Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America Contributor(s): Ross, Jeffrey Ian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 141299957X ISBN-13: 9781412999571 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
Dewey: 364.973 |
LCCN: 2012032642 |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 8.5" W x 11.2" L (3.90 lbs) 576 pages |
Features: Annotated, Bibliography, Illustrated, Index |
Review Citations: Library Journal 07/01/2013 pg. 105 Booklist 08/01/2013 pg. 58 Choice 10/01/2013 Booklist Ed Choice Reference 01/01/2014 pg. 19 |
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Publisher Description: Anyone living or working in a city has feared or experienced street crime at one time or another; whether it be a mugging, purse snatching, or a more violent crime. In the U.S., street crime has recently hovered near historic lows; hence, the declaration of certain analysts that street life in America has never been safer. But is it really? Street crime has changed over past decades, especially with the advent of surveillance cameras in public places--the territory of the street criminal--but at the same time, criminals have found ways to adapt. This encyclopedic reference focuses primarily on urban lifestyle and its associated crimes, ranging from burglary to drug peddling to murder to new, more sophisticated forms of street crime and scams. This traditional A-to-Z reference has significant coverage of police and courts and other criminal justice sub-disciplines while also featuring thematic articles on the sociology of street crime. Features & Benefits:
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Contributor Bio(s): Ross, Jeffrey Ian: - Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D. is a Professor with the School of Criminal Justice and a Research Fellow at the Center for Comparative and International Law at the University of Baltimore. He has conducted research, written, and lectured on national security, political violence, political crime, policing, and corrections for over fifteen years. His work has appeared in many academic journals and books, as well as articles in popular magazines. He is the author of Making News of Police Violence (Praeger, 2000), co-author (with Stephen C. Richards) of Behind Bars: Surviving Prison (Macmillan, 2002), editor of Controlling State Crime (2nd Ed.) Transaction Books, 2000), Violence in Canada: Sociopolitical Perspectives (Oxford University Press, 1995), Cutting The Edge: Current Perspectives in Radical/Critical Criminology and Criminal Justice (Praeger, 1998), Varieties of State Crime and its Control (Criminal Justice Press, 1999), and the coeditor (with Stephen C. Richards) of Convict Criminology (Wadsworth, 2002). In 1986 Ross was the lead expert witness for the Senate of Canada's Special Committee on Terrorism and Public Safety. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Colorado and was a Social Science Analyst with the National Institute of Justice, a division of the U.S. Department of Justice before coming to the University of Baltimore. |
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