HNU Library: Criminology Research Guide: Books/eBooks

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Library Call Numbers for

Criminology:

# SUBJECT

HM - Sociology

HN - Social history and conditions

HQ - The family

HS - Societies

HT - Communities. Classes. Races

HV - Social pathology. Criminology

Recommended Books/eBooks for Criminology

Books/eBooks are organized into categories by subject. The library has identified some of those subject categories related to Criminology below. You can use these subject quick links to find books and ebooks in the HNU library catalog. You can also search our complete catalog through the library homepage.

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Criminology	Criminal Justice	Crime and Society
Law and Social Justice	Social Justice	Judicial Process

Books and eBooks

Criminology by Stephen Jones
Call Number: HV6025 .J66 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Criminology provides students with a comprehensive yet succinct introduction to leading criminological theories. Thoroughly referenced and written in a clear and accessible style, Criminology provides students with a firm foundation in criminological theory.
Introduction to Criminology by Anthony Walsh; Craig T. Hemmens
Call Number: HV6025 .W3655 2019
Publication Date: 2018
Introduction to Criminology: A Text/Reader offers you a unique, comprehensive, interdisciplinary introduction to the study of criminology. Covering both classic and contemporary research in criminology, each reading shows students how to use current research to better understand criminal behavior. Students also gain an interdisciplinary perspective of crime and criminality by exploring the latest theories, concepts, and research from sociology, psychology, genetics, evolutionary biology, and the neurosciences.
Offender Reentry by Matthew S. Crow; John Ortiz Smykla
Call Number: HV9304 .O165 2014
Publication Date: 2013
Nearly 2,000 people are released from prison every day in the United States, many of whom face significant barriers to re-entry into the civilian population. Within three years, two-thirds of them will be rearrested, and nearly half will return to prison for a new crime or parole violation. Offender Reentry: Rethinking Criminology and Criminal Justice is the first text of its kind to address this major issue in criminology and criminal justice.

Double Crossed: The Failure of Organized Crime control by Michael Woodiwiss
Publication Date: 2017
Gangsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano are infamous as figureheads of organized crime, which is now synonymous with criminal groups such as the Mafia. Michael Woodiwiss reveals a more disturbing side to organized crime, in which government officals and wider business communities are deeply complicit. Woodiwiss shows how control policies on systematized crime are mired in corruption, legitimizing repression and concealing failure.
Indigenous Criminology by Chris Cunneen; Juan Tauri
Publication Date: 2016
Indigenous Criminology is the first book to comprehensively explore Indigenous people's contact with criminal justice systems in a contemporary and historical context.
Philosophical Criminology by Andrew Millie
Publication Date: 2016
This book is structured around six philosophical ideas concerning our relations with others: values, morality, aesthetics, order, rules and respect. Building on the author's theoretical and empirical research, the book considers the boundaries of criminology and the scope for greater exchange between criminology and philosophy.

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The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice by Jay S. Albanese (Editor)
Publication Date: 2014
Comprising over 500 entries on the essential topics and informed by the latest theory and research, this innovative reference resource offers a state-of-the-art survey of the fields of criminology and criminal justice. It combines this breadth of coverage with the authority and international perspective of an experienced editorial team, creating a definitive reference resource for students, scholars, and professionals.
The Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Criminology by Ruth Ann Triplett (Editor)
Publication Date: 2017
The Wiley Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Criminology provides students, scholars, and criminologists with a truly a global perspective on the theory and practice of criminology throughout the centuries and around the world.
The Handbook of Measurement Issues in Criminology and Criminal Justice by Beth M. Huebner (Editor); Timothy S. Bynum (Editor)
Publication Date: 2016
This volume of the series was designed to provide a comprehensive primer on the existing best practices and emerging developments in the study and design of research on crime and criminology.

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Criminology Research Guide

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