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The New Jim Crow
New Press, The 2012; US$ 19.95Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. Praised by Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier as ?brave and bold,? this book directly challenges the notion that the presidency of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling... more...
Negrophobia and Reasonable Racism
NYU Press 1997; US$ 75.00Tackling the ugly secret of unconscious racism in American society, this book provides specific solutions to counter this entrenched phenomenon. more...
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements and Youth Justice
The Policy Press 2009; US$ 29.95This report provides a detailed exploration of MAPPA policy and practice in order to prompt further debate about the implications of the risk paradigm for young people and youth justice practitioners. more...
Crime in the United States 2011
Bernan Press 2011; US$ 99.00Crime in the United States contains findings that the FBI releases annually from its Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Because it is no longer printed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bernan Press continues to provide this practical information in convenient book form. Legal and law enforcement professionals and researchers will find crime statistics... more...
Class, Race, Gender, and Crime
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2010; US$ 38.99A decade after its first publication, Class, Race, Gender, and Crime remains the only authored book to systematically address the impact of class, race, and gender on criminological theory and all phases of the criminal justice process. The new edition has been thoroughly revised, for easier use in courses, and updated throughout, including... more...
The Politics of Imprisonment
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 34.99The attention devoted to the unprecedented levels of imprisonment in the United States obscure an obvious but understudied aspect of criminal justice: there is no consistent punishment policy across the U.S. It is up to individual states to administer their criminal justice systems, and the differences among them are vast. For example, while some states... more...
The Policy Making Process in the Criminal Justice System
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95How the state ?deals with? crime and criminality is a major issue for all students of criminology and criminal justice. This book offers a fresh perspective on the policy making process in the criminal justice system of England and Wales by presenting a detailed overview of both the theory behind it and how it plays out in practise with contemporary... more...
Crime Control, Politics and Policy (1st edition title: What's Wrong with the Criminal Justice System: Ideology, Politics and the Media)
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 32.95This book reviews concepts, information and points of view that help to explain the context and constraints of the criminal justice system. The chapters summarize developments in public policy and crime control, and interweave themes central to the discussion: the impact of ideology, the role of the media, and the politicization of crime and criminal... more...
To Serve and Protect
NYU Press 1998; US$ 79.00In contrast to government's predominant role in criminal justice today, for many centuries crime control was almost entirely private and community-based. Government police forces, prosecutors, courts, and prisons are all recent historical developmentsresults of a political and bureaucratic social experiment which, Bruce Benson argues, neither... more...
Policing and Criminal Justice
SAGE Publications 2010; US$ 33.00An essential guide to the Criminal Justice System for students undertaking policing related degrees. more...









