Criminology and Justice Studies

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1. Human Trafficking

   Interdisciplinary Perspectives

   By Mary C. Burke

   Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

   The practice of one human being exploiting another in slavery-like conditions is not new. Today, it is called human trafficking. Social, political, and economic forces over the past 60 years have changed how and why this human rights abuse occurs. In order to solve this or any social problem, it is...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. Wrongful Convictions and Miscarriages of Justice

   Causes and Remedies in North American and European Criminal Justice Systems

   Edited by C. Ronald Huff, Martin Killias

   Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

   This innovative work builds on Huff and Killias’ earlier publication (2008), but is broader and more thoroughly comparative in a number of important ways: (1) while focusing heavily on wrongful convictions, it places the subject of wrongful convictions in the broader contextual framework of...

   Published February 25th 2013 by Routledge
3. Crime and the Life Course

   2nd Edition

   By Michael Benson

   Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

   In recent years, the lifecourse perspective has become a popular theoretical orientation toward crime. Yet despite its growing importance in the field of criminology, most textbooks give it only cursory treatment. Crime and the Lifecourse: An Introduction by Michael L. Benson provides a...

   Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
4. Voices from Criminal Justice

   Thinking and Reflecting on the System

   Edited by Heith Copes, Mark Pogrebin

   Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

   This innovative text/reader for undergraduate criminal justice courses in the United States provides a companion or alternative to traditional texts. Instead of providing a "catalog of information" this book gives students rich insights into what it is like to work within the system (as...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
5. When Crime Appears

   The Role of Emergence

   Edited by Jean McGloin, Christopher Sullivan, Leslie Kennedy

   Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

   In recent years, the idea of emergence, which suggests that observed patterns in behavior and events are not fully reductive and stem from complex lower-level interactions, has begun to take hold in the social sciences. Criminologists have started to use this framework to improve our general...

   Published October 18th 2011 by Routledge
6. A Theory of African American Offending

   Race, Racism, and Crime

   By James Unnever, Shaun L. Gabbidon

   Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

   A little more than a century ago, the famous social scientist W.E.B. Du Bois asserted that a true understanding of African American offending must be grounded in the "real conditions" of what it means to be black living in a racial stratified society. Today and according to official statistics,...

   Published February 27th 2011 by Routledge
7. Corrections

   Foundations for the Future, 2nd Edition

   By Jeanne B. Stinchcomb

   Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

   "Jeanne Stinchcomb’s book makes an excellent contribution to the field of corrections serving as a substantial resource for those teaching corrections and as a practical inspiration for those students who will ultimately lead the profession. Stinchomb carefully crafts a balanced perspective that...

   Published February 10th 2011 by Routledge
8. Community Policing

   A Police-Citizen Partnership

   By Michael Palmiotto

   Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

   This textbook discusses the role of community-oriented policing, including the police image, public expectations, ethics in law enforcement, community wellness, civilian review boards, and what the community can do to help decrease crime rates. In addition, the author covers basic interpersonal...

   Published January 9th 2011 by Routledge
9. The New Criminal Justice

   American Communities and the Changing World of Crime Control

   Edited by John Klofas, Natalie Kroovand Hipple, Edmund McGarrell

   Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

   Criminal Justice in the United States is in the midst of momentous changes: an era of low crime rates not seen since the 1960s, and a variety of budget crunches also exerting profound impacts on the system. This is the first book available to chronicle these changes and suggest a new, emerging...

   Published February 22nd 2010 by Routledge
10. Criminological Perspectives on Race and Crime

    2nd Edition

    By Shaun L. Gabbidon

    Series: Criminology and Justice Studies

    Ideal for use in either crime theory or race and crime courses, this is the only text to look at the array of explanations for crime as they relate to racial and ethnic groups. Each chapter begins with a historical review of each theoretical perspective and how its original formulation and more...

    Published February 18th 2010 by Routledge