Designed for a first course in undergraduate statistics in the social sciences, including sociology, criminal justice, political science, and social work. This best-selling introduction to statistical analysis in the social sciences provides the right balance of conceptual understanding and step-by-step computational techniques. - New conceptual ...
Elementary Statistics in Social Research: The Essentials is a concise, uncomplicated introduction to statistics for the social sciences. Adapted from Levin and Fox's Elementary Statistics in Social Research, Ninth Edition ((c) 2003), the new text retains the clarity and step-by-step approach that have made the comprehensive book a best-seller. ...
This text explores two forms of hate and prejudice - racism in contemporary American society and the historical occurrence of anti-Semitism - under a single conceptual framework. Jack Levin, author of The Violence of Hate, is a well-known scholar, author, and lecturer on the subject of hate crimes. In this book he shows how support for both racism ...
Adapted from the best-selling text, Elementary Statistics in Social Research, 8/e , this text provides a broad and accessible introduction to statistics for criminal justice students.
This best selling homicide text examines "the will to kill" from various perspectives. Written by world-renowned experts, this text presents an analysis of the nature and extent of homicide and the laws that apply to it. Included are detailed analyses of many different types of homicide, including those that involve: family, youth, serial killing ...
Two leading experts on hate crime reassess the threat of violence based on difference--whether in sexual orientation, race, gender, ethnicity, or citizenship-- to help us better understand and ultimately prevent such acts from occuring in the future. Hate crimesviolence aimed at individuals because they are members of a particular groupwere once ...
In this in-depth look at the most troubling aspect of human nature, a prominent, nationally recognised criminologist, who is a leader in his field, and a respected sociologist seek to explain why hate exists and offer practical methods for creating a more peaceable society. Both enlightening and insightful, this momentous and timely work offers ...
This book taps the author's wealth of knowledge regarding the criminal mind and offers lessons for law enforcement including how killers think, as well as the conditions under which murders typically occur. It is hoped that these lessons will lead to more effective ways to thwart such crimes in the future. This chilling glimpse into the minds of ...
A shorter, simplified, paperback, and less expensive version of Fox, Levin, and Shively's popular introduction to statistics in criminal justice, written specifically for readers without a strong background in mathematics.
Who are they? What forces shape their twisted minds? From Jeffrey Dahmer to California's Zodiac killer, the deviant minds of America's serial killers are exposed like never before in this riveting work. Authors Fox and Levin offer a rare, close-up and shocking look into the killers' motivations, fantasies, and cold-blooded rage.
Fox and Levin have taken their bestselling Elementary Statistics in Social Research and adapted it for criminal justice students. This book was written specifically for criminal justice students who do not have a strong background in mathematics; the authors make the material extremely easy to understand.
"Sociological Snapshots 5" is designed to help students understand and appreciate the sociological perspective. In a simple and entertaining style, this book links everyday experiences to foundational concepts and concerns and helps them analyse data about social reality. The book serves as a springboard to more abstract thinking about society and ...
Collection of popular press op-ed articles on homicide from world-renowned experts on the subject. This book provides strong evidence that the opinions of criminologists, based on research and theory, can effectively make their way into the popular press in order to influence public opinion as well as the thinking of policymakers. Almost all of ...
Extreme Killing provides a comprehensive, fascinating overview of multiple homicide, including both serial and mass murder. Adopting a unified conceptual framework for understanding these divergent forms of extreme killing, this book illustrates the many violent expressions of power, revenge, terror, greed, and loyalty using contemporary and ...
This useful guide explains the workings of the press and other media, and gives concrete, practical advice on how to work with them effectively. The authors provide examples of all likely media situations and offer clear directions for handling them, showing academics how to use the media rather than be used by them.
When it comes to sociology, "seeing" is indeed believing. In "Sociological Snapshots 4", Jack Levin bridges the gap between sociological theorizing and everyday experiences by developing students' ability to "see" sociology via "snapshots" of culture and social structure. Unlike other basic readers, this book contains a set of informal essays with ...
This compact and affordable text serves as an introduction to a wide range of social problems. Social Problems, Second Edition, is unique in that all chapters are organized in a consistent format, beginning with the definition and prevalence of the social problem covered, followed by levels of causation, consequences, and interventions. Each ...
This volume will address recent findings of the prevention and treatment of sepsis, including its bacteriology, biochemistry, molecular and cellular interactions, bioactivity, and pharmacodynamics. The volume will also present information on in vivo detection and new existing therapies that target sepsis and its cellular effects.
The Third Edition of the bestselling textbook Sociological Snapshots helps introductory sociology students 'see' abstract, but nonetheless basic sociological concepts. Everyday experience is linked to sociological concepts and concerns, thereby developing students' abilty to see and articulate abstractions and to analyze data about social ...
"The Will to Kill is unique in that it covers the topic from a perspective that is interesting to the casual true crime fan and yet is an invaluable resource to the serious professional who delves into the grisly world of murder." -Col. Robert K. Ressler, professional criminologist Through newscasts, current events, film and television, we are ...
The aim of this introductory text in sociology is to hook students' interest and get them to read, see and think sociologically. The book includes snapshots' (journalistic accounts) and portraits' (empirical sociological studies). Each part is introduced with an essay which ties the snapshots and portraits together and explains where and who the ...
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