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  • Fitting the Facts of Crime

    An Invitation to Biopsychosocial Criminology

    by Chad Posick, Michael Rocque, J.C. Barnes ...
    Biosocial criminology—and biosocial criminologists—focuses on both the environmental and biological factors that contribute to antisocial behavior. Importantly, these two domains are not separate parts of an equation but pieces of the same puzzle that fit together for a complete picture of the causes of crime/antisocial behavior.Fitting the Facts of Crime applies a biopsychosocial lens to the “13 ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Crime TV

    Streaming Criminology in Popular Culture

    Edited by Jonathan A. Grubb, Chad Posick ...
    From Game of Thrones to Breaking Bad, the key theories and concepts in criminal justice are explained through the lens of televisionIn Crime TV, Jonathan A. Grubb and Chad Posick bring together an eminent group of scholars to show us the ways in which crime—and the broader criminal justice system—are depicted on television. From Breaking Bad and Westworld to Mr. Robot and Homeland, this volume ... Read more

    Was $33.99 USD Now $26.99 USD

  • Great Debates in Criminology

    by Chad Posick, Michael Rocque ...
    This book explores the role of theory and research in criminology. Adopting a unique and refreshing approach to criminological theory, it focuses on the great debates in criminology from its inception as a field to the present day. It explores the debates that have motivated criminological thought, that have represented turning points in theoretical and empirical trajectories, that have offered ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Issues in Corrections

    Research, Policy, and Future Prospects

    by Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick, John P. Walsh, Beverly Crank, Emily Lasko, Daniel R. Lee, Emily Lenning, Sarah Light, Catherine Marcum, David Olson0, Mari B. Pierce1, Chad Posick2, Jody Sundt3, Carrie Buist4 ...
    Since the 1970s, the corrections system has experienced exponential growth. Over the past four decades, the number of inmates held in US prisons and jails has quadrupled. This massive growth is associated with a number of different issues and challenges within prisons and jails, including overcrowding; gang activity and misconduct; a shift away from rehabilitation and programming; expanded use of ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Criminal Brain, Second Edition

    Understanding Biological Theories of Crime

    by Nicole Rafter, Chad Posick, Michael Rocque ...
    A lively, up-to-date overview of the newest research in biosocial criminologyWhat is the relationship between criminality and biology? Nineteenth-century phrenologists insisted that criminality was innate, inherent in the offender’s brain matter. While they were eventually repudiated as pseudo-scientists, today the pendulum has swung back. Both criminologists and biologists have begun to speak of ... Read more

    Was $33.99 USD Now $27.99 USD

  • The Development of Criminological Thought

    Context, Theory and Policy

    by Chad Posick ...
    This book focuses on the history and development of criminological thought from the pre-Enlightenment period to the present and offers a detailed and chronological overview of competing theoretical perspectives in criminology in their social and political context.This book covers:A discussion of how major theorists came to espouse their ideas and how the social context of the time influenced the ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

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  • Explaining Crime

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  • Cruel but Not Unusual

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  • Rebels in Groups

    Dissent, Deviance, Difference, and Defiance

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