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Policing and Law Enforcement
James J. Willis
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Policing and Law Enforcement Introduction Because modern law enforcement agencies do many different things, it is impossible to define policing...
Policing, Community and Problem-Oriented
Jack Greene
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Community and Problem-Oriented Policing Introduction Ideas associated with community and problem-oriented policing came about in the late 1980s...
Policing, Privatization of
James F. Pastor
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Privatization of Policing Introduction Privatization of police is quite controversial. It has strong opposition from wide-ranging viewpoints an...
Prisoner Reentry
Andres F. Rengifo
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Prisoner Reentry Introduction Approximately 650,000 individuals are released from state and federal prisons every year in the United States. Ne...
Prisons and Jails
Beth M. Huebner
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Prisons and Jails Introduction Prisons and jails have been a central part of society for many centuries, and a substantial body of work has been am...
Property Crime
Richard Wright, Scott Jacques
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Property Crime Introduction Property crime has been defined in a variety of ways. A typical definition mirrors that of the FBI’s Uniform Cr...
Prosecution and Courts
Brian Forst
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Prosecution and Courts Introduction Prosecution and courts are at the heart and center of our criminal justice system. They serve as stages...
Prostitution
Melissa Hope Ditmore
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Prostitution Introduction Prostitution is usually understood as a sexual exchange for gain. The term “sex work” was coined to avoid the stigma ...
Public Criminology
Michelle Inderbitzin
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Public Criminology Introduction Public criminology means different things to different people, and some scholars use the plural term public cri...
Public Opinion, Crime and Justice
Natasha A. Frost, Carlos E. Monteiro
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Public Opinion, Crime, and Justice Introduction With the emphasis placed on democratic values in contemporary society, much attention has been ...
Public Order Crimes
Robert Meier, Timbre Wulf-Ludden
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2010-11-01
Public Order Crimes Introduction Public order crimes are sometimes called “victimless” or “complaintless” crimes. Who is the victim of an ill...
Punishment Justification and Goals
Richard S. Frase
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-03-02
Punishment Justifications and Goals Introduction Criminal punishments are government sanctions imposed on persons convicted of criminal acts (o...
Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice
Ramiro Martinez
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice Introduction The study of race, ethnicity, crime, and justice usually involves research on racial and ethni...
Racial Profiling
Roger Dunham, Jeff Rojek
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Racial Profiling Introduction One of the most significant problems facing all societies, and American society in particular, is the use of race...
Rape and Sexual Assault
Janet Lauritsen
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Rape and Sexual Assault Introduction Scholarly attention to the subject of rape and sexual assault involves a wide array of issues, including a...
Rational Choice Theories
John Paul Wright
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Rational Choice Theories Introduction Rational choice theory and its assumptions about human behavior have been integrated into numerous cr...
Rehabilitation
Beth M. Huebner
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Rehabilitation Introduction Rehabilitation is a central goal of the correctional system. This goal rests on the assumption that individuals...
Restorative Justice
Janet Lauritsen
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Restorative Justice Introduction Restorative justice refers to a general philosophy, model, or way of practicing justice that stands in contras...
Routine Activity Theories
Per-Olof H. Wikström
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Routine Activity Theories Introduction Routine activity theory, like the related lifestyle-exposure theory, emerged as a key theoretical ap...
School Crime and Violence
Allison Payne
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2010-11-01
School Crime and Violence Introduction Although school-related deaths, violent victimizations in school, and overall school crime have declin...
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