Life Without Parole: Living in Prison Today
This book examines the nature of imprisonment in the U.S. warehouse prisons through a study of Solano State Prison, a new California middle-range institution, where new technologies and prison regimes...
Gendered Worlds
For centuries the biological sciences have dissected, measured, and probed the human body as a product of nature. But from a feminist perspective, the human body is a social production....
Provides a comprehensive set of readings in the field of intelligence studies. This anthology spans a range of topics, from how the United States gathers and interprets information collected around...
The American Drug Scene
The focus is on the contemporary US, but some historical material is also included. Students are not assumed to have studied sociology before. The first edition was published in 2001. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc.
The Fourth Edition has been updated, expanded, and reorganized to reflect the changing field of relational communication. New essays address emerging topics such as anti-comforting messages, friendship in urban tribes,...
A collection of original essays addressing theories of criminal behavior that is written at a level appropriate for undergraduate students. This book offers section introductions that provide a historical background...
Exploring Criminal Justice: An Introduction
A A Closer Look Scapegoating America's Teenagers : Myths and Realities Age discrimination is not always aimed at the elderly . In The Scapegoat Generation : America's War on Adolescents , Mike Males shows that from 1970 to the mid1990s ...
"This book focuses on what is probably the most frequently asked question about crime: Why do criminals offend?
Incremental Method: This text encourages a "building-blocks" incremental approach to developing communication skills. Student Speeches: The book is replete with new examples from recent student speeches.
Selected Florida Criminal Statutes to Accompany Criminal Law
Academics and practitioners juxtapose opposing arguments on 30 current controversies in criminal justice for the benefit of students entering the field. They cover the broad themes of the nature of...
Offers an introduction to policing in the United States. This text - both descriptive and analytical in nature - covers the process of policing, police behavior, organization, operations, and historical perspectives.
Simple Statistics: Applications in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Understanding Intercultural Communication
Introduces the foundational ideas and concepts of interpersonal communication and applies them to issues and events relevant to college student population.
In order to demonstrate formal and informal communication practices in a variety of organizational processes, Keyton (communication studies, University of Kansas) and Shockley-Zalabak (communication, University of Colorado) provide 33 cases...