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Since 1995, I have published thirteen books (three of which are in
their second editions) that have been reviewed in both the academic and
popular press. For more information (including user reviews and
purchasing information), click on the link directly below the desired book
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Cybercrime: (part of the Criminal Investigations series) (hardcover only) Every new
technology gives rise to new forms of crime; computers and the Internet are
no exception. Following the rapid growth of the World Wide Web, criminals
have found ways to do everything from steal money to lure victims to their
deaths via cyberspace. "Cybercrime" explains the various dangers
and risks of going online, how law enforcement works to combat these crimes,
and how to avoid becoming a victim of an online crime. Chapters of this title
include: The Threat of Cybercrime; Studying Cybercrime; Cybertheft and
Illegal Goods; Identity Theft and Phishing; Cyberstalking and Cyberbullying;
Online Pornography; Hacking and Malware; and, How to Avoid Cybercriminals.
Cases covered in this title include: Viruses, such as Code Red, Melissa, and
Creep; Kevin Mitnick, notorious hacker; 414s, a hacker gang; and, Abuse,
bullying, and stalking via social-networking sites. _____________________________________________ |
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Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After Prison (paperback) An essential resource for former convicts and their families
post-incarceration. _____________________________________________ |
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Cutting The Edge: Current
Perspectives in Radical/Critical Criminology and Criminal Justice
(Paperback) 2nd
Edition (paperback only) Understanding crime, criminals, and criminal justice from a
radical/critical perspective is indispensable in today’s academic,
applied research, and policy sectors. Neglect of this approach leads to
narrow-mindedness and the probability of repeating past mistakes or
reinventing the wheel. Cutting the Edge
by will encourage readers to innovatively identify ways of experimenting with
new policy initiatives designed to improve not only criminal justice, but
social and human justice as well. This second edition is significantly changed. Not only does it include
three revised chapters, but it has six new ones as well. The studies chosen
demonstrate the difference between critical criminology and other approaches
used to study and explain criminological phenomena. The authors do not
approach the inequalities of the criminal justice system as phenomena that
should be studied, but as wrongs that must be righted. Cutting-edge critical criminology combines concerns about fairness in
punishment, tools of class analysis and the insights of feminism,
postmodernism, and ethnography. The authors included here wield these newer
tools with elegance and enthusiasm. Written with passion by experts in the
field, the book engages the mind as fully as it engages the emotions. _____________________________________________ |
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Special Problems in
Corrections (paperback) Identifies the most pressing issues affecting the correctional system
today. Maintaining a solutions-focus, the book organizes problems into
two distinct categories: those problems impacting convicts and correctional
facilities, and those impacting the correctional officers and administrators.
It examines long-standing, and emerging issues from a critical perspective,
grounding discussion in empirical research and current events. Using the
consistent voice of a single author, the book offers a no nonsense approach
to explaining the problems of corrections to students, correctional officers,
correctional managers, prisoners, and the public. Explores topics such as the
misuse of jails, underfunding, prison conditions, classification, assessment,
rehabilitation, crowding etc. Examines topics such as hiring standards,
training, working conditions, correctional officer deviance, officer pay and
workload, officer burnout, etc. Analyzes both long-standing and emerging
issues impacting correctional facilities from a solutions point of view.
Provides readers with realistic solutions to address and solve common
problems in corrections. _____________________________________________ |
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Will Terrorism End?
(Part of The Roots of Terrorism series) (hardcover only) Examines the question of terrorist group decline and cessation of
activities by tracing the history of terrorism and terrorist groups. Over
time, terrorist groups have risen and fallen, sprouting offshoots,
disbanding, or being destroyed by governments. This book argues that
terrorism is cyclical, and therefore will neither entirely disappear nor
become fully dominant. Because terrorism is a relatively easy tactic for
individuals and groups to adopt, it may never go away, but we have developed
countermeasures to minimize its effects and continue to develop tactics to
reduce its presence in our world. [Editorial
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Political Terrorism: An
Interdisciplinary Approach (paperback and
hardback) Provides a comprehensive but concise approach to the field of
terrorism—particularly its causes and effects—and the application
of this information to selected case studies. Political Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary
Approach is easy to read and designed to answer common questions asked
by undergraduate and graduate students without prior exposure to the study of
terrorism. This book is accessible to practitioners (those individuals
working, or aspiring to work, in the fields of criminal justice and national
security) and policymakers in the counterterrorism field as well as members
of the mass media covering stories on terrorism. Political Terrorism is
sensitive to the global ramifications of terrorism and the responses to it.
This book maintains a balance between realism and sensationalism and offers a
more comprehensive understanding of the causes and effects of terrorism than
do most other texts. Political Terrorism integrates scholarly analysis with
current events by relying on recent media accounts and information gathered
by responsible news outlets. The text features end-of-chapter questions as
well as "exhibit" boxes that provide background details on items of
interest to students and instructors. _____________________________________________ |
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Native Americans And the
Criminal Justice System (paperback and
hardback) Native Americans and the Criminal Justice System offers a
comprehensive approach to explaining the causes, effects, and solutions for
the presence and plight of Native Americans in the criminal justice system.
Articles from scholars and experts in Native American issues examine the ways
in which society’s response to Native Americans is often socially
constructed. The contributors work to dispel the myths surrounding the crimes
committed by Native Americans and assertions about the role of criminal
justice agencies that interact with Native Americans. In doing so, the
contributors emphasize the historical, social, and cultural roots of Anglo
European conflicts with Native peoples and how they are manifested in the
criminal justice system. Selected chapters also consider the global and
cross-national ramifications of Native Americans and crime. This book
systematically analyzes the broad nature of the subject area, including
unique and emerging problems, theoretical issues, and policy implications. |
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The Dynamics of Political
Crime (paperback and hardback) Provides an introduction to the study and theory of political crime.
Expands upon Austin T. Turk's original conceptualization of political crime
by developing an original theory which takes into consideration changes which
have taken place since the publication of Turk's Political Criminality.
Includes a detailed discussion of both oppositional and political crimes, and
those that are both violent and nonviolent. Foreword written by Kenneth S.
Tunnell.
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Behind Bars: Surviving Prison
(paperback only) Co-authored with Stephen C. Richards, this book describes to the
reader what they may expect if they are ever arrested and convicted of a
crime. It also explains what it is like doing time in jails and prisons at
either the state or federal level. Written in an accessible and semi-humorous
style. Also covers the subject matter of violence, sex, food, and release.
Provides a glossary of terms and a listing of organizations that can help
those who are incarcerated. [Editorial
and user reviews and purchasing information] _________________________________________________ |
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Convict Criminology (paperback
only) Co-edited with Stephen C. Richards, this book contains a series of
thoughtful essays written by individuals who have either been incarcerated,
but then went on to receive a Ph.D. and are now professors, or critical
criminologists who have either worked in correctional facilities or with
convicts or excons. Chapter writers include Jim Austin, Marianne
Fisher-Giorlando, Richard S. Jones, Gregg Newbold, Barbara Owen, Preston
Elrod, and Charles Terry. Foreword written by John Irwin. [Editorial
and user reviews and purchasing information] _____________________________________________ |
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Making News of Police
Violence: A Comparative Study of This book develops a model of public police violence which takes into
consideration the powerful effects of the media, public, government and the
police organization itself. Selected propositions of the model are then
applied to Joint Winner of the 2001 Society for the Study of Social Problems
Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Outstanding Scholar Award. [Editorial
and user reviews and purchasing information] ______________________________________________ |
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Controlling State Crime 2nd
Edition (paperback only) Provides a series of thoughtful essays which introduces the reader to
the definition, concept and usage of state crime. Argues how a
disproportionate amount of scholarly research focuses on the description of
state crime, and what is clearly missing are realistic solutions for the
systematic elimination or control of state illegalities. Examines this
problem in the context of education, labor, policing, intelligence
collection, the military, international law, among other topics.
Contributions by Natasha J. Cabrera, David O. Friedrichs, Pete Gill, Brian
Martin, Ira Sharkansky, Kenneth
D. Tunnell, and Barbara Yarnold. Foreword by Austin T. Turk. [Editorial
and user reviews, plus purchasing information] ______________________________________________ |
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Varieties of State Crime and
Its Control (paperback only) A follow-up to Controlling State Crime, this book describes, using
historical examples, contemporary attempts to control state crime in selected
advanced industrialized countries. Each chapter focuses on a major state and
is written by a country expert. Contributors include Raymond Corrado,
Donatella della Porta, David Potter, Stephen C. Richards, and James Wolfreys.
Foreword by Gregg Barak. [Editorial
and user reviews, plus purchasing information] __________________________________________________ |
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Cutting the Edge: Current
Perspectives in Radical/Critical Criminology and Criminal Justice (paperback
and hardcover) This edited book includes research which places current theorizing on radical/critical
criminology and criminal justice. Included are chapters on police,
institutional corrections, community corrections, and white collar crime.
Some of the contributors are Bruce Arrigo, Gregg Barak, Bob Bohm, Jeanne
Flavin, Jeff Ferrell, David Friedrichs, and Stephen C. Richards. Foreword by
Dorothy Bracey. [Editorial
and user reviews, plus purchasing information] __________________________________________________ |
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Violence in Don Mills, An edited book which mirrors in subject matter the well known book Violence in America
by Ted Robert Gurr and Hugh Davis Graham. It looks at such issues as the myth
of the peaceable kingdom, violence on the western frontier, violence by and
against children, violence by and against labor, violence by municipal police,
and violence in Canadian prisons. Contributors include Natasha J. Cabrera,
Walter DeKeseredy, Rosemary Gartner, and Kenneth D. Tunnell. Foreword by Ted
Robert Gurr. [Editorial
and user reviews, plus purchasing information] ________________________________________________ |
