Criminology and Criminal Justice Fall 2018 Title Catalog by Cognella, Inc

CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE TITLE CATALOG

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RACE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE HISTORY Rhetoric, Politics, and Policy Arthur H. Garrison Through socio-legal, socio-psychological and socio-historical analysis of racism and the history of American political rhetoric on crime, this text provides a foundation for understanding how African Americans are perceived in modern society and how long-standing negative perceptions have influenced their interactions with the criminal justice system. Arthur H. Garrison, LP.D., is an associate professor of criminal justice at Kutztown University, specializing in criminal justice history, race and policing, constitutional law, legal history, and national security. He received his doctorate in law and policy from Northeastern University and his masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in criminal justice from West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

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COPS AT RISK Health, Homicide, and Litigation Dennis J. Stevens, Ph.D. This text introduces students to the various challenges officers of the law face on a regular basis, including infectious disease, the ever-present risk of assault or loss of life, and the imminent threat of legal action. The book posits that these trials can directly impact the physical and mental health of police officers, leading to personal and professional issues such as corruption, the escalated use of force or denial of due process, chronic illness, suicide, and more. Dennis Stevens, Ph.D., is a retired criminal psychology professor and the director of Justice Writers of America. He has led intervention sessions among police officers in response to various crisis incidents and counseled high-risk prisoners throughout the United States.

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FUNDAMENTAL OF INVESTIGATIVE REPORT WRITING Gary Guthrie This text teaches readers how to precisely construct investigative reports, whether for criminal, employment-policy, or employee-performance investigations. Dedicated to helping report-writers produce valuable extrinsic documentation, it explains how to describe â&#x20AC;&#x153;what happened and whyâ&#x20AC;? in clear, concise terms. After twenty-five years in law enforcement, Gary Guthrie retired and brought his experience and expertise to the university classroom. A faculty member at both Point Loma Nazarene University and Southwestern College in San Diego, he teaches criminal justice courses with a significant focus on the role of quality written documentation.

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WHO SHAPED THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM? Innovators and Pioneer James Windell This text features the work of seminal thinkers within criminal justice such as Founding Father James Madison, former director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover, and famed attorney Clarence Darrow. Students learn about key figures in law enforcement, corrections, the courts, popular culture, and criminological theory, whose personal biographies are intertwined with their criminal justice achievements. James Windell has worked for many years as a court clinical psychologist. He is an adjunct faculty member of criminal justice at Wayne State University and a lecturer at Oakland University, both in Michigan.

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THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO CASINO SECURITY A Handbook of Tools, Strategies, and Training Anthony V. DiSalvatore, CPP, PSP, PCI, CFE, CLSD This text gives casino security professionals the skills and knowledge they need to understand their roles and responsibilities and make quick, correct decisions during casino security-related incidents. It introduces the tools, equipment, and training that ensure safety and protection and is a complete resource for existing casino security departments. Anthony V. DiSalvatore holds two masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees, the first on university education administration from Seton Hall University and the second in criminal justice from Rutgers. He has more than thirty years of experience working in security-related positions, and has been involved in the design, implementation, and operation of security at casinos, hotels, and entertainment complexes across the country.

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ADVANCED CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS Skills and Techniques for Detectives in the 21st Century Stephen D’Arcy

© 2018 This anthology shares valuable insights into the effective techniques and practical skills required for advanced criminal investigations, as well as the personal qualities and characteristics that make a good detective. It includes readings on physical evidence, interrogations, cybercrime, terrorism, drug offenses, and more. The anthology also features original contributions and investigative case studies from the United States Department of Justice.

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CRIMINAL COURTS IN THEORY, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE A Reader Dr. Marc Gertz and Dr. Christi Shauna Metcalfe

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This anthology features high-interest readings that focus on three specific aspects of the court system: organizational pressures, actor decision-making, and outside demands. The selections are organized into seven sections covering criminal court ideology, trial courts as organizations, courtroom workgroups, the early phases of case processing, sentencing, the appeals process, and the impact of appellate courts.

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THE POLICE FUNCTION Arthur Wiechmann

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This text addresses the complex issues confronting today’s police officers. The book is organized into fourteen concise chapters covering topics such as patrol and investigative functions, community-oriented policing, police organization and management, organizational ethics, the use of force, and civil liability.

TEACHING INTRODUCTION TO POLICING Kenneth J. Peak

© 2018 This text provides instructors of introductory policing courses with creative and effective teaching methods to better engage students and guide them to a greater understanding of the United States law enforcement system and its role in the administration of justice. It features practical advice for designing a course that will meet both the instructor’s needs and those of their students.

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GETTING HIGH The Globalization of Drug Crime Don Lacher and Glenn Lacher

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This book combines academic research and the real-world experiences of experts in drug-trafficking trends to explore the impact of organized criminal groups and transnational trafficking on the global drug problem. Engaging and informative, it is an excellent choice for courses in drugs and crime, sociology, criminal justice, and addiction studies.

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DRUG CARTEL AND GANG VIOLENCE IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA A Concise Introduction Robert O. Kirkland

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This text gives readers an overview of the issues associated with drugs, cartels, and gangs in Mexico and Central America. The readings are based on years of field research and interviews with regional leaders and local actors. They address topics including the history and growth of Mexican drug cartels, the role corruption plays in facilitating drug trafficking, and more.

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THE HIDDEN WORLD OF THE SEX OFFENDER Readings on Sex Crimes and the Criminal Justice System Stephen Holmes and Ronald Holmes

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This anthology examines deviant sexual behaviors from historical and geographical perspectives. Students learn about types of offenders and differences between nuisance sex offenders and dangerous sex criminals. Specific topics include characteristics of offenders, aberrant forms of sexual behavior, cyber-predators, sex trafficking, and more. Most notable is the text’s attention to the often overlooked topics of female offenders and male prostitution.

UNDERSTANDING NECROPHILIA A Global Multidisciplinary Approach Lee Mellor, Anil Aggrawal, and Eric Hickey

Designed to serve as a complete reference guide for psychiatrists, social workers, law enforcement personnel, and students of forensic medicine and psychology, this text fearlessly examines a challenging and disturbing facet of abnormal psychology and criminal deviance—the assault of the deceased. The text features the writing of experts from around the world who share professional, cultural, social, and legal insights on the subject.

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THE AMERICAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM A Concise Guide to Cops, Courts, Corrections, and Victims James Windell

ÂŠ 2017 This text gives students an overview of the American version of justice. The book addresses several specific aspect of criminal justice such as the law enforcement response to crime, the prosecution and the defense, sentencing, corrections, and alternatives, the experience of victims, and the future of criminal justice.

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DEALING WITH CRITICAL INCIDENTS The Importance of Media Relations and Stress Management Robert Kirkland

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Developed for law enforcement training, this anthology emphasizes the importance of stress management and media relations when dealing with critical incidents ranging from natural disasters to workplace violence. Students learn the police perspective on police-media relations, response models for public relations management, lessons in personal resilience, and best practices for coping with major incidents.

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CONTEMPORARY CRIMINAL JUSTICE An Examination of the System, Its Challenges, and Its Future Kendra N. Bowen and Jason D. Spraitz

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Enriched with current examples that illustrate the system in action, the challenges it faces, and the hot button issues of the day, this engaging text features current and objective research concerning the criminal justice system and its operations. The book gives students up-to-date content that addresses foundational concepts in policing, the courts, and corrections.

WHEN THE BODY SPEAKS An Introduction to Forensic Biology Gilbert Ellis

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Written with the non-science major in mind, this text focuses on the biological and chemical areas of forensic science. Students learn about organ systems and the autopsy process, body fluids, blood spatter analysis, dermatoglyphics, DNA analysis, and toxicology. The text is well suited for pre-law, psychology, and criminology courses.

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GANGS AND ADOLESCENT SUBCULTURES LaTanya Skiffer

ÂŠ 2017 This anthology will allow students the opportunity to analyze gangs and other adolescent subcultures as social phenomena. The book outlines the historical, etiological, behavioral, social, demographic, and environmental characteristics of these prevalent subcultures.

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POLICING CYBERSPACE Law Enforcement and Forensics in the Digital Age Matthew J. Dolliver and Diana S. Dolliver

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This text gives readers a contextualized, real-world understanding of cybercrime issues related to policing and forensics. It conveys the rapidly changing nature of cyber- and computer-based crimes and places them in a legal framework that is often slow to react to these changes.

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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Cases, Readings, and Comparative Perspectives Raneta Lawson Mack

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This book presents comparative perspectives on many of the important issues in criminal procedure. Through the use of selected United States Supreme Court cases and scholarly literature in the field, students will be guided step by step through the development of the law. Each section offers notes and questions designed to encourage critical thinking about individual issues, as well as the interrelationship of various concepts.

LAW IN SOCIETY Stuart Henry, Alan Mobley, and Paul Kaplan

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This anthology explores how law shapes and is shaped by societies. The selections stem from a view of law as an integral part of the wider socio-political economy and one of its central institutions. Through reading Law in Society students come to recognize that as a society changes, so too do its laws and legal system.

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INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE Structure, Process, Principles and Morality Carolyn Petrosino

By including ethics, morality, and social justice as foundational concepts, this book serves to provide a sensitive and realistic view of the system to students newly introduced to the criminal justice discipline. The book moves beyond the basics of the discipline to consider the real consequences and ethical implications of the criminal justice system.

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AN INVESTIGATOR’S GUIDE TO ORGANIZED CRIME Clint E Osowski

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Designed to serve as both a textbook and a guidebook for investigative field work, the text focuses on information that will be immediately applicable in the working world. The book begins with a general overview of the globalization of organized crime. Each chapter that follows is devoted to a specific topic beginning with common state violations that are associated with participation in organized crime.

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THE NATURE AND THEORY OF CRIME John M. Stogner

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The readings in this text represent the eighteen most influential theories and perspectives in criminology. Each reading, while accessible to the student-reader, has been chosen to represent the complexity of theoretical issues in the field. Students will explore the classical, biological, and control perspectives, the influence of neighborhoods and communities on crime, labeling theories, feminist criminology, and more.

FORCE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT Coy Johnston

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This text explains the justifications for the use of force by both citizens and law enforcement officers. Students will learn about situations that call for uses of force and what the various use of force options are. The book also addresses training procedures, rules of law, and ways to control force.

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RELIGION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE William J. Cook, Jr.

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This book adds a new dimension to the study of the criminal justice system by asking readers to consider how aspects of that system may be grounded in religious beliefs both past and present. It helps readers become religiously literate and addresses the influence of religion on the development of the justice system in the United States and enables readers to understand how this influence extends into the present day.

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EXPLORING VICTIMOLOGY The Effects and Consequences of Victimization Ellen G. Cohn, Ph.D.

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This book provides an introduction to the field of victimology, discusses theories and the measurement of victimization, examines victim precipitation and victim blaming, and explores the various costs of crime to victims. Students will gain insight into the effects and consequences of victimization on various populations, including women, children, elderly, and secondary victims.

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This book uses postmodernist deconstruction to present a libertarian understanding of race and poverty and discusses how, in today’s world, race is used for profit. The tools and approach introduced in the book help students understand discrimination in society, discover implications in their own lives, and work towards productive change in society.

QUESTIONING JUSTICE

The articles in this edited collection were carefully selected to bring questions of justice and criminal justice policy to the forefront. Each articles is followed by critical as well as creative thinking questions and a series of word games that help emphasize careful reading and a deeper understanding of the material.

This text offers historical and contemporary perspectives on critical issues in the administration of justice and places these issues within a variety of theoretical and sociological contexts. It focuses on each stage of the criminal justice system--police, courts, and corrections--and examines the way justice is administered differently to certain groups within the overall population.

BLACKS BEHIND BARS

This anthology takes a critical look at our nation’s criminal justice system and related institutions. It presents an impassioned yet reasoned examination of how the burgeoning prison boom and problematic forms of policing marginalize African-Americans in American society.

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This anthology provides feminist and critical perspectives on crime, justice, and human rights. The readings survey gender socialization as it pertains to criminality. They examine inequality within the patriarchal system with the primary focus on the subjugation and oppression of the gendered body.

CRIME AND MEDIA STUDIES

This text concisely and efficiently pulls the curtain back on the reality of crime and punishment and the role media has played in the United States becoming the world’s leader in incarceration. Divided into the key parts of the criminal justice system, the text explores prominent issues facing the criminal justice system.

This text provides a broad overview of cybercrime while also discussing theoretical explanations and policy implications. The book addresses crimes such as cyberbullying, internet child pornography, hacking, and cyberterrorism. It increases readers’ awareness of cybercrime and examines such crime from both social and behavioral science perspectives.

This anthology offers a management perspective on issues related to law enforcement, corrections, and human resources. The readings summarize and interpret the ways in which current issues in the field of criminal justice management impact organizations, personnel, and other stakeholders.

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Based on both research and theoretical analysis, this anthology addresses the types and extent of crimes, the role of criminal and constitutional law, law enforcement, corrections, probation, and parole. The material addresses community policing, due process, victimology, and the scale of imprisonment in the United States.

This anthology combines theories of crime causation with their implications for key policy questions relevant to today’s world. The introductory chapter provides an overview of theories that link criminal acts and crime events to individual, social, cultural and structural causes. Each Section includes an introduction to the ideas that are presented in the readings that follow.

This anthology explores formal and informal dimensions of social control and demonstrates that law and the criminal justice system are set within the wider context of social control. Combining theory with key policy issues and offering a wealth of current articles and research, the text addresses the challenges facing criminal justice practitioners, researchers, and elected officials.

This book examines the concepts and causes behind terrorism, as well as the roles of religion, public relations, and politics. It increases understanding of the roots of terrorism. It also discusses the ability of terrorist groups to advance political agendas, fundraise, and use media to promote their visions and ideologies.

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This book provides foundational knowledge and engages students through real-life examples and scenarios. In contrast to many standard textbooks which tend to overwhelm both instructors and students with dozens of theories, this text focuses on select theories, exploring them in depth.

MORE THAN RACE

This reader examines issues of diversity relative to human rights, race, class, gender, sexual-orientation, age, religion, and social control, as situated within the criminal justice system. The book provides a comprehensive framework for discussions of diversity and criminal justice.

This anthology examines the ways in which race, ethnicity, class, and gender impact offenders as they move through the criminal justice system, and integrate back into the community. The book also looks at the unintended consequences of criminal justice policies on women and minorities, and considers what, if anything, is being done to address disparities.

This text is divided into three parts. In Part 1, students become familiar with the genesis and mission of the Department of Homeland Security. Part 2 addresses threats to homeland security, and Part 3 explores responses to these threats. In addition to discussing developments in homeland security, the anthology also gives historical perspective and covers policy and operations.

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This text approaches law enforcement administration from a concept approach, which is somewhat different from approaches found in traditional textbooks on the topic. In this book, you will find ten basic concepts that will help any administrator excel in his or her position.

FROM THE CRIME TO THE COURTS

From the Crime to the Courts provides a comprehensive overview of the field. The anthology begins with a discussion of the study of crime and how crime can most clearly be defined. This is followed by an exploration into the nature of criminology. Subsequent sections of the text focus on policing and law enforcement, courts and the judicial process, and corrections.

CYBERCRIME AND CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY

FUNDAMENTAL READINGS ON HACKING, PIRACY, THEFT, AND HARASSMENT

This anthology explores the predictors for various forms of cybercrime and deviance, from common problems like media piracy, to more distinct offenses such as computer hacking. This text provides critical insight into the utility of multiple theories to account for cybercrimes.

SHADES OF BLUE

This text explores issues essential to understanding the complex purposes and effects of contemporary law enforcement in a democratic society. Through seminal writings by noted policing pioneers, students are introduced to the philosophies and strategies associated with the professional and community eras in policing.

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This anthology is designed to address the information gaps found in typical forensic textbooks. The articles selected for this text provide a deeper understanding of both the theory and the practical applications of forensicinvestigation skills. Topics include The CSI Effect, Views on the Needs for Forensics, Photography, DNA/Fingerprints, and Digital Evidence.

CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY

SOCIOLOGICAL AND CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES

This anthology provides a comprehensive, multidimensional look at theories on crime and deviancy. The text helps students gain a deep understanding of numerous criminological theories, and gives them the skills to evaluate competing perspectives on these theories. Discussion questions encourage students to reflect on how each selection fits into the larger themes of the book.

This anthology includes the original writings of sociologists, psychologists, criminologists, and others. The readings explain how deviance is studied, and teach students about specific behaviors that may be considered norm-violating. The readings represent various genres ranging from fact sheets compiled by governmental departments to newspaper and journal articles.

This anthology teaches students about the interface between police and the people they serve. The chapters offer a range of approaches, including empirical tests of law enforcement practices, treatment of issues in a diverse workforce, and the treatment of social problems that affect policing, including an examination of how race, class and gender shape police behavior.

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A HISTORY OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT READINGS AND DOCUMENTS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE

This anthology offers a number of documents and articles on crime, criminality and punishment throughout history. Readers will be engaged and enthralled by the range of topics presented in this text, including America’s first famous serial killer, eyewitness descriptions of executions, the Code of Hammurabi, and the experiences of Theodore Roosevelt as New York City Police Commissioner.

This anthology introduces lower division, undergraduate students to original writings of some of the great academics in the field. The book exposes readers to the fundamental works of the classical and positivist schools, incorporates both theoretical and applied readings, and successfully prepares students for future course work.

The readings in this collection are bound by a singular purpose: identifying effective strategies to reduce and prevent crime on America’s streets. For frontline law enforcement this is a central mission - a mission increasingly informed by the findings of social science. Because criminal justice professionals rely on their findings, the work of today’s social scientists carries special responsibility.

THE DEATH PENALTY IN FOCUS A SPECIAL TOPICS ANTHOLOGY

The death penalty is one of the most debated issues in America. This anthology highlights several important issues in the death penalty debate and takes a reasoned approach, presenting relevant facts and prevailing opinions in an unbiased manner.

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