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This book of original essays presents students with challenging
looks at some of the most basic, and sometimes most difficult,
decisions faced by criminal justice researchers. Each chapter
presents an overview of a foundational question/issue in the
conduct of research, and discussions of the options to resolve
these controversies.
This concise, up-to-date text provides student-friendly examples of
all theoretical approaches that emphasize the complex relationships
between 21st century social structures, cultures, and crime.
Criminological Theory: A Brief Introduction, 4e provides students
and instructors with a concise, up-to-date, and thorough discussion
and explication of major criminological schools of thought. The
text focuses on providing students with understandings of not only
what the central tenets are of criminological theories but also
focuses on providing real-life examples and implications for
criminal justice policy and practice. The various theories examined
across the chapters are illustrated through examples drawing upon
contemporary cultural developments of particular interest to
college age students that increase interest and engagement.
Teaching and Learning Experience This book offers an accessible
discussion of the major theories of crime, delinquency, social
deviance and social control with an objective and neutral
approach.It provides: * Expanded coverage of theory development,
assessment, and integration: Provides thorough yet concise coverage
* Theories grouped by type and subtype: Gives students an
appreciation of the historical development of theoretical
criminology and the significance of classical statements to
contemporary perspectives * Strong pedagogical support: Reinforces
chapter information to ensure mastery
This book of original essays presents students with challenging
looks at some of the most basic, and sometimes most difficult,
decisions faced by criminal justice researchers. Each chapter
presents an overview of a foundational question/issue in the
conduct of research, and discussions of the options to resolve
these controversies.
Whether you plan to be a researcher or a consumer of research, you
need to understand the decisions researchers must make and the
underlying issues. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter
help spark thought, review and debate.
Domestic drug enforcement takes many forms, from the rural patrol
officer who happens upon a small-scale mobile "shake and bake"
methamphetamine lab during a routine traffic stop, to the city
narcotics detective who initiates a low-level buy-bust operation
that nets a few hits of crack cocaine on the street corner, to the
local, state, and federal agents working in multiagency task forces
that coordinate a sting operation that nets thousands of kilos of
near-pure cocaine being transported by tractor-trailer. Regardless
of the form, there is a high probability that these authorities
have exploited access to known offenders and exerted pressure on
those individuals to gather inside information on illicit drug
sales. These confidential informants provide intelligence on the
inner workings of drug operations in exchange for leniency or
remuneration, providing a relatively cheap source of intelligence
that fuels much of the ongoing war on drugs. In other instances,
law enforcement authorities will reach out to members of the
criminal underworld who are willing to provide valuable
intelligence in exchange for money. Despite the central role of
informants in contemporary police operations, little is known about
the shadowy relationships among law enforcement, snitches, and
offenders. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the narcotics,
homicide, and street-level vice operations in two major
metropolitan police departments, Speaking Truth to Power takes
readers to the front lines of the war on drugs to unravel this
complex web of information exchange.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research,
development and evaluation agency of the US Department of Justice.
The NIJ is dedicated to improving knowledge and understanding of
crime and justice issues through science. NIJ provides objective
and independent knowledge and tools to reduce crime and promote
justice, particularly at the state and local levels. Each year, the
NIJ publishes and sponsors dozens of research and study documents
detailing results, analyses and statistics that help to further the
organization's mission. These documents relate to topics like
biometrics, corrections technology, gun violence, digital
forensics, human trafficking, electronic crime, terrorism, tribal
justice and more. This document is one of these publications.
This unique collection of highly readable articles offers a fresh,
alternative approach to teaching deviance. Articles were chosen
that will pique student interest and stimulate lively class
discussion by challenging preconceived notions of deviance and
people labeled as "deviant." Benefits of Deviance and Deviants: An
Anthology to students and instructors are as follows: * This is not
a "typical" deviance anthology. It does not include the classic
selections usually found in most readers. Rather, it features less
widely known empirical pieces selected on the basis of their
compelling descriptions of deviant behavior--both from top journals
and from sources outside the mainstream. * The book is organized
around themes of behavior rather than theoretical perspectives or
concepts. The articles examine drugs, sex, medicine, relationships,
sports, work, and deviant subcultures--providing students with a
basis for grasping central sociological ideas. * Coverage includes
such topics as rape, transgender behavior, and child abuse--as well
as a variety of types of deviance that touch closer to home for
many students: sports deviance, student drinking, mistreatment of
the elderly, stuttering, cheating among college students, and
faculty malfeasance. * Brief, thought-provoking introductions are
provided for each article, framing the piece in a larger context in
terms of conceptual and theoretical issues. These introductions
also explain central issues, key concepts, and relationships among
topics covered.
Domestic drug enforcement takes many forms, from the rural patrol
officer who happens upon a small-scale mobile "shake and bake"
methamphetamine lab during a routine traffic stop, to the city
narcotics detective who initiates a low-level buy-bust operation
that nets a few hits of crack cocaine on the street corner, to the
local, state, and federal agents working in multiagency task forces
that coordinate a sting operation that nets thousands of kilos of
near-pure cocaine being transported by tractor-trailer. Regardless
of the form, there is a high probability that these authorities
have exploited access to known offenders and exerted pressure on
those individuals to gather inside information on illicit drug
sales. These confidential informants provide intelligence on the
inner workings of drug operations in exchange for leniency or
remuneration, providing a relatively cheap source of intelligence
that fuels much of the ongoing war on drugs. In other instances,
law enforcement authorities will reach out to members of the
criminal underworld who are willing to provide valuable
intelligence in exchange for money. Despite the central role of
informants in contemporary police operations, little is known about
the shadowy relationships among law enforcement, snitches, and
offenders. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the narcotics,
homicide, and street-level vice operations in two major
metropolitan police departments, Speaking Truth to Power takes
readers to the front lines of the war on drugs to unravel this
complex web of information exchange.
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