| Description |
x, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Contemporary issues in crime and justice series |
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Contemporary issues in crime and justice series.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Introduction : foundations of criminal justice research -- Pt. II. Experimental research and its variations -- 1. Intimate adjustment and change during shock incarceration : the impact of Correctional Boot camp programs -- 2. Evaluating the use of social skills training and employment with delinquent youth -- 3. General deterrent effects of police patrol in crime "Hot Spots" : a randomized, controlled trial -- Pt. III. Survey research -- 4. Reassessing the impact of race on citizens' attitudes toward the police : a research note -- 5. Heavy metal music preference, delinquent friends, social control and delinquency -- 6. "My wife is married and so is my girlfriend" : adaptions to the threat of AIDS in an arrestee population -- Pt. IV. Field research -- 7. Fear of victimization and the interactional construction of harassment in a Latino neighbourhood -- 8. Collective and normative features of gang violence -- 9. Ambivalent actions : prison adaption strategies of first-time, short-term inmates -- PT. V. Analysis of existing records -- 10. Analytical and aggression biases in analysis of imprisonment : reconciling discrepancies in studies of racial disparity -- 11. On preventing drunk driving recidivism : an examination of rehabilitation and punishment techniques -- 12. In the line of duty : a descriptive analysis of police assaults and accidents -- |
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Pt. VI. 13. Juvenile victimization : convergent validation of alternative measurements -- 14. Racial prejudice and support for the death penalty by Whites -- 15. A badge and a baccalaureate : policies, hypotheses and further evidence -- Pt. VII. Other methods -- 16. You can lead a horse to water... : a case study of a Police Department's response to stricter drunk-driving laws -- 17. Images of crime and justice : murder and the "True crime" genre -- 18. Further exploration of the flight from discretion : the role of risk/need instruments in probation supervision decisions -- Epilogue : policy and utilization issue in criminal justice research |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Research -- Methodology.
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Criminology -- Research -- Methodology.
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| Author |
Brandl, Steven G. (Steven Gerard)
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Lovell, Rickie Dwaine.
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| LC no. |
99055628 |
| ISBN |
0534563767 (alk. paper) |
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9780534563769 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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