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Gangs

Author(s): Mario L. Hesse, Christopher J. Przemieniecki

Explore the gang phenomenon with respect to the core components of the criminal justice system: the police, the courts, and corrections.Gangs specifically and sufficiently covers essential gang topics as well as groundbreaking information on new topics. This text presents a traditional and brief ove...

Justice & Society: An Introduction

Author(s): Grand Valley State University

Justice & Society: An Introduction introduces students to the study of crime and justice amd includes theories and methodologies from a variety of social science disciplines. In addition, it provides an introduction to the study of social control and to the origins of crime at individual, structural...

Criminal Investigations Theory and Practice

Author(s): Robert B. Wall, Peter Johnstone

Criminal Investigation: Theory and Practice is a new and novel approach to the science of criminal investigations.  The text is divided into three modules:Module 1(Chapters 1-6) present the basics of criminal investigation. The module includes crime scene processing, the initial response and crime s...

Introduction to Data Analysis for Criminal Justice

Author(s): Stephen Holmes, Bryan Holmes

This book is carefully constructed to allow students the chance to understand the research process. The first half of the class introduces students to general concepts and levels the playing field for those that may not have had a college-level statistics course before. Then we move to an analysis o...

Community Relations

Author(s): Colleen Harrington

The relationship between the community and the criminal justice system is an essential foundation for the protection of the community and the rights of each individual. This relationship has been challenging through history and remains so. The intricacies of the criminal justice system and community...

Case Studies of Murder: The Enigma of the American Serial Killer

Author(s): James Sparks

The goal of Case Studies of Murder: The Enigma of the American Serial Killer is to provide informative, qualitative case studies of those individuals who have been arrested and convicted of serial murder crimes in the United States. Each chapter is written with detailed narratives on specific indivi...

Advanced Criminology

Author(s): Thomas O'Connor

Advanced Criminology presents a complete and comprehensive account of advanced theoretical criminology. Theory, research, and policy are all covered within the book. The text not only covers the latest advances, but also provides “new directions” for all the traditional mainstream theories. The text...