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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “cheryl l maxson”
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  • Street Gang Patterns and Policies

    by Malcolm W. Klein, Cheryl L. Maxson ...
    Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
    In the past two decades, many prevention and suppression programs have been initiated on a national and local level to combat street gangs--but what do we really know about them? Why do youths join them? Why do they proliferate? Street Gang Patterns and Policies is a crucial update and critical examination of our understanding of gangs and major gang-control programs across the nation. Often ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Youth Gangs in International Perspective

    Results from the Eurogang Program of Research

    Edited by Cheryl L. Maxson, Finn-Aage Esbensen ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    As a steady source of juvenile delinquents and an incubator for future adult offenders, the youth gang has long been a focus of attention, from their origins and prevalence to intervention and prevention strategies. But while delinquent youth form gangs worldwide, youth gang research has generally focused on the U.S.Youth Gangs in International Perspective provides a needed corrective by offering ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Gang Transitions and Transformations in an International Context

    Edited by Cheryl L. Maxson, Finn-Aage Esbensen ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This unique volume explores why and how youth join and leave gangs, as a lens for exploring intervention and prevention through comparative, international research. The book explores three key questions: how do youth gangs form and how do they change over time? Why do youth join street gangs, and why do they leave? How can we use this knowledge to foster more effective interventions for gang ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • The Environmental Psychology of Prisons and Jails

    Creating Humane Spaces in Secure Settings

    by Richard E. Wener ...
    Series series Environment and Behavior
    This book distils thirty years of research on the impacts of jail and prison environments. The research program began with evaluations of new jails that were created by the US Bureau of Prisons, which had a novel design intended to provide a non-traditional and safe environment for pre-trial inmates and documented the stunning success of these jails in reducing tension and violence. This book uses ... Read more

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  • Crime and Public Policy

    Edited by James Q. Wilson, Joan Petersilia ...
    Crime in the United States has fluctuated considerably over the past thirty years, as have the policy approaches to deal with it. During this time criminologists and other scholars have helped to shed light on the role of incarceration, prevention, drugs, guns, policing, and numerous other aspects to crime control. Yet the latest research is rarely heard in public discussions and is often missing ... Read more

    $59.39 USD

  • An Introduction to Criminal Psychology

    by Russil Durrant ...
    This book offers a clear, up-to-date, comprehensive, and theoretically informed introduction to criminal psychology, exploring how psychological explanations and approaches can be integrated with other perspectives drawn from evolutionary biology, neurobiology, sociology, and criminology. Drawing on examples from around the world, it considers different types of offences from violence and ... Read more

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  • Criminology

    The Essentials

    by Anthony Walsh, Cody Jorgensen ...
    In Criminology: The Essentials, authors Anthony Walsh and Cody Jorgensen introduce students to major theoretical perspectives and criminology topics in a concise, easy-to-read format. This straightforward overview of the major subject areas in criminology thoroughly covers the most up-to-date advances in theory and research, while challenging students to consider the applications of these theories ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

  • Crime and the Life Course

    by Michael L. Benson ...
    Series series Criminology and Justice Studies
    In recent years, the lifecourse perspective has become a popular theoretical orientation toward crime. Yet despite its growing importance in the field of criminology, most textbooks give it only cursory treatment. Crime and the Lifecourse: An Introduction by Michael L. Benson provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research and theory on the life-course approach to crime. The book ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Sexual Offending

    A Criminological Perspective

    Edited by Patrick Lussier, Eric Beauregard ...
    Series series Global Issues in Crime and Justice
    There is growing recognition that sexual offending is a multi-determined phenomenon requiring a multi-disciplinary perspective. The significant contribution of psychology and psychiatry, but also sociology, gender studies and anthropology to the study of sex offending and perpetrators of sex offenses has played a key role in the development of a distinct field of research. In recent years, however ... Read more

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  • Parental Incarceration and the Family

    Psychological and Social Effects of Imprisonment on Children, Parents, and Caregivers

    by Joyce A. Arditti ...
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  • The Wiley Handbook on the Psychology of Violence

    by Carlos A. Cuevas, Callie Marie Rennison ...
    The Wiley Handbook on the Psychology of Violence features a collection of original readings, from an international cast of experts, that explore all major issues relating to the psychology of violence and aggressive behaviors.Features original contributions from an interdisciplinary cast of scholars - leading experts in their fields of studyIncludes the latest violence research – and its ... Read more

    $166.00 USD