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  • 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

  • The Future of Evidence-Based Policing

    Edited by David Weisburd, Tal Jonathan-Zamir, Gali Perry, Badi Hasisi ...
    Evidence-based policing (EBP) has become a key perspective for practitioners and researchers concerned with the future of policing. This volume provides both a review of where evidence-based policing stands today and a consideration of emerging trends and ideas likely to be important in the future. It includes comparative and international contributions, as well as researcher and practitioner ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • 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

  • Translational Criminology in Policing

    Edited by The George Mason Police Research Group with David Weisburd ...
    Series series Advances in Police Theory and Practice
    With contributions from international policing experts, this book is the first of its kind to bring together a broad range of scholarship on translational criminology and policing. Translational criminology aims to understand the obstacles and facilitators to implementing research by decisionmakers to improve effectiveness, fairness, and efficiency in the criminal justice system. Although the ... Read more

    $55.99 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

  • To Protect and To Serve

    Policing in an Age of Terrorism

    Edited by David Weisburd, Thomas Feucht, Idit Hakimi, Lois Mock, Simon Perry ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Since 9/11, the threat of terrorism has become a key issue in police agencies throughout the world. How should the police change to counter terrorism threats? What implications do such changes have for traditional responsibilities of the police like combating crime, or in the resources or focus of modern police agencies? To Protect and To Serve: Policing in an Age of Terrorism brings together ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Understanding Recruitment to Organized Crime and Terrorism

    Edited by David Weisburd, Ernesto U. Savona, Badi Hasisi, Francesco Calderoni ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This volume provides insights on how recruitment patterns develop for two related types of criminal networks: organized crime and terrorism. It specifically explores the social, situational, psychological, and economic drivers of recruitment. Although organized crime networks and terrorism networks can differ in underlying goals and motivations, this volume demonstrates common drivers in their ... Read more

    $116.09 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Policing in Israel

    Studying Crime Control, Community, and Counterterrorism

    Edited by Tal Jonathan-Zamir, David Weisburd, Badi Hasisi ...
    Series series Advances in Police Theory and Practice
    "It is hoped that, through this series, it will be possible to accelerate the process of building knowledge about policing and help bridge the gap between the two worlds the world of police research and police practice. This is an invitation to police scholars and practitioners across the world to come and join in this venture." Dilip K. Das, PhD, ... Read more

    $67.99 USD