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by Edwin Hardin, Sutherland
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The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice (The Pine Forge Press Series in Research Methods and Statistics)
by Ronet Bachman and Russell K. Schutt
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Would you like to try analyzing General Social Survey data online, at the UC Berkeley web site? Here's the URL (Web address), as of February, 2001: http://csa.berkeley.edu:7502/archive.htm When you connect to this site, you can select a dataset for analysis. You can analyze data collected in the General Social Survey up to 1996 by selecting the GSS dataset. However, since this dataset doesn't include the 1998 GSS data, you can't carry out all the text exercises with this dataset. Please note that the Web address for the Berkeley site is slightly different than what appears in the preface to The Practice of research in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Let us know if this site is useful to you! Russell Schutt russell.schutt@umb.edu Ronet Bachman ronet@udel.edu ******************************** 1. Integrates substantive Criminal Justice issues with research techniques in every chapter. 2. Integrates qualitative and quantitative methods together to strengthen research design and data analysis. 3. Uses SPSS as a way of teaching and reinforcing the relationship between good research design and data analysis. 4. Extensive use of graphics in every chapter facilitates students' understanding of concepts discussed. 5. A timely new chapter (Chapter 10) covers Evaluation Research. Teaching Aids 1. Student disks included in every copy of the text includes GSS data sets of 1998 as well as over 300 interactive exercises for students to do on their own. 2. An "Electronic Study Guide" will be on the Pine Forge Press web site, available to students free upon adoption of the text. 3. An option of a CD-ROM which contains the undergraduate SPSS Windows 10.0 program available, shrinkwrapped with the text (separate ISBN) for an additional $20.00. 4. Detailed and extensive Instructor's Manual available to adopters.
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Based on Russell Schutt's Investigating the Social World, a successful social research text. This edition has been revised and updated specifically for criminal justice courses and programs. Includes a new chapter on causation and experimental design; a companion CD-ROM includes new interactive examples and exercises. Previous edition: c2001. Softcover.
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Theoretical Criminology
by George B. Vold, Thomas J. Bernard, and Jeffrey B. Snipes
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Theoretical Criminology, the standard text in its field, has been extensively revised and completely updated. The fifth edition offers new sections on causation in scientific theories, Sampson's theory of collective efficacy, and Anderson's "code of the street." A new chapter on contemporary
classicism includes sections on deterrence theory and research, routine activities theory, and rational choice theory. Also included is a new chapter that examines the role of gender in criminology theories, covering feminist criminology and theories of masculinity and crime. Each theory is
presented accurately and comprehensively within its historical context. Relevant empirical research is Reviewed and assessed, and research issues related to theory testing are also discussed. Lively and engaging, this new edition is designed to appeal to students at all levels. Offering the most
precise, clear, and thorough presentation of criminology theories, Theoretical Criminology retains its premier position in the field of criminology.
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This fourth edition of Theoretical Criminology, the standard text and reference in its field, has been extensively revised and completely updated. New sections include material on neurotransmitters, environmentally induced biological components of behavior, impulsiveness and crime, neighborhoods as causes of crime, situational contexts of crime, the decline and resurgence of strain theories, and control-ology. The text presents each type of theory accurately and comprehensively within its historical context. Relevant empirical research is Reviewed and assessed, and research issues related to theory testing are also discussed.
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Whispers
by Dean Koontz
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The classic of suspense from Dean Koontz
He's back--the terror that stalked Hilary Thomas as a child is back in her life, in her house, at her bedroom door. She killed him once. But he keeps coming back. Again. And again
"An incredible, terrifying tale."--Publishers Weekly
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About The Author
Dean Koontz is one of the best-selling writers in the world. He lives in Newport Beach with his wife.
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TUESDAY AT DAWN, Los Angeles trembled. Read the first page
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Bruno Frye, Los Angeles, Hilary Thomas, San Francisco, Miss Thomas, Frank Howard, Bobby Valdez, Rita Yancy, Napa County, Joshua Rhinehart, Barbara Ann, Lieutenant Howard, Mary Gunther, Avril Tannerton, Lieutenant Clemenza, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Sheriff Laurenski, Santa Rosa, Latham Hawthorne, Forever View, Tony Clemenza, Las Palmeras, Napa Valley, Wally Topelis
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Who Killed My Daughter?
by Lois Duncan
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On July 16, 1989, Kaitlyn Arquette, a part-time college student and the author's daughter, was shot as she drove home in Albuquerque, N.M. She died the next day. The police department initially suspected that she had been the victim of a random shooting. The police ineptly handled developments in the case, charges Duncan, not because of incompetence, but due to laziness and stubborn adherence to the theory of the moment. Duncan's appeals to the FBI for help went unheeded. She turned to psychics, who offered leads, and to a private detective, who was ineffectual. Gradually it surfaced that the naive Kait had become involved through her live-in Southeast Asian boyfriend with a Vietnamese gang of drug smugglers who also dealt in insurance fraud, a gang that probably used Mexican Americans as hit men. The case is still unsolved, according to the author, and there are clues galore to be pursued. Readers critical of either Duncan's contacts with paranormals or her talking to God and to her dead daughter may be put off by the book, but many will be sympathetic to this mother's plight. The book could well be a top seller. Duncan, author of 39 young adult suspense novels, won the 1991 Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement, jointly sponsored by School Library journal and the Young Adult Library Services Association. Photos not seen by PW. Time-Life Book Digest condensation selection.
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YA-- Reading like the suspense mysteries that have made her famous, Duncan's account of her daughter's murder in New Mexico in 1989 is horrifying and at the same time thought provoking. She put all else aside as she followed up on every lead, sought the help of psychics and private investigators, and convinced an aggressive investigative reporter to help. The further she delved into the events of that fateful night, the more mysterious the pieces of the fragmented puzzle became. At the same time, the official stand of the Albuquerque police continued to be that Kait's murder was a random, drive-by shooting. The connection of Kait's Vietnamese boyfriend to an insurance scam and possible drug dealing appeared to be ignored by the APD. Throughout the first year of Duncan's investigation, several members of the family experienced death threats. Selling their family home, she and her husband tried to hide through an unlisted phone number in an apartment complex. After over a year of despair and frustration, the author turned to what she does best as a healing exercise--writing about what had happened. This book will find readers of all ages, and should be a part of all collections serving young adults. All of the elements of a suspenseful mystery are here--intrigue, turns and twists at every corner, cover-ups, and page-turning action; the sobering fact is that, this time, they're true.
- Barbara Lynn, Econo-Clad Books, Topeka, KS
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The Eyes on the Prize Civil Rights Reader: Documents, Speeches, and Firsthand Accounts from the Black Freedom Struggle (Eyes on the Prize)
by D. Clar, David J. Garrow, Gerald Gill, and Vincent Harding
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This volume is one of several produced in conjunction with the 14-part PBS Eyes on the Prize television series. It is a collection of over 100 court decisions, speeches, interviews, and other documents on the civil rights movement from 1954 to 1990. Included in the collection are the Brown v. Board of Education decision of the Supreme Court that declared legally segregated schools to be unconstitutional, Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," Harold Washington's inaugural speech after being elected mayor of Chicago, and the speech delivered by Nelson Mandela in Atlanta in June 1990. The chapter introductions written by the editors are sometimes too brief to enable readers to fully appreciate the context and importance of the documents. Nonetheless, the volume is rich in primary source material on the civil rights movement. It can be a valuable reference work for public and university libraries.
- Thomas H. Ferrell, Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette
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The Big Nowhere
by James Ellroy
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Returning to Los Angeles a few years after World War II (the setting of his last novel, The Black Dahlia ), Ellroy has come up with an ambitious, enthralling melodrama painted on a broad, dark canvas. The novel's first half interweaves two stories of lonely, driven lawmen investigating the crimes of social outcasts. In the county sheriff's office, Deputy Danny Upshaw finds that his probe of a series of homosexual murders is unleashing some frightening personal demons. Meanwhile, DA's investigator Mal Considine is assigned to infiltrate a cadre of Hollywood leftists, knowing that in the red-scare atmosphere, any hint of Communist conspiracy he uncovers will advance his career. Impressed by Upshaw's intensity, Considine decides to use him as a decoy to seduce a powerful woman nicknamed the "Red Queen," and the two cases and their implications of corruption, deceit and past violence converge explosively. At once taut and densely detailed, this is a mystery with the grim, inexorable pull of a film noir, shot through with a strictly modern dose of extreme (though not gratuitous) brutality and a very sure sense of history and characterization.
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Los Angeles, 1950. Red crosscurrents and a string of brutal killings. Three men caught up in a massive web of ambition, perversion and deceit. The characters: Danny Upshaw--a sheriff's deputy stuck with a bunch of snuffs that nobody cares about. Mal Considine--DA's office brass, climbing on the Red scare bandwagon to advance his own career. Buzz Meeks-- bagman, ex-goon and pimp for Howard Hughes, a man who fights communism for the money. All three have purchased tickets to a nightmare worse than their darkest dreams. "Stark, brutal, tender and powerfula remarkably vivid portrait of a remarkable time and place." (Publisher's Source) X-rated for violence.
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Textbook on Criminology
by Katherine S. Williams
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Now in its fifth edition, this book continues to provide a comprehensive approach and overview of the subject of Criminology as a whole. Including a new chapter on State and Terrorism and major revisions to several other chapters, this new edition aims to give the reader guidelines on the
issues at stake and help on how to best find the answers using biological, psychological and sociological theories.
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