Criminology

This introductory text on criminology covers topics such as the nature and extent of crime, the foundations of the discipline, the explanations of criminal behaviour, ethnic gangs, victimology and society's response to crime.

Politics & Social Sciences

Laufer, William S.

Mueller, Gerhard O.W.

Adler,Freda

Social Sciences

Mcgraw-Hill College

An outstanding text for the Introduction to Criminal Justice course. Criminal Justice has become an international field and this text has better international coverage than any other text on the market. Careful attention has been paid to pedagogy so that students learn the material easily; a running glossary appears in the margin of each page as well as quotes from newsworthy professionals. The three types of boxes are real teaching tools. Each box is a two page spread and consists of text, sources and questions along with photos or tables to help students understand the material. This text is heavily referenced. The references alone constitute a suggested readings appendix.

Criminal Justice

This text features coverage of international and comparative criminal justice. A running glossary appears in the margin of each page, as well as quotes from professionals. Three types of "boxes" feature text, sources and questions, along with photos or tables.

Study Guide to accompany Criminal Justice

College Level Textbook for Criminal Justice 101/102

Both professors and students have long felt the need for a concise paperback text in Criminal Justice. CRIMINAL JUSTICE: THE CORE responds to these needs: 14 chapters are appropriate for the typical one-semester course. The approach is simple and straightforward. Style and terminology are as non-technical as the subject matter permits. THE CORE is a four color text that features new full page photo bleeds with accompanying boxes covering the most up-to-date topics such as jury selection (O. J. Simpson), jury deadlocks (the Menendez trial), tracking down international criminals (Carlos the Jackal) and dealing with them (International Criminal Courts). Major changes from the full version include the following: The basics that every entering student should master before concentrating on the system itself have been condensed to two chapters; CH. 1 which presents CJ as the outgrowth of the political developments of the 20th Century and CH. 2 which explains why some people commit crimes, the prevalence, types and basic structure of crime as seen by the law. CH. 3-13 examine the policy (Part 2), courts (Part 3), and corrections (Part 4). Each chapter has been updated and fully revised, focusing on the core of each topic. In a brief final part we deal with juvenile justice.

Criminal Justice: The Core

Written by internationally well-known and highly respected figures in the field, this leading text for the criminology course offered in departments of sociology and criminal justice, is known for its lucid style and particularly strong coverage of international and comparative crime. 
This text is available in two versions, one with, and the other without coverage of the criminal justice system. For schools that retain the traditional criminology course, which includes criminological coverage of criminal justice, Criminology, third edition, is the ideal text. For schools that have expanded their offerings by adding an introductory course in criminal justice, Criminology: The Shorter Version, 3/e, is probably more appropriate. The Shorter Version omits Part IV (A Criminological Approach to the Criminal Justice System).

Criminology: The Shorter Version

Adler, Freda A.

Mueller,Gerhard O.

McGraw=Hill

About the Author\nGerhard Mueller is the late Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice. After earning his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago, he went on to receive a master of laws degree from Columbia University. He was awarded the degree of Dr. Jur. h. c. by the University of Uppsala, Sweden. His career in criminal justice began in 1945, when he served as a chief petty officer in the British Military government Water Police, where he commanded a Coast Guard cutter. His teaching in criminal justice, begun in l953, was partially interrupted between 1974 and l982 when, as Chief of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch, he was responsible for all of the United Nations’ programs dealing with problems of crime and -justice worldwide. He continued his service to the United Nations as chair ad interim of the Board of the International Scientific and Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Programme. Professor Mueller was a member of the faculties of law at the University of Washington, West Virginia University, New York University, and the National Judicial College, with visiting appointments and lectureships at universities and institutes in the Americas, western and eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. He was the author of some 50 authored or edited books and 270 scholarly articles.\nWilliam Laufer is the Julian Aresty Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Sociology, and Criminology. Dr. Laufer, graduate chair of the Department of Criminology at Penn, received his B.A. in social and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University, his J.D. at Northeastern University School of Law, and his Ph.D. at Rutgers University, School of Criminal Justice. Dr. Laufer's research has appeared in law reviews and a wide range of criminal justice, legal, and psychology journals, including Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, American Journal of Criminal Law, Law and Human Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Business Ethics Quarterly. His most recent book is Corporate Bodies and Guilty Minds: The Failure of Corporate Criminal Liability (University of Chicago Press). Dr. Laufer is coeditor of the Handbook of Psychology and Law; Personality, Moral Development and Criminal Behavior; and Crime, Values and Religion. He is series coeditor with Freda Adler of Advances in Criminological Theory.\nJana Grekul is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Director of Criminology at the University of Alberta. After completing her BA degree in sociology at the University of Alberta, Dr. Grekul, went on to complete her MA in 1995 and her PhD in 2002. Her master's thesis research was conducted at a maximum-security prison where she investigated the impact of group processes on the misperceptions and misunderstandings that occur between correctional officers and inmates, and how these processes contribute to prison violence. Her doctoral research was a case study of the eugenics movement in Alberta. Dr. Grekul's current research interests include studying street and prison gangs, particularly Aboriginal gangs. She is also involved in research that focuses on impaired driving and programs that address the issue, public perceptions of impaired and distracted driving, and the connection between impaired driving and criminal behaviours. Dr. Grekul teaches a variety of sociology and criminology courses and recently published Sociology.\nThis title is now available in a NEW EDITION - 0071319034. 
In some ways, criminals are not all that different from "non criminals," except that environmental, social, and other factors have joined together in a particular configuration to produce criminal behaviours. So criminals are not really so different from the rest of us: like links in a chain, we are al

Criminology, CDN Edition

Grekul, Jana Marie

McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Limited

This full color, paperback text offers a current, lively and thorough introduction to criminal justice covering past developments, contemporary issues, and tomorrow's challenges, and drawing students into the intriguing world of criminal justice. Manageable in terms of size and price, Criminal Justice: An Introduction holds a unique place in the market, offering a portable and affordable alternative to encyclopedic texts, and more complete coverage than brief core texts.

Criminal Justice: An Introduction

Criminal Law

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

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Criminology

Criminal Justice

Criminology

Study Guide to accompany Criminal Justice

Criminology

Criminal Justice: The Core

Criminology

Criminology: The Shorter Version

Criminology, CDN Edition

Criminal Justice: An Introduction