Congratulations to Steve Tibbetts, winner of the Outstanding Professional Development Award at CSU-San Bernadino
"This book is interesting, informative, comprehensive, and--more importantly for students of criminology--accessible." --Robert Apel, University at Albany "Without doubt, Criminals in the Making will spark debate, incite controversy and challenge mainstream criminological understanding."--THEORETICAL CRIMINOLOGY
Why do individuals exposed to the same environment turn out so differently, with some...
Congratulations to Steve Tibbetts, winner of the Outstanding Professional Development Award at CSU-San Bernadino
Why do individuals exposed to the same environment turn out so differently, with some engaging in crime and others abiding by societal rules and norms? Why are males involved in violent crime more often than females? And why do the precursors of serious pathological behavior typically emerge in childhood? This fascinating text addresses key questions surrounding criminal propensity by discussing studies of the life-course perspective-criminological research that links biological factors associated with criminality with the social and environmental agents thought to cause, facilitate, or...
Why do individuals exposed to the same environment turn out so differently, with some engaging in crime and others abiding by societal rules and norms...
An unprecedented look at college women's risks of and experiences with sexual victimization
Unsafe in the Ivory Tower examines the nature and dimensions of a salient social problem--the sexual victimization of female college students today, and how women respond when they are, in fact, sexually victimized. The authors discuss the research that scholars have conducted to illuminate the origins and extent of this controversial issue as well as what can be done to prevent it. Students and other interested readers learn about the nature of victimization while...
An unprecedented look at college women's risks of and experiences with sexual victimization
An unprecedented look at college women's risks of and experiences with sexual victimization
Unsafe in the Ivory Tower examines the nature and dimensions of a salient social problem--the sexual victimization of female college students today, and how women respond when they are, in fact, sexually victimized. The authors discuss the research that scholars have conducted to illuminate the origins and extent of this controversial issue as well as what can be done to prevent it. Students and other interested readers learn about the nature of victimization while...
An unprecedented look at college women's risks of and experiences with sexual victimization
