic More >
From jubilant sports fans celebrating a victory to angry political protestors, crowds create volatile situations that can all too often result in violence or property destruction. Preventing More >
Christopher Mallett explores developmental pathways to juvenile delinquency, disentangling key risk factors for offending—and not least, showing how contact with the justice system may More >
Police forces in Latin America historically have been regarded as hopelessly corrupt, inefficient, and even abusive. More recently, however, there have been clear signs that police reforms More >
Despite being deemed an illegal activity, participation in sexual activity behind prison walls is a frequent occurrence. Catherine Marcum and Tammy Castle provide a comprehensive study of More >
How did Mexico and Central America become a lawless corridor for conveying narcotics into the United States? How did the drug cartels rise to power, succeeding in institutionalizing the More >
How does politics shape US government policies to control crime? How does the criminal justice system affect the activities of political actors? This lively text provides an overview of More >
Thefts of and from autos are among the most commonly reported crimes, and they account for the highest losses among property crimes that target individuals (except for arson). But according More >
What happens when a prison inmate gets out on parole? What factors determine who stays out of prison—and whose paroles get revoked? In this classic participant-observer study of the More >
Presenting new research on the crime of identity theft, the authors of this volume focus on situational measures to protect sensitive personal information. More >
