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  • Advanced Statistics in Criminology and Criminal Justice

    by David Weisburd, David B. Wilson, Alese Wooditch, Chester Britt ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book provides the student, researcher or practitioner with the tools to understand many of the most commonly used advanced statistical analysis tools in criminology and criminal justice, and also to apply them to research problems.The volume is structured around two main topics, giving the user flexibility to find what they need quickly. The first is “the general linear model” which is the ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Place Matters

    Criminology for the Twenty-First Century

    by David Weisburd, John E. Eck, Anthony A. Braga, Cody W. Telep, Breanne Cave, Kate Bowers, Gerben Bruinsma, Charlotte Gill, Julie Hibdon, Joshua C. Hinkle, Shane D. Johnson, Brian Lawton, Cynthia Lum, George Rengert, Travis Taniguchi, Sue-Ming Yang, Elizabeth R. Groff, Jerry H. Ratcliffe ...
    Over the last two decades, there has been increased interest in the distribution of crime and other antisocial behavior at lower levels of geography. The focus on micro geography and its contribution to the understanding and prevention of crime has been called the 'criminology of place'. It pushes scholars to examine small geographic areas within cities, often as small as addresses or street ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • Hot Spots of Crime

    Social Structure and Social Context at the Micro Geographic Level

    by David Weisburd, Clair V. Uding, Beidi Dong, Kiseong Kuen ...
    While hot spots of crime have become an important focus of study in criminology and an important focus of crime prevention in programs like hot spots policing, to date we know little about these places. Who lives in hot spots of crime? What factors lead to these places becoming crime hot spots? What other social and health problems are found in these places? The book draws on more than 7,000 ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

  • Statistics in Criminal Justice

    by David Weisburd, Chester Britt ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Statistics in Criminal Justice takes an approach that emphasizes the application and interpretation of statistics in research in crime and justice. This text is meant for both students and researchers who want to gain a basic understanding of common statistical methods used in this field. In general, the text relies on a building-block approach, meaning that each chapter helps to prepare the ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Basic Statistics in Criminology and Criminal Justice

    by David Weisburd, Chester Britt, David B. Wilson, Alese Wooditch ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This introductory textbook takes a building-block approach that emphasizes the application and interpretation of statistics in research in crime and justice. This text is meant for both students and professionals who want to gain a basic understanding of common statistical methods used in criminology and criminal justice before advancing to more complex statistical analyses in future volumes.This ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • The Future of the Criminology of Place

    New Directions for Research and Practice

    by David Weisburd, Barak Ariel, Anthony A. Braga, John Eck, Charlotte Gill, Elizabeth Groff, Clair V. Uding, Amarat Zaatut ...
    Series series Elements in Criminology
    Microgeographic units of analysis have moved to the center of criminological inquiry. This Element brings together leading crime-and-place scholars to identify promising areas for future study. Section 1 introduces the Element and the importance of focusing on the future of studies of crime and place. Section 2 examines the development of hot-spots policing and the importance of focusing on its ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Quantitative Methods in Criminology

    Edited by David Weisburd ...
    Series series International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology - Second Series
    This informative reference volume features the key papers in the growing field of quantitative criminology. The papers provide examples of the importation of statistical methods from other fields to criminology, the adaptation of such methods to special criminological problems through introspection, and the development of new innovative statistical approaches. The volume illustrates the growing ... Read more

    $305.00 USD

  • Crime and Social Organization

    Edited by Elin Waring, David Weisburd ...
    Series series Advances in Criminological Theory
    This tenth volume in the Advances in Criminological Theory series is dedicated to the work of Albert J. Reiss, Jr. It focuses on the relationship between crime and social organization that is so central to his work. This focus rejects a view of crime solely as the action of atomistic individuals and sees the criminal justice system as inseparable from its social, political and organizational ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Handbook of Quantitative Criminology

    Edited by Alex R. Piquero, David Weisburd ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Quantitative criminology has certainly come a long way since I was ?rst introduced to a largely qualitative criminology some 40 years ago, when I was recruited to lead a task force on science and technology for the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. At that time, criminology was a very limited activity, depending almost exclusively on the Uniform Crime Reports ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Unraveling the Crime-Place Connection, Volume 22

    New Directions in Theory and Policy

    Edited by David Weisburd, John E. Eck ...
    Series series Advances in Criminological Theory
    Unraveling the Crime-Place Connection examines in a new light how places enhance our understanding of crime and its control. While there has been much work in this area focused on policy, few have examined the underlying theories that inform this work. Theory has played a secondary role in the "criminology of place," and this volume brings it to the forefront of scholarly concerns.Each part and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Police Innovation

    Contrasting Perspectives

    Edited by David Weisburd, Anthony A. Braga ...
    Over the last forty years, policing has gone through a period of significant change and innovation. The emergence of new strategies has also raised issues about effectiveness and efficiency in policing, and many of these proactive strategies have become controversial as citizens have asked whether they are also fair and unbiased. Updated and expanded for the second edition, this volume brings ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • Police Innovation and Control of the Police

    Problems of Law, Order, and Community

    by L. Green ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Police Innovation and Control of the Police: Problems of Law, Order and Community brings together an impressive array of scholars and analysts to examine the impact of the development of crime control strategies on problems of police corruption and abuse. The text provides an historical overview of the development of legal control of the police, and examines the challenges that recent innovations ... Read more

    $49.49 USD