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  Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery

  Gary L. Fisher Ed., Nancy A. Roget Ed., and Samantha S. Clinkinbeard

  "This comprehensive resource makes a great companion to works such as Edith M. Freeman's Substance Abuse Treatment (Sage, 1993), Gary L. Fisher and Thomas C. Harrison's Substance Abuse (4th ed., Allyn & Bacon, 2008), and most of the works in Guilford's "Substance Abuse" series. Highly recommended for research and academic libraries."—John R.M. Lawrence—Reflecting the recent explosion in the knowledge base of all aspects of the alcohol and drug abuse field, the presents state-of-the-art research and evidence-based applications. The Encyclopedia's approximately 350 A-to-Z signed entries focus on the information that addiction treatment and prevention professionals and allied health professionals need to effectively work with clients.

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  • Provides comprehensive and authoritative coverage of such areas as the neurobiology of addiction, models of addiction, sociocultural perspectives on drug use, family and community factors, prevention theories and techniques, professional issues, the criminal justice system and substance abuse, assessment and diagnosis, and more
  • Focuses on concepts of addiction and treatment practices, but also addresses commonly used and abused drugs, including recreational, prescription, and over-the-counter
  • Offers a Reader's Guide that lists topic categories with specific entries
  • Presents cross-references at the end of each entry to help readers locate related information in other entries, as well as Further Readings for those who wish to pursue topics in more depth
  • Includes an appendix listing of58 different drugs and substances with corresponding relevant entries

  The Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery is intended for use by pre-service and in-service addiction prevention and treatment providers and allied professionals in the fields of criminal justice, counseling, social work, public health, nursing, medicine, other health care professions, education, and family studies.

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  Encyclopedia of Law and Society: American and Global Perspectives

  David S. Clark Ed., M. K. Miller, and Samantha S. Clinkinbeard

  There are two aspects of scholarship about the legal systems of our day that are especially salient—one being for the first time there is a fair amount of genuine research on legal systems, and two, that this research is increasingly global. As soon as you cross a jurisdictional line, even if it separates countries that are very similar, you enter a different legal system. It cannot be assumed that any particular rule, doctrine, or practice is the same in any two jurisdictions, regardless of how close these jurisdictions are, in terms of history and tradition.
  
  The Encyclopedia of Law and Society is the largest comprehensive and international treatment of the law and society field. With an Advisory Board of 62 members from 20 countries and six continents, the three volumes of this state-of-the-art resource represent interdisciplinary perspectives on law from sociology, criminology, cultural anthropology, political science, social psychology, and economics. By globalizing the Encyclopedia's coverage, American and international law and society will be better understood within its historical and comparative context.
  
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  • Includes more than 700 biographical entries that are historical, comparative, topical, thematic, and methodological
  • Presents the rich diversity of European, Latin American, Asian, African, and Australasian developments for the first time in one place to reveal the truly holistic, interdisciplinary virtues of law and society
  • Examines how and why legal systems grow and change, how and why they respond (or fail to respond) to their environment, how and why they impact the life of society, and how and why the life of society impacts in turn these legal systems

  With borders more porous than ever before, this Encyclopedia reflects the paradoxical reality of modern life, including legal life. This valuable resource aims to present research, along with the theories on which it is grounded, fairly and comprehensively and is a must-have for all academic libraries.

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  Families and Change, 3rd Edition

  Patrick C. McKenry Ed., Sharon J. Price Ed., Samantha S. Clinkinbeard, K. Toth, and C. I. Murray

  Proven successful and effective with students and practitioners through two editions, Families and Change: Coping With Stressful Events and Transitions, Third Edition presents the vast literature that has emerged in recent years, focusing on how families respond to various transitions and stressful life events. Readers will find this edition more applied, with additional examples and explicit intervention suggestions and strategies. The volume editors and contributing authors to this updated bestseller include highly respected scholars. Each scholar represents a particular area of expertise providing readers with an interdisciplinary approach to family studies.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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)

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  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.

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  Emergent Issues in the Field of Drug Abuse: Volume 7

  Judith A. Levy Ed., Richard C. Stephens Ed., Duane C. McBride Ed., Ryan E. Spohn, and Howard B. Kaplan

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  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.