Books from Roxbury Publishing Company
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Policing Communities: Understanding Crime and Solving Problems : an Anthology
By Kenneth J. Peak, Ronald W. Glensor, Mark E. CorreiaThis reading by S. Greenberg begins by identifying 36 issues considered by police executives to be important for the future . Certainly these broad questions loom large for today's police executives — how to implement community policing ...
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Social Theory: Roots and Branches : Readings
By Peter Kivisto53 Philosophy and Critical Theory Herbert Marcuse Herbert Marcuse ( 1898–1979 ) was one of the key figures associated with the critical theory developed at the Frankfurt School between World Wars I and II .
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The Essential Sociologist: An Introduction
By Beth B. Hess, Peter J. Stein, Susan A. Farrell... 442 Sullivan , Maureen 199 , 442 Sutherland , Edwin H. 76 , 442 Swanson , Guy 68 , 442 Swinford , Steven P. 63 , 192 , 442 Swingle , Joseph 120 , 429 Swisher , Karin 100 , 442 Vallas , Steven P. 215 , 424 Van Dyke , Nella 398 Vannoy ...
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Together: Communicating Interpersonally: A Social Construction Approach
By John Stewart, Karen E. Zediker, Saskia WittebornThe Sixth Edition of Together: Communicating Interpersonally (A Social Construction Approach) brings lead author John Stewart together with award-winning colleagues Karen Zediker and Saskia Witteborn to continue the book's traditional ...
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Sex, Drugs, and the Continuing Spread of AIDS
By James A. Inciardi, Clyde B. McCoyThe book covers the nature and origins of AIDS, its social dimensions and impact on people and institutions, and alternatives for reducing the continuing spread of the disease.
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Making Connections: Readings in Relational Communications
By Pamela J. Cooper, Kathleen M. GalvinThis new edition offers a well-rounded discussion of the links between communication and relationships, including verbal and nonverbal communication as well as listening.
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Symbols, Selves, and Social Reality: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach to Social Psychology and Sociology
By Gary Alan Fine, Kent L. Sandstrom, Daniel D. MartinIt is designed to introduce students to the perspective of symbolic interactionism in only one semester. No date is noted for the first edition; the se
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Families, Delinquency, and Crime: Linking Society's Most Basic Institution to Antisocial Behavior
By Ronald L. Simons, Leslie Gordon Simons, Lora Ebert WallaceThe authors (of the U. of Georgia and Western Illinois U.) review and evaluate sociological, criminological, and psychological literature on the link between family life and antisocial behavior. They offer...
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Police Management
By Roy R. Roberg, Jack L. KuykendallPresents an interdisciplinary approach to police management, achieving a balance between theory and practice. This text offers students and those interested in managing police organizations an analytic approach to police...
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Criminal Evidence: An Introduction
By Craig Hemmens, John L. WorrallFocuses on the most important aspects of evidence law as it relates to criminal justice. This book covers various areas, such as the forms of evidence, the hearsay rule and...
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The Modern Gang Reader
By Malcolm W. Klein, Jody Miller, Cheryl Lee MaxsonThe Modern Gang Reader
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Our Voices: Essays in Culture, Ethnicity, and Communication
By Marsha Houston, Victoria Chen"Our Voices: Essays in Culture, Ethnicity, and Communication examines intercultural communication through an array of cultural and personal perspectives, with each of its contributors writing a first-person account of his...
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Contemporary Policing: Controversies, Challenges, and Solutions : an Anthology
By Quint Thurman, Jihong ZhaoThis book presents a broad range of up-to-date articles on new policing strategies, promising approaches to the problem of crime, challenges facing the police from within and outside the organization, policing innovations, and issues of ...
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Criminal Justice Case Briefs: Cases in Juvenile Justice
By Craig Hemmens, Benjamin Steiner, David Mueller"Criminal justice case briefs: significant cases in juvenile justice is comprehensive in its treatment of juvenile law, covering all of the major cases in the area.
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The Constitutional and Legal Rights of Women: Cases in Law and Social Change
By Leslie Friedman Goldstein, Judith A. BaerThe Constitutional and Legal Rights of Women: Cases in Law and Social Change is designed to provide undergraduate students with a comprehensive, sophisticated treatment of the legal status of all...
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Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class: Readings for a Changing Landscape
By Marcia Texler Segal, Theresa A. MartinezIntersections of Gender, Race, and Class: Readings for a Changing Landscape
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Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Control
By Robert Agnew[In this book, the author offers] key theoretical and conceptual issues in the field and includes all of the information that is relevant and timely in a juvenile delinquency text. [It also] offers f ... how criminologists conduct their ...
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Police & Society
By John P. Crank, Roy R. Roberg, Jack L. KuykendallPolice & Society
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Sociology: Windows on Society
By John W. HeerenSociology: Windows on Society
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Life Without Parole: Living in Prison Today
By Victor HassineIn 1981 Victor Hassine was sentenced to prison for life without parole for a capital offense. This book is an insightful look at conditions of confinement and prison life in...