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Controversies in Criminal Justice Research
This book of original essays presents students with challenging looks at some of the most basic, and sometimes most difficult, decisions faced by criminal justice researchers. Each chapter presents an overview of a foundational question/issue in the conduct of research, and discussions of the options to resolve these controversies.
Introduction to Corrections
This is that book: The one that is authoritative and readable. The one that covers the subject thoroughly, but is always manageable, navigable, and engaging. It pairs sterling authorship with an accessible style. Like the wind at your back, Richard Tewksbury’s Introduction to Corrections motivates you through a wide range of interesting topics without impediment—because clear text needs no box. Accessible and authoritative, Richard Tewksbury’s Introduction to Corrections features: A succinct overview of the American correctional system, by a renowned scholar in the field Thorough coverage of course content The structure and operations of correctional systems The history and politics of corrections The goals of corrections in society today A logical organization, from the role of corrections in controlling crime, to an in-depth look at the most troubling issues in corrections today A clean page design Consistently clear and direct narrative style
Prisons and Jails: A Reader
Richard Tewksbury and Dean A. Dabney edited this text of contemporary readings, written by scholars and experts on the topic of Corrections, that highlight the operations and issues of institutional corrections. With the understanding that running such institutions involve more than locking people up, this dynamic new reader features the many realities, skills, perspectives and understandings behind operating a corrections institution.
Criminological Theory
Criminological Theory: A Brief Introduction, 2/EJ. Mitchell Miller, "University of Texas, San Antonio" Christopher J. Schreck, "Rochester Institute of Technology" Richard Tewksbury, "University of Louisville" ISBN-10: 0205548326 ISBN-13: 9780205548323 This introductory primer on criminological theory provides an accessible discussion of the major theories of crime, delinquency, social deviance, and social control with an objective and neutral approach. The various theories are covered in a systematic fashion. After providing a straightforward explanation of each theory's fundamental assumptions and concepts, along with exampling narrative drawn from both real-world current events and fictitious scenarios, major criticisms are addressed. The implications of each theory for criminal and juvenile justice strategies and policy (e.g., deterrence vs. rehabilitation, crime prevention, crime prediction) are also considered.
INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH METHODS
This third edition is designed as an introduction to research methods in criminal justice techniques. The detailed information that is generated by research is a management tool that has become a significant part of criminal justice operations. The text discusses the purposes, process, and uses of research that focus on identifying what information is already known about a particular topic or question. Ethical issues in criminal justice research are reviewed, as is investigating the validity and reliability of crime data sources. Also offered is an introduction to research design--the plan or blueprint for a complete research project. The principles of sampling are thoroughly discussed as is...
Turning Troubles into Problems
Human service professionals deal with a wide range of problems, from child abuse, parenting issues, and elderly care, to addictions, mental illness, sexual assault, unemployment, and criminality. These must be constructed as problems for professionals to appropriately respond to them. Human service provision starts from there. But in the everyday experience of service providers and users alike, there is a parallel world of ordinary troubles that remains professionally undefined but real, even when troubles are turned into problems. This book brings into view the relationship between these worlds as it bears on the process of clientization—the transformation of people and troubles into clie...
Speaking Truth to Power
Domestic drug enforcement takes many forms, from the rural patrol officer who happens upon a small-scale mobile Òshake and bakeÓ methamphetamine lab during a routine traffic stop, to the city narcotics detective who initiates a low-level buy-bust operation that nets a few hits of crack cocaine on the street corner, to the local, state, and federal agents working in multiagency task forces that coordinate a sting operation that nets thousands of kilos of near-pure cocaine being transported by tractor-trailer. Regardless of the form, there is a high probability that these authorities have exploited access to known offenders and exerted pressure on those individuals to gather inside informati...
Extreme Methods
This book promotes the "criminological ethnographic enterprise" which is the use of alternative qualitative research methods to study crime and deviance.
Sexual Deviance
This comprehensive reader is the first to cover sexual deviance in its many forms, including topics as diverse as abstinence, public sex, sex work, and cybersex. Illustrating pathological, sociological, and normal sexual deviance, the editors identify key strands of research within the contemporary literature. Brief introductions to each selection underscore the importance of the essays, chosen for their thematic emphasis and broad classroom appeal
