Shattered Justice

Kimberly J Cook

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Shattered Justice presents original crime victims' experiences with violent crime, investigations and trials, and later exonerations in their cases. U... Lees meer

Sex Offenders, Stigma, and Social Control

Diana Rickard

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• The 1990s witnessed a flurry of legislative initiatives-most notably, "Megan's Law"-designed to control a population of sex offenders (child abusers) ... Lees meer

The Forgotten Men

Margaret E Leigey

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Today there are approximately fifty thousand prisoners in American prisons serving life without parole, having been found guilty of crimes ranging fro... Lees meer

Crimes of Power & States of Impunity

Michael Welch

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Since 9/11, a new configuration of power situated at the core of the executive branch of the U.S. government has taken hold. In Crimes of Power & Stat... Lees meer

Addicted to Rehab

Allison McKim

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Winner of the 2018 Book Award from the American Society of Criminology's Division of Critical Criminology and Social Justice Winner of the 2018 Book o... Lees meer

Mean Lives, Mean Laws

Susan F Sharp

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Oklahoma has long held the dubious honor of having the highest female incarceration rate in the country, nearly twice the national average. In this co... Lees meer

Mass Deception

Scott A Bonn

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• The attacks of 9/11 led to a war on Iraq, although there was neither tangible evidence that the nation's leader, Saddam Hussein, was linked to Osama b... Lees meer

Tough on Hate?

Clara S Lewis

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Why do we know every gory crime scene detail about such victims as Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. and yet almost nothing about the vast majority o... Lees meer

Neither Villain Nor Victim

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Female drug addicts are often stereotyped either as promiscuous, lazy, and selfish, or as weak, scared, and trapped into addiction. These depictions t... Lees meer

Compassionate Confinement

Laura S Abrams, Ben Anderson-Nathe

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Received an Honorable Mention for the 2015 Society for Social Work and Research Outstanding Social Work Book Award To date, knowledge of the everyday ... Lees meer

Tough on Hate?

Clara S Lewis

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Why do we know every gory crime scene detail about such victims as Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. and yet almost nothing about the vast majority o... Lees meer

The Forgotten Men

Margaret E Leigey

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Today there are approximately fifty thousand prisoners in American prisons serving life without parole, having been found guilty of crimes ranging fro... Lees meer

Murder Town, USA

Yasser Arafat Payne, Brooklynn K Hitchens, Darryl L Chambers

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Far too many poor Black communities struggle with gun violence and homicide. The result has been the unnatural contortion of Black families and the in... Lees meer

The Last Neighborhood Cops

Fritz Umbach

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• In recent years, community policing has transformed American law enforcement by promising to build trust between citizens and officers. Today, three-q... Lees meer

Shattered Justice

Kimberly J Cook

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Shattered Justice presents original crime victims' experiences with violent crime, investigations and trials, and later exonerations in their cases. U... Lees meer

Dangerous Exits

Walter Dekeseredy

• Hardcover | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Decade after decade, violence against women has gained more attention from scholars, policy makers, and the general public. Social scientists in parti... Lees meer

State-Corporate Crime

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Enron, Haliburton, ExxonValdez, "shock and awe"-their mere mention brings forth images of scandal, collusion, fraud, and human and environmental destr... Lees meer

Way Down in the Hole

Angela J Hattery, Earl Smith

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Based on ethnographic observations and interviews with prisoners, correctional officers, and civilian staff conducted in solitary confinement units, W... Lees meer

Life after Death Row

Saundra D Westervelt

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Life after Death Row examines the post-incarceration struggles of individuals who have been wrongly convicted of capital crimes, sentenced to death, a... Lees meer

Schools Under Surveillance

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Schools under Surveillance gathers together some of the very best researchers studying surveillance and discipline in contemporary public schools. Sur... Lees meer

The Methamphetamine Industry in America

Henry H Brownstein, Timothy M Mulcahy, Johannes Huessy

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• Galax, a small Virginia town at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, was one of the first places that Henry H. Brownstein, Timothy M. Mulcahy, and Jo... Lees meer

Wrongly Convicted

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• The American criminal justice system contains numerous safeguards to prevent the conviction of innocent persons. The Bill of Rights provides nineteen ... Lees meer

The Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma

Andrea M Leverentz

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• 2014 Choice Outstanding Academic Title When a woman leaves prison, she enters a world of competing messages and conflicting advice. Staff from prison,... Lees meer

Big Prisons, Big Dreams

Michael Lynch

• Paperback | Engels | Critical Issues in Crime and Society
• The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. This doesn't surprise Michael J... Lees meer