Prentice Hall's Masters Series in Criminology brings the work of true masters to life for a new audience of readers, presenting brief and accessible introductions to crime and criminology topics from some of the leading scholars in criminology today. All authors in the series are true academic pioneers, and each book in the series pulls from the ...
This thoughtful collection of original work by eminent sociologists and criminologists was compiled to honor Henry D. McKay, the pioneer investigator and collaborator with Clifford R. Shaw. Among the traditions most basic to both continuity and change in criminological research and theory, one of the most important is that associated with Shaw and ...
Violent crime in America is more strongly associated with poverty and with changing social and economic conditions than with race or ethnicity, and patterns of violence are changing. These are among the conclusions of Poverty, Ethnicity, and Violent Crime, a searching analysis that draws on scholarly research from all the social and behavioral ...
An exploration of the crack cocaine trade from the perspective of the American sellers. The author examines the underlying motivations for selling crack, describes the social organization of dealing, and explores how dealers protect transactions from law enforcement, police, and other criminals.
This absorbing new collection is an introduction to the study of gangs how we define them, what we know and not know about gangs. The authors offer both a domestic and international view of processes of delinquency and gang formation and identity. It is an ideal text for criminal justice, sociology and social work, and a resource for law ...
Composed of papers presented at the 1984 meeting of the American Sociological Association, The Social Fabric addresses the question 'how is the social order possible?'. Presenting research and theory regarding the nature of social order and social processes and the contexts in which social life takes place, this volume examines the most ...
Sixteen distinguished sociologists reflect on broad developments in their areas of interest over the past two or three decades -- the questions that have been asked, the data and methods used, the knowledge generated, and possible future developments in such fields as the sociology of science, racial and ethnic relations, and biosociology. S N ...
Increasingly, people's lives are being defined by large-scale organizational decision processes involving governments, businesses and other institutions. This book examines the nature of decision making by organizations confronted with various risks, focusing on choices in which technology and scientific advances play major roles, and looks at the ...
Violent crime in America is more strongly associated with poverty and with changing social and economic conditions than with race or ethnicity, and patterns of violence are changing. These are among the conclusions of Poverty, Ethnicity, and Violent Crime, a searching analysis that draws on scholarly research from all the social and behavioral ...
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