Award Winning Books: Law and Criminology

Beyond the Schoolhouse Gate

Free Speech and the Inculcation of Values

Robert Wheeler Lane

A pragmatic inquiry into student speech, public schooling and the First Amendment

224 pages | 5.5 x 8.25

Communities and Crime

An Enduring American Challenge

Pamela Wilcox, Francis T. Cullen, and Ben Feldmeyer

A systematic exploration of how criminology has accounted for the role of community over the past century

274 pages | 6 x 9 | 10 line drawings

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Comprehending Columbine

Ralph W. Larkin

The definitive book on the school massacre that shocked a nation

264 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 table, 6 figures, 20 halftones, 1 map

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Critical White Studies

Looking Behind the Mirror

Edited by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic

Over 100 closely edited selections critically examine the notion of whiteness and its relation to social power

704 pages | 7 x 10

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The Delinquent Girl

Edited by Margaret A. Zahn

A major study defining the delinquent girl, the crimes she commits and why she commits them

360 pages | 6 x 9 | 17 tables, 29 halftones

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The Disenfranchisement of Ex-Felons

Elizabeth A. Hull

A thought-provoking look at one population's loss of voting rights in the United States

232 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 3 tables

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Divide & Conquer

Race, Gangs, Identity, and Conflict

Robert D. Weide

Argues that contemporary identity politics divides gang members and their communities across racial lines

284 pages | 6 x 9 | 6 tables, 14 halftones, 1 map

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Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling

Lessons from the Inside

Scott H. Decker and Margaret Townsend

Convicted drug smugglers describe the business from the inside

224 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 13 tables 2 halftones

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Extradition, Politics, and Human Rights

Christopher H. Pyle

A compelling history of U.S. extradition

456 pages | 7 x 10

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Illegal Migrations and the Huckleberry Finn Problem

John S.W. Park

If you knew a runaway slave or undocumented immigrant, would you tell?

278 pages | 6 x 9

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Legal Bases

Baseball and the Law

Roger I. Abrams

An accessible, insightful look at how baseball and salary arbitration are shaped by law

240 pages | 6 x 9

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Medical Malpractice

Law, Tactics, and Ethics

Frank M. McClellan

An experienced litigator lays out the essential issues

328 pages | 6 x 9

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Shaming the Constitution

The Detrimental Results of Sexual Violent Predator Legislation

Michael L. Perlin and Heather Ellis Cucolo

A new approach to the complex area of sex offender laws and policies

324 pages | 6 x 9

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Street Woman

Eleanor M. Miller

Interviews with female street hustlers working in prostitution, fraud, forgery, embezzlement, and larceny

216 pages | 5.5 x 8.25

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Taking Juvenile Justice Seriously

Developmental Insights and System Challenges

Christopher J. Sullivan

A pragmatic and comprehensive look at delinquency and juvenile justice through a developmental lens

304 pages | 6 x 9 | 5 tables, 26 figures

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The Trial Lawyer's Art

Sam Schrager

The truth about courtroom craft

264 pages | 6 x 9

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Undocumented Fears

Immigration and the Politics of Divide and Conquer in Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Jamie Longazel

How the local politics of immigration pit working people against one another

226 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 halftone

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