Subject Guide: Criminal Justice

This work is designed to provide a solid foundation for the research of various sociological topics. This volume provides a theoretical and methodological introduction to the study of deviance and the violation of social norms.

Explores crime and punishment throughout the world through the eyes of leading experts, local authors and scholars, and government officials.

This book provides an introductory overview of the Salem witch trials, which is followed by an array of primary sources that tell the Salem story in the words of both the accusers and the victims of that episode.

Covers the most critical issues facing American society today. Topic range from biotechnology to identity theft, from racial profiling to corporate governance, from school choice to food safety. 4 volumes.
Vol. 1 - Business and Economy
Vol. 2 - Criminal Justice
Vol. 3 - Family and Society
Vol. 4 - Environment, Science, and Technology

Provides practical guidance and resources for offering victim meditation in property crimes, in minor assaults, and with crimes of severe violence, including with family members of murder victims who request to meet the offender.

Provides worldwide coverage of important legal topics of the day. Each chapter begins with an overview by a legal scholar, providing a framework for understanding the issue. Each overview is then followed by twelve essays on different countries around the world. The essays discuss laws in those countries, as well as the historical and cultural contexts in which those laws came about.

Provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payors, and state and federal review agencies.

A demographic and economic portrait of the United States that places less emphasis on international comparisons and more on comparisons over time and between states. Data is presented on population characteristics; households and families; social conditions; labor force and job characteristics; housing; income, wealth, and poverty; education; crime and criminal justice; leisure, volunteerism, and religion; voting; and government. Includes statistical tables and pie charts and text explaining the data presented.