Offenders

This title was first published in 2000.

This title was first published in 2000.

This treatment program targets the criminal, behavioral, and mental health problems of inmates in segregated housing that prevents them from living prosocially and productively within the general prison population.

This treatment program targets the criminal, behavioral, and mental health problems of inmates in segregated housing that prevents them from living prosocially and productively within the general prison population.

From media images of "e;mean girls"e; to the disproportionate punishment of Black, Latina and/or queer girls in schools and the justice system, female aggression has become a public concern.

From media images of "e;mean girls"e; to the disproportionate punishment of Black, Latina and/or queer girls in schools and the justice system, female aggression has become a public concern.

Tracing the causes of elite deviance to the structure of U.

Tracing the causes of elite deviance to the structure of U.

Counselling Male Sexual Offenders: A Strengths-Focused Approach informs readers how to utilize an easily accessible, integrative, strengths-focused counselling approach with men who pose a sexual risk.

Counselling Male Sexual Offenders: A Strengths-Focused Approach informs readers how to utilize an easily accessible, integrative, strengths-focused counselling approach with men who pose a sexual risk.

Fifty years ago, David Matza wrote Delinquency and Drift, challenging the ways people thought about the development of criminals.

Fifty years ago, David Matza wrote Delinquency and Drift, challenging the ways people thought about the development of criminals.

Often, research concerning the female offender is scarce.

In the aftermath of Martinson's 1974 "e;nothing works"e; doctrine, scholars have made a concerted effort to develop an evidence-based corrections theory and practice to show "e;what works"e; to change offenders.

In the aftermath of Martinson's 1974 "e;nothing works"e; doctrine, scholars have made a concerted effort to develop an evidence-based corrections theory and practice to show "e;what works"e; to change offenders.

The use of violence within relationships, families or communities is a major public health issue across the world.

The use of violence within relationships, families or communities is a major public health issue across the world.

This book examines the extent to which criminal desistance - 'the change process involved in the ending of criminal behaviour' - is affected by personal and social circumstances which are place specific.

This book examines the extent to which criminal desistance - 'the change process involved in the ending of criminal behaviour' - is affected by personal and social circumstances which are place specific.

It is well-established that the majority of youth offenders cease to commit crime in early adulthood, but the mechanisms behind the shift from a criminal to a conventional lifestyle are not fully understood.

It is well-established that the majority of youth offenders cease to commit crime in early adulthood, but the mechanisms behind the shift from a criminal to a conventional lifestyle are not fully understood.

The Psychopath: Theory, Research, and Practice is a comprehensive review of the latest advancements in the study of psychopathy.

The Psychopath: Theory, Research, and Practice is a comprehensive review of the latest advancements in the study of psychopathy.

With the insight and clarity that mark all of Petersen's writings, Against the Stream brings together reflections of an unconventional demographer.

With the insight and clarity that mark all of Petersen's writings, Against the Stream brings together reflections of an unconventional demographer.

*Recipient of the American Society of Criminology's 2006 Michael J.

*Recipient of the American Society of Criminology's 2006 Michael J.

In Causes of Delinquency, Hirschi attempts to state and test a theory of delinquency, seeing in the delinquent a person relatively free of the intimate attachments, the aspirations, and the moral beliefs that bind most people to a life within the law.

In Causes of Delinquency, Hirschi attempts to state and test a theory of delinquency, seeing in the delinquent a person relatively free of the intimate attachments, the aspirations, and the moral beliefs that bind most people to a life within the law.

Armed and Considered Dangerous is a book about "e;bad guys"e; and their guns.

Armed and Considered Dangerous is a book about "e;bad guys"e; and their guns.

Conscience and Convenience was quickly recognized for its masterly depiction and interpretation of a major period of reform history.

Conscience and Convenience was quickly recognized for its masterly depiction and interpretation of a major period of reform history.

Delinquency is one of those social problem areas that calls upon the contributions of many different disciplines.

Delinquency is one of those social problem areas that calls upon the contributions of many different disciplines.

The first C.

The first C.

Ranging from pool hustling to pornography, this book analyzes deviant branches of American life, dispels misconceptions about them, and throws new light on sociological theory and method.

Ranging from pool hustling to pornography, this book analyzes deviant branches of American life, dispels misconceptions about them, and throws new light on sociological theory and method.

Juvenile court has elicited the interest and criticism of lawyers, social workers, and criminologists, but less attention from sociologists.

Juvenile court has elicited the interest and criticism of lawyers, social workers, and criminologists, but less attention from sociologists.

Labeling theory has been an extremely important and influential development in criminology, but its recent advances have been largely neglected.

Labeling theory has been an extremely important and influential development in criminology, but its recent advances have been largely neglected.

This volume fills a research gap of striking proportions by exploring the contingencies that mediate the crimes perpetrated on those who are themselves perpetrators.

This volume fills a research gap of striking proportions by exploring the contingencies that mediate the crimes perpetrated on those who are themselves perpetrators.

In this important classic work, one of America's foremost social scientists introduces a significant approach to the causation of delinquency and advances an all-inclusive strategy for coping with a national problem of continuing concern.

In this important classic work, one of America's foremost social scientists introduces a significant approach to the causation of delinquency and advances an all-inclusive strategy for coping with a national problem of continuing concern.

The Social Organization of Juvenile Justice recasts familiar sociological problems of research within a dramatically new and different theoretical and methodological perspective.

The Social Organization of Juvenile Justice recasts familiar sociological problems of research within a dramatically new and different theoretical and methodological perspective.

For many, the arms trade and its dealers are the root cause of regional wars and global terrorism.