Population

Population
Author: John Robert Weeks
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2005
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780534627799

In this Thomson Advantage Books edition of his acclaimed text, a well-known and well-respected author provides this comprehensive yet accessible introduction to population issues, concepts and theories. While keeping larger population issues in perspective, the text closely examines key factors in population processes, from fertility and mortality rates to agricultural production and urbanization. The text addresses both population problems and potential solutions, and engages students with intriguing essays, interesting examples, and up-to-date Internet resources. The text is the most comprehensive book on the market, encompassing the entire field of demography, including principle and practice: Chapters 1 - 8 provide the framework and tools while Chapters 9 - 13 apply these tools and demographic perspectives to real-world situations. The text is a classic in the field, and is respected for its comprehensive and contemporary approach and is now available at a low, student-friendly price.

The Criminal Justice System

The Criminal Justice System
Author: George F. Cole
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN:

First published in 1972, this classic text helped define how research affects policy in the criminal justice system. The new Ninth Edition provides a unique balance of the enduring classics in the development of criminal justice policy, with the most current research from the field and debates from the halls of Congress. This 28-article reader allows students to see research-framed debates discussed in our administration of justice. Flexible in its design, this work promotes a more critical understanding of the structure and function of the criminal justice system, but it also invites attention to critical cross cutting themes, such as discretion, occupational role conception, the sources of power and authority inside institutions, and how the public may impact our choices of laws and the way laws are written.

Criminal Procedure

Criminal Procedure
Author: Joel Samaha
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780534550103

Joel Samaha is the best-selling author of three major textbooks in Introduction to Criminal Justice, Criminal Law, and Criminal Procedure. His success stems from his ability to present legal issues in a lucid and methodical manner. This text's success can be attributed to the author's ability to help the student grasp the complexities of the criminal justice system and the laws by presenting all sides of an issue equally. Samaha wants the students to understand why procedures are as they are instead of simply memorizing them. This is a comprehensive and legally-oriented text, focusing on the law as it is written, not solely from a layperson's point of view.

Crime Types

Crime Types
Author: Dean A. Dabney
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This text/reader focuses on major types of crimes to illustrate the behavior, tendencies, and similarities and differences that are observable among criminals, victims, and situations. Overview materials are combined with key research and readings from the field, many of the selections feature ethnographic work that illustrates, from a criminal or victim's perspective, what it is like to "do crime."

Introduction to Criminology

Introduction to Criminology
Author: Frank E. Hagan
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780534534448

New edition of a text that introduces criminology with an emphasis on theory, method, and criminal behavior. In the 14 chapters, Hagan (Mercyhurst College) covers basic concepts; research methods that identify and evaluate the sources of data on crime and criminals; general patterns and variations i

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice
Author: Joel Samaha
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 586
Release: 1999
Genre: Education
ISBN:

With substance and style, Samaha helps students master the complexities of the criminal justice system and the law. His presentation engages students in active learning and encourages them to understand, rather than memorize. That students truly enjoy reading CRIMINAL JUSTICE is a testament to Samaha's skill as a teacher, writer, and scholar. Featuring a critical-thinking approach that encourages students to explore all sides of the criminal justice system, this thorough introduction draws students in and encourages them to learn more. Samaha provides students with an important and realistic understanding of the formal and informal dimensions of criminal justice: from there, they have the ideal framework to learn about the sociology, politics, economics, and law of the discipline.

Sociology

Sociology
Author: Rodney Stark
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 710
Release: 2000-06-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780534569426

This text, considered to be a living classic among introductory sociology texts, is written by a major sociology researcher and scholarly author, Rodney Stark. The text introduces students to the methods and theories of sociology by introducing them to the techniques sociologists use to study society, as well as explaining the rationale behind what they chose to study. The text employs a unique perspective in a feature called A Closer View, which illustrates seminal research studies to introduce students to the sociological imagination and the world. The text has a global and multicultural perspective, which is closely related to American culture. This NEW Internet Edition incorporates the Internet throughout every chapter. It is the only text like it in the introductory sociology market.

Drugs

Drugs
Author: Howard Abadinsky
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Abadinsky explores all aspects of the drug and alcohol abuse issue, including the impact of drugs on our society; history; pharmacological impact of drugs on the body; policy implications of drugs; the criminal justice system response; the effects, treatment and prevention of abuse; theories of use; drug business; and drug law enforcement. Reports on the latest data on drug concerns provide further examination of alcohol and explore the abuse of additional substances such as "club drugs," inhalants, herbal stimulants, and designer drugs. The major drugs are arranged into depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and cannabis.