Varieties of Criminology

Gregg Barak

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy
• Whether criminologists position themselves in the left or right of the field, the reality common to their work involves a reconsideration of virtually... Lees meer

War Stories

Susann Walens

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy
• Here is Gregory, who spent two years in solitary confinement before he was convicted of any crime; here is Ethiop, who was imprisoned for homicide des... Lees meer

A History of Federal Crime Control Initiatives, 1960-1993

Nancy E Marion

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy
• This history of American crime policy at the federal level compiles and examines for the first time the record of recent presidential administrations ... Lees meer

Critical Criminology at the Edge

Dragan Milovanovic

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy
• This study introduces key emerging perspectives in postmodern analysis and discusses how they might be integrated, synthesized, and applied in crimino... Lees meer

Victimizing Vulnerable Groups

Charisse Coston

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy
• Victimization varies across the population. Selected characteristics of some individuals and groups make them more vulnerable to crime than others. Th... Lees meer

The Sociology of Shoplifting

Lloyd Klemke

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy
• In this absorbing study, Lloyd Klemke provides an up-to-date review and analysis of the sociological research and theoretical work on shoplifting. The... Lees meer

Asphalt Justice

John Raymond Cook

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy
• The current emphasis on get tough approaches to crime has had and will continue to have a disastrous impact on society as a whole. Cook, who has worke... Lees meer

Rethinking White-Collar Crime

Tony G Poveda

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy
• This is a review and synthesis of the literature on white-collar crime. It is an attempt to encourage critical thought about the nature of crime, law,... Lees meer

The Psychopathology of Serial Murder

Stephen Giannangelo

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy
• In this book, criminologist Stephen Giannangelo offers an original theory of the origins and development of the serial murderer. The author constructs... Lees meer

Chaos, Criminology, and Social Justice

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy
• Chaos theory challenges the presumption that the cosmos is orderly, linear, and predictable--but it does not imply pure randomness and chance events. ... Lees meer

American Skinheads

Mark S Hamm

• Hardcover | Engels | Praeger Criminology and Crime Control Policy
• American Skinheads is the first criminological analysis of organized hate crime violence. Mark Hamm presents historical specificity for a modern theor... Lees meer