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Crime and Social Justice

Crime and Social Justice

Crime and Social Justice Associates

Gregory Shank* Bertram Gross, Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America. New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1980, 410 pp. Reviewer: Gregory Shank* INTRODUCTION The global capitalist economy is beset by deep and ...
Drugs, Crime, and Justice

Drugs, Crime, and Justice

Steven Belenko

Drugs, Crime, and Justice is an engaging, yet comprehensive, analysis of the interrelationships among drug use/abuse, crime, and justice.
Vengeance and justice: crime and punishment in the 19th ...

Vengeance and justice: crime and punishment in the 19th ...

Edward L. Ayers

Examines the workings of the criminal justice system of the Southern United States and discusses the influence of class and race on the development of Southern crime and justice
A primer in radical criminology

A primer in radical criminology

Michael J. Lynch

San Francisco: Crime and Social Justice Associates. HOPKINS, A. 1981. "Class Bias in the Criminal Law." Contemporary Crises 5, 4: 385. HUFF, C. R. 1980. " Conflict Theory in Criminology." In J. Inciardi, ed. Radical Criminology: The Coming ...
Social Work with Groups: Social Justice Through Personal, ...

Social Work with Groups: Social Justice Through Personal, ...

N. Sullivan

In Social Work with Groups: Social Justice Through Personal, Community, and Societal Change you’ll also find: definitions of social justice within the context of social work a proposal to help focus on social justice in teaching ...
Crime Control and Social Justice: The Delicate Balance

Crime Control and Social Justice: The Delicate Balance

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and Todd Clear and Dina Rose's theoretical discourse in "Individual Sentencing Practices and Aggregate Social Problems" examine this tension between equity and efficiency in criminal justice policies, while exposing important unintended ...
Race, Crime, and Justice: A Reader

Race, Crime, and Justice: A Reader

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This is required reading for courses in criminology and criminal justice, legal studies, sociology, social work and race.
Catholic social justice: theological and practical explorations

Catholic social justice: theological and practical explorations

Philomena Cullen

Published in association with Caritas (the Catholic Church's agency for social justice) this book draws together a distinguished panel of academics and practitioners involved in the area of social justice.
Crime Analysis With Crime Mapping

Crime Analysis With Crime Mapping

Rachel Boba Santos

... Social Control:A Sociological Perspective by Michelle Inderbitzen/ Kristin Bates /Randy Gainey Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2nd edition, by Ronet Bachman/Russell Schutt Gangs in America's Communities  ...
Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice: An International Dilemma

Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice: An International Dilemma

Shaun L. Gabbidon

This book provides case studies from countries around the world regarding the nature and scope of concerns related to race, ethnicity, crime and justice.
The Handbook of Crime and Punishment

The Handbook of Crime and Punishment

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In Restoring Juvenile Justice, edited by Lode Walgrave and Gordon Bazemore. Monsey, N.Y.: Criminal Justice Press. Van Ness, Daniel. 1986. Crime and Its Victims: What We Can Do. Downers Grove, Ill.: Intervarsity Press. . 1993. “New Wine ...
Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a ...

Crimes, Constables, and Courts: Order and Transgression in a ...

John C. Weaver

Blending narrative and social history in this fascinating study of crime in a Canadian community, John Weaver describes both the patterns of crime and the evolution of the Canadian criminal justice system over 150 years.
Social Justice and the Power of Compassion: Meaningful ...

Social Justice and the Power of Compassion: Meaningful ...

Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, Brandeis University; Author of The Path Through Grief: A Compassionate Guide

Social Justice and the Power of Compassion explores the meaning of social justice by focusing on the people who have founded/created organizations aimed to help the public and build a better society and environment.
Trusted Criminals: White Collar Crime In Contemporary Society

Trusted Criminals: White Collar Crime In Contemporary Society

David O. Friedrichs

This comprehensive text helps students understand the problems involved in studying white collar crime, explanations for crime, the principal focus of the crimes, and the character of the legal and criminal justice response to the crime.
Rape: The Misunderstood Crime

Rape: The Misunderstood Crime

Julie A. Allison

Rape: The Misunderstood Crime is an excellent resource for professionals and students of psychology, sociology, education, social work, criminal justice, and law who seek to dispel "rape myths" and wish to better understand the nature and ...
Crime: Critical Concepts in Sociology

Crime: Critical Concepts in Sociology

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In Restoring Juvenile Justice, edited by Lode Walgrave and Gordon Bazemore. Monsey, N.Y.: Criminal Justice Press. Van Ness, Daniel. 1986. Crime and Its Victims: What We Can Do. Downers Grove, 111.: Intervarsity Press. 1993. "New Wine ...
Social Policies for Children

Social Policies for Children

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Lisa D. Bastian and Bruce M. Taylor, "Young Black Male Victims," Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief (December 1994), p. i; and Alfred Blumstein, " Prisons," in James Q. Wilson and Joan Petersilia, eds, Crime (San Francisco: ICS  ...
Prison and Plantation: Crime, Justice, and Authority in ...

Prison and Plantation: Crime, Justice, and Authority in ...

Michael S. Hindus

Kutler, Stanley I. Privilege and Creative Destruction: The Charles River Bridge Case. Philadelphia, 1971. LaBorde, Maximilian. A Tribute to Hon. J. B. O''Neall, LL.D., Being a Summary of His Life and Labors. Columbia, 1872. Landrum, John Belton O''Neall. History of Spartanburg County. Atlanta, 1900. Lane, Roger, “ Crime and Criminal Statistics in Nineteenth-Century Massachusetts.” Journal of Social History 2 (1968): 156–63. ———. “Crime and the Industrial Revolution: British and ...
Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice

Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice

Ray Surette

MEDIA, CRIME, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE is the definitive text on media and criminal justice.
Theories of Justice

Theories of Justice

Brian Barry

Though the first book of a trilogy, Theories of Justice stands alone and constitutes a major contribution to the debate about social justice that began in 1971 with Rawls's A Theory of Justice.
Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice

Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice

Daniel W. Van Ness

This edition places special emphasis on the importance of inclusion in restorative justice —the opportunity for direct and active involvement of the victim, offender, and community in the procedures that follow a crime.
Youth Justice: Ideas, Policy, Practice

Youth Justice: Ideas, Policy, Practice

Roger Smith

This book will be an important resource for youth justice practitioners and will also be essential to students taking courses in youth crime and youth justice.
Social Work, Social Justice, and Human Rights: A Structural ...

Social Work, Social Justice, and Human Rights: A Structural ...

Colleen Lundy

The second edition of this popular social work practice text more fully addresses the connection between social justice and human rights.
Juvenile Justice: A Collection of True-crime Cases

Juvenile Justice: A Collection of True-crime Cases

Debbie J. Goodman

Juvenile crime is one of the nation s most serious crime problems. As part of Prentice Hall s Reality Reading Series, this case book explores the topic using provocative, high-profile cases.
The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America

The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America

Samuel Walker

Comprehensive and balanced, THE COLOR OF JUSTICE is the definitive book on current research and theories of racial and ethnic discrimination within America's Criminal Justice system.
The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America

The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America

Samuel Walker

Comprehensive and balanced, THE COLOR OF JUSTICE is the definitive book on current research and theories of racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination within America's criminal justice system.
Acceptable Prejudice?: Fat, Rhetoric and Social Justice

Acceptable Prejudice?: Fat, Rhetoric and Social Justice

Lonie McMichael, Ph.D.

Fat, Rhetoric and Social Justice Lonie McMichael, Ph.D. Fat, Rhetoric and Social Justice “Fat Acceptance 101” Erec Smith, Ph.D. Acceptable Prejudice? AcceptablePrejudice? Fat, Rhetoric and Social Justice LonieMcMichael,Ph.D. Pearlsong ...
White-Collar Crime: Detection, Prevention and Strategy in ...

White-Collar Crime: Detection, Prevention and Strategy in ...

Petter Gottschalk

Executive positions involved in crime, white-collar crime analysis, response to crime suspicion, corporate social responsibility, and corporate reputation damage and repair are some of the core topics of this book.

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