Crime and criminology Books

Book SynopsisThe political dynamics that shape the Innocence MovementSince 1989, more than 3000 people are known to have been exonerated after being wrongly convicted in the United States. Each one of these cases represents a gross miscarriage of justice; they are stories of lives upended by a criminal legal system gone awry. Yet, this number just scratches the surface and does not capture the full breadth of wrongful convictions, which may well number in the tens of thousands. The Politics of Innocence explores the political dynamics that have shaped the proliferation of innocence-related policies across the United States and the ways in which wrongful convictions affect public opinion about the criminal legal system. Although some have suggested that this issue transcends ideological divisions, the authors argue that public opinion and the policies that address wrongful convictions are a product of the political landscape. Using original data, the authors show how political ideology influences Trade Review"In this brilliant book, the authors demonstrate the ideological divisions—on both the macro and micro level—that underlie incarceration and specifically reform efforts via the innocence movement. The authors provide compelling evidence that narratives can bridge political divides and push the state towards more democratic, humane policies. It is a book that anyone who cares about criminal justice and American democracy should read. " * James N. Druckman, author of Experimental Thinking: A Primer on Social Science Experiment *"Anyone curious about the politics surrounding the innocence movement should read this book. The authors here use state-of-the-art methods to understand differences in responses by Americans of different political persuasion and backgrounds to facts and arguments about innocence. The book goes beyond description and history to provide important practical and theoretical lessons. It reaches conclusions important for anyone interested in the future of the innocence movement, in criminal justice reform generally, or for those seeking to understand how social movements affect public opinion. " * Frank R. Baumgartner, co-author of The Decline of the Death Penalty and the Discovery of Innocence. *"A big picture examination of political and policy dimensions of wrongful convictions research. The authors cover everything from forensic evidence reform to compensation for exonerees, as well as political dimensions of addressing wrongful convictions inclusive of ideological commitments. I did not realize how necessary it was until I read it. It should be standard reading for every scholar in the field, and more importantly, it should be read by every elected official in the United States and beyond. The lessons are vitally important: crime victims deserve better, innocent prisoners deserve better, and their families, communities, and all taxpayers deserve better. " * Kimberly J. Cook, author of Shattered Justice: Crime Victims' Experiences with Wrongful Convictions and Exonerations *

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Book Synopsis2023 Co-Winner of the Herbert Jacob Book Prize, given by the Law and Society AssociationIllustrates how the power of narrative influences how police, prosecutors, juries, and judges constructlegal realityWrongful convictions have been studied primarily through the lenses of law, psychology, and the social sciences. Though scholarship has established canonical factors that help explain why the innocent are convicted, a very simple question has not been answered: How is it possible that prosecutors can convince juries and themselves of the guilt of an innocent defendant, often even against strong exculpatory evidence? Narratives of Guilt and Innocence seeks to address this crucial question by highlighting the narrative blueprint of a given criminal justice system and then how the power of narrative influences how police, prosecutors, juries, and judges construct legal reality and the evidence for it. That law and storytelling are connected is a common trope, but we know surprisingly littTrade Review"An admirably clear, thorough, and careful analysis of the role of narrative in the criminal trial process. Grunewald has put forth a body of work that significantly advances the field, engaging more seriously with questions of narrative than the vast majority of . . . scholarship in this area." -- Simon Stern, Director, Centre for Innovation Law & Policy, University of Toronto"An erudite and sophisticated book that displays impressive expertise on both law and narrative theory. . . . Reflects considerable intellectual sophistication on both the literary and legal sides; its analysis of wrongful conviction cases is fascinating and deftly done." -- Robert Weisberg, Edwin E. Huddleson Jr Professor of Law, Stanford Law School"This brilliant study brims with penetrating insights, challenging accepted ideas about law and the criminal process. Grunewald asks the innocence movement to see that reducing wrongful convictions requires an understanding of how the narrative imagination of police, prosecutors, defense lawyers, judges, and jurors shape perceptions of reality." -- Marvin Zalman, Wayne State University"‘All a criminal conviction requires is a narrative that conveys a plausible, coherent, and acceptable story,’ writes Ralph Grunewald. Alas, that is true. This important book provides our best analysis of how untrue stories can lead to criminal convictions. This is a study that demands our attention." -- Peter Brooks, Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus, Yale University"A must-read for those involved in criminal law and innocence projects, legal comparatists, and Law and Narrative scholars. By comparing US criminal law procedures to their German equivalents, which are based in a less adversarial system, Grunewald shows how, once convicted, it becomes virtually impossible to prove a person’s innocence. We cannot afford to not engage with this important work." -- Margareta Olson, author of From Law and Literature to Legality and Affect

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Book SynopsisAn evidence-based roadmap for how the American criminal justice system can be reformedThis important volume brings together today's leading criminal justice scholars and practitioners to offer a roadmap for those who want to change the face of the American criminal justice system. This collection of essays addresses thirteen significant issues in justice reform, starting from a suspect's first interaction with the police and continuing to gun violence, prosecutorial innovation, sentencing reform, eliminating bail, recidivism and re-entry, collateral consequences of crime, and eliminating false convictions. A common theme emerges in this volume: the American criminal justice system is riddled with weaknesses that cause harm and require greater accountability. Each chapter is both educational and prescriptive, helping readers to understand the problems that plague the criminal justice system, how those problems can be addressed, and who should take responsibility for them. Part scholaTrade ReviewThis book does two things – both important – and it does them exceedingly well. First, in an era in which reform of the criminal legal system is a top priority for many, it provides a collection of essays across the entire system, from policing to incarceration and re-entry. Second, it does so from a deeply evidence-based perspective, so reform can be both effective and enduring. The editors are to be congratulated in assembling this impressive gathering of expertise, in a volume that many will find informative and engaging. * Barry Friedman, author of Unwarranted: Policing without Permission *In today’s fraught national discourse on the future of criminal justice reform, the ideas found in this ambitious and timely volume are particularly welcome. The book is chock-full of creative new approaches, from participatory defense as a movement-building strategy to temporary guaranteed income to support successful reentry. Other chapters promote structural changes in prosecutorial charging practices, sentencing policies, recidivism metrics, and sentinel event reviews. These ideas presented here are animated by a refreshing insistence on policies that reflect solid evidence, not political posturing. Taken together, they provide a platform for advocates committed to the hard work of unwinding our country’s harmful and ineffective criminal justice apparatus. * Jeremy Travis, author of But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry *An impressive ensemble of scholars and practitioners with a wealth of knowledge on the workings—and failures—of the criminal justice system. Drawing upon empirical research, contributors provide evidence-based solutions to address criminal injustices in policing, courts, and corrections with special attention to issues of class, race, and gender. Transforming Criminal Justice is a must-read collection for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and laypeople interested in promoting accountability, harm reduction, and justice. * Maya Pagni Barak, co-author of Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America’s Death Penalty Lawyers *

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Book SynopsisAn evidence-based roadmap for how the American criminal justice system can be reformedThis important volume brings together today's leading criminal justice scholars and practitioners to offer a roadmap for those who want to change the face of the American criminal justice system. This collection of essays addresses thirteen significant issues in justice reform, starting from a suspect's first interaction with the police and continuing to gun violence, prosecutorial innovation, sentencing reform, eliminating bail, recidivism and re-entry, collateral consequences of crime, and eliminating false convictions. A common theme emerges in this volume: the American criminal justice system is riddled with weaknesses that cause harm and require greater accountability. Each chapter is both educational and prescriptive, helping readers to understand the problems that plague the criminal justice system, how those problems can be addressed, and who should take responsibility for them. Part scholaTrade Review"This book does two things – both important – and it does them exceedingly well. First, in an era in which reform of the criminal legal system is a top priority for many, it provides a collection of essays across the entire system, from policing to incarceration and re-entry. Second, it does so from a deeply evidence-based perspective, so reform can be both effective and enduring. The editors are to be congratulated in assembling this impressive gathering of expertise, in a volume that many will find informative and engaging." * Barry Friedman, author of Unwarranted: Policing without Permission *"In today’s fraught national discourse on the future of criminal justice reform, the ideas found in this ambitious and timely volume are particularly welcome. The book is chock-full of creative new approaches, from participatory defense as a movement-building strategy to temporary guaranteed income to support successful reentry. Other chapters promote structural changes in prosecutorial charging practices, sentencing policies, recidivism metrics, and sentinel event reviews. These ideas presented here are animated by a refreshing insistence on policies that reflect solid evidence, not political posturing. Taken together, they provide a platform for advocates committed to the hard work of unwinding our country’s harmful and ineffective criminal justice apparatus." * Jeremy Travis, author of But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry *"An impressive ensemble of scholars and practitioners with a wealth of knowledge on the workings—and failures—of the criminal justice system. Drawing upon empirical research, contributors provide evidence-based solutions to address criminal injustices in policing, courts, and corrections with special attention to issues of class, race, and gender. Transforming Criminal Justice is a must-read collection for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and laypeople interested in promoting accountability, harm reduction, and justice." * Maya Pagni Barak, co-author of Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America’s Death Penalty Lawyers *

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Book SynopsisOutlines the successes and failures of the movement to support survivors of violenceThe Victims' Rights Movement (VRM) has been one of the most meaningful criminal justice reforms in the United States. Every state and the federal government has adopted major VRM laws to enact protections for victims and increase criminal sanctions, and the movement has received support from politicians of all backgrounds. Despite recognition of its excesses, the movement remains an important force in the criminal justice arena. The Victims' Rights Movement offers a measured overview of the successes and the failures of the VRM. Among its widely acknowledged accomplishments are expanded resources to help victims deal with trauma, greater sensitivity to sexual assault victims in many jurisdictions, and increased chances of victims receiving restitution from perpetrators of harm. Conversely, the movement has led to excessive punishment for many defendants and destruction of defendants' families. It has Trade Review"This engaging history of the Victims’ Rights Movement is both brave and indispensable." -- Susan A. Bandes, Centennial Professor of Law Emeritus, DePaul University College of Law"Vitiello has crafted a measured and compelling examination of the triumphs and pitfalls of the Victims’ Rights Movement. He furthers the conversation by urging a reframing of the movement to include policies that would address determinants of violent behavior, as well as non-legal resources for victims. This book is of significant quality." -- Joshua Dressler, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus and Professor of Law Emeritus, The Ohio State University"Drawing on data and a review of positions taken by both advocates and opponents, Vitiello provides a sobering rejoinder to the emotional appeal of the Victims’ Rights Movement. The book includes suggestions for alternatives that do not weaken the protections of the criminal legal system and is essential reading for anyone who is concerned about both victims and the problems of racism and mass incarceration that accompany current approaches to dealing with crime." -- Susan F. Mandiberg, Distinguished Professor of Law Emerita, Lewis & Clark Law School"A powerful indictment of how sympathy for crime victims was coopted by a bipartisan vengeance-based agenda that offered illusory benefits to victims while restricting rights of suspects, increasing rates of wrongful convictions, and fueling mass incarceration. Vitiello’s groundbreaking study combines close readings of headline grabbing cases with theoretical engagement, questioning the movement’s narrow definition of victimhood and its myth of closure." -- Michael H. Hoffheimer, Emeritus, University of Mississippi School of Law"Much-needed, balanced, and thorough. Vitiello offers a persuasive agenda for measures that would reduce the risks of violent crime and at the same time constructively address the needs of those who are its victims." -- Stephen J. Schulhofer, Robert B. McKay Professor of Law Emeritus, NYU School of Law"Well-researched and well-argued... Vitiello has an impressive depth of knowledge about criminal procedure and the various arguments for and against victims’ rights reforms." -- Aya Gruber, University of Colorado Law School

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMaya Pagni Barak demonstrates and argues convincingly that no amount of procedural justice reforms will protect non-citizen immigrant populations from the US deportation regime. The regime’s tentacles run too deep in these targeted communities to formally ensure their social inclusion. An essential read for those who care about our democratic future. * David Brotherton, co-author of Banished to the Homeland: Dominican Deportees and Their Stories of Exile *Too often, those of us thinking about how to reform the immigration system get lost in the minutiae of procedural law. Barak re-centers us: through gripping personal stories and diligent research, Barak paints a picture of a system in a straitjacket, which, instead of responding to the human suffering it should address, is used as a means of social control of marginalized populations. This is an urgent reading for those who are thinking deeply about how to ‘humanize’ this broken system and those trying to help undocumented people navigate the current labyrinth. * Steven Dudley, author of MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang *Barak draws from interviews and ethnographic observations to make a cogent case that the immigration court system needs far more than procedural reforms; it requires a radical reimagining. This book will be especially useful in classes on immigration and procedural justice as Barak eloquently weaves heart-wrenching stories with clear explanations of our complex system of immigration laws and courts. * Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, author of Deported: Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor, and Global Capitalism *

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMaya Pagni Barak demonstrates and argues convincingly that no amount of procedural justice reforms will protect non-citizen immigrant populations from the US deportation regime. The regime’s tentacles run too deep in these targeted communities to formally ensure their social inclusion. An essential read for those who care about our democratic future. * David Brotherton, co-author of Banished to the Homeland: Dominican Deportees and Their Stories of Exile *Too often, those of us thinking about how to reform the immigration system get lost in the minutiae of procedural law. Barak re-centers us: through gripping personal stories and diligent research, Barak paints a picture of a system in a straitjacket, which, instead of responding to the human suffering it should address, is used as a means of social control of marginalized populations. This is an urgent reading for those who are thinking deeply about how to ‘humanize’ this broken system and those trying to help undocumented people navigate the current labyrinth. * Steven Dudley, author of MS-13: The Making of America’s Most Notorious Gang *Barak draws from interviews and ethnographic observations to make a cogent case that the immigration court system needs far more than procedural reforms; it requires a radical reimagining. This book will be especially useful in classes on immigration and procedural justice as Barak eloquently weaves heart-wrenching stories with clear explanations of our complex system of immigration laws and courts. * Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, author of Deported: Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor, and Global Capitalism *

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the 1930s as seen from the cell blocks and cotton fields of Texas and California prisons, state institutions that held growing numbers of working people from around the country and around the world - overwhelmingly poor, disproportionately non-white, and displaced by economic crisis.Trade ReviewTimely and required reading for all interested in the history of Californias criminal justice system. * California History *Doing Time in the Depression compellingly connects prisoners to the social, political, and economic turmoil of the 1930s. * American Historical Review *This reviewer is very happy to see this very much needed and important book on an earlier time of incarceration in the U.S., especially with all the discussion today about mass incarceration. -- E. Smith * CHOICE *Ethan Blue's brilliant, original study of the last time doing time was so extraordinarily ordinary reveals how distinctive 1930s prison regimes converged in a singular achievement. They renovated racism, inequality, and vulnerability to premature death for the purpose of producing public revenues and legitimacy, at the expense of modestly educated people in the prime of life. Doing Time in the Depression is required reading for all who focus their energies on today's mass incarceration and other forms of dispossession. -- Ruth Wilson Gilmore,author of Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing CaliforniaEthan Blue demonstrates that these present problems originate in a troubled past. Long histories of conquest, colonialism, enslavement and exploitation produced the patterns that pervade prison systems past and present. Court decisions and punitive practices that rendered people convicted of crimes as civilly dead in the nineteenth century provided the inner logic for a legal system that criminalized the survival strategies of oppressed people, protecting the propertied classes but in the process producing the very forms of non-normative behavior that the prison system purported to prevent. The prison system has functioned historically as a way of controlling and exploiting surplus labor. Yet all social structures ultimately revolve around human agency. Blues sophisticated research design and his extensive empirical research enable him to explore in this book the world that the prisoners made despite the many things they could not control. He shows that the history of macrococial practices and institutions encompass micropolitics of oppression and opposition. Blue argues that inmate investments in particular understandings of masculinity tragically enabled prison administrators to foment a radical divisiveness across racial lines that impeded chances for class solidarity. -- George Lipsitz * Australasian Journal of American Studies *During the Great Depression, inmate populations in Texas and California grew exponentially, reflecting the dire straits of many individuals amidst the economic downturn. Blue argues that the prison complexes of the two states reflected a cultural legacy of racial and class hierarchy and exclusion, and acted as a socioeconomic crutch during this period of schism and reintegration. Ultimately, prisons used violence and coercion to maintain a status quo that reinforced white supremacy and capitalist prerogative. * Journal of the West *Blue innovatively deconstructs one of the strangest narratives of the ordinary convict. He breaks new ground. * Journal of Popular Culture *Doing Time in the Depressiontaps prison newspapers, radio transcripts, autobiographies from inmates and guards, and official documents from the California and Texas prison systems to create a compelling, imaginative look at an off-limits environment. . . .Doing Time bristles with insights useful to scholars of incarceration, gender, culture, and the Depression era. Blue sympathizes with prisoners, although he avoids demonizing their overseers. He has humanized people whose actions forced them into a dehumanizing world. * Journal of Social History *Doing Time in the Depression offers a rich, complicated view of prison life in Californiaand Texas during the worst economic decade in twentieth-century America.We are inBlues debt for this densely researched, beautifully written, and wide-rangingexamination of prison life during the Great Depression. Doing Time in the Depression isa must-read for people concerned with working-class life in twentieth-century America. * Labor *Doing Time in the Depressionshines especially brightly . . . as Blue takes us inside the world of prison sports. * Journal of American History *Ethan Blue presents such a dose of western scholarship in his complex and stark publication Doing Time in the Depression. Melding the U.S. borderlands, racial hierarchies, immigration politics, prison economies, and gender constructions, Blue builds a devastating study that illuminates a violence far removed from the invented western 'valor and daring' or 'glory and victory' favored by scriptwriters and novelists. * The Western Historical Quarterly *Blue, an assistant professor of history at the University of Western Australia, has written a book that does many things well. But perhaps most pleasing and revelatory is the books rich description, often in the words of the inmates themselves. * Triquarterly *Doing Time offers a nuanced portrait of incarceration in a period that has been frequently overlooked by prison historiography. One of the books many strengths is the voluminous sources the author manages to weave into analysis and narrative, as well as its deft balancing of macro structural concerns (e.g. formal patterns of racial domination) with fine-grain attention to the minutia of inmate experience. * Punishment & Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Of Bodies and Borders: The Demography of Incarceration 2 Work in the Walled City: Labor and Discipline in California's Prisons 3 From Can See to Can't: Agricultural Labor and Industrial Reform on Texas Penal Plantations 4 Shifting Markets of Power: Building Tenders, Con Bosses, Queens, and Guards 5 Thirty Minutes behind the Walls: Prison Radio and the Popular Culture of Punishment 6 Sport and Celebration in the Popular Culture of Punishment 7 A Dark Cloud Would Go Over: Death and Dying 8 Going Home Epilogue Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisPROSE Award Finalist for Psychology and Applied Social WorkArgues that a range of behaviors such as murder-suicide, terrorism, and mass shootings are better understood as motivated by suicidal impulses than by homicidal onesMass shooters often display behaviors that strongly mirror the warning signs for suicide: lives led in isolation, intense personal suffering, disaffection, and struggle. Letters detailing why they did what they did paint pictures of intense misery and loneliness. As this book makes clear, private despair sometimes leads to social violence. In this groundbreaking work, Thomas Joiner offers a unified theory of suicide, making the case that many acts that appear homicidal are best understood primarily as suicidal. We must recognize that there are several forms of suicidal violence, some of which masquerade as other types of acts, including terrorism and murder. These include suicide-by-cop, suicide terrorism, murder-suicide, and running amok. Though there are obviousTrade ReviewA must read for anyone who desires to understand the complex web of factors that contribute to violent behavior. For decades, scholars have argued that violence cannot be predicted. In The Varieties of Suicidal Experience, however. Joiner does just that -- by building on his decades of expertise and groundbreaking theory of suicide. -- Rheeda Walker, Author of The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental HealthIn The Varieties of Suicidal Experience Joiner manifestly displays his extraordinary scholarly gifts. . . . He shrewdly makes his points with beautifully crafted—and accessible—language brimming with compelling case examples that vividly illustrate his arguments. No one in the field of suicidology today thinks, reflects on, explores, and writes about the topic of suicide quite like Thomas Joiner. This extraordinary new book explores suicidal violence, in all its forms, displaying an intellectual acumen and the sage wisdom of one of the field’s most astute thinkers and singular scholars. -- David A. Jobes, Director of the Suicide Prevention Laboratory, The Catholic University of America, Washington DCJoiner builds on what is arguably history’s most scientifically tested, supported and impactful theory addressing suicidality, the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide. ITS has not only moved an entire field forward but literally reshaped it. Joiner's application across vexing problems like murder-suicide, suicide by cop, suicide terrorism, and physician-assisted suicide is impressive, incisive, and practically accessible. Not only do his clarity and precision improve our understanding of these troubling problems, but he crafts an explanatory narrative that allows us to work to coherently identify strategies, targeted interventions, and policies that offer hope of progress to reduce the tragedy of suicide and assuage the suffering of those affected. Once again, Joiner takes on some of the greatest challenges society faces today. The end result is that he helps us more accurately understand why these tragic things happen and opens the door for solutions. -- M. David Rudd, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and President Emeritus, University of Memphis

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Book SynopsisHow technology transformed the nature of sex workThe internet has revolutionized sex work perhaps more than any other profession. Today's sex workers go online to attract clients, shape personas, share information, screen potential clients, and build community. The Rise of Digital Sex Work is an intimate look into the changing face of the industry, telling the stories of workers themselves and revealing how they use the internet to share information, grow their businesses, and establish global communities. Kurt Fowler takes us inside the lives of sex workers who provide a variety of services: web-camming, dominatrix work, burlesque, and escorting. He provides insight into how race, class, and privilege affect their work and the role the internet has played in their professional journeys. Drawing on in-depth interviews with fifty workers from the United States, England, Canada, Germany, Australia, South Africa, and other industrialized countries, Fowler explores how they first enteredTrade Review"In this fascinating study, Kurt Fowler demonstrates how this migration from the streets to the internet has transformed contemporary sex work and rendered much of the existing research on the topic nearly obsolete. The wide array of sex workers we meet in the book emerge as neither ‘offenders’ nor ‘victims,’ but rather full blown humans engaged in the most human of enterprises." * Shadd Maruna, author of Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives *"Drawing heavily on the workers’ own voices, the book describes their inventive online strategies for minimizing risks and safeguarding their agency and independence. A major contribution to our understanding of the new frontier of digital sex work." * Ronald Weitzer, author of Sex Tourism in Thailand: Inside Asia’s Premier Erotic Playground *"Highly engaging and richly descriptive, this ultra-modern exploration of sex work in the digital age yields compelling insights not just about sexuality, labor, and technology, but about identity, performance, emotion, and safety as well. The book also engages with timely and important questions related to societal expectations, employment conditions, digital culture, and personal empowerment, both within and outside of the context of criminalization." * Vanessa R. Panfil, author of The Gang's All Queer: The Lives of Gay Gang Members *"With a unique voice and vivid prose, Fowler brings the reader into the world of contemporary sex work, revealing both its appeal and risks. These sex workers buck what scholars think we know about their jobs, illuminating the complications and tensions of life in the digital age." * Jody Miller, author of Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence *

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Book SynopsisHow technology transformed the nature of sex workThe internet has revolutionized sex work perhaps more than any other profession. Today's sex workers go online to attract clients, shape personas, share information, screen potential clients, and build community. The Rise of Digital Sex Work is an intimate look into the changing face of the industry, telling the stories of workers themselves and revealing how they use the internet to share information, grow their businesses, and establish global communities.Kurt Fowler takes us inside the lives of sex workers who provide a variety of services: web-camming, dominatrix work, burlesque, and escorting. He provides insight into how race, class, and privilege affect their work and the role the internet has played in their professional journeys. Drawing on in-depth interviews with fifty workers from the United States, England, Canada, Germany, Australia, South Africa, and other industrialized countries, Fowler exploTrade ReviewIn this fascinating study, Kurt Fowler demonstrates how this migration from the streets to the internet has transformed contemporary sex work and rendered much of the existing research on the topic nearly obsolete. The wide array of sex workers we meet in the book emerge as neither ‘offenders’ nor ‘victims,’ but rather full blown humans engaged in the most human of enterprises. * Shadd Maruna, author of Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their Lives *Drawing heavily on the workers’ own voices, the book describes their inventive online strategies for minimizing risks and safeguarding their agency and independence. A major contribution to our understanding of the new frontier of digital sex work. * Ronald Weitzer, author of Sex Tourism in Thailand: Inside Asia’s Premier Erotic Playground *Highly engaging and richly descriptive, this ultra-modern exploration of sex work in the digital age yields compelling insights not just about sexuality, labor, and technology, but about identity, performance, emotion, and safety as well. The book also engages with timely and important questions related to societal expectations, employment conditions, digital culture, and personal empowerment, both within and outside of the context of criminalization. * Vanessa R. Panfil, author of The Gang's All Queer: The Lives of Gay Gang Members *With a unique voice and vivid prose, Fowler brings the reader into the world of contemporary sex work, revealing both its appeal and risks. These sex workers buck what scholars think we know about their jobs, illuminating the complications and tensions of life in the digital age. * Jody Miller, author of Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence *

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Book SynopsisThe carceral experiences of women serving life sentences. 2017 Michigan Notable Book Selection presented by The Detroit Free PressHow do women mothers, daughters, aunts, nieces and grandmothers make sense of judgment to a lifetime behind bars? In Women Doing Life, Lora Bex Lempert presents a typology of the ways that life-sentenced women grow and self-actualize, resist prison definitions, reflect on and own their criminal acts, and ultimately create meaningful lives behind prison walls. Looking beyond the explosive headlines that often characterize these women as monsters, Lempert offers rare insight into this vulnerable, little studied population. Her gendered analysis considers the ways that women do crime differently than men and how they have qualitatively different experiences of imprisonment than their male counterparts. Through in-depth interviews with 72 women serving life sentences in Michigan, Lempert brings these women back into the public arena, drawing analytical attentiTrade Review"Women Doing Lifeis an outstanding piece of work that unapologetically showcases an understudiedgroup within our criminal justice system by mixing together the voice of feminist criminology, crime statistics, and powerful stories of self-reform, despair, injustice, courage, and hope." * Journal of Family Strengths *"Lempert shines a spotlight on the experiences of 72 women serving life sentences in Michigan. Through in-depth interviews, she brings these marginalized women back into the center of the public arena, drawing attention to their complicated, contradictory and compelling lives." * Detroit Free Press *"Showing readers the order and meaning that women wring from the chaosdaily and over a lifetime of incarcerationis a tremendous and moving accomplishment." * American Journal of Sociology *"Lora Lempert has written about the tragic failure of our penal system, but at the same time about the heroic way women who are incarcerated survive it. If you are looking for stories of courage and pride among people who society would like to forget, this book is a compelling archive." -- Todd R. Clear,co-author of The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration"You will not be able to put this book down. Lempert intersperses the active voices of women serving life with the personal and social forces that lead them to prison. She challenges the many stereotypes of women serving life without possibility of parole. And she clarifies the different ways the women create new, positive definitions of self within the corrosive environment of life in prison. Your students will be well served by considering the experiences of the women and will be challenged by Lempert's interpretation of the ethnographic data." -- Natalie J. Sokoloff,co-editor of The Criminal Justice System and Women"Lemperts aim was to expose the invisible lives of women incarcerated for life. She tells their stories with empathy and an awareness of needs for reform. She masterfully accomplished her aim." * Sex Roles *"Lemperts work is a singular and important intervention in in incarceration studies." * Women’s Review of Books *

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Book SynopsisTransgender survivors of violence tell their stories Transgender people face some of the highest rates of violence in the US and around the world, particularly within romantic relationships. In Transgressed, Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz offers a ground-breaking examination of intimate partner violence in the lives of transgender people. Drawing on interviews and written accounts from transgender survivors of intimate partner violence, he sheds much-needed light on the dynamics of abuse that entrap trans partners in violent relationships. Transgressed shows how rigidly gendered discussions of violence have served to marginalize and silence stories of abuse. Ultimately, these stories of survival follow their unique journeys as they navigateand break freefrom the cycle of abuse, providing us with a better understanding of their experiences. An emotionally compelling read, Transgressed offers new ways of understanding the complexities of intimate partner violence through the eyes of transgendeTrade Review"Transgressed fills a major gap in the extant literature on intimate partner violence. Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz's offering is a valuable resource for students, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, and it is destined to become a classic piece of scholarship that does much to advance queer criminology." -- Walter DeKeseredy, author of Abusive Endings: Separation and Divorce Violence Against Women"Transgressed is a brave book. Guadalupe-Diaz takes the necessary, critically important first step in bringing intimate partner violence against transgender people into the research spotlight. But braver still are the transmen and transwomen who dared to share their stories and whose voices will resonate with readers long after they have finished this book." -- Claire M. Renzetti, author of Feminist Criminology"Guadalupe-Diaz fills an important gap in the literature on intimate partner violence in the trans community. This study is the only book on the market that specifically focuses on the ways in which IPV is experienced when trans individuals are the victims/survivors… a must read for students and scholars of IPV or LGBTQ studies as well as anyone interested in these subjects." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisFrom climate change to fake news, an entertaining and enlightening look at the widespread phenomenon of denial in our societyDonald Trump won the election; climate change isn't real; America is a color-blind country. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, why do so many of us refuse to admit the truth? In fact, as Jared Del Rosso argues in this thought-provoking book, denial is so much a part of our lives that we deny its existence all the time, even when this works against our best interest, even when we are being choked by its very fumes. Denial is one of those rare books that will change the way you think. In a highly readable style that draws on examples from current events, politics, and pop culture, Del Rosso teases out the complexities of denial, from not noticing that someone has food stuck in their teeth, to companies that engage in widespread fraud, like Enron and Wells Fargo, to the much larger-scale denials of climate change or systemic racism. Drawing on classic stTrade Review"How do we deal with inconvenient facts such as global warming, organizational corruption, or racism, trying to 'maintain a sense of normalcy even when we encounter information to the contrary'? According to Jared Del Rosso, we deliberately disregard or explain them away, thereby implying that ignoring ('not noticing') is in fact an active mental process involving various attention-management strategies. Drawing on a rich transcontextual set of data, Denial offers us the necessary intellectual tools for understanding both our personal and institutional responses to political, financial, as well as sexual, scandals, reminding us that, although never actually protecting us from problems, denial (“that most stubborn of adhesives”) may very well be our most common way of responding to them." * Eviatar Zerubavel, author of Taken for Granted: The Remarkable Power of the Unremarkable *"This is one of those wonderful books that reveal the joys of sociology. It explores the many ways people manage to avoid noticing aspects of the world around them. Denial spans the full spectrum of not-noticing, from politely overlooking one another’s minor errors, to trying to ignore major scandals and crises. It is readable and guaranteed to change how readers see their world." * Joel Best, author of Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists *"Going beyond the interpersonal work of escaping blame and managing embarrassment or scandal, this book cleverly reveals the strategies individuals, organizations, and governments use to ignore injustice. From emails offering excuses for missed class meetings to bureaucratic processes and workplace trainings that normalize deeply entrenched racism and sexism to social rituals that mask state violence, Jared Del Rosso has offered a significant and stunningly original contribution to our understanding of denial. This book, which powerfully shows how denial makes inequality tolerable, will surely become a classic." * Jennifer Reich, author of Calling the Shots: Why Parents Reject Vaccines *"In this book, sociologist Del Rosso (Univ. of Denver) significantly advances the sociological understanding of denial—a concept so capacious that it seems to defy definition…This volume will interest scholars in the fields of criminology, communication, management studies, and organizational sociology." -- A. J. Trevino, Wheaton College * CHOICE *"Engaging and thought-provoking, [Denial] is littered with relatable examples and clever insights that push one to take stock of the “denial work” that we routinely do in our daily interactions as well as in our engagement with—or avoidance of—contentious social issues.”" * Symbolic Interaction *"Del Rosso delivers the sort of jolt we got from Erving Goffman’s early work: the taken-for-granted is exposed in new, surprising ways, and we are invited to reimagine social life" * Contemporary Sociology *

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Book SynopsisWinner, 2017 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book AwardA thorough and captivating exploration of how mass incarceration and law and order policies of the past forty years have transformed immigration and border enforcementCriminal prosecutions for immigration offenses have more than doubled over the last two decades, as national debates about immigration and criminal justice reforms became headline topics. What lies behind this unprecedented increase? From Deportation to Prison unpacks how the incarceration of over two million people in the United States gave impetus to a federal immigration initiativeThe Criminal Alien Program (CAP)designed to purge non-citizens from dangerously overcrowded jails and prisons. Drawing on over a decade of ethnographic and archival research, the findings in this book reveal how the Criminal Alien Program quietly set off a punitive turn in immigration enforcement that has fundamentally altered detention, deportation, and criminTrade ReviewPatrisia Macias-Rojas book,From Deportation to Prison: The Politics of Immigration Enforcement in Post-Civil Rights America, provides rich insight into domestic border security in the Southern Arizona/Sonora region. * Theory in Action *This is an important book that scholars of both immigration and criminalization should read. The argument [namely, that the Criminal Alien Program (CAP) is responsible for a large portion of deportations] is well constructed and provocative, and Macías-Rojas breaks new empirical and theoretical ground. * International Migration Review *In From Deportation to Prison, Patrisia Macías-Rojas aptly situates the current deportation regime within a broader historical context by drawing on a decade of ethnographic fieldwork, hundreds of in-depth interviews in southern Arizona, and archival research in Washington, DC. Furthermore, Macías-Rojas contributes to the burgeoning deportation literature by drawing connections between the current deportation regime and mass incarceration in the United States. * Journal of American Ethnic History *Patrisia Macías-Rojas is a sociologist and yet her in-depth ethnographic fieldwork will be very familiar to readers with a background in Anthropology Political and legal anthropologists, especially those working with fraught social issues, will likely consider Macías-Rojas research design a model of exceptionally solid empirical work. * Polar Journal *From Deportation to Prison provides a fascinating and original view of the day-to-day workings of the immigration detention system, based on fieldwork, interviews, and archival research conducted over a 10 year period. An exciting and high-quality work. -- Susan Bibler Coutin, author of Nation of EmigrantsPatrisia Macias-Rojas' commanding book narrates the profound restructuring of immigration policies in the US. Using rich ethnographic data and sharp policy analyses, she shows how the merging of enforcement and deportation policies with the rigid structures of the criminal justice system result in a vicious punishment regime. The book makes a compelling case for cross-movement organizing and is essential reading for scholars, activists and policy makers. -- Beth E. Richie,author of Arrested JusticeThe book largely brackets out activities of the powerful private prison-industrial complex, an important player in the growing criminalization of immigrants the book significantly our understanding of how and why the current immigration enforcement debacle came to be. It will be of particular interest scholars of race and immigration, inequality, and public policy. * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book SynopsisA vital collection for reforming criminal justiceAfter five decades of punitive expansion, the entire U.S. criminal justice system mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, police practices, the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, glaring racial disparity, the death penalty and more faces challenging questions. What exactly is criminal justice? How much of it is a system of law and how much is a collection of situational social practices? What roles do the Constitution and the Supreme Court play? How do race and gender shape outcomes? How does change happen, and what changes or adaptations should be pursued? The New Criminal Justice Thinking addresses the challenges of this historic moment by asking essential theoretical and practical questions about how the criminal system operates. In this thorough and thoughtful volume, scholars from across the disciplines of legal theory, sociology, criminology, Critical Race Theory, and organizational theory offer crucial insights into how tTrade Review"Atremendous collection of thoughtful essays written by preeminent scholars. . . . a cohesive examination of what is wrong with the American criminal justice system, and how we might go about fixing it." * New York Journal of Books *"[The book] offers several articles that will challenge the readers thinking and deepen the readers understanding of how the criminal justice works." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review *"In a collection of 14 essays that engage criminal law and justice, this volume contains new concepts and deeply interesting ideas by some of today’s most erudite and recognizable scholars in ‘criminal justice system’ thinking." -- The Howard Journal"This book can profitably be read by criminal justice practitioners, policy makers, and students at all levels. It is a necessary read." * Choice *"In The New Criminal Justice Thinking, Sharon Dolovich and Alexandra Natapoff take on the ambitious project of understanding what the contemporary American criminal justice system is and what it does at this critical juncture in time. The volume reflects a remarkable willingness to rethink the complex of actors, institutions, laws, and dynamics that operate to police and punish crime. Resoundingly successful at decentering crime from our thinking about the criminal justice system, this book effects an intervention that is crucial to understanding and reforming its injustices." -- Bernard E. Harcourt,Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School"In making sense out of the U.S. criminal justice morass and pointing toward transformation, Dolovich and Natapoff have accomplished the nearly impossible. Here is an accessible guide to some of the best work of leading criminal justice scholars. Creative, visionary and erudite, The New Criminal Justice Thinking is a crucial intervention in crucial times." -- Paul Butler,Professor of Law at Georgetown Law"These essays mount an impressive and broad-ranging critique of the American criminal justice system, offering legal, sociological, psychological, and moral perspectives on the future of institutions that deeply mark our communities and collective life. An essential volume for anyone interested in changing our criminal justice system to produce a more equal and more just society." -- Carol Steiker,Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

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Book SynopsisTransgender survivors of violence tell their stories Transgender people face some of the highest rates of violence in the US and around the world, particularly within romantic relationships. In Transgressed, Xavier L. Guadalupe-Diaz offers a ground-breaking examination of intimate partner violence in the lives of transgender people. Drawing on interviews and written accounts from transgender survivors of intimate partner violence, he sheds much-needed light on the dynamics of abuse that entrap trans partners in violent relationships. Transgressed shows how rigidly gendered discussions of violence have served to marginalize and silence stories of abuse. Ultimately, these stories of survival follow their unique journeys as they navigateand break freefrom the cycle of abuse, providing us with a better understanding of their experiences. An emotionally compelling read, Transgressed offers new ways of understanding the complexities of intimate partner violence through the eyes of transgendeTrade Review"Transgressed fills a major gap in the extant literature on intimate partner violence. Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz's offering is a valuable resource for students, researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, and it is destined to become a classic piece of scholarship that does much to advance queer criminology." -- Walter DeKeseredy, author of Abusive Endings: Separation and Divorce Violence Against Women"Transgressed is a brave book. Guadalupe-Diaz takes the necessary, critically important first step in bringing intimate partner violence against transgender people into the research spotlight. But braver still are the transmen and transwomen who dared to share their stories and whose voices will resonate with readers long after they have finished this book." -- Claire M. Renzetti, author of Feminist Criminology"Guadalupe-Diaz fills an important gap in the literature on intimate partner violence in the trans community. This study is the only book on the market that specifically focuses on the ways in which IPV is experienced when trans individuals are the victims/survivors… a must read for students and scholars of IPV or LGBTQ studies as well as anyone interested in these subjects." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisThe way a society punishes demonstrates its commitment to standards of judgment and justice, its distinctive views of blame and responsibility, and its particular way of responding to evil. Punishment in Popular Culture examines the cultural presuppositions that undergird America's distinctive approach to punishment and analyzes punishment as a set of images, a spectacle of condemnation. It recognizes that the semiotics of punishment is all around us, not just in the architecture of the prison, or the speech made by a judge as she sends someone to the penal colony, but in both high and popular culture iconography, in novels, television, and film. This book brings together distinguished scholars of punishment and experts in media studies in an unusual juxtaposition of disciplines and perspectives.Americans continue to lock up more people for longer periods of time than most other nations, to use the death penalty, and to racialize punishment in remarkable ways. How are these faTrade Review[] [T]his collection will reward students who seek insight into the conceptions of justice that animate the ghost in the popular culture machine. * Choice *[T]here is much to appreciate in this work.Punishment in Popular Cultureis the most recent of the five books Ogletree and Sarat have edited in their series on race and justice. That subject remains possibly the most important area of inquiry in the fields of criminal justice and legal studies. One hopes they will continue toencourage the scholarship that contributes to our understanding of race and justice. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *This is a necessary and important addition to the literature of legal studies. Tackling one of the most salient issues of our day, the authors use the most sophisticated interdisciplinary methodologies to tease out the many subtle strands underlying the debates around capital punishment. -- Elayne Rapping,University at Buffalo, The State University of New YorkA fluid merging of cultural theory, media studies, and the social facts of mass incarceration, Punishment in Popular Culture is an unprecedented assembly of exceptional and emergent interdisciplinary scholars who take on the cultural life of punishment against the backdrop of the U.S. carceral regime. Disturbing, original, and provocative, this volume reveals how deeply and broadly punishment is enmeshed in the imaginary of everyday life in American society. From the contemporary perspective and across time, we see how punitive images, often overlooked, carry profound cultural force in our socio-political landscape. -- Michelle Brown,University of TennesseeEloquently portray[s] the ways in which popular culture and the criminal justice system influence and feed off each other in a way that both impacts and shapes popular opinion but also various laws. * Metapsychology *The essays in this VERY creative and thought-provoking book force us to think about what movie depictions of punishment represent, how we receive them, and how our consciousness is shaped by them. Highly recommended! -- James B. Jacobs,Warren E. Burger Professor of Law, New York UniversityTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Imaging Punishment: An Introduction 1 Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin Sarat part I. The Popularity of Punishment 1. Redeeming the Lost War: Backlash Films and the Rise of the Punitive State 23 Lary May 2. Better Here than There: Prison Narratives in Reality Television 55 Aurora Wallace part II. Popular Culture's Critique of Punishment 3. The Spectacle of Punishment and the "Melodramatic Imagination" in the Classical-Era Prison Film: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) and Brute Force (1947) 79 Kristen Whissel 4. "Deserve Ain't Got Nothing to Do with It": The Deconstruction of Moral Justifications for Punishment through The Wire 117 Kristin Henning 5. Rehabilitating Violence: White Masculinity and Harsh Punishment in 1990s Popular Culture 161 Daniel LaChance part III. The Reception and Impact of Punishment in Popular Culture 6. Scenes of Execution: Spectatorship, Political Responsibility, and State Killing in American Film 199 Austin Sarat, Madeline Chan, Maia Cole, Melissa Lang, Nicholas Schcolnik, Jasjaap Sidhu, and Nica Siegel viii | Contents 7. The Pleasures of Punishment: Complicity, Spectatorship, and Abu Ghraib 236 Amy Adler 8. Images of Injustice 257 Brandon L. Garrett About the Contributors 287 Index 289

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Book SynopsisAn essential overview of how perception and memory affect eyewitness testimonyIn 1981, sixteen-year-old Michael Williams was convicted on charges of aggravated rape based on the victim's eyewitness testimony. No other evidence was found linking him to the attack. After nearly twenty-four years, Williams was released after three separate DNA analyses proved his innocence. The victim still maintains that Williams was the culprit. This heartbreaking case is but one example of eyewitness error. In Understanding Eyewitness Memory, Sean M. Lane and Kate A. Houston delve into the science of eyewitness memory. They examine a number of important topics, from basic research on perception and memory to the implications of this research on the quality and accuracy of eyewitness evidence. The volume answers questions such as: How do we remember and describe people we've encountered? What is the nature of false and genuine memories? How do emotional arousal and stress affect what we remember?UnderTrade ReviewAn engaging treatment of the current state of the science regarding eyewitness evidence. The authors walk a wise `middle road’ that integrates basic and applied research on perception and memory. Despite its brevity and accessibility, the book covers a lot of ground, including many studies published in the last few years. . . . Gives nuanced treatments of topics such as the effects of stress on memory and the relationship between witnesses’ confidence and their accuracy. -- Stephen Lindsay, University of VictoriaWill be a great addition to the field. Often, the connection between basic understanding of psychological phenomena and how witnesses behave in real life is missed, but Lane and Houston do a great job in addressing this gap. -- James Lampinen, University of Arkansas

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Book SynopsisClear and Frost chart the rise of penal severity in the U.S. and the forces necessary to end itOver the last 40 years, the US penal system has grown at an unprecedented ratefive times larger than in the past and grossly out of scale with the rest of the world. In The Punishment Imperative, eminent criminologists Todd R. Clear and Natasha A. Frost argue that America's move to mass incarceration from the 1960s to the early 2000s was more than just a response to crime or a collection of policies adopted in isolation; it was a grand social experiment. Tracing a wide array of trends related to the criminal justice system, this book charts the rise of penal severity in America and speculates that a variety of forcesfiscal, political, and evidentiaryhave finally come together to bring this great social experiment to an end. The authors stress that while the doubling of the crime rate in the late 1960s represented one of the most pressing social problems at the time, it was instead the way criTrade Review"Criminologists Clear (Imprisoning Communities) and Frost (The Punitive State) offer an accessible study of mass incarceration in the U.S. that is theoretically sophisticated and rich in statistical data . . . . A meticulously organized concluding chapter lays out their proposals with an eye toward reducing sentences and making them more humane for nonviolent offenders. The book merits serious consideration beyond an academic audience." * Publishers Weekly *"This short, efficiently conveyed study cannot delve into all of the ramifications of how to integrate those returning to society, however,The Punishment Imperativeattests to the need for a better way to manage the millions that our nation have, for too long, relegated to simply lock up, forever." * Popmatters *"Backed up by the best science, Todd Clear and Natasha Frost make a compelling case for why the nations forty-year embrace of the punitive spirit has been morally bankrupt and endangered public safety. But this is far more than an exposé of correctional failure. Recognizing that a policy turning point is at hand, Clear and Frost provide a practical blueprint for choosing a different correctional futurecounsel that is wise and should be widely followed." -- Francis Cullen,Distinguished Research Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati"For forty years, the heavy hammer of criminal punishment has been the nation's primary tool for addressing social problems. And when the hammer has failed to fix these problems or does further damage, we've responded by grabbing an even bigger hammer. In The Punishment Imperative, Todd Clear and Natasha Frost convincingly demonstrate that the hammer has, finally, become too heavy for us to raise. They offer a masterful dissection of this 'grand social experiment'; showing how we embarked on this strategy, its costs to individuals and communities, and a clear-headed path to real reform. The Punishment Imperative is neither armchair critique nor utopian vision, but rather an eye-opening and truly authoritative treatment by two true experts on punishment's past, present, and future." -- Christopher Uggen,co-author of Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy"It is too soon to tell if a sea of change is upon the US penal system, but the authors make their cogent argument in this well-written book. Summing Up:Highly recommended." -- P. Horne * Choice *"Part historical study, part forward-looking policy analysis, The Punishment Imperativeis a compelling study of a generation of crime and punishment in America." -- Douglas A. Berman * Sentencing Law and Policy *"This well-documented volume will interest anyone connected to our criminal justice system and may appeal to general readers concerned about the subject of incarceration." -- Frances O. Sandiford * Library Journal *"This compelling narrative helps us better understand the history, trajectory, and complexity of the politics of punishment in the United States over the past four decades. At a time of impending shifts in the correctional landscape in this country, this impressive volume should be on the reading list not only for scholars and students of mass incarceration, but also for corrections practitioners and policymakers everywhere who care about a new vision for America's penal system." -- Laurie O. Robinson,Former Assistant Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice"The book's 200 pages of details and its prescriptions will be intriguing even to those who know the field." * Jotwell *"Clear and Frost have helped start the most important conversation facing criminologists at the moment. How do we substantively reduce prison populations?" * Crime Law Social Change *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The Beginning of the End of the Punishment Imperative 2. The Contours of Mass Incarceration 3. The Punishment Imperative as a Grand Social Experiment 4. The Policies of the Punishment Imperative 5. Two Views on the Objectives of the Punishment Imperative 6. Assessing the Punishment Imperative 7. Dismantling the Punishment Imperative Notes References Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding reentry experiences after incarcerationPrison in the United States often has a revolving door, with droves of formerly incarcerated people ultimately finding themselves behind bars again. In Beyond Recidivism, Andrea Leverentz, Elsa Y. Chen, and Johnna Christian bring together a leading group of interdisciplinary scholars to examine this phenomenon using several approaches to research on recently released prisoners returning to their lives. They focus on the social context of reentry and look at the stories returning prisoners tell, including such key issues as when they choose to reveal (or not) their criminal histories. Drawing on contemporary studies, contributors examine the best ideas that have emerged over the last decade to understanding the challenges prisoners face upon reentering society. Together, they present a complete picture of prisoner reentry, including real-world recommendations for policies to ensure the well-being of returning prisoners, regardless of Trade Review"A timely and important volume at the cutting edge of research on prisoner reentry and reintegration, Beyond Recidivism delivers on its promise to skillfully examine critical questions regarding the social, economic, and cultural lives of the formerly incarcerated and their families. This book is essential reading for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working to address the harms of mass incarceration." -- David Harding, co-author of On the Outside: Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration"Beyond Recidivism is an exceptional contribution to the burgeoning literature on prisoner reentry and is a must read for both scholars and policymakers working in this field. Scholars will appreciate the methodological insights it provides on collecting data in prisons, in jails, and among reentry populations as well as the recognition of how the intersection of race and gender shape the experiences of returning offenders. Policymakers should take note of the inherent shortcomings of recidivism measures, the availability of programs for returning offenders and, most notably, the import of research for correctional policy. Simply put, this is a stunning contribution to research on prisoner reentry." -- Candace Kruttschnitt, co-editor of Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending"There are many insightful ways to understand the consequences of prison than a simple reliance on recidivism. This book describes a wonderful range of them. It is a cure for the recidivism obsession." -- Todd R. Clear, co-author of The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America"Social workers, criminologists, criminal justice professionals, and sociologists would find this book particularly informative in developing research studies. Policy makers, practitioners, and people working at agencies would also find the book useful in understanding the reentering population and the benefits and limitations of risk-needs assessment instruments." * Theoretical Criminology *

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Book SynopsisTraditionally, security has been the realm of the state and its uniformed police. However, in the last two decades, many actors and agencies, including schools, clubs, housing corporations, hospitals, shopkeepers, insurers, energy suppliers and even private citizens, have enforced some form of security, effectively changing its delivery, and overall role. In The Securitization of Society, Marc Schuilenburg establishes a new critical perspective for examining the dynamic nature of security and its governance. Rooted in the works of the French philosophers Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Gabriel Tarde, this book explores the ongoing structural and cultural changes that have impacted security in Western society from the 19th century to the present. By analyzing the new hybrid of public-private security, this volume provides deep insight into the processes of securitization and modern risk management for the police and judicial authorities as well as other emergingTrade ReviewThe Securitization of Society is a thoughtful and provocative work that announces Marc Schuilenburg as an insightful, and much-needed, new theoretical voice in the study of security. If you want to make sense of the myriad systems of surveillance and hybrid public-private security assemblages that dominate todays urban landscape, this is a must-read. -- Keith Hayward,co-author of Cultural Criminology: An InvitationSchuilenburg has brilliantly charted the slips that occur twixt the cup of security theory and the lip of day-to-day life. Combining insights from classic and contemporary social theory with the fruits of ethnographic exploration, he shows that things are never as simple as they seem. Legal scholars long ago realized the need to study both law in theory and law in action. Schuilenburg has laid the foundations for understanding securitization in action. -- Michael Tonry,author of Punishing Race: A Continuing American DilemmaThe Securitization of Society delivers a series of insightsabout the dynamic and unstable elements of the security world, about the difficulties of inter-agency action, about the fragility of even the most powerful security assemblagesthat, having now been stated, will quickly become our new common sense. -- David Garland,from the IntroductionAmajor contribution to the growing literature on & hybrid security . . . anchor[s] empirical research in some substantive theoretical footing. * Human Rights Review *Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 David Garland 1. The Problem 9 Part I. A Politics of Fragmentation 27 2. Nodal Governance 29 Part II. From Panopticon to Patchwork Quilt 55 3. Securitization 60 4. Assemblages 97 5. Molar and Molecular 131 Part III. Among People 163 6. Combating Marijuana Cultivation 167 7. Tackling Road Transport Crime 186 8. Urban Intervention Teams 206 9. The Collective Shop Ban 226 Part IV. The Era of Invisible Fissures 245 10. City and Citizenship 249 11. A Dynamic Perspective 286 Acknowledgments 303 Notes 305 References 315 Index 335 About the Author 345

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Book SynopsisExplores encounters between those who make their living by engaging in street-based prostitution and the criminal justice and social service workers who try to curtail itWorking together every day, the lives of sex workers, police officers, public defenders, and social service providers are profoundly intertwined, yet their relationships are often adversarial and rooted in fundamentally false assumptions. The criminal justice-social services alliance operates on the general belief that the women they police and otherwise regulate choose sex work as a result of traumatization, rather than acknowledging the fact that socioeconomic realities often inform their choices. Drawing on extraordinarily rich ethnographic research, including interviews with over one hundred street-involved women and dozens of criminal justice and social service professionals, Women of the Street argues that despite the intimate knowledge these groups have about each other, measures designed to help these women cTrade ReviewThis significant ethnographic study of women in the sex trade and those they interact with who seek to restrain their business or help them live more healthful lives is a compelling account that takes readers into a little-understood area of society. * Choice *This is perhaps the most insightful ethnographic book on women in the street-based sex trade published in some time. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews *Susan Dewey and Tonia St. Germain have written a book that draws readers into the real struggles and dilemmas faced not only by poor and criminalized women but by the social service and police personnel who interact with these women on a daily basis. Their compelling writing draws the reader into the 'systemic intimacy' that the authors describe. Vividly portraying women who cycle in and out of the streets, jails and therapeutic facilities as well as the front-line workers designated to treat or arrest them, Women of the Street fills out our understanding of the intersecting racial, class and gendered forces that set up both the women and the front-line workers to remain stuck in cycles of misery and blame. -- Susan Sered,author of Can't Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal ResponsibilityThe most comprehensive and in-depth study of street prostitution on the market. Based on years of fieldwork with women involved in illicit commerce as well as interviews with the authorities and service providers who interact with them, the authors provide a fascinating ethnographic window into this world. The findings challenge monolithic stereotypes about street prostitution and reveal how the women assert their agency even under extremely dire conditions. The book also shows how the practices of social workers and criminal justice authorities are often counterproductive in subjecting the women to heightened risks, and suggests that decriminalization might be preferable to existing policies. -- Ronald Weitzer,George Washington UniversityThe books methodology is its greatest strength. The literature on street-level prostitution is too often dominated by quantitative research and studies that pathologize sex workers.Women of the Streetis an extraordinary ethnography filled with rich data that offer readers a holistic and deeply human portrait of the lives of women in the sex trade. * American Journal of Sociology *

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Book SynopsisMy breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them, confides Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she experienced in childhood. In Family Secrets, Gloria González-López tells the life stories of 60 men and women in Mexico who, like Elisa, saw their lives irrevocably changed in the wake of childhood and adolescent incest. In Mexico, a patriarchal, religious society where women are expected to make themselves sexually available to men and where same-sex experiences for both men and women bring great shame, incest is easily hidden, seldom discussed, and rarely reported to authorities. Through gripping, emotional narrative, González-López brings the deeply troubling, hidden, and unspoken issues of incest and sexual violence in Mexican families to light.González-López contends that family and cultural structures in Mexican life enable incest and the culture of silence that surrounds it. She examines the strong bonds of familial obligatioTrade ReviewA sensitive, ethical, humane, yet deeply sociological and intellectually robust analysis of a very delicate subject matter. Gloria González-López criticizes, debunks, sheds new light, and does so with an immense humanity. Her approach has true potential for bringing attention to this issue with an eye for real change. -- Cecilia Menjívar,author of Enduring Violence: Ladina Women's Lives in GuatemalaI have never read a more powerful, highly original, sophisticated, and brave book as Family Secrets. It is an absolutely wonderful and truly riveting ethnographic study that will forever change the way look at gender and sexuality among Mexican-origin populations. Written with enormous compassion and intelligence, it is destined to become the most highly-acclaimed and path-breaking contribution to Latino/a sexuality research to date. -- Tomas Almaguer,author of Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in CaliforniaGroundbreaking and revealing, this book offers a critical feminist examination of the social and cultural mechanisms that create the causes and conditions of incest and sexual violence in the family, complex realities existing in Mexican society. Besides unmasking a patriarchal taboo and analyzing it in depth, this moving, incisive, and thought-provoking book brings to light the human resiliency, puts forward the possibility of renewed social contracts and laws promoting the integrity, dignity, freedom, and safety of women, girls and boys, and other populations at risk, and calls for the defense and respect of their most basic human rights. -- Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos,author of Los cautiverios de las mujeres: madresposas, monjas, putas, presas y locasFamily Secretsresonates with authenticity, and makes us look deep within ourselves and our sanitized domestic histories to recover the forgotten whispers about & black sheep that lurk in the recesses of memory in virtually every family, everywhere. * New York Journal of Books *Apowerfully thought-provoking and courageous work that carries reverberations for understanding how incest and sexual violence within the family impact greater community and societal violence. After reading this work, the reader will never be the same. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of Contentsix Contents Acknowledgments / Con profunda gratitud xi 1. En familia: Sex, Incest, and Violence in Mexican Families 1 2. Conjugal Daughters and Marital Servants: The Sexual Functions of Daughters in Incestuous Families 31 3. A la prima se le arrima: Sisters and Primas 76 4. Nieces and Their Uncles 125 5. Men's Life Stories 180 6. Toward a Feminist Sociology of Incest in Mexico 232 Appendix A. Study Participants 263 Appendix B. Methodological Considerations 267 Appendix C. Incest in 32 Mexican State Penal Codes 271 Appendix D. Uncle-Niece Cases 273 Notes 275 References 301 Index 313 About the Author 321

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Book SynopsisThe complicated relationship between defendants with mental health disorders and the criminal justice system The American criminal justice system is based on the bedrock principles of fairness and justice for all. In striving to ensure that all criminal defendants are treated equally under the law, it endeavors to handle similar cases in similar fashion, attempting to apply rules and procedures even-handedly regardless of a defendant's social class, race, ethnicity, or gender. Yet, the criminal justice system has also recognized exceptions when special circumstances underlie a defendant's behavior or are likely to skew the defendant's trial. One of the most controversial set of exceptions often poorly articulated and inconsistently applied involves criminal defendants with a mental disorder. A series of special rules and procedures has evolved over the centuries, often without fanfare and even today with little systematic examination, that lawyers and judges applTrade ReviewThis book is particularly relevant today when it is being increasingly acknowledged that mental disorders are pervasive and undertreated and are even more so within the criminal justice system … the book is a plea for a better understanding of mental disorders and their impact on behavior that offers extensive legal, clinical and philosophical insights. Though it is thorough and requires attentive reading it is nontechnical and can be read by the educated lay reader. This book clearly shows how complicated a question the relationship between defendants with mental health disorders and the criminal justice system is, and thus can be a valuable resource for achieving a greater understanding of the key issues involved in cases that involve criminal defendants with mental disorders and their ability to receive a fair and just trial. -- MetapsychologyThomas Hafemeister has combined a succinct description and analysis of all the leading cases relevant to competency and criminal responsibility issues with an insightful discussion of the nature of mental disability and its relevance to these important legal issues. This book represents a rare marriage of legal and clinical acumen. -- Christopher Slobogin,Milton Underwood Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding reentry experiences after incarcerationPrison in the United States often has a revolving door, with droves of formerly incarcerated people ultimately finding themselves behind bars again. In Beyond Recidivism, Andrea Leverentz, Elsa Y. Chen, and Johnna Christian bring together a leading group of interdisciplinary scholars to examine this phenomenon using several approaches to research on recently released prisoners returning to their lives. They focus on the social context of reentry and look at the stories returning prisoners tell, including such key issues as when they choose to reveal (or not) their criminal histories. Drawing on contemporary studies, contributors examine the best ideas that have emerged over the last decade to understanding the challenges prisoners face upon reentering society. Together, they present a complete picture of prisoner reentry, including real-world recommendations for policies to ensure the well-being of returning prisoners, regardless of Trade Review"A timely and important volume at the cutting edge of research on prisoner reentry and reintegration, Beyond Recidivism delivers on its promise to skillfully examine critical questions regarding the social, economic, and cultural lives of the formerly incarcerated and their families. This book is essential reading for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working to address the harms of mass incarceration." -- David Harding, co-author of On the Outside: Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration"Beyond Recidivism is an exceptional contribution to the burgeoning literature on prisoner reentry and is a must read for both scholars and policymakers working in this field. Scholars will appreciate the methodological insights it provides on collecting data in prisons, in jails, and among reentry populations as well as the recognition of how the intersection of race and gender shape the experiences of returning offenders. Policymakers should take note of the inherent shortcomings of recidivism measures, the availability of programs for returning offenders and, most notably, the import of research for correctional policy. Simply put, this is a stunning contribution to research on prisoner reentry." -- Candace Kruttschnitt, co-editor of Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and Offending"There are many insightful ways to understand the consequences of prison than a simple reliance on recidivism. This book describes a wonderful range of them. It is a cure for the recidivism obsession." -- Todd R. Clear, co-author of The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America"Social workers, criminologists, criminal justice professionals, and sociologists would find this book particularly informative in developing research studies. Policy makers, practitioners, and people working at agencies would also find the book useful in understanding the reentering population and the benefits and limitations of risk-needs assessment instruments." * Theoretical Criminology *

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Book SynopsisWinner, 2020 DLC Outstanding Contribution Award, given by the American Society of CriminologyAn exploration of criminal trajectories, placing them in a developmental contextOver the past several years, notions of developmental trajectoriesparticularly criminal trajectorieshave taken hold as important areas of investigation for researchers interested in the longitudinal study of crime. This accessible volume presents the first full-length overview of criminal trajectories as a concept and methodology and makes the case for a developmental approach to the topic. The volume shows how a developmental perspective is important from a practical standpoint, helping to inform the design of prevention and early intervention programs to forestall the onset of antisocial and criminal activity, particularly when it begins in childhood. Crime in this view does not suit a one-size-fits-all model. There are different types of criminals who develop as the result of different types of developmental faTrade ReviewAs the culmination of 25 years of criminal trajectory research, this work claims new capability for 'linking past events to future outcomes' through the authors' commitment to engaging developmental theory [...] This highly theoretical work will interest students and scholars of developmental psychology, life-course criminology, and risk and resilience studies. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisInside the life of a hacker and cybercrime culture. Public discourse, from pop culture to political rhetoric, portrays hackers as deceptive, digital villains. But what do we actually know about them? In Hacked, Kevin F. Steinmetz explores what it means to be a hacker and the nuances of hacker culture. Through extensive interviews with hackers, observations of hacker communities, and analyses of hacker cultural products, Steinmetz demystifies the figure of the hacker and situates the practice of hacking within the larger political and economic structures of capitalism, crime, and control.This captivating book challenges many of the common narratives of hackers, suggesting that not all forms of hacking are criminal and, contrary to popular opinion, the broader hacker community actually plays a vital role in our information economy. Hacked thus explores how governments, corporations, and other institutions attempt to manage hacker culture through the creation of ideoTrade ReviewUltimately,Hackedwill hack open the true hacker spirit, and will compel its readers to widen, unshape and reshape their structural understandings of hacking and Internet crime in contemporary times. * International Journal of Law and Information *Steinmetz provides a provocative approach to understanding hacking, hackers, and the place of hackers within the larger U.S. economy through this framework, and he gives ample support for his approach that other researchers could easily use to further our empirical understanding of hacker as identity and hacking as practice. * American Journal of Sociology *WithHacked, Kevin Steinmetz has produced a skillful and original study that coaxes criminology onto new, and increasingly important, social terrain[For] anyone interested not only in what Steinmetz calls & technocrime (Steinmetz and Nobles, 2017), but also in how the Marxist analysis of crime and crime control can be revitalized in the context of 21st-century information capitalism,Hackedis highly recommended. * British Journal of Criminology *A sophisticated yet clearly written investigation into hacker activities through the lens of radical criminology. * Choice *One of the only books in criminology that takes seriously the intersection of hacker culture and political economy. Hacked is theoretically insightful, analytically rich, and well written. -- Victor E. Kappeler,co-author of The Mythology of Crime and Criminal JusticeA highly original, insightful, carefully researched and elegantly written study of hacker culture. Through an impressive synthesis of insights from critical and cultural criminology, classical and contemporary social theory, politics and political economy, Kevin Steinmetz delivers a new and provocative understanding of hacking and its place in contemporary information capitalism. A & must read for students and scholars of crime, new media and digital culture. -- Majid Yar,author of Cybercrime and SocietyWhile mainstream and public perceptions of hackers are filled with stereotypes, what Steinmetz does with great care and excellence in [Hacked] is surface the human voices of hacker culture in an effort to comprehend their perspectives and motivations. * STARRED Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisA lively, up-to-date overview of the newest research in biosocial criminology What is the relationship between criminality and biology? Nineteenth-century phrenologists insisted that criminality was innate, inherent in the offender's brain matter. While they were eventually repudiated as pseudo-scientists, today the pendulum has swung back. Both criminologists and biologists have begun to speak of a tantalizing but disturbing possibility: that criminality may be inherited as a set of genetic deficits that place one at risk to commit theft, violence, or acts of sexual deviance. But what do these new theories really assert? Are they as dangerous as their forerunners, which the Nazis and other eugenicists used to sterilize, incarcerate, and even execute thousands of supposed born criminals? How can we prepare for a future in which leaders may propose crime-control programs based on biology? In this second edition of The Criminal Brain, Nicole Rafter, Chad Posick, and Michael Rocque descriTrade ReviewNicole Rafter, Chad Posick, and Michael Rocque impressively document the genealogy of biological ideas in criminology. They show that criminology must take new biological ideas seriously and contextualize sociologically both the ideas and the phenomena in which biologists engage. Publication of this second expanded edition indicates that The Criminal Brain is receiving the attention it deserves. -- Joachim J. Savelsberg,author, Representing Mass Violence: Conflicting Responses to Human Rights Violations in DarfurRafter, Posick, and Rocque painstakingly document the flaws of early attempts to theorize crime from a biological perspective. By putting a nail in the coffin of the Lombrosoian legacy, they show the humanistic value and promise of the contemporary biosocial criminology paradigm. The Criminal Brain, Second Edition is required reading for all criminologists, biosocial or otherwise. -- Matt DeLisi,co-editor, The Routledge International Handbook of Biosocial Criminology

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Book SynopsisA vital collection for reforming criminal justiceAfter five decades of punitive expansion, the entire U.S. criminal justice system mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, police practices, the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, glaring racial disparity, the death penalty and more faces challenging questions. What exactly is criminal justice? How much of it is a system of law and how much is a collection of situational social practices? What roles do the Constitution and the Supreme Court play? How do race and gender shape outcomes? How does change happen, and what changes or adaptations should be pursued? The New Criminal Justice Thinking addresses the challenges of this historic moment by asking essential theoretical and practical questions about how the criminal system operates. In this thorough and thoughtful volume, scholars from across the disciplines of legal theory, sociology, criminology, Critical Race Theory, and organizational theory offer crucial insights into how tTrade ReviewAtremendous collection of thoughtful essays written by preeminent scholars. . . . a cohesive examination of what is wrong with the American criminal justice system, and how we might go about fixing it. * New York Journal of Books *[The book] offers several articles that will challenge the readers thinking and deepen the readers understanding of how the criminal justice works. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review *In a collection of 14 essays that engage criminal law and justice, this volume contains new concepts and deeply interesting ideas by some of today’s most erudite and recognizable scholars in ‘criminal justice system’ thinking. -- The Howard JournalThis book can profitably be read by criminal justice practitioners, policy makers, and students at all levels. It is a necessary read. * Choice *In The New Criminal Justice Thinking, Sharon Dolovich and Alexandra Natapoff take on the ambitious project of understanding what the contemporary American criminal justice system is and what it does at this critical juncture in time. The volume reflects a remarkable willingness to rethink the complex of actors, institutions, laws, and dynamics that operate to police and punish crime. Resoundingly successful at decentering crime from our thinking about the criminal justice system, this book effects an intervention that is crucial to understanding and reforming its injustices. -- Bernard E. Harcourt,Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law SchoolIn making sense out of the U.S. criminal justice morass and pointing toward transformation, Dolovich and Natapoff have accomplished the nearly impossible. Here is an accessible guide to some of the best work of leading criminal justice scholars. Creative, visionary and erudite, The New Criminal Justice Thinking is a crucial intervention in crucial times. -- Paul Butler,Professor of Law at Georgetown LawThese essays mount an impressive and broad-ranging critique of the American criminal justice system, offering legal, sociological, psychological, and moral perspectives on the future of institutions that deeply mark our communities and collective life. An essential volume for anyone interested in changing our criminal justice system to produce a more equal and more just society. -- Carol Steiker,Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

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Book SynopsisMy breasts stopped growing when my grandfather touched them, confides Elisa', a young woman who recounts the traumatic incest and sexual abuse she experienced in childhood. In Family Secrets, Gloria González-López tells the life stories of 60 men and women in Mexico who, like Elisa, saw their lives irrevocably changed in the wake of childhood and adolescent incest. In Mexico, a patriarchal, religious society where women are expected to make themselves sexually available to men and where same-sex experiences for both men and women bring great shame, incest is easily hidden, seldom discussed, and rarely reported to authorities. Through gripping, emotional narrative, González-López brings the deeply troubling, hidden, and unspoken issues of incest and sexual violence in Mexican families to light.González-López contends that family and cultural structures in Mexican life enable incest and the culture of silence that surrounds it. She examines the strong bonds of familial obligatioTrade ReviewA sensitive, ethical, humane, yet deeply sociological and intellectually robust analysis of a very delicate subject matter. Gloria González-López criticizes, debunks, sheds new light, and does so with an immense humanity. Her approach has true potential for bringing attention to this issue with an eye for real change. -- Cecilia Menjívar,author of Enduring Violence: Ladina Women's Lives in GuatemalaI have never read a more powerful, highly original, sophisticated, and brave book as Family Secrets. It is an absolutely wonderful and truly riveting ethnographic study that will forever change the way look at gender and sexuality among Mexican-origin populations. Written with enormous compassion and intelligence, it is destined to become the most highly-acclaimed and path-breaking contribution to Latino/a sexuality research to date. -- Tomas Almaguer,author of Racial Fault Lines: The Historical Origins of White Supremacy in CaliforniaGroundbreaking and revealing, this book offers a critical feminist examination of the social and cultural mechanisms that create the causes and conditions of incest and sexual violence in the family, complex realities existing in Mexican society. Besides unmasking a patriarchal taboo and analyzing it in depth, this moving, incisive, and thought-provoking book brings to light the human resiliency, puts forward the possibility of renewed social contracts and laws promoting the integrity, dignity, freedom, and safety of women, girls and boys, and other populations at risk, and calls for the defense and respect of their most basic human rights. -- Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos,author of Los cautiverios de las mujeres: madresposas, monjas, putas, presas y locasFamily Secretsresonates with authenticity, and makes us look deep within ourselves and our sanitized domestic histories to recover the forgotten whispers about & black sheep that lurk in the recesses of memory in virtually every family, everywhere. * New York Journal of Books *Apowerfully thought-provoking and courageous work that carries reverberations for understanding how incest and sexual violence within the family impact greater community and societal violence. After reading this work, the reader will never be the same. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of Contentsix Contents Acknowledgments / Con profunda gratitud xi 1. En familia: Sex, Incest, and Violence in Mexican Families 1 2. Conjugal Daughters and Marital Servants: The Sexual Functions of Daughters in Incestuous Families 31 3. A la prima se le arrima: Sisters and Primas 76 4. Nieces and Their Uncles 125 5. Men's Life Stories 180 6. Toward a Feminist Sociology of Incest in Mexico 232 Appendix A. Study Participants 263 Appendix B. Methodological Considerations 267 Appendix C. Incest in 32 Mexican State Penal Codes 271 Appendix D. Uncle-Niece Cases 273 Notes 275 References 301 Index 313 About the Author 321

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Book SynopsisInside the life of a hacker and cybercrime culture. Public discourse, from pop culture to political rhetoric, portrays hackers as deceptive, digital villains. But what do we actually know about them? In Hacked, Kevin F. Steinmetz explores what it means to be a hacker and the nuances of hacker culture. Through extensive interviews with hackers, observations of hacker communities, and analyses of hacker cultural products, Steinmetz demystifies the figure of the hacker and situates the practice of hacking within the larger political and economic structures of capitalism, crime, and control.This captivating book challenges many of the common narratives of hackers, suggesting that not all forms of hacking are criminal and, contrary to popular opinion, the broader hacker community actually plays a vital role in our information economy. Hacked thus explores how governments, corporations, and other institutions attempt to manage hacker culture through the creation of ideoTrade ReviewUltimately,Hackedwill hack open the true hacker spirit, and will compel its readers to widen, unshape and reshape their structural understandings of hacking and Internet crime in contemporary times. * International Journal of Law and Information *Steinmetz provides a provocative approach to understanding hacking, hackers, and the place of hackers within the larger U.S. economy through this framework, and he gives ample support for his approach that other researchers could easily use to further our empirical understanding of hacker as identity and hacking as practice. * American Journal of Sociology *WithHacked, Kevin Steinmetz has produced a skillful and original study that coaxes criminology onto new, and increasingly important, social terrain[For] anyone interested not only in what Steinmetz calls & technocrime (Steinmetz and Nobles, 2017), but also in how the Marxist analysis of crime and crime control can be revitalized in the context of 21st-century information capitalism,Hackedis highly recommended. * British Journal of Criminology *A sophisticated yet clearly written investigation into hacker activities through the lens of radical criminology. * Choice *One of the only books in criminology that takes seriously the intersection of hacker culture and political economy. Hacked is theoretically insightful, analytically rich, and well written. -- Victor E. Kappeler,co-author of The Mythology of Crime and Criminal JusticeA highly original, insightful, carefully researched and elegantly written study of hacker culture. Through an impressive synthesis of insights from critical and cultural criminology, classical and contemporary social theory, politics and political economy, Kevin Steinmetz delivers a new and provocative understanding of hacking and its place in contemporary information capitalism. A & must read for students and scholars of crime, new media and digital culture. -- Majid Yar,author of Cybercrime and SocietyWhile mainstream and public perceptions of hackers are filled with stereotypes, what Steinmetz does with great care and excellence in [Hacked] is surface the human voices of hacker culture in an effort to comprehend their perspectives and motivations. * STARRED Library Journal *

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Book SynopsisA critical look at the realities of community policing in South Los AngelesThe Limits of Community Policing addresses conflicts between police and communities. Luis Daniel Gascón and Aaron Roussell depart from traditional conceptions, arguing that community policingpopularized for decades as a racial panaceais not the solution it seems to be. Tracing this policy back to its origins, they focus on the Los Angeles Police Department, which first introduced community policing after the high-profile Rodney King riots. Drawing on over sixty interviews with officers, residents, and stakeholders in South LA's Lakeside precinct, they show how police tactics amplifiedrather than resolvedracial tensions, complicating partnership efforts, crime response and prevention, and accountability. Gascón and Roussell shine a new light on the residents of this neighborhood to address the enduringand frequently explosiveconflicts between police and communities. At a time when these issues have taken center sTrade ReviewThe persuasive evidence in The Limits of Community Policing raises very serious questions about the basic procedures for engaging the community in community policing programs and other police programs with a similar purpose. Based on five years of observational research on community meetings in Los Angeles, the authors persuasively document how police officials control the procedures and the outcomes of neighborhood meetings. In addition to controlling agendas, officials respond to the expressed concerns of meeting participants by accepting some, deflecting others away from police responsibility, or resisting them altogether. The most urgent community concerns about policing, in short, are never fully addressed. This is an extremely important book for scholars, police officials and policy-makers. -- Samuel Walker,co-author of The New World of Police Accountability, Third EditionThis meticulously researched ethnographic study of community policing in Los Angeles addresses the larger racial dynamics of the interaction between Black and Brown communities and the LAPD. In doing so, the authors offer compelling insight into the citizens wishes, and the departments response. An important work for anyone studying Los Angeles, or those examining the relationship between minority communities and police departments in challenging times. -- Jeannine Bell, author of Hate Thy Neighbor: Move-in Violence and the Persistence of Racial Segregation in AmericaThrough extensive ethnographic research, The Limits of Community Policing challenges the taken for granted value of community policing by showing the ways that police produce and manage it and in the process exacerbate core problems of inequality in the Los Angeles landscape. -- Alex S. Vitale,author of The End of PolicingThere are many books on community policing, but this is the first to provide a detailed, reflective interdisciplinary approach to finding solutions in the 21st century. The Limits of Community Policing is an important book. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisWinner, 2020 ACJS Outstanding Book Award, given by the Academy of Criminal Justice SciencesA major statement on the juvenile justice system by one of America's leading expertsThe juvenile court lies at the intersection of youth policy and crime policy. Its institutional practices reflect our changing ideas about children and crime control. The Evolution of the Juvenile Court provides a sweeping overview of the American juvenile justice system's development and change over the past century. Noted law professor and criminologist Barry C. Feld places special emphasis on changes over the last 25 yearsthe ascendance of get tough crime policies and the more recent Supreme Court recognition that children are different.Feld's comprehensive historical analyses trace juvenile courts' evolution though four periodsthe original Progressive Era, the Due Process Revolution in the 1960s, the Get Tough Era of the 1980s and 1990s, and today's Kids Are Different era. In each period, changes in the economTrade ReviewFeld has created a thorough and insightful history of the juvenile court system that is a worthy read for both those new to the field and those with extensive knowledge. Furthermore, the book is presented in a manner that is accessible to non-academics while supplying the depth and documentation that those in academia desire. Finally, through the breadth of the scholarship, the work has relevance to those whose focus is law, history, crime, policy, or social science. Feld has crafted a seminal book in the study and interpretation of the juvenile court. -- American Journal of SociologyIts about time someone wrote a book that informs readers about the unadulterated truth of how we treat kids in America. It isnt flattering, and worse, the future doesnt look promising despite reform movements peppered across our nation. * Juvenile Justice Information Exchange *Feld has delivered an important book that will enrich scholars understanding of race and juvenile justice in the recent American past. Though the work might have more closely examined the tensions within, and failures of, the US juvenile justice system since its inception-not just in the & Get Tough era-Feld nonetheless makes a compelling case for reform and restitution. * Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth *Barry C. Feld has been a longtime advocate for young people and a critic of the juvenile justice system. The Evolution of the Juvenile Court culminates his career, bringing together broad and deep knowledge across numerous fields to make a powerful argument for change. The book will be highly valuable for scholars in various disciplines and for policy makers across the United States and beyond. -- The Journal of American HistoryFelds work contributes to our understanding of the transformations in the juvenile court across the 20th century[His] work provides a solid foundation from which to rethink the interplay of race, gender, and class as well as the social and political context in the criminalizing of children. -- Miroslava Chávez-García,Professor in the Department of History with affiliate status in the Departments of Chicana and ChicaProfessor Feld wrote (and continues to write) in a unique way, integrating legal and social science research, with an underlying passion for doing right by children and youth in our society[Most] recently, The Evolution of the Juvenile Court: Race, Politics, and the Criminalizing of Juvenile Justice provides an up-to-date, thorough, critical, and evidence-based assessment of past and current juvenile justice philosophy and system operations in our country. It is a book that should be read and utilized by policy-makers, researchers, practitioners, and students. -- David L. Myers,Professor and Director of Criminal Justice PhD Program, University of New HavenNo one understands the creation, evolution, and transformation of the juvenile court more than Barry Feld. In The Evolution of the Juvenile Court, Feld reveals the recurring exploitation of delinquency as a politically-contested notion throughout the courts first century. Feld applies his vast knowledge of youth crime and juvenile justice to explain how enlightenment science has launched a new era to advance child development within the law. This book shows a path forward to realize the twin ideals of the juvenile court and the foundational rights of adolescents. -- Jeffrey Fagan,Co-editor of The Changing Borders of Juvenile JusticeProvides a comprehensive history of juvenile justice, from the creation of the first juvenile court to the current era. Feld applies his deep reading of legal, social, economic, demographic, and crime trends throughout the past century to help us understand how and why we punish children as we do, and what we should do better. Feld weaves together his background as legal scholar, historian, and sociologist to produce this extraordinary analysis - it is the most thorough and important treatment of juvenile justice I have read. -- Aaron Kupchik,Author of Homeroom Security: School Discipline in an Age of FearStudents of juvenile justice, youth advocates, and policymakers need to read this book. They will undoubtedly learn the sad reality of late twentieth-century juvenile justice reforms, and why current policies disproportionately punish impoverished minority youth. No scholar has written more persuasively and boldly about the legal, sociological, and developmental reasons to pursue justice for all juveniles than Barry Feld. -- Simon I. Singer,Author of America's Safest City: Delinquency and Modernity in SuburbiaFor readers interested in policy, this book highlights how economic and public policy decisions that disproportionately affected minority groups created many of the disparities that are seen in the juvenile justice system today... For other readers, this book is critical in educating them on the decisions and events that have shaped the juvenile justice system thus far, to ensure that there is a shift to the creation of a more effective justice system for children in the United States. * Journal of Youth and Adolescence *The book holds the juvenile court as the dependent variable and aims to examine the influence of social and political contexts, as well as perspectives on race, class, gender, age, and crime, on the changes to the juvenile system. [...] [It is] extremely effective in bringing attention to the influence that outside factors have on the juvenile justice system * Journal of Youth and Adolescence *

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Book SynopsisThe surprising true story of Mexico's hunt, arrest, and conviction of its first female serial killerFor three years, amid widespread public outrage, police in Mexico City struggled to uncover the identity of the killer responsible for the ghastly deaths of forty elderly women, many of whom had been strangled in their homes with a stethoscope by someone posing as a government nurse. When Juana Barraza Samperio, a female professional wrestler known as la Dama del Silencio (the Lady of Silence), was arrestedand eventually sentenced to 759 years in prisonfor her crimes as the Mataviejitas (the little old lady killer), her case disrupted traditional narratives about gender, criminality, and victimhood in the popular and criminological imagination.Marshaling ten years of research, and one of the only interviews that Juana Barraza Samperio has given while in prison, Susana Vargas Cervantes deconstructs this uniquely provocative story. She focuses, in particular, on the cTrade ReviewSerial murderers, lucha libre wrestlers, gender-transgressing vestidas, prejudiced scientists and disoriented policemen populate the pages of this insightful study of the cultural construction of crime and criminals in Mexico. Focusing on a case that challenged what Mexicans thought they knew about crime, Vargas examines performance, images, media languages and expert discourses, and uncovers their racist and machista premises. Her criticism is original but also urgently needed, as we see how the neglect of certain victims and the criminalization of those who do not conform to gender norms contribute to the dehumanizing levels of violence that Mexico is witnessing today. -- Pablo Piccato,author of A History of Infamy: Crime, Truth, and Justice in MexicoThis brilliant mixed-genre meditation on the life and crimes of Juana Barraza combines the pulse of true crime, a picaresque cast of historical characters, the contextual nuance of cultural history, the sophistication of queer theory, and disturbing new insights into Mexican identity and its complicated relationship with human mortalitya (trans)historical achievement of the highest order. -- Robert Marshall Buffington,author of A Sentimental Education for the Working Man: The Mexico City Penny Press, 1900-1910In addition to Samperio's story, Cervantes thoroughly analyzes subjects including Mexican history, lucha libre, anthropology, serial killing and gender roles and expectations. Fascinating … not your typical true crime book. * SLAM! Wrestling *

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Book SynopsisTraditionally, security has been the realm of the state and its uniformed police. However, in the last two decades, many actors and agencies, including schools, clubs, housing corporations, hospitals, shopkeepers, insurers, energy suppliers and even private citizens, have enforced some form of security, effectively changing its delivery, and overall role. In The Securitization of Society, Marc Schuilenburg establishes a new critical perspective for examining the dynamic nature of security and its governance. Rooted in the works of the French philosophers Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze and Gabriel Tarde, this book explores the ongoing structural and cultural changes that have impacted security in Western society from the 19th century to the present. By analyzing the new hybrid of public-private security, this volume provides deep insight into the processes of securitization and modern risk management for the police and judicial authorities as well as other emergingTrade ReviewThe Securitization of Society is a thoughtful and provocative work that announces Marc Schuilenburg as an insightful, and much-needed, new theoretical voice in the study of security. If you want to make sense of the myriad systems of surveillance and hybrid public-private security assemblages that dominate todays urban landscape, this is a must-read. -- Keith Hayward,co-author of Cultural Criminology: An InvitationSchuilenburg has brilliantly charted the slips that occur twixt the cup of security theory and the lip of day-to-day life. Combining insights from classic and contemporary social theory with the fruits of ethnographic exploration, he shows that things are never as simple as they seem. Legal scholars long ago realized the need to study both law in theory and law in action. Schuilenburg has laid the foundations for understanding securitization in action. -- Michael Tonry,author of Punishing Race: A Continuing American DilemmaThe Securitization of Society delivers a series of insightsabout the dynamic and unstable elements of the security world, about the difficulties of inter-agency action, about the fragility of even the most powerful security assemblagesthat, having now been stated, will quickly become our new common sense. -- David Garland,from the IntroductionAmajor contribution to the growing literature on & hybrid security . . . anchor[s] empirical research in some substantive theoretical footing. * Human Rights Review *

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Book SynopsisThe surprising and unofficial system of social control and regulation that keeps crime rates low in New York City's Washington Square Park Located in New York City's Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre public park that is perhaps best known for its historic Washington Square Arch, a landmark at the foot of 5th Avenue. Hundreds, if not thousands, pass through the park every day, some sit on benches enjoying the sunshine, play a game of chess, watch their children play in the playground, take their dog to the dog runs, or sit by the fountain or, sometimes, buy or sell drugs. The park has an extremely low crime rate. Sociologist, and local resident, Erich Goode wants to know why. He notes that many visitors do violate park rules and ordinances, even engaging in misdemeanors like cigarette and marijuana smoking, alcohol consumption, public urination, skateboarding and bike riding. And yet, he argues, contrary to the well-known broken windows theory, which suggests thatTrade ReviewBased on direct and perceptive observations, Erich gives us a complete, comparative and comprehensive view of what is going on in WSP. Very wisely, he contextualizes this view in more general perspectives of NYC, the U.S.A and relevant sociological perceptions. Consequently, readers are taken not only to a fascinating social tour of the park, but also absorb outstanding exposes of looking at WSP from different, relevant and insightful angles. This provides an absolutely engaging, pleasurable and a wonderfully positive reading and learning experience. This is a breathtaking text that people will love to read and enjoy. It is both descriptive and analytical, suggesting many insights and most of all, makes one think. -- Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Co-author of Fraud and Misconduct in ResearchWith knowing mind and perceptive eye, this veteran sociologist unlocks the hyper-civility of Washington Squareoften held as archetype for social richness in a public place. Goode displays how democratic values and complex accommodation can live through daily interactionin quarrels and kindness, decencies and, yes, some disrespect. It is, in ways we learn, the blemished agora of hybrid greatness. -- Harvey Molotch, Author of Against SecurityRich in detail and analysis, Eric Goode’s book portrays Washington Square Park through the eyes of an affectionate observer. His The Taming of New York’s Washington Square is an important addition to the literature on this famous public space -- Criminal Law and Criminal JusticeGoode’s study of Washington Square is a deep dive into how this space is used and what we can learn from the interactions within… an intimate exploration of a much-loved place, grounded in traditional sociological concepts. * American Journal of Sociology *The Taming of New York’s Washington Square offers ideas about safety and tolerance in public spaces in cities at a time when Americans are passionately debating the role of law enforcement in society. ... Washington Square Park, Erich Goode demonstrates, presents a model that prioritizes the responsibility of citizens in maintaining civility and relegates police to a secondary role. * Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City History *

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Book SynopsisHow the War on Drugs is maintained through racism,authority and public opinion. From the hit television series Breaking Bad, to daily news reports, anti-drug advertising campaigns and highly publicized world-wide hunts for narcoterrorists such as Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, the drug, methamphetamine occupies a unique and important space in the public's imagination. In Meth Wars, Travis Linnemann situates the meth epidemic within the broader culture and politics of drug control and mass incarceration.Linnemann draws together a range of examples and critical interdisciplinary scholarship to show how methamphetamine, and the drug war more generally, are part of a larger governing strategy that animates the politics of fear and insecurity and links seemingly unrelated concerns such as environmental dangers, the politics of immigration and national security, policing tactics, and terrorism. The author's unique analysis presents a compelling case for how the supposed meth epidemiTrade ReviewMeth Wars interrupts official discourse on drug use in America, drawing out the relationship between methamphetamine and the politics of fear. Linnemann invites us into the methamphetamine imaginary, deftly detailing how racism, the drug war and capitalism are manifested and maintained through pop culture, policing and state power. A compelling resource on a critical subject. -- Dawn Paley,author of Drug War CapitalismA scholarly page-turner, Meth Wars takes us on a journey through the cultural imaginary surrounding drug crime, policing, and punishment in the most thorough and illuminating way to date. Poetic, critical, and rigorous, Travis Linnemann frames how we 'see' meth and how our views lead others to 'see' meth as well through the power of misplaced drug war rhetoric. This study of whiteness, class, and privilege in drug imagery and drug wars is a profound contribution. -- Michelle Brown,author of The Culture of PunishmentLinnemanns book is a key text for understanding how moral panics about an infernal substance, and its diabolical seller, both stem from and further entrench the manifold contradictions of late capitalist society. * Antipode *Contributing to scholarly debates about the political and cultural intersections of drugs, rurality, and whiteness, Meth Wars shows how meth impacts not just individuals and institutions but also imaginations. Ultimately, this is a book about challenging the reader to think beyond the widespread justifications for sustaining the war on drugs and the popularized arguments for ending it. Questioning both leftwing and rightwing sensibilities on drugs, Linnemann provokes the reader into imagining a different worldone beyond the meth imaginary. -- Jennifer Carlson,Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of ArizonaA cultural criminological tour de force, Travis Linnemanns Meth Wars constitutes a brilliant counterpoint to everyday assumptions about drugs, crime, and policing. Moving from television dramas to public service announcements, from small town policing in rural America to global narcopolitics, Linnemann unpacks an insidious methamphetamine imaginary that has come to saturate contemporary social life. In doing so he reveals a deeper secret: if there is indeed a meth epidemic, it is one of epistemic proportions. -- Jeff Ferrell,author of Empire of Scrounge

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Book SynopsisWinner, 2020 DLC Outstanding Contribution Award, given by the American Society of CriminologyAn exploration of criminal trajectories, placing them in a developmental contextOver the past several years, notions of developmental trajectoriesparticularly criminal trajectorieshave taken hold as important areas of investigation for researchers interested in the longitudinal study of crime. This accessible volume presents the first full-length overview of criminal trajectories as a concept and methodology and makes the case for a developmental approach to the topic.The volume shows how a developmental perspective is important from a practical standpoint, helping to inform the design of prevention and early intervention programs to forestall the onset of antisocial and criminal activity, particularly when it begins in childhood. Crime in this view does not suit a one-size-fits-all model. There are different types of criminals who develop as the resultTrade ReviewAs the culmination of 25 years of criminal trajectory research, this work claims new capability for 'linking past events to future outcomes' through the authors' commitment to engaging developmental theory [...] This highly theoretical work will interest students and scholars of developmental psychology, life-course criminology, and risk and resilience studies. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisFrom Game of Thrones to Breaking Bad, the key theories and concepts in criminal justice are explained through the lens of televisionIn Crime TV, Jonathan A. Grubb and Chad Posick bring together an eminent group of scholars to show us the ways in which crimeand the broader criminal justice systemare depicted on television. From Breaking Bad and Westworld to Mr. Robot and Homeland, this volume highlights how popular culture frames our understanding of crime, criminological theory, and the nature of justice through modern entertainment. Featuring leading criminologists, Crime TV makes the key concepts and analytical tools of criminology as engaging as possible for students and interested readers. Contributors tackle an array of exciting topics and shows, taking a fresh look at feminist criminology on The Handmaid's Tale, psychopathy on The Fall, the importance of social bonds on 13 Reasons Why, radical social change on The Walking Dead, and the politics of punishment on Game of Thrones. CTrade ReviewCrime TV takes popular criminology’s necessary next step. Taking the televisual series that most fascinate us and coupling them with classical theories and urgent contemporary perspectives, we immerse into the screens and streaming frontiers of rapidly shifting forms of media consumption. Students and teachers will love this volume. -- Michelle Brown, author of The Culture of Punishment: Prison, Society, and SpectacleCrime TV brilliantly capitalizes on entertainment habits that prompt most Americans to learn about criminality through dramas, many now streamed. Written by top-notch scholars and focusing on widely watched shows, the chapters use popular media to unmask prevailing justice myths and realities and to illuminate the relevance of theories of crime and punishment. Scholarly but accessible, this volume is a fascinating read for all and uniquely suited for classroom use with today’s students. -- Francis T. Cullen, co-author of Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences

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Book SynopsisThe fascinating story behind the innocence movement's quest for justice. Documentaries like Making a Murderer, the first season of Serial, and the cause célèbre that was the West Memphis Three captured the attention of millions and focused the national discussion on wrongful convictions. This interest is warranted: more than 1,800 people have been set free in recent decades after being convicted of crimes they did not commit. In response to these exonerations, federal and state governments have passed laws to prevent such injustices; lawyers and police have changed their practices; and advocacy organizations have multiplied across the country. Together, these activities are often referred to as the innocence movement. Exonerated provides the first in-depth look at the history of this movement through interviews with key leaders such as Barry Scheck and Rob Warden as well as archival and field research into the major cases that brought awareness to wrongful convictions in the United STrade Review"[An] informative overview of the development of the innocence movement...A useful contribution to an important national conversation about crime and punishment." * Kirkus Reviews *"Exoneratedis the first complete and authentic history of the innocence movement. Robert J. Norris shows us how it came into being and how it evolved over the decades. He also shines light on the issues involved and the challenges the movement faces. With his unmatched academic credential, Norris has written a book that will benefit both students and experts of innocence movement." * The Washington Book Review *"Exonerated delineates the origin story of the “innocence movement,” a highly publicized pivot in legal circles in the late twentieth century toward the wrongful conviction of innocent persons. Robert J. Norris focuses mostly on the key players involved in the early days of using forensic DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) to exonerate innocents … Exonerated draws on social movements theory to explain in terms of political opportunities for legal reform, local actions of individuals and organizations, and the ways key players framed innocence to bolster its legitimacy." -- The Journal of American History"It (is) a valuable window into the effect of many factors that drive the criminal justice system (race, class, and gender) but not necessarily a means of addressing them. This careful attention to grounding his history makes the book a valuable reference for social scientists, graduate students, and anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of change in the legal system." * International Criminal Justice Review *"This work is readily accessible to most adult audiences, and is especially recommended for all college, university, and seminary libraries." * Catholic Library World *"Robert J. Norris book,Exonerated,is the first complete and exhaustive treatment of the [innocence] movement itself. The book offers a deep dive. The fact that it is nonetheless eminently readable speaks to Norriss ability to merge impressive scholarship and research with fascinating stories, interesting interviews and anecdotal information. The result is an impressive history layered over with entertaining color." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews *"Exonerated is the definitive account of how the innocence movement transformed public views about the everyday fallibility of the American criminal justice system in the late 20th century, and why preventing the wrongful convictions of the factually innocent remains more important than ever in the 21st century." -- Richard A. Leo,author, The Wrong Guys: Murder, False Confessions and the Norfolk Four"Exonerated is the first serious, thorough history of the modern innocence movement. A major, innovative contribution to the scholarship on wrongful convictions and a true delight to read." -- Daniel S. Medwed,author, Prosecution Complex: America’s Race to Convict and Its Impact on the Innocent"A timely and important new contribution to the literature, Exonerated is both an accessible history of the recent history of wrongful convictions, and a much needed analysis of the innocence movement as a social movement." -- Simon A. Cole,author, Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification"Carefully researched and elegantly written, this book calls attention to the importance of wrongful convictions for the death penalty and beyond. It shows how the criminal justice system is at the heart of efforts to achieve social justice. This is an important book." -- Sister Helen Prejean,author, Dead Man Walking and The Death of Innocents

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLatinas in the Criminal Justice System shines an important light on a topic long neglected by criminologists and criminology. Lopez and Pasko elevate the often ignored voices and situations of Latina girls and women, who are often invisible in the many debates about immigration. A must read. -- Meda Chesney-Lind, co-author of Beyond Bad Girls: Gender, Violence and HypeContributing authors masterfully examine and vividly delineate the historical, social, legal, and ideological forces governing the Latina experience with the penal system and mainstream American society. In a highly charged political era, this book is a timely contribution to help educate readers about police, law and society, race/ethnic relations, and social and legal reform. -- M.G Urbina * Choice *

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Book SynopsisThe murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin and the subsequent trial and acquittal of his assailant, George Zimmerman, sparked a passionate national debate about race and criminal justice in America that involved everyone from bloggers to mayoral candidates to President Obama himself. With increased attention to these causes, from St. Louis to Los Angeles, intense outrage at New York City's Stop and Frisk program and escalating anger over the effect of mass incarceration on the nation's African American community, the Trayvon Martin case brought the racialized nature of the American justice system to the forefront of our national consciousness. Deadly Injustice uses the Martin/Zimmerman case as a springboard to examine race, crime, and justice in our current criminal justice system. Contributors explore how race and racism informs how Americans think about criminality, how crimes are investigated and prosecuted, and how the media interprets and reports on crime. At the centeTrade ReviewDevon Johnson, Patricia Warren, and Amy Farrell have assembled an impressive array of scholars to focus on [a] set of thorny issues for our criminal justice system and for the vitality of American democracy....This volume, bringing together new research and fresh analyses from sociologists, criminologists, legal scholars, and political scientists takes huge steps toward the all-important...re-framing of issues that needs to happen. -- from the Foreword by Lawrence BoboDeadly Injustice strips away the willful racial blindsight that has frustrated scholars who seek to reveal the ways in which our legal institutions deny basic justice when state actors kill young black men and women.Johnson, Warren and Farrell have assembled outstanding scholars whose analytic skills shed new and harsh light into the dark corners of law and criminal justice to reveal the racialization and inequalities in the course of both egregious and everyday events.The analytic focus of this unique volume will sharpen theory and research on racial disparities in justice, and create a new scholarship that can shift our basic understanding of race, law and socio-legal culture to explain these undeniable and disturbing facts. -- Jeffrey A. Fagan,Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of LawAt a time when weve seen fundamental shifts in the policing and criminal justice terrain in our country, this important volume adds depth and dimension to our understanding of race, ethnicity and justice in America.This is must reading not only for scholars in the field but also for policymakers and practitioners committed to ensuring that our criminal justice system actually delivers justice. -- Laurie O. Robinson,Co-Chair, The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing and former Assistant Attorney GeneralThis book provides a powerful and timely review of the need to see the connection between race, death, and injustice in America. It is time for us to have this much-needed conversation, which will help us, as a community, understand that far too many children are dying from the hands of assailants. We need to focus on life, rather than death, for our children. -- Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.,Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard Law SchoolThe opinions of the researchers point to a need for an overhaul of the criminal justice system and the beliefs espoused therein, as well as those expressed on social media. Highly readable and informative. Summing Up: Highly recommended. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisA lively, up-to-date overview of the newest research in biosocial criminology What is the relationship between criminality and biology? Nineteenth-century phrenologists insisted that criminality was innate, inherent in the offender's brain matter. While they were eventually repudiated as pseudo-scientists, today the pendulum has swung back. Both criminologists and biologists have begun to speak of a tantalizing but disturbing possibility: that criminality may be inherited as a set of genetic deficits that place one at risk to commit theft, violence, or acts of sexual deviance. But what do these new theories really assert? Are they as dangerous as their forerunners, which the Nazis and other eugenicists used to sterilize, incarcerate, and even execute thousands of supposed born criminals? How can we prepare for a future in which leaders may propose crime-control programs based on biology? In this second edition of The Criminal Brain, Nicole Rafter, Chad Posick, and Michael Rocque descriTrade ReviewNicole Rafter, Chad Posick, and Michael Rocque impressively document the genealogy of biological ideas in criminology. They show that criminology must take new biological ideas seriously and contextualize sociologically both the ideas and the phenomena in which biologists engage. Publication of this second expanded edition indicates that The Criminal Brain is receiving the attention it deserves. -- Joachim J. Savelsberg,author, Representing Mass Violence: Conflicting Responses to Human Rights Violations in DarfurRafter, Posick, and Rocque painstakingly document the flaws of early attempts to theorize crime from a biological perspective. By putting a nail in the coffin of the Lombrosoian legacy, they show the humanistic value and promise of the contemporary biosocial criminology paradigm. The Criminal Brain, Second Edition is required reading for all criminologists, biosocial or otherwise. -- Matt DeLisi,co-editor, The Routledge International Handbook of Biosocial Criminology

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Book SynopsisIn a country long associated with the trade in opiates, the Chinese government has for decades applied extreme measures to curtail the spread of illicit drugs, only to find that the problem has worsened. Burma is blamed as the major producer of illicit drugs and conduit for the entry of drugs into China. Which organizations are behind the heroin trade? What problems and prospects of drug control in the so-called Golden Triangle drug-trafficking region are faced by Chinese and Southeast Asian authorities? In The Chinese Heroin Trade, noted criminologists Ko-Lin Chin and Sheldon Zhangexamine the social organization of the trafficking of heroin from the Golden Triangle to China and the wholesale and retail distribution of the drug in China. Based on face-to-face interviews with hundreds of incarcerated drug traffickers, street-level drug dealers, users, and authorities, paired with extensive fieldwork in the border areas of Burma and China and several major urban centers in China and SoutTrade Review"Chin and Zhang are among the most influential criminologists working today, with a well-deserved international reputation. In this book, they join forces to bring us a most illuminating and ground-breaking study of a neglected topic, the rise of China as a major consumer of heroin. I doubt anybody can match their ingenuity and dedication to high quality scholarship, but we can all learn from them and admire." -- Federico Varese,author of Mafias on the Move: How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories"Ko-lin Chin and Sheldon Zhang have produced an in-depth study of the political realities, social significance and dynamics of the heroin trade in Southeast Asia. This is an important book for those who would understand the cultivation and production of heroin, drug markets and drug use. There is perhaps no other team so well-suited to illuminate this topic and this book will be a valuable reference for years to come. It is a testament to the skills and experience of these two outstanding researchers." -- Scott Decker,author of Confronting Gangs: Crime and Community"This comprehensive study provides an in-depth analysis of a particular illegal market about which little has been known to date. This book makes a valuable addition to the still only small number of case studies that permit a comparison of the structure and dynamics of illegal markets across, space, time and socio-political contexts." -- Klaus von Lampe,co-author of Crime Business and Crime Money in EuropeTable of ContentsContents 1. The Chinese Connection 1 2. The Drug Market in Burma 24 3. Wholesale Heroin Trafficking 58 4. Low-Level Heroin Trafficking: Ants-Moving-House 85 5. The Social Organization of Entrepreneurial Traffickers 109 6. The Retail Heroin Market in China 135 7. Women in the Heroin Trade 173 8. Drug Treatment with a Chinese Characteristic 197 9. Combating Drug Trafficking 220 10. Conclusion 247 Notes259 References273 Index289 About the Authors303

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Book SynopsisThe surprising and unofficial system of social control and regulation that keeps crime rates low in New York City's Washington Square Park Located in New York City's Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre public park that is perhaps best known for its historic Washington Square Arch, a landmark at the foot of 5th Avenue. Hundreds, if not thousands, pass through the park every day, some sit on benches enjoying the sunshine, play a game of chess, watch their children play in the playground, take their dog to the dog runs, or sit by the fountain or, sometimes, buy or sell drugs. The park has an extremely low crime rate. Sociologist, and local resident, Erich Goode wants to know why. He notes that many visitors do violate park rules and ordinances, even engaging in misdemeanors like cigarette and marijuana smoking, alcohol consumption, public urination, skateboarding and bike riding. And yet, he argues, contrary to the well-known broken windows theory, which suggests thatTrade Review"Based on direct and perceptive observations, Erich gives us a complete, comparative and comprehensive view of what is going on in WSP. Very wisely, he contextualizes this view in more general perspectives of NYC, the U.S.A and relevant sociological perceptions. Consequently, readers are taken not only to a fascinating social tour of the park, but also absorb outstanding exposes of looking at WSP from different, relevant and insightful angles. This provides an absolutely engaging, pleasurable and a wonderfully positive reading and learning experience. This is a breathtaking text that people will love to read and enjoy. It is both descriptive and analytical, suggesting many insights and most of all, makes one think." -- Nachman Ben-Yehuda, Co-author of Fraud and Misconduct in Research"With knowing mind and perceptive eye, this veteran sociologist unlocks the hyper-civility of Washington Squareoften held as archetype for social richness in a public place. Goode displays how democratic values and complex accommodation can live through daily interactionin quarrels and kindness, decencies and, yes, some disrespect. It is, in ways we learn, the blemished agora of hybrid greatness." -- Harvey Molotch, Author of Against Security"Rich in detail and analysis, Eric Goode’s book portrays Washington Square Park through the eyes of an affectionate observer. His The Taming of New York’s Washington Square is an important addition to the literature on this famous public space" -- Criminal Law and Criminal Justice"Goode’s study of Washington Square is a deep dive into how this space is used and what we can learn from the interactions within… an intimate exploration of a much-loved place, grounded in traditional sociological concepts." * American Journal of Sociology *"The Taming of New York’s Washington Square offers ideas about safety and tolerance in public spaces in cities at a time when Americans are passionately debating the role of law enforcement in society. ... Washington Square Park, Erich Goode demonstrates, presents a model that prioritizes the responsibility of citizens in maintaining civility and relegates police to a secondary role." * Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City History *

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Book SynopsisIn Staging the Trials of Modernism, Dale Barleben explores the interactions among literature, cultural studies, and the law through detailed analyses of select British modern writers including Oscar Wilde, Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, and James JoyceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction - Turning and Turning: The Gyres of Modern Law, Culture and the Interiority of the Civil Subject Chapter 1 - Legal Reforms, the Blackmailer's Charter and Oscar Wilde's Trials: The Legal Stage of Modernism Chapter 2 - Law's Empire Writes Back: Legal Positivism and Literary Rejoinder in Wilde and Conrad Chapter 3 - High Modernist Challenges to Legal Authority in Ford and Joyce Chapter 4 - Conclusion: Manufacturing Individual Identity Works Consulted

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