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Shadows Behind the U.S. Capitol
ISBN: 9780759666511 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is about the most notorious and cold-blooded gangs in the U.S.--Washington, D.C., mobs. Some chapters include what can get readers killed in D.C. Includes a history of the D.C. gangs, mediations, and solutions to gang violence.
This is about the most notorious and cold-blooded gangs in the U.S.--Washington, D.C., mobs. Some chapters include what can get readers killed in D.C....
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60,21 |
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Voices from Prison: An Ethnographic Study of Black Male Prisoners
ISBN: 9780761829669 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this unique study, authors Komanduri Murty, Angela Owens, and Ashwin Vyas examine the life histories of Black male prisoners in the U.S. Federal Prison system, to determine what patterns of behavior or life experiences influenced or precipitated their involvement in criminal behavior. The authors focus on Black male prisoners, using pre-sentence investigation reports to provide readers with detailed descriptions of prisoner characteristics.
In this unique study, authors Komanduri Murty, Angela Owens, and Ashwin Vyas examine the life histories of Black male prisoners in the U.S. Federal Pr...
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269,38 |
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Social Control at Opportunity Boys' Home: How Staff Control Juvenile Inmates
ISBN: 9780761830634 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This qualitative study critically analyzes the responsibilities of frontline staff at Opportunity Boys' Home (OBH), a residential treatment program for delinquent youth. Those interested in social control, social work, and sociology of work will find Social Control at Opportunity Boys' Home intriguing, useful, and informative.
This qualitative study critically analyzes the responsibilities of frontline staff at Opportunity Boys' Home (OBH), a residential treatment program fo...
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205,71 |
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Illegal Guns in the Wrong Hands: Patterns of Gun Acquisition and Use among Serious Juvenile Delinquents
ISBN: 9780761833284 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Illegal Guns in the Wrong Hands uses data from a sample of approximately 800 incarcerated juveniles from Indiana to examine how juvenile offenders obtain firearms, the causes of their firearm acquisition and use, their preferences when it comes to choosing a firearm and the reasons for that choice, and the role that guns play in their offending behaviors.
Illegal Guns in the Wrong Hands uses data from a sample of approximately 800 incarcerated juveniles from Indiana to examine how juvenile offenders obt...
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200,80 |
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Crime and Social Control in Asia and the Pacific: A Cross-Border Study
ISBN: 9780761836803 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As the center stage of the world in the twenty-first century, Asia and the Pacific provide a vast testing ground where Eastern civilizations meet with Western development, socialism with capitalism, and authoritarianism with democracy for possible confrontation, fusion, or both. This study examines crime and social control in the region. It first examines crime, concentrating upon crime resulting from social disorganization; crimes of opportunity; entrepreneurial crime; bureaucratic crime; the drug trade; human trafficking; organized crime; and crimes of terror. Professor Shaw then analyzes...
As the center stage of the world in the twenty-first century, Asia and the Pacific provide a vast testing ground where Eastern civilizations meet with...
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293,86 |
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Young Killers: The Challenge of Juvenile Homicide
ISBN: 9780761900634 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing an empirical assessment of male adolescent murderers and systematic case presentations of several juvenile homicide offenders, Young Killers addresses psychological assessment, treatment issues and prevention strategies aimed at reducing the incidence of juvenile homicide.
Providing an empirical assessment of male adolescent murderers and systematic case presentations of several juvenile homicide offenders, Young Killers...
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651,40 |
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Understanding Child Molesters: Taking Charge
ISBN: 9780761901877 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reducing the odds of further victimization by a convicted child molester requires a clear understanding of the offender's process and his or her ability to manipulate victims. With more than 25 years of experience in the field working with every type of child molester, Eric Leberg provides the information vital to recognizing the offender's patterns of deception and - just as important - how to respond with appropriate interventions or preventive measures. A basic yet comprehensive overview that is easy to read, Understanding Child Molesters uses cases and anecdotes to highlight and reinforce...
Reducing the odds of further victimization by a convicted child molester requires a clear understanding of the offender's process and his or her abili...
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558,34 |
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Americans View Crime and Justice: A National Public Opinion Survey
ISBN: 9780761903413 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text comprises of reports and analyses results from the June 1995 National Crime and Justice Survey, a complete national assessment of attitudes about topics such as fear of crime, gun control, capital punishment and juvenile crime.
This text comprises of reports and analyses results from the June 1995 National Crime and Justice Survey, a complete national assessment of attitudes ...
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411,41 |
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Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence
ISBN: 9780761903734 / Angielski / Twarda / 261 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides information on juvenile violence in America. It also examines: the historical response of the US to juvenile delinquency; the seriousness of the problem; and the public policies available to deal with it. The author also discusses proposed modifications in delinquency policies.
This volume provides information on juvenile violence in America. It also examines: the historical response of the US to juvenile delinquency; the ser...
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651,40 |
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What Causes Men′s Violence Against Women?
ISBN: 9780761906186 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book uses various theoretical perspectives to summarize what is known about the multiple causes of men's violence against women, and stresses the importance of identifying men's risk factors. The preliminary multivariate model identifies four content areas: macrosocietal; biological; gender role socialization; and relational factors to explain men's violence against women. Within these four content areas the editors develop thirteen preliminary hypotheses about the causes of men's violence against women, which are critiqued by the contributors in the subsequent chapters.
This book uses various theoretical perspectives to summarize what is known about the multiple causes of men's violence against women, and stresses ... |
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651,40 |
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What Causes Men′s Violence Against Women?
ISBN: 9780761906193 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title summarizes what is known about the multiple causes of men's violence against women, and stresses the importance of identifying men's risk factors.
This title summarizes what is known about the multiple causes of men's violence against women, and stresses the importance of identifying men's risk f...
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411,41 |
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Crime Control and Women: Feminist Implications of Criminal Justice Policy
ISBN: 9780761907145 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Crime Control and Women reveals the current limitations of criminal justice policies that are oblivious to the impact they exert on citizens who vary by gender, race and//or social class. Feminist in perspective, the contributors to this volume share a common vision of hope that social change will result from social control and punishment that is just and human, with commitments to prevention, education and treatment.
Crime Control and Women reveals the current limitations of criminal justice policies that are oblivious to the impact they exert on citizens who vary ...
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558,34 |
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Crime as Structured Action: Gender, Race, Class, and Crime in the Making
ISBN: 9780761907183 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Demonstrates that a vital component to understanding crime is to be able to view it as more than a single activity. This title argues that crime operates subtly through a complex series of gender, race and class practices and these interwoven elements must be seen as part of all social existence, not viewed independently.
Demonstrates that a vital component to understanding crime is to be able to view it as more than a single activity. This title argues that crime opera...
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558,34 |
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Rural Women Battering and the Justice System: An Ethnography
ISBN: 9780761908524 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents a look at the experiences of battered women in rural communities.
Presents a look at the experiences of battered women in rural communities.
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411,41 |
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The Future of Terrorism: Violence in the New Millennium
ISBN: 9780761908692 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Subtitled 'Violence in the New Millennium', this provides an insight into this relatively new phenomenon in the United States.
Subtitled 'Violence in the New Millennium', this provides an insight into this relatively new phenomenon in the United States.
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558,34 |
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Athletes and Acquaintance Rape
ISBN: 9780761909668 / Angielski / Twarda / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Takes a provocative look at specific aspects of professional athletic life that lead to sexual assault, and -- very frequently -- getting away with it.
Takes a provocative look at specific aspects of professional athletic life that lead to sexual assault, and -- very frequently -- getting away with it...
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651,40 |
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Athletes and Acquaintance Rape
ISBN: 9780761909675 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Takes a provocative look at specific aspects of professional athletic life that lead to sexual assault, and -- very frequently -- getting away with it.
Takes a provocative look at specific aspects of professional athletic life that lead to sexual assault, and -- very frequently -- getting away with it...
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411,41 |
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Social and Psychological Consequences of Violent Victimization
ISBN: 9780761910404 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This unique text draws from both the fields of criminology and psychology to provide a comprehensive examination of the two major areas that are most significantly sffected by violent crime - the crime victims themselves, and the larger sphere of their families, friends, neighboorhoods, and communities. Beginning with a discussion of the how we measure and study violent victimization, the authors then look at the immediate and long-term impact violent acts have upon the direct victims. The book then examines 'secondary victims' - family members, neighbors, friends, and the professionals...
This unique text draws from both the fields of criminology and psychology to provide a comprehensive examination of the two major areas that are most ...
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940,36 |
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Social and Psychological Consequences of Violent Victimization
ISBN: 9780761910411 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book's one-of-a-kind focus on both the psychological and social impact of crime makes it an invaluable supplementary text for criminal justice and criminology courses dealing with victimization, violent crimes and the criminal justice process. Psychology courses dealing in law and crime also benefit from this text, which features discussion questions, end-of-chapter summaries, and special topic boxes. The book will also interest professionals in victims' services, crime prevention, criminal justice, and social work. The book's one-of-a-kind focus on both the psychological and social impact of crime makes it an invaluable supplementary text for criminal justice ... |
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651,40 |
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Policing the Media: Street Cops and Public Perceptions of Law Enforcement
ISBN: 9780761911050 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Policing the Media is an investigation into one of the paradoxes of the mass media age. Issues, events, and people that we see most on our television screens are often those that we understand the least. David Perlmutter examined this issue as it relates to one of the most frequently portrayed groups of people on television: police officers. Policing the Media is a report on the ethnography of a police department, derived from the authorOCOs experience riding on patrol with officers and joining the department as a reserve policeman. Drawing upon interviews, Perlmutter describes the lives... Policing the Media is an investigation into one of the paradoxes of the mass media age. Issues, events, and people that we see most on our televisi... |
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