Challenges common misconceptions about crime. Presenting a critique of American policies on crime control, guns, and drugs, this text intends to confront both conservative and liberal propositions. It captures the full complexity of the administration of justice while providing students with a sense[...]
In "The Road to Yucca Mountain", J. Samuel Walker traces the U.S. government's tangled efforts to solve the technical and political problems associated with radioactive waste. From the Manhattan Project through the designation in 1987 of Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a high-level waste repository, Wal[...]
A book on research and theories of racial and ethnic discrimination within America's Criminal Justice system. It covers the research on patterns of criminal behavior and victimization, police practices, court processing and sentencing, the death penalty, and correctional programs.[...]