Bøger af Gregg Barak
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- The Social Realities of Justice in America
661,95 - 1.380,95 kr. Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a popular and provocative introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. Almost 15 years after its first publication, the book remains the only non-edited book to systematically explore how the main sites of power and privilege in the U.S. consciously or unconsciously shape our understanding of crime and justice in society today.The fourth edition maintains the overall structure of the third editionincluding consistent headings in chapters for class, race, gender, and intersectionswith updated examples, current data, and recent theoretical developments incorporated throughout. Part I has been significantly revised, first providing students with an overview of the criminal justice system, its actors, and actions, then introducing students to key theories of crime criminals. Part II provides foundational information about class and economic privilege, race/ethnicity and white privilege, gender and male privilege, and their intersections. Part III looks thorough these lenses at the topics of victimization, criminal law, policing and criminal prosecution, and punishment. The fourth edition also welcomes a new co-author, Allison Cotton, to the team of Gregg Barak and Paul Leighton.The fourth edition of Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a powerful introduction to the strengths and shortcomings of the criminal justice system.A complimentary Instructor's Manual and Test Bank is available. Contact textbooks@rowman.com for details.
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- 661,95 kr.
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- Working the Margins of Law, Power, and Justice
353,95 - 1.398,95 kr. - Bog
- 353,95 kr.
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- Readings from a Dynamic Discipline
496,95 - 1.071,95 kr. While there is disagreement among the authors about whether criminologists are developing new theory or circulating old theory, their contributions in this reader demonstrate the emerging plurality in criminological discourse, revealing continuities and discontinuities between old and new.
- Bog
- 496,95 kr.
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- The Social Realities of Justice in America
821,95 - 1.730,95 kr. The fourth edition of this powerful textbook Class, Race, Gender, and Crime introduces students to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersection. Maintaining the overall structure of the third edition, the fourth edition incorporates new examples, current data, and recent theoretical developments throughout.
- Bog
- 821,95 kr.
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- Bog
- 690,95 kr.
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- Wall Street Looting and Federal Regulatory Colluding
597,95 - 1.471,95 kr. Theft of a Nation is a powerful criminological examination of Wall Street's recent financial meltdown. Through the lenses of white collar crime and victimology, the book presents a critical assessment of the economic and political elites who were responsible, shows how Americans were victimized, and assesses the resulting regulation.
- Bog
- 597,95 kr.
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- A Global View
899,95 kr. Students will find answers to these and similar questions in this unique resource of 15 case studies exploring the problems of crime and crime control in different countries, ranging from Germany to Ghana, to around the world.
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- 899,95 kr.
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- An Integrated Approach
1.145,95 - 1.858,95 kr. Barak provides the first integrated analysis of crime, criminal justice, and criminology through a global lens, revealing the importance of a global perspective for the study of crime and justice in the 21st century. While moving seamlessly from the micro bio-psychological, in...
- Bog
- 1.145,95 kr.
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- A Social History of Homelessness in Contemporary America
483,95 - 1.071,95 kr. Based on an analysis of the underlying social and political causes of homelessness in the USA, this study looks at the realities and misconceptions that surround the victims, argues that current public service programmes are inadequate and proposes policy changes that could prove beneficial.
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- 483,95 kr.