Violence and childhood in the inner city
by McCord, Joan
fromCambridge criminology series
Violence and childhood in the inner city
by McCord, Joan
fromCambridge criminology series
"As crime rates inexorably rose during the tumultuous years of the 1970s, disputes over how to handle the violence sweeping the nation quickly escalated. James Q. Wilson redefined the public debate by offering a brilliant and provocative new argument that criminal activity is la…
Slicing through the emotional-but factually wrong-arguments of gun control advocates this book busts a number of myths, demonstrating with hard statistical data and riveting anecdotes.
Argues for looser restrictions on guns as an antidote for crime, attacking mandatory trigger locks and advocating more gun shows, among other radical moves.
This textbook analyzes the causes, dynamics, and nature of male crime and aggression. Written for both undergraduate and graduate level students, this textbook takes a multidisciplinary approach to male criminality. The study of crime and criminals has typically either focused s…
MALE CRIME AND DEVIANCE seeks to explore in-depth the types of offenses most identified with and committed by males, dynamics of male crime, characteristics of male offenders, how male criminality and delinquency compare with and differ from female delinquent and criminal behavi…
Looks at the circumstances surrounding the arrests of five hundred celebrities and other notorious figures over the past 150 years.
Looks at the circumstances surrounding the arrests of five hundred celebrities and other notorious figures over the past 150 years.
"Offering a rich introduction to how scholars analyze crime, Criminological Theory : Context and Consequences moves readers beyond a commonsense knowledge of crime to a deeper understanding of the importance of theory in shaping crime control policies. The Seventh Edition of the…
Offering a rich introduction to how scholars analyze crime, Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences moves readers beyond a commonsense knowledge of crime to a deeper understanding of the importance of theory in shaping crime control policies. The Seventh Edition of the a…
"A collection of newspaper stories by award-winning Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard--including "Dirty John," the basis for the hit podcast and the upcoming Bravo series.... Over two decades at newspapers from Florida to California, Goffard has reported probingly o…