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Books and monographs by Criminology and Criminal Justice Department faculty members are collected here.

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The Globalization of Evidence-Based Policing

Natalie Todak, Kyle McLean, Justin Nix, and Cory P. Haberman

Chapter 10: The LEADS Academics Program: Building Sustainable Police-Research Partnerships in the Pursuit of Evidence-Based Policing

Evidence-based policing is based on the straightforward, but powerful, idea that crime prevention and crime control policy should be based on what works best in promoting public safety, as determined by the best available scientific evidence. Bringing together leading academics and practitioners, this book explores a wide range of case studies from around the world that best exemplify the integration of scientific evidence in contemporary policing processes.

Chapters explore the transfer of scientific knowledge to the practice community, the role of officers in conducting police-led science, connection of work between police researchers and practitioners, and how evidence-based policing can be incorporated in daily police functions. The Globalization of Evidence-Based Policing is written for both researchers and practitioners interested in ensuring that scientific research is at center stage in policing. Agencies (including law enforcement agencies, research centers, and institutions of higher learning) can look to these case studies as road maps to better foster an evidence-based approach to crime prevention and crime control. Those already committed to evidence-based policing can look to these chapters to ensure that evidence-based policing is firmly institutionalized within their agencies.

Accessible and compelling, this book is essential reading for all those interested in learning more about and doing more to bring about evidence-based policing.
Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Identifying Patterns and Trends

Carly M. Hilinski-Rosick Ed., Daniel R. Lee Ed., Lindsey Wylie, and Gaylene Armstrong

Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Identifying Patterns and Trends examines current topics in victimology and explores the main issues surrounding them. Key topics include: intimate partner violence and dating violence, rape and sexual assault on the college campus, Internet victimization, elder abuse, victimization of inmates, repeat and poly-victimization, fear of crime and perceived risk of crime, human trafficking, mass shootings, and child-to-parent violence. Each chapter includes information about the specific topic, including the nature of the issues, trends, current research, policy, current issues, and future challenges.
The Handbook of Homicide

Fiona Brookman, Edward R. Maguire, and Mike Maguire

Chapter 14: Empirical Challenges to Studying Terrorism and Homicide is authored by Joseph K. Young and Erin M. Kearns of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. This chapter can be accessed here: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/criminaljusticefacpub/127/

The Handbook of Homicide presents a series of original essays by renowned authors from around the world, reflecting the latest scholarship on the nature, causes, and patterns of homicide, as well as policies and practices for its investigation and prevention.
- Includes comprehensive coverage of the complex phenomenon of homicide and its various forms
- Features original contributions from an esteemed team of global experts and scholars with chapters highlighting the authors’ original research
- Represents the first internationally-focused collection of the latest research on the nature and causes of homicide
- Covers both the causes and dynamics of homicide, as well as policies and practices intended to address it
Critical Issues in Policing Contemporary Readings

Roger G. Dunham, Geoffrey P. Alpert, and Justin Nix

Justin Nix, UNO faculty, authored chapter 15 "Predictive Policing" (Section III: Management and Organization), pp.275-288.

The Seventh Edition of Critical Issues in Policing includes many new and updated contributions that offer fresh perspectives and research on the most current trends in policing. The entire collection of 34 articles, carefully chosen for their broad application, sharpens readers’ sense and understanding of the complexities of police work. Styles of policing, uses of technology, and roles played by citizens in determining a proper measure of performance in law enforcement are among the essential topics addressed.

Comprehensive and fair, Critical Issues in Policing provides ready access to the brightest and best minds in the field of policing, encouraging readers to hold police accountable for specific goals, tasks, and objectives and to work in concert with citizens to promote secure communities.
Sexual Victimization: Then and Now

Tara N. Richards and Catherine D. Marcum

Sexual Victimization: Then and Now provides scholars easy access to information that specifically examines the continuum of sex crimes and the perception of victims by our criminal justice system and society as a whole. This text features contributions from well-known researchers in the field and serves as an important resource to provide scholars with up-to-date research on sexual victimization that will educate students on this complex and evolving challenge for the criminal justice system. The authors approach the concept by examining how the criminal justice system handles sexual victimization, the association between individuals in a relationship and sexual assault, and unusual and special issues associated with contemporary sexual victimization. By discussing these issues, the theoretical explanations for these crimes and the effectiveness of the policy ...
Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Gerben Bruinsma Ed., David Weisburd Ed., Cassandra A. Atkin-Plunk, and Gaylene Armstrong
- Comprehensive reference tool for the field of Criminology and Criminal Justice, with an international perspective
- Provides complete and systematic coverage of the field in 10 volumes
- Defines the current state of Criminology and Criminal Justice research as well as identifying emerging trends
Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars

Edward Newman and Karl DeRouen Jr.

Chapter 20: Military Tactics in Civil War is authored by Erin M. Kearns of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Joesph K. Young.

This comprehensive new Handbook explores the significance and nature of armed intrastate conflict and civil war in the modern world.

Civil wars and intrastate conflict represent the principal form of organised violence since the end of World War II, and certainly in the contemporary era. These conflicts have a huge impact and drive major political change within the societies in which they occur, as well as on an international scale. The global importance of recent intrastate and regional conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia, Nepal, Cote d'Ivoire, Syria and Libya – amongst others – has served to refocus academic and policy interest upon civil war.

Drawing together contributions from key thinkers in the field who discuss the sources, causes, duration, nature and recurrence of civil wars, as well as their political meaning and international impact, the Handbook is organized into five key parts:

Part I: Understanding and Explaining Civil Wars: Theoretical and Methodological Debates

Part II: The Causes of Civil Wars

Part III: The Nature and Impact of Civil Wars

Part IV: International Dimensions

Part V: Termination and Resolution of Civil Wars

Covering a wide range of topics including micro-level issues as well as broader debates, Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars will set a benchmark for future research in the field.

This volume will be of much interest to students of civil wars and intrastate conflict, ethnic conflict, political violence, peace and conflict studies, security studies and IR in general.
Encyclopedia of Community Corrections

Shannon M. Barton-Bellessa Ed. and Gaylene Armstrong

In response to recognition in the late 1960s and early 1970s that traditional incarceration was not working, alternatives to standard prison settings were sought and developed. One of those alternatives—community-based corrections—had been conceived in the 1950s as a system that might prove more progressive, humane, and effective, particularly with people who had committed less serious criminal offenses and for whom incarceration, with constant exposure to serious offenders and career criminals, might prove more damaging than rehabilitative. The alternative of community corrections has evolved to become a substantial part of the criminal justice and correctional system, spurred in recent years not so much by a progressive, humane philosophy as by dramatically increasing prison populations, court orders to "fix" overextended prison settings, and an economic search for cost savings. Although community correction programs have been in place for some 40 years now, to date no comprehensive reference resource has tackled this topic. Accessible and jargon-free and available in both print and electronic formats, the one-volume Encyclopedia of Community Corrections will explore all aspects of community corrections, from its philosophical foundation to its current inception.
The Future of Criminology

Rolf Loeber Ed., Brandon C. Welsh Ed., Doris Layton MacKenzie, and Gaylene Armstrong

Criminology is a dynamic and evolving field of study. In recent decades, the study of the causes, development, prevention, and treatment of juvenile delinquency and adult crime has produced many important discoveries. This volume address two questions about crucial topics facing criminology—from causation to prevention to public policy: Where are we now? What does the future hold? This book has been written by more than forty scholars from across the world. Chapters present the future of research, policy, and practice in the discipline. They examine five important areas of criminological knowledge (development and causation, criminal careers and justice, prevention, intervention and treatment, and public policy).
Snapshots of Research: Readings in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Richard D. Hartley Ed. and Gaylene Armstrong

Snapshots of Research: Readings in Criminology and Criminal Justice is a comprehensive, cutting-edge text that provides an introductory overview of the main research methods used in the fields of criminology and criminal justice. This text/reader offers a wide range of modern research examples, as well as several classic articles, including a broad range of readings from the four major branches of the criminal justice system—policing, courts/law, juvenile justice, and corrections—that are relevant to career paths students may be interested in pursuing.
Encyclopedia of Drug Policy

Mark A.R. Kleiman Ed., James E. Hawdon Ed., Cassandra A. Atkin-Plunk, and Gaylene Armstrong

Spanning two volumes of approximately 450 entries in an A-to-Z format, this encyclopedia explores the controversial drug war through the lens of varied disciplines. A full spectrum of articles explains topics from Colombian cartels and Mexican kingpins to television reportage; from "just say no" advertising to heroin production; and from narco-terrorism to more than $500 billion in U.S. government expenditures.
Neighborhoods and Intimate Partner Violence

Emily M. Wright

Wright uses data from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods to examine the effects of neighborhood structural characteristics and intervening social mechanisms of collective efficacy, social ties, culture, and disorder on intimate partner violence victimization among females. She finds that partner violence is not solely an individual-level phenomenon and that the mechanisms identified by social disorganization theory appear to explain neighborhood influences on intimate partner violence. In particular, neighborhood concentrated immigration, collective efficacy, social ties and satisfaction with police reduce violence between partners while concentrated disadvantage, legal cynicism, and physical disorder increase such violence. She demonstrates that social disorganization theory can be applied to non-street forms of violence, such as intimate partner violence.
Juvenile Corrections

Rick Ruddell Ed., Matthew O. Thomas Ed., Gaylene Armstrong, and B. Kim

On any given day, there are over 100,000 youthful offenders held in a variety of residential placements, from community-based wilderness experience programs or group homes to high security facilities that are almost indistinguishable from prisons. In addition, thousands of juveniles are incarcerated in adult jails or prisons and some will serve the rest of their lives behind bars. Despite a 200-year history of holding juveniles in these settings, there is a gap in our knowledge about what actually occurs within these places. There are assaults, murders and suicides, as well as staff and resident misconduct, medical misadventures, unintentional injuries and mismanagement. On the other hand, there are thousands of hard-working, dedicated, and professional staff members in these facilities who enthusiastically work toward the rehabilitation of these young people. The contributors to this volume examine some of the key issues and trends within contemporary juvenile corrections, highlight promising rehabilitative practices, and identify the challenges of working with these youth.
Correctional Boot Camps: Military Basic Training or a Model for Corrections?

Doris Layton MacKenzie and Gaylene S. Armstrong

Boot camps have developed over the past two decades into a program that incorporates a military regimen to create a structured environment. While some critics of this method of corrections suggest that the confrontational nature of the program is antithetical to treatment, authors Doris Layton MacKenzie and Gaylene Styve Armstrong present research knowledge and personal discussions with community leaders that offer insight into both the strengths and weaknesses of this controversial form of corrections.

Correctional Boot Camps: Military Basic Training or a Model for Corrections? provides the most up-to-date assessment of the major perspectives and issues related to the current state of boot camps. The book goes beyond cursory examinations of the effectiveness of boot camps, presenting an in-depth view of a greater variety of issues. Correctional Boot Camps examines empirical evidence on boot camps drawn from diverse sources including male, female, juvenile, and adult programs from across the nation.

The book explores empirical research on both the punitive and rehabilitative components of the boot camp model and the effectiveness of the "tough on crime" aspects of the programs that are often thought of as punishment or retribution, in lieu of a longer sentence in a traditional facility. Thus, offenders earn their way back to the general public more quickly because they have paid their debt to society by being punished in a short-term, but strict, boot camp.

Correctional Boot Camps is a comprehensive textbook for undergraduate and graduate students studying corrections and juvenile justice. The book is also a valuable resource for correctional professionals interacting with offenders.
Control Theories of Crime and Delinquency: Advances in Criminological Theory, Volume 12

Chester L. Britt, Michael R. Gottfredson, and Todd A. Armstrong

Book chapter, "The Effect of Learning on Crime: Contrasting A General Theory of Crime and Social Learning Theory" by Todd A. Armstrong.

For the past twenty to thirty years, control theories of crime have been at the center of theoretical development in criminology. Key to the control theory perspective is the notion that crime is an inherently individual act, and its explanation requires that we focus on the characteristics of individuals who commit crimes. Consequently, control theory focuses on such issues as self-control and social control.

The contributions to this volume explicate and extend the application of control theory. It is divided into three general areas. Part 1 focuses on key assumptions and components of control theories. Contributors discuss the notion of learning, or socialization, in the context of control theory and the effects that families, peers, and the criminal justice system have on self-control, social ties, and criminal behavior.

Part 2 applies control theory to areas typically assumed to be out of the domain of self-control theory and social control theory, such as gender differences in crime, domestic violence, and group crime. Considering control theory's emphasis on explaining individual criminal acts, these chapters suggest an interesting area of development by highlighting the possibility that differences in crime across or within groups may begin with individual characteristics and then making inferences about groups and group processes.

Part 3 approaches the explanation of crime cross-nationally and at the macro-level. Although the authors take different approaches, they all illustrate that a theory of crime does not require culture-specific elements in order to be a valid cross-cultural explanation. Contributors to this volume include: Robert Agnew, Todd Armstrong, Leana Allen Bouffard, Augustine Brannigan, Chester Britt, Barbara Costello, Maja Dekovic, Matt DeLisi, Michael Gottfredson, Henriette Haas, Kelly H. Hardwick, Travis Hirschi, Marianne Junger, Martin Killias, Helen Mederer, Kevin Thompson, and Alexander Vazsonyi.
Critical Issues in Crime and Justice

Albert R. Roberts Ed., Gaylene Armstrong, Doris Layton MacKenzie, and D. B. Wilson

This text examines the current critical issues and policy dilemmas within the United States criminal justice system. Beginning with an overview of criminal justice and a case example on criminal justice processing, the contributors then discuss the successes, failures, and trends of law enforcement, juvenile justice, the courts, and correctional systems.
Turnstile Justice: Issues in American Corrections (2nd Edition)

Rosemary L. Gido Ed., Ted Alleman Ed, Gaylene Armstrong, Angela Gover, and Doris Layton MacKenzie

Focused on the major issues facing corrections today, this collection of readings analyzes the social context within which current American punishment philosophy and practice take place. Each chapter deals with a major topic, policy, or strategy that is currently generating debate in the correctional field, and varying points of view reflect the diversity of thought on each critical issue. The author of each chapter provides factual information and data on an issue or topic and then invites readers to step back and critically examine the impact of the correctional problem on the system or society. American Corrections in the New Millennium. Societal Change and Its Impact on Corrections. Correctional Philosophies. Prison Violence. The Inmate Subculture in Juvenile Correctional Settings. Health Care for Women Offenders. Jailed Fathers. Correctional Boot Camps. Detention in I.N.S. Jails. Postsecondary Correctional Education. For anyone involved in criminal justice/corrections.
Exploring Corrections: A Book of Readings

Tara Gray Ed.

This collection of contemporary readings offers a frank exploration of corrections in the United States today. This ground breaking book explores issues in corrections by touring the underside of prison life, issues in prison administration, and the most hopeful alternatives to incarceration. The book presents contrasting views on what is needed to improve corrections, including: more control -- or more inmate participation -- or more and better alternatives to prison. Selections highlight current issues, including some of the hottest topics in today's headlines: Who gets convicted and punished?; Living and Working in Prisons and Jails; Do Prisons Work?; Do Alternatives to Prison Work Better? For anyone interested in the corrections aspect of law enforcement.
Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment

David Levinson Ed., Gaylene Armstrong, and Doris Layton MacKenzie

"The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment provides the much-needed practices, policies, and research and will be of interest to students, teachers, and the general reader alike. This work should be on the shelves of all libraries with collections in the social sciences." Larry E. Sullivan, Ph.D. Chief Librarian, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Crime. It started with Cain and Abel, and it won’t end with the Sopranos. Our fascination with transgression and its punishment is universal. And now, from Sage – the publisher of criminal justice abstracts and other standards in the field – comes the ultimate reference source on this all-consuming subject: comprehensive, authoritative, up-to-the second.
Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice

Marilyn D. McShane Ed.; Frank P. Williams III, Ed.; Gaylene Armstrong; and Doris Layton MacKenzie

From boot camps to truancy, the Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice provides more than 200 up-to-date, concise, and readable entries in a single, authoritative volume. The editors, noted authors of several criminal justice books and editors of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Prisons, cover historical and contemporary theories, concepts, and real-world practices of juvenile justice in the United States.

The entries address a broad range of issues and topics, such as alcohol and drug abuse, arson, the death penalty for juveniles, computer and Internet crime, gun violence, gangs, missing children, school violence, teen pregnancy, and delinquency theories. In addition, topics cover society's response to the problems of juvenile justice, punishments meted out to America's juvenile offenders, juvenile rehabilitation programs, and well-known researchers and professionals in the field.
Private vs. Public Operation: Juvenile Correctional Facilities.

Gaylene Armstrong

Armstrong studies the environmental quality of confinement in private and public juvenile correctional facilities using data from 48 facilities, representing 4,590 delinquents, 1,362 staff, and 48 administrators in 19 states (16 private and 32 public facilities). Her results demonstrate that neither staff nor juvenile delinquents perceived the environmental quality to be significantly different between private and public facilities. Further, compared to public facilities, private facilities were smaller, newer and had a more intensive admission process for juvenile delinquents. Public and Private correctional staff differed significantly on age and prior work experience. Differences in the juvenile populations were minimal.
Understanding Social Science Research : Applications in Criminology and Criminal Justice

John M. MacDonald Ed., Geoffrey P. Alpert Ed., Angela Gover, Gaylene Armstrong, and Doris Layton MacKenzie

Alpert and MacDonald (both U. of South Carolina) apply social science research methods to the study of criminology and criminal justice. The introductory part of the text describes the major methods of research and discusses the interpretation of the results. In the main part of the text, 14 published works are used as illustrations of different types of research approaches. These include methods such as case studies, surveys, field research, meta-analysis, direct observation, and in-person interviews. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Families, Crime and Criminal Justice: Charting the Linkages

Greer Litton Fox, Michael L. Benson, and Ryan E. Spohn

Chapter: Gender Differences in the Effect of Child Maltreatment on Criminal Activity over the Life Course, written by Ryan Spohn, UNO faculty member.

"Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research" is a series of volumes that features scholarly work on the frontiers of interdisciplinary research on families and family life. Volume 2, Families, Crime and Criminal Justice reflects this pioneering orientation by bringing together new empirical research that examines the various ways that families intersect with and are affected by crime and the criminal justice system. The interdisciplinary nature of the volume is reflected in the diversity of disciplines represented, including developmental psychopathology, criminology, sociology, family studies, psychology, social work and demography. The inclusion of qualitative studies based upon observational techniques and in-depth, long interviews as well as quantitative work using demographic and survey approaches demonstrates the wide methodological range employed by the authors. The topics examined include the involvement of children in crime, the patterns and impact of violence in the home, the impact of criminal involvement on parenting strategies and youth development, the experience of families of victims and perpetrators, and responses of the criminal justice system to the needs of families.
The Dilemmas of Corrections : Contemporary Readings

Kenneth C. Haas Ed., Geoffrey P. Alpert Ed., Angela Gover, Gaylene Armstrong, and Doris Layton MacKenzie

Now thoroughly revised to better address issues of vital concern to the correctional system, the Fourth Edition once again provides a comprehensive up-to-date collection of important readings.