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  • Girls, Women, and Crime

    Selected Readings

    Edited by Meda Chesney-Lind, Lisa Z Pasko ...
    What characterizes women′s and girls′ pathways to crime?Girls, Women, and Crime: Selected Readings, Second Editionis a compilation of journal articles on the female offender written by leading researchers in the fields of criminology and women′s studies. The contributors reveal the complex worlds females in the criminal justice system must often negotiate—worlds that are frequently riddled with ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

  • Latinas in the Criminal Justice System

    Victims, Targets, and Offenders

    Edited by Vera Lopez, Lisa Pasko ...
    Series Book 18 - Latina/o Sociology
    How Latina girls and women become entangled in the criminal justice systemDespite representing roughly 16 percent of incarcerated women, Latina women and girls are often rendered invisible in accounts of American crime and punishment. In Latinas in the Criminal Justice System, Vera Lopez and Lisa Pasko bring together a group of distinguished scholars to provide a more complete, nuanced picture of ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • The Female Offender

    Girls, Women, and Crime

    by Meda Chesney-Lind, Lisa Z Pasko ...
    Scholarship in criminology over the last few decades has often left little room for research and theory on how female offenders are perceived and handled in the criminal justice system. In truth, one out of every four juveniles arrested is female, and the population of women in prison has tripled in the past decade. Co-authored by Meda Chesney-Lind, one of the pioneers in the development of the ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

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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

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  • Forensic Social Work

    Psychosocial and Legal Issues in Diverse Practice Settings

    Edited by Kelly Ward, PhD, LCSW, LCADC, Tina Maschi, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, Carolyn Bradley, PhD, LCSW, LCADC ...
    "[T]his book provides practical practice guidance as well as...interviewing and assessment tips....[A]n invaluable source of information for students, practitioners, researchers and educators."-Karen M. Sowers, PhDDean, University of TennesseeCollege of Social WorkRegardless of their field of practice, all social workers must understand how legal issues impact the financial, psychological, ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Street Gang Patterns and Policies

    by Malcolm W. Klein, Cheryl L. Maxson ...
    Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
    In the past two decades, many prevention and suppression programs have been initiated on a national and local level to combat street gangs--but what do we really know about them? Why do youths join them? Why do they proliferate? Street Gang Patterns and Policies is a crucial update and critical examination of our understanding of gangs and major gang-control programs across the nation. Often ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • A Dictionary of Gangs

    by Bill Sanders ...
    Series series Oxford Quick Reference Online
    A worldwide fascination with gangs is evident: they are a major focus of the criminal justice system and the object of much media attention. This new Oxford Reference title of over 250 entries gives a concise overview of key terms used in the study and understanding of gangs - the first dictionary of its kind to focus on gang vernacular. Broad in scope, it covers: colloquialisms used in gang ... Read more

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  • Social Work Practice with Survivors of Sex Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation

    Edited by Andrea Nichols, Tonya Edmond, , Ph.D., Erin Heil, , Ph.D. ...
    As awareness and identification of sex trafficking and exploitation have grown, so has the need for improved social work responses. In this volume, expert practitioners, survivors, and researchers model the best practices for working with this population, using case examples and illustrative guides. Chapters cover the common challenges of working with trafficked and exploited people and how to ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • A Framework for Addressing Violence and Serious Crime

    Focused Deterrence, Legitimacy, and Prevention

    by Anthony A. Braga, David M. Kennedy ...
    Series series Elements in Criminology
    This Element examines an increasingly important community crime prevention strategy - focused deterrence. This strategy seeks to change offender behavior by understanding underlying crime-producing dynamics and conditions that sustain recurring crime problems, and implementing a blended set of law enforcement, community mobilization, and social service actions. The approach builds on recent ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Latinos in American Society

    Families and Communities in Transition

    by Ruth Enid Zambrana ...
    It is well known that Latinos in the United States bear a disproportionate burden of low educational attainment, high residential segregation, and low visibility in the national political landscape. In Latinos in American Society, Ruth Enid Zambrana brings together the latest research on Latinos in the United States to demonstrate how national origin, age, gender, socioeconomic status, and ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • More Money, More Crime

    Prosperity and Rising Crime in Latin America

    by Marcelo Bergman ...
    While worldwide crime is declining overall, criminality in Latin America has reached unprecedented levels that have ushered in social unrest and political turmoil. Despite major political and economic gains, crime has increased in every Latin American country over the past 25 years, currently making this region the most crime-ridden and violent in the world. Over the past two decades, Latin ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • Gender, Psychology, and Justice

    The Mental Health of Women and Girls in the Legal System

    by Corinne Datchi, Julie R Ancis ...
    Series Book 6 - Psychology and Crime
    Reveals how gender intersects with race, class, and sexual orientation in ways that impact the legal status and well-being of women and girls in the justice system.Women and girls' contact with the justice system is often influenced by gender-related assumptions and stereotypes. The justice practices of the past 40 years have been largely based on conceptual principles and assumptions—including ... Read more

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