New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law – serie
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Punishing Immigrants
Policy, Politics, and Injustice
Av Charis E. Kubrin, Marjorie S. Zatz m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
384 kr
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Arizona's controversial new immigration bill is just the latest of many steps in the new criminalization of immigrants. While many cite the presumed criminality of illegal aliens as an excuse for ever-harsher immigration policies, it has in fact been well-established that immigrants commit less …
Toward a Unified Criminology
Integrating Assumptions About Crime, People and Society
Av Robert Agnew
Inbunden, 2011
965 kr
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Why do people commit crimes? How do we control crime? The theories that criminologists use to answer these questions are built on a number of underlying assumptions, including those about the nature of crime, free will, human nature, and society. These assumptions have a fundamental impact on …
Toward a Unified Criminology
Integrating Assumptions About Crime, People and Society
Av Robert Agnew
Häftad, 2011
425 kr
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Why do people commit crimes? How do we control crime? The theories that criminologists use to answer these questions are built on a number of underlying assumptions, including those about the nature of crime, free will, human nature, and society. These assumptions have a fundamental impact on …
Clean Streets
Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order, and Building Community Activism
Inbunden, 2005
965 kr
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With the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. In Clean Streets, Patrick Carr draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago's South side to see how they tried …
Clean Streets
Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order, and Building Community Activism
Häftad, 2005
384 kr
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With the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. In Clean Streets, Patrick Carr draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago's South side to see how they tried …
Get a Job
Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime
Inbunden, 2014
894 kr
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Are the unemployed more likely to commit crimes? Does having a job make one less likely to commit a crime? Criminologists have found that individuals who are marginalized from the labor market are more likely to commit crimes, and communities with more members who are marginal to the labor market …
Get a Job
Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime
Häftad, 2014
425 kr
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Are the unemployed more likely to commit crimes? Does having a job make one less likely to commit a crime? Criminologists have found that individuals who are marginalized from the labor market are more likely to commit crimes, and communities with more members who are marginal to the labor market …
Community Criminology
Fundamentals of Spatial and Temporal Scaling, Ecological Indicators, and Selectivity Bias
Inbunden, 2015
753 kr
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For close to a century, the field of community criminology has examined the causes and consequences of community crime and delinquency rates. Nevertheless, there is still a lot we do not know about the dynamics behind these connections. In this book, Ralph Taylor argues that obstacles to deepening …
Gender and Crime
Patterns in Victimization and Offending
Av Karen Heimer, Candace Kruttschnitt
Inbunden, 2005
965 kr
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While rates of violent victimization have declined, women are still much more likely than men to be attacked by an intimate partner. Simultaneously, women's involvement in the criminal justice system, as arrestees and sentenced offenders, is increasing. Criminologists are struggling to understand …
Gender and Crime
Patterns in Victimization and Offending
Av Karen Heimer, Candace Kruttschnitt
Häftad, 2005
425 kr
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While rates of violent victimization have declined, women are still much more likely than men to be attacked by an intimate partner. Simultaneously, women's involvement in the criminal justice system, as arrestees and sentenced offenders, is increasing. Criminologists are struggling to understand …
Judging Juveniles
Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts
Häftad, 2006
340 kr
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2007 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award presented by the American Society of Criminology2007 American Society of Criminology Michael J. Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in CriminologyBy comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and …
Judging Juveniles
Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts
Inbunden, 2006
888 kr
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2007 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award presented by the American Society of Criminology2007 American Society of Criminology Michael J. Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in CriminologyBy comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and …
Punishing Immigrants
Policy, Politics, and Injustice
Av Charis E. Kubrin, Marjorie S. Zatz m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
965 kr
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Arizona's controversial new immigration bill is just the latest of many steps in the new criminalization of immigrants. While many cite the presumed criminality of illegal aliens as an excuse for ever-harsher immigration policies, it has in fact been well-established that immigrants commit less …
Getting Played
African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence
Av Jody Miller
Inbunden, 2008
965 kr
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2010 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the American Sociological Association; Race, Gender, and Class Section 2008 Finalist, The Society for the Study of Social Problems C. Wright Mills AwardDraws a vivid picture of the race and gender inequalities that harm young African …
Getting Played
African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence
Av Jody Miller
Häftad, 2008
425 kr
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2010 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the American Sociological Association; Race, Gender, and Class Section 2008 Finalist, The Society for the Study of Social Problems C. Wright Mills AwardDraws a vivid picture of the race and gender inequalities that harm young African …
Immigration and Crime
Ethnicity, Race, and Violence
Av Ramiro Martinez Jr., Abel Valenzuela, Jr.
Inbunden, 2006
1218 kr
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An essential collection that argues fears of immigrant crime are largely unfoundedThe original essays in this much-needed collection broadly assess the contemporary patterns of crime as related to immigration, race, and ethnicity. Immigration and Crime covers both a variety of immigrant …
Immigration and Crime
Ethnicity, Race, and Violence
Av Ramiro Martinez Jr., Abel Valenzuela, Jr.
Häftad, 2006
425 kr
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An essential collection that argues fears of immigrant crime are largely unfoundedThe original essays in this much-needed collection broadly assess the contemporary patterns of crime as related to immigration, race, and ethnicity. Immigration and Crime covers both a variety of immigrant …
Technology of Policing
Crime Mapping, Information Technology, and the Rationality of Crime Control
Inbunden, 2008
1218 kr
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With the rise of surveillance technology in the last decade, police departments now have an array of sophisticated tools for tracking, monitoring, even predicting crime patterns. In particular crime mapping, a technique used by the police to monitor crime by the neighborhoods in their geographic …
America's Safest City
Delinquency and Modernity in Suburbia
Inbunden, 2014
823 kr
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Winner of the American Society of Criminology 2015 Michael J. Hindelang Book Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology Since the mid-1990s, the fast-growing suburb of Amherst, NY has been voted by numerous publications as one of the safest places to live in America. …
America's Safest City
Delinquency and Modernity in Suburbia
Häftad, 2014
391 kr
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Winner of the American Society of Criminology 2015 Michael J. Hindelang Book Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology Since the mid-1990s, the fast-growing suburb of Amherst, NY has been voted by numerous publications as one of the safest places to live in America. …
Technology of Policing
Crime Mapping, Information Technology, and the Rationality of Crime Control
Häftad, 2011
425 kr
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With the rise of surveillance technology in the last decade, police departments now have an array of sophisticated tools for tracking, monitoring, even predicting crime patterns. In particular crime mapping, a technique used by the police to monitor crime by the neighborhoods in their geographic …
Many Colors of Crime
Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America
Av Lauren Krivo, Ruth D. Peterson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1218 kr
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In this authoritative volume, race and ethnicity are themselves considered as central organizing principles in why, how, where and by whom crimes are committed and enforced. The contributors argue that dimensions of race and ethnicity condition the very laws that make certain behaviors criminal, …
Many Colors of Crime
Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America
Av Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
425 kr
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In this authoritative volume, race and ethnicity are themselves considered as central organizing principles in why, how, where and by whom crimes are committed and enforced. The contributors argue that dimensions of race and ethnicity condition the very laws that make certain behaviors criminal, …
Punished
Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
Inbunden, 2011
1218 kr
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Honorable Mention, 2014 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award presented by the Society for the Study of Social Problems2012 Best Book Award, Latino/a Sociology Section, presented by the American Sociological Association2012 Finalist, C. Wright Mills Book Award presented by the Study of …
Punished
Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys
Häftad, 2011
384 kr
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Honorable Mention, 2014 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award presented by the Society for the Study of Social Problems2012 Best Book Award, Latino/a Sociology Section, presented by the American Sociological Association2012 Finalist, C. Wright Mills Book Award presented by the Study of …
After Life Imprisonment
Reentry in the Era of Mass Incarceration
Av Marieke Liem
Inbunden, 2016
1120 kr
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One out of every ten prisoners in the United States is serving a life sentence—roughly 130,000 people. While some have been sentenced to life in prison without parole, the majority of prisoners serving 'life' will be released back into society. But what becomes of those people who reenter the …
Politics of Crime Prevention
Race, Public Opinion, and the Meaning of Community Safety
Inbunden, 2023
926 kr
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An important understanding of the role public opinion plays in crime prevention policy"Defund the police." This slogan became a rallying cry among Black Lives Matter protesters following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020. These three words evoke a fundamental question about …
Politics of Crime Prevention
Race, Public Opinion, and the Meaning of Community Safety
Häftad, 2023
314 kr
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An important understanding of the role public opinion plays in crime prevention policy"Defund the police." This slogan became a rallying cry among Black Lives Matter protesters following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020. These three words evoke a fundamental question about …
We All Do the Time
Who Cares for Incarcerated Women and Why It Matters
Inbunden, 2026
1415 kr
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Breaks new ground by showing how women in prison and their families interact through prison boundariesAlthough women make up only 7% of the overall prison population in the US, their numbers are rising faster than men's, and yet little research has been done on their lives behind bars. In We All Do …
We All Do the Time
Who Cares for Incarcerated Women and Why It Matters
Häftad, 2026
365 kr
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Breaks new ground by showing how women in prison and their families interact through prison boundariesAlthough women make up only 7% of the overall prison population in the US, their numbers are rising faster than men's, and yet little research has been done on their lives behind bars. In We All Do …
