Criminology & Criminal Justice

Crime, Policy and the Media is the first text to map the impact the media has on criminal justice policy.

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"Voices from Criminal Justice is a fresh perspective and a long-needed addition to the literature for the teaching criminal justice and criminology. I plan to use this reader as a supplement to my Introduction to Criminal Justice course and as a required text in a Criminal Justice graduate proseminar."—Paul Cromwell, Criminology, University of South Florida Polytechnic

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Indigeneity in the Courtroom focuses on the legal deployment of indigenous difference in US and Canadian courts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Using intensive interviews with 131 female heroin users, Huan Gao explores the careers of these women in China under the changing social contexts of the reform era.

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"Dr. Stinchcomb has written a comprehensive, yet eminently readable, textbook that takes a in-depth look at modern correctional practices....This is book that can be read in pieces and parts, or as a whole. The style she uses permits a ready understanding of the material and draws the reader into the deeper issues she poses at the end of the book." —Don Leach, Editorial Board Member of the Americans for Effective Law Enforcement