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OverviewThe Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment provides the most comprehensive reference for a vast number of topics relevant to crime and punishment with a unique focus on the multi/interdisciplinary and international aspects of these topics and historical perspectives on crime and punishment around the world. Named as one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles of 2016 Comprising nearly 300 entries, this invaluable reference resource serves as the most up-to-date and wide-ranging resource on crime and punishment Offers a global perspective from an international team of leading scholars, including coverage of the strong and rapidly growing body of work on criminology in Europe, Asia, and other areas Acknowledges the overlap of criminology and criminal justice with a number of disciplines such as sociology, psychology, epidemiology, history, economics, and public health, and law Entry topics are organized around 12 core substantive areas: international aspects, multi/interdisciplinary aspects, crime types, corrections, policing, law and justice, research methods, criminological theory, correlates of crime, organizations and institutions (U.S.), victimology, and special populations Organized, authored and Edited by leading scholars, all of whom come to the project with exemplary track records and international standing 3 Volumes www.crimeandpunishmentencyclopedia.com Full Product DetailsAuthor: Wesley G. Jennings (University of South Florida, USA) , George E. Higgins (University of Louisville, USA) , Mildred M. Maldonado-Molina (University of Florida, USA) , David N. Khey (Loyola University New Orleans, USA)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 20.80cm , Length: 27.70cm Weight: 2.994kg ISBN: 9781118519714ISBN 10: 111851971 Pages: 1448 Publication Date: 25 December 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsVolume I About the Editors vii Notes on Contributors ix Lexicon xliii Introduction xlvii Acknowledgments xlix Crime and Punishment A–C 1 Volume II Crime and Punishment D–N 467 Volume III Crime and Punishment O–Z 913 Index 1319ReviewsFor students and academics alike, should they ever need to shine light on the darker aspects of human behavior, then this encyclopedia will provide much illumination - Matt Treadwell, Reference Reviews, Volume 31 * Number 2 * 2017. This work may just start a revolution in the production of subject encyclopedias...concisely written entries refrain from excessive technical jargon without compromising definitions or information. Articles are comprehensible to students and professionals or criminal-justice aficionados alike...This resource belongs in every public and academic library... Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels - CHOICE, Editor Picks, November 2016 Author InformationWesley G. Jennings is an Associate Professor, Associate Chair, and Undergraduate Director in the Department of Criminology, has a Courtesy Appointment in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, and is a Faculty Affiliate of the Florida Mental Health Institute in the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences at the University of South Florida. In addition, he also has a Courtesy Appointment in the Department of Health Outcomes & Policy and is a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Child Health Policy in the College of Medicine at the University of Florida. He is the current Editor of the American Journal of Criminal Justice and he has served as a contributing editor for The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology (Wiley 2014). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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