Psychological Classification of the Adult Male Prison Inmate

Patricia Van Van Voorhis

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• This book describes and examines five psychological systems for classifying adult male prison inmates: 1) Warren's I-level; 2) Megargee's MMPI-Based C... Lees meer

Fear of Crime

Kenneth F Ferraro

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• An examination of the factors that contribute to the risk of being victimized, such as crime rates and environmental and personal variables Ferraro ex... Lees meer

Doing Justice in the People's Court

Jon'a Meyer, Paul Jesilow

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Jon'a Meyer is Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. Paul Jesilow is Associate Profess... Lees meer

Law, Psychology, and Justice

Christopher R Williams, Bruce A Arrigo

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• A provocative critique of the relationship between the legal system and psychology that uses chaos theory to offer a more humane alternative. Law, Psy... Lees meer

Harm in American Penology

Todd R Clear

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• This book analyzes the sources and results of the fourfold increase in the U.S. correctional population since 1970. It considers the following themes:... Lees meer

Discretion in Criminal Justice

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Lloyd E. Ohlin is Touroff-Glueck Professor of Criminal Justice Emeritus at Harvard Law School. Frank J. Remington is Professor of Law at the Universit... Lees meer

Policing Under Fire

Ronald Weitzer

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• A study of the conditions present in an ethnically divided society that affect police-community relations This book examines police-community relation... Lees meer

Psychological Jurisprudence

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• A critical look at the relationship between law and psychology. Psychological jurisprudence-or the use of psychology in the legal realm-relies on theo... Lees meer

Terrorism in America

Brent L Smith

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Using extensive records from federal district courts, national archives, the U.S. Sentencing Commission, and the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts,... Lees meer

Social Worlds of Sentencing

Jeffery T Ulmer

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Combines quantitative and qualitative data in a careful investigation of sentencing processes and context under Pennsylvania's sentencing guidelines. ... Lees meer

Constitutive Criminology at Work

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Provides the first applications of constitutive criminology, a theoretical framework inspired by postmodernism, to specific areas of criminological pr... Lees meer

Ethnicity, Race, and Crime

• Hardcover | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Researchers have long noted that rates of reported crime and punishment are higher for some ethnic and racial groups in the U.S. than for others. Comp... Lees meer

Race in the Jury Box

Hiroshi Fukurai, Richard Krooth

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Discusses race-conscious jury selection and highlights strategies for achieving racially mixed juries. Race in the Jury Box focuses on the racially un... Lees meer

Selective Incapacitation and Public Policy

Kathleen Auerhahn

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Using cutting-edge methodologies, this book evaluates California's measures to protect the public from dangerous criminals. From the 1970s to the new ... Lees meer

Gender, Ethnicity, and the State

Juanita Diaz-Cotto

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Examines the experiences of Latina and Latino prisoners in New York maximum security prisons, offering a realistic interpretation of the relationship ... Lees meer

Ethnicity, Race, and Crime

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Researchers have long noted that rates of reported crime and punishment are higher for some ethnic and racial groups in the U.S. than for others. Comp... Lees meer

Simple Theory, Hard Reality

Tamasak Wicharaya

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Evaluates the impact of tough sentencing reforms on the courts, prisons, and crime. It also unpacks the resulting policy implications. This book analy... Lees meer

Preparing Convicts for Law-Abiding Lives

Daniel Glaser

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• This analysis of corrections' pioneer Richard A. McGee draws upon his many lucid writings, on comments by those who worked closely with him, and on in... Lees meer

The French Connection in Criminology

Bruce A Arrigo, Dragan Milovanovic, Robert Carl Schehr

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Brings the insights of postmodernism to the concerns of criminology and includes examples of how social theory can function in the real-world realm of... Lees meer

A Profile of Correctional Effectiveness and New Directions for Research

Ted Palmer

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• This book summarizes and integrates a vast body of previously unintegrated research regarding the effectiveness of correctional intervention, which em... Lees meer

Citizen Perspectives on Community Policing

Brian N Williams

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• Examines the perspectives of inner-city residents in Athens, Georgia on policing, community policing, and the co-production of law enforcement. Assess... Lees meer

Organizational Structure in American Police Agencies

Edward R Maguire

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• A new theory accounts for the characteristics of individual police departments. Although most large police organizations perform the same tasks, there... Lees meer

Punishing the Mentally Ill

Bruce A Arrigo

• Paperback | Engels | Suny New Directions in Crime and Justice Studies
• A provocative exploration of a wide range of controversies in mental health law, this book argues that the criminal justice system punishes citizens f... Lees meer