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  • The Port of Los Angeles

    by Michael D. White ...
    Series series Images of America
    The epic of the Port of Los Angeles was initiated more than 150 years ago by a handful of visionaries and entrepreneurs who exploited both fortunate and outrageous circumstances to transform a tidal mudflat into the world's largest man-made harbor. Phineas Banning and archrival Augustus Timms were among the first to realize the potential of the coastal dent on the map called San Pedro Bay in the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Race, Ethnicity, and Policing

    New and Essential Readings

    by Stephen K Rice, Michael D White ...
    From Rodney King and "driving while black" to claims of targeting of undocumented Latino immigrants, relationships surrounding race, ethnicity, and the police have faced great challenge. Race, Ethnicity, and Policing includes both classic pieces and original essays that provide the reader with a comprehensive, even-handed sense of the theoretical underpinnings, methodological challenges, and ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shipwrecks of the California Coast

    Wood to Iron, Sail to Steam

    by Michael D. White ...
    Series series Disaster
    More than two thousand ships have been lost along California's 840 miles of coastline--Spanish galleons, passenger liners, freighters, schooners. Some tragedies are marking points in U.S. maritime history. The "City of Rio de Janeiro," bound from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 1901, sliced the fog only to strike a rock and sink in twenty minutes, sending 128 passengers to watery graves. Seven U.S. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jammed Up

    Bad Cops, Police Misconduct, and the New York City Police Department

    by Robert J. Kane, Michael D. White ...
    Drugs, bribes, falsifying evidence, unjustified force and kickbacks:there are many opportunities for cops to act like criminals. Jammed Up is the definitive study of the nature and causes of police misconduct. While police departments are notoriously protective of their own—especially personnel and disciplinary information—Michael White and Robert Kane gained unprecedented, complete access to the ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Cops, Cameras, and Crisis

    The Potential and the Perils of Police Body-Worn Cameras

    by Michael D. White, Aili Malm ...
    2021 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice MagazineThe first expert and comprehensive analysis of the surprising impact of body-worn camerasFollowing the tragic deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others at the hands of police, interest in body-worn cameras for local, state, and federal law enforcement has skyrocketed. In Cops, Cameras, and Crisis, Michael D. White and Aili Malm provide an up ... Read more

    Was $26.99 USD Now $19.99 USD

  • Stop and Frisk

    The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic

    by Michael D. White, Henry F. Fradella ...
    Winner, 2019 Outstanding Book Award, given by the American Society of Criminology’s Division of Policing SectionThe first in-depth history and analysis of a much-abused policing policyNo policing tactic has been more controversial than “stop and frisk,” whereby police officers stop, question and frisk ordinary citizens, who they may view as potential suspects, on the streets. As Michael White and ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

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    by Dana M. Britton, Shannon K. Jacobsen, Grace E. Howard ...
    Series series Gender Lens
    The Gender of Crime introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime—from defining what crime is to governing how crime is punished. The second edition of this award-winning book maintains the accessible, reader-friendly narrative of the first edition with key updates and new material throughout, including increased focus on the intersections of race, class, ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • The Behavioral Code

    The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better . or Worse

    by Benjamin van Rooij, Adam Fine ...
    An American Psychology-Law Society’s Lawrence S. Wrightsman Book Award WinnerA 2022 PROSE Award finalist in Legal Studies and CriminologyA 2022 American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award FinalistA Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Book of 2021Freakonomics for the law—how applying behavioral science to the law can fundamentally change and explain misbehavior</... ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • Crime in Canada

    by Diane Crocker ...
    In her latest book, sociologist Diane Crocker challenges the popular perception that crime in Canada is on the rise and argues that public opinion is becoming a bigger barrier to achieving justice than the actual extent of crime. Using the most current data available, her research reveals how we can better assess the effectiveness of crime control policies, as well as our own responses to crime, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Battle for Your Brain

    Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology

    by Nita A. Farahany ...
    A new dawn of brain tracking and hacking is coming. Will you be prepared for what comes next?Imagine a world where your brain can be interrogated to learn your political beliefs, your thoughts can be used as evidence of a crime, and your own feelings can be held against you. A world where people who suffer from epilepsy receive alerts moments before a seizure, and the average person can peer into ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Global Perspectives on Educational Innovations for Emergency Situations

    Edited by Vanessa Dennen, Camille Dickson-Deane, Xun Ge, Dirk Ifenthaler, Sahana Murthy, Jennifer C. Richardson ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This open access book focuses on making the transition from in-person, classroom education to other feasible alternative modes and methodologies to deliver education at all levels. The book presents and analyzes research questions to explore in this arena, including pedagogical issues relating to technological and infrastructure challenges, teacher professional development, issues of disparity, ... Read more

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  • Community-Based Participatory Research

    by Karen A. Hacker ...
    Community Based Participatory Research by Dr. Karen Hacker presents a practical approach to CBPR by describing how an individual researcher might understand and then actually conduct CBPR research. This how-to book provides a concise overview of CBPR theoretical underpinnings, methods considerations, and ethical issues in an accessible format interspersed with real life case examples that can ... Read more

    $52.19 USD