| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction -- 1 It's a Wonderful Life: Reflections on a Career in Progress -- 2 Reflections of a Reluctant but Committed Criminologist -- 3 Surrounded by Crime: Lessons from One Academic Career -- 4 The Good Boy in a High-Delinquency Area-40 Years Later -- 5 Learning How to Learn and Its Sequelae -- 6 Looking for Meaning in All the Right Places: The Search for Academic Satisfaction -- 7 Ignoring Warnings, I Became a Criminologist -- 8 My Life in "Crim" -- 9 Criminologist as Witness -- 10 Reflections of an African-American Criminologist -- 11 Looking Back on 40-Plus Years of a Professional Career -- 12 Unwinding: Reflections on a Career -- 13 Doing Well in the Slow Lane -- Epilogue -- About the Authors |
| Summary |
Presents the stories, musings, advice and conclusions of well-known criminologists about their research and their careers. Provides readers with suggestions about how to manage their professional lives. Contributors include Frank Cullen, Julius Debro, Don Gibbons, John Irwin, Mac Klein, Gary Marx, Joan McCord, Richard Quinney, Frank Scarpitti, Jim Short, Rita Simon, Charles Tuttle and Jackson Toby |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminology.
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Criminology
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criminology.
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Criminology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1322164355 |
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9781322164359 |
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