Criminology

Policing Immigrants

Policing Immigrants

Subtitle
Local Law Enforcement on the Front Line

Scott H. Decker, Paul G. Lewis, Monica W. Varsanyi and Doris Marie Provine

The United States deported nearly 2 million illegal immigrants during the first five years of the Obama presidency — more than during any previous administration. President Barack Obama…

Period illustration of forlorn looking woman standing in a courtroom with judge presiding

The Crimes of Womanhood

Subtitle
Defining Femininity in a Court of Law

A. Cheree Carlson

Cultural views of femininity exerted a powerful influence on the courtroom arguments used to defend or condemn notable women on trial in 19th-century and early 20th-century America. A…

Impact

Subtitle
Insights, Effects and the Reality of Impaired Driving

Responsibility Driven DUI Project

Edited by Jonathan Barber

The crime of driving under the influence negatively impacts tens of thousands of people each year. Despite numerous DUI prevention campaigns, every day countless individuals continue to…

Cover of The Retail Manager's Guide to Crime and Loss Prevention by Liz Martinez

The Retail Manager's Guide to Crime and Loss Prevention

Subtitle
Protecting Your Business from Theft, Fraud and Violence

Liz Martínez

The most thorough, easy-to-understand counter-crime guide for retail managers. Packed with succinct explanations of today's most popular crimes and proven identification and eradication…

Competing for Control: Gangs and the Social Order of Prisons

Competing for Control

Subtitle
Gangs and the Social Order of Prisons

David C. Pyrooz and Scott H. Decker

Fifty-two prisoners in Texas were murdered in a 21-month period in the 1980s. Ninety percent of these deaths were related to gangs, primarily involving intergang conflicts between the…

"Transforming the Police" book cover with cogs on cover

Transforming the Police

Subtitle
Thirteen Key Reforms

Edited by Edward R. Maguire and Charles M. Katz

In an age of intensified public debate about the role of police officers, more law-enforcement agencies rely on evidence-based policing to help officers perform their duties. In a new…

Punishing Poverty Henry F. Fradella Christine S. Scott-Hayward criminal justice

Punishing Poverty

Subtitle
How Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System

Henry F. Fradella and Christine S. Scott-Hayward

From a description on the University of California Press website: "Most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. Instead, they have been accused of a crime and cannot afford…

Punishing Poverty Henry F. Fradella Christine S. Scott-Hayward criminal justice

Punishing Poverty

Subtitle
How Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System

From a description on the University of California Press website:"Most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. Instead, they have been accused of a crime and cannot afford to…

Cops, Cameras, and Crisis by Michael D. White and Aili Malm, New York University Press, February 2020

Cops, Cameras, and Crisis

Subtitle
The Potential and Perils of Police Body-Worn Cameras

Michael D. White and Aili Malm

From the description by New York University Press: "Drawing on the latest research and insights from experts with field experience with police-worn body cameras, White and Malm show the…

Cover of the book "Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights"

Manifesting Justice

Subtitle
Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights

Valena Beety

Through the lens of her work with the Innocence Movement and client Leigh Stubbs — a woman denied a fair trial in 2000 largely due to her sexual orientation — innocence litigator,…