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  • Sex Fiends, Perverts, and Pedophiles

    Understanding Sex Crime Policy in America

    by Chrysanthi S Leon ...
    "This book brilliantly tracks the reformulations of public discourse about sex offenders . . . [with] a rigorous examination of incarceration patterns." —Jonathan Simon, author of Governing Through CrimeFrom Megan's Law to Jessica's Law, almost every state in the nation has passed some law to punish sex offenders. This popular tough-on-crime legislation is often written after highly-publicized ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Compassionate Court?

    Support, Surveillance, and Survival in Prostitution Diversion Programs

    by Corey S. Shdaimah, Chrysanthi S. Leon, Shelly A. Wiechelt ...
    Laws subject people who perform sex work to arrest and prosecution. The Compassionate Court? assesses two prostitution diversion programs (PDPs) that offer to “rehabilitate” people arrested for street-based sex work as an alternative to incarceration. However, as the authors show, these PDPs often fail to provide sustainable alternatives to their mandated clients. Participants are subjected to ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Special Issue

    Problematizing Prostitution: Critical Research and Scholarship

    by Katie Hail-Jares, Chrysanthi Leon, Corey Shdaimah ...
    Series Book 71 - Studies in Law, Politics, and Society
    The scholars who contribute to this issue utilize diverse research methods to examine the lived experiences of people engaged in prostitution and the people and institutions that process them. They look at the production of knowledge about prostitution and trafficking by institutional stakeholders, and how legal responses to prostitution and trafficking are affected by class, race, ethnicity, and ... Read more

    $169.99 CAD

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    by Michelle L. Meloy, Susan L. Miller ...
    In The Victimization of Women, Michelle Meloy and Susan Miller present a balanced and comprehensive summary of the most significant research on the victimizations, violence, and victim politics that disproportionately affect women. They examine the history of violence against women, the surrounding debates, the legal reforms, the related media and social-service responses, and the current science ... Read more

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  • Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control

    by Michelle L. Inderbitzin, Kristin A. Bates, Randy R. Gainey ...
    Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control provides a sociological examination of deviance and social control in society. Derived from the same author team’s successful text/reader version, this concise and student-friendly resource uses sociological theories to illuminate a variety of issues related to deviant behavior and societal reactions to deviance. The authors briefly explain the ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Gendered Justice

    Intimate Partner Violence and the Criminal Justice System

    by Venessa Garcia, Patrick McManimon ...
    Series series Issues in Crime and Justice
    Gendered Justice takes a unique, multi-layered look at the various elements that factor into our understanding of domestic violence and how the criminal justice system handles situations of domestic violence. The book focuses primarily on the role of gender, but also considers socio-economic status, race, age, education, and the relationship between the victim and criminal. Illustrated with case ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Working with Female Offenders

    A Gender-Sensitive Approach

    by Katherine van Wormer ...
    Praise for Working with Female Offenders"Encyclopedic in scope and full of very relevant work drawn from the fields of biology, psychology, criminology, and corrections, this book is a must-read for those working with girl and women offenders." —Meda Chesney-Lind, Professor, Women's Studies University of Hawaii at Manoa"In this timely and thoughtful book, van Wormer provides a gender-sensitive ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD

  • Rape And Society

    Readings On The Problem Of Sexual Assault

    by Patricia Searles, Ronald Berger ...
    In the 1970s rape became the point of departure for an ongoing feminist examination of the subordination and sexual victimization of women. More recently, domestic violence, prostitution, sexual harassment, and pornography have come to the forefront of investigators' concerns. Rape and Society returns to the original focus on rape while also illuminating the interconnections among the many forms ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Routledge Handbook of Deviant Behavior

    Edited by Clifton D. Bryant ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    The Handbook of Deviant Behavior presents a comprehensive, integrative, and accessible overview of the contemporary body of knowledge in the field of social deviance in the twenty-first century.This book addresses the full range of scholarly concerns within this area – including theoretical, methodological, and substantive issues – in over seventy original entries, written by an international mix ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Forensic Criminology

    Edited by Wayne Petherick, Brent E. Turvey, Claire E. Ferguson ...
    Forensic Criminology gives students of criminology and criminal justice an introduction to the forensic realm and the applied forensic issues they will face when working cases within the justice system. It effectively bridges the theoretical world of social criminology with the applied world of the criminal justice system. While most of the competing textbooks on criminology adequately address the ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Putting Trials on Trial

    Sexual Assault and the Failure of the Legal Profession

    by Elaine Craig ...
    Less than one percent of the sexual assaults that occur each year in Canada result in legal sanction for those who commit these offences. Survivors often distrust and fear the criminal justice process, and as a result, over ninety percent of sexual assaults go unreported. Unfortunately, their fears are well founded.In this thorough evaluation of the legal culture and courtroom practices prevalent ... Read more

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  • Forensic Psychology and Law

    by Ronald Roesch, Patricia A. Zapf, Stephen D. Hart ...
    Praise for Forensic Psychology and Law"In Forensic Psychology and Law, three internationally known experts provide exceptional coverage of a wide array of topics that address both the clinical applications of forensic psychology and the role of psychological science in understanding and evaluating legal assumptions and processes."—Norman Poythress, PhD, Research Director and Professor, Louis de la ... Read more

    $144.99 CAD