Elementary Statistics in Behavioral Research

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Levin, Jack

Fox, James Alan

Harkins, Stephen

Psychology & Counseling

Harpercollins College Div

This thoroughly revised and updated text is about the circumstances in which people kill one another. Authored by renowned experts, WILL TO KILL, THE: MAKING SENSE OF SENSELESS MURDER, 4/e reviews homicide laws, introduces theories purporting to explain murder, and presents up-to-date statistical data identifying homicide patterns and trends. It covers topics ranging from domestic and workplace homicide to cult and hate killings; murder committed by juveniles to serial slayings. Finally, it examines criminal justice responses to homicide, including the strategies and tactics employed to apprehend, prosecute, and punish killers. Virtually every chapter in this edition has undergone significant revision. In particular, this edition reflects recent legislative changes and Supreme Court decisions, includes new case examples, and contains extensively expanded discussions of family and school homicide.

The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder (4th Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Quinet, Kenna

Levin, Jack A.

Social Sciences

Pearson

Elementary Statistics in Criminal Justice Research Value Package (includes SPSS 14.0 Student Version)

Forde, David R.

Allyn&Bacon

Written by well-known experts, this book employs the general notion of power and control as a central and unifying thesis for understanding why people kill.  Presents a classification of homicide theories, examining "the will to kill" from various perspectives. Several case studies are included in each chapter, often well-known examples drawn from recent headlines. Discusses current related controversies such as gun control, the insanity defense, and the death penalty. For anyone interested in criminology.

The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder

The best-selling book, Elementary Statistics in Social Research, 7/e, has been adapted to provide a broad and accessible introduction to statistics for criminal justice enthusiasts. This straightforward book written specifically for criminal justice helps readers who do not have a strong background in mathematics, make sense of statistics. For anyone interested in statistics related to criminal justice.

Elementary Statistics in Criminal Justice Research (2nd Edition)

Shively, Michael

This book provides strong evidence that the opinions of criminologists, based on research and theory, can effectively make their way into the popular press in order to influence public opinion as well as the thinking of policymakers. Almost all of the 56 essays reprinted in this volume were originally published by the authors as opinion columns in major newspapers around the country. These op-eds, as they are called, focus on various types of murder - how to account for changes in the rate of homicide, why individuals commit various types of murder, and how our criminal justice system ought to respond in order to combat extreme acts of violence. Those in Criminal Justice Professions, the Media or Policy Professions.

Dead Lines: Essays in Murder and Mayhem

History

Americas

PRENTICE/HALL

A best-selling introduction to statistical analysis in the social sciences written to be understandable to a broad range of readers, particularly those without a strong background in mathematics.  This book provides the right balance of conceptual understanding and step-by-step computational techniques. It also offers clear, logical explanations for the rationale and use of statistical methods in social research.  Designed for those entering a field of sociological study and wanting to learn statistical analysis.

Elementary Statistics in Social Research (9th Edition)

Sociology

Adapted from the best-selling Elementary Statistics in Social Research, 9/e by Levin/Fox ((c) 2003), this exciting new resource provides a concise, uncomplicated introduction to statistics for the social sciences. Written to be understandable to a broad range of readers, particularly those without a strong background in mathematics, the book provides clear, logical explanations for the rationale and use of statistical methods in social research. Detailed step-by-step illustrations of statistical procedures are located at important points throughout the text.

Elementary Statistics In Social Research: The Essentials

This brief but comprehensive book explores power and control as a central and unifying thesis for understanding why people kill. Each chapter explores different sub-types of homicide and the circumstances in which people kill each other. The authors concentrate on the extraordinary and seemingly inexplicable cases with the belief that the lessons learned from examining senseless and outrageous murders can be extrapolated to more ordinary homicides as well.

The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder (2nd Edition)

Quinet, Kenna D.

A shorter, simplified, paperback, and less expensive version of Fox, Levin, and Shively's popular introduction to statistics in criminal justice, written specifically for readers without a strong background in mathematics.

Elementary Statistics in Criminal Justice Research: The Essentials

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