Juvenile Delinquency: Theory, Practice, and Law (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac®)
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Juvenile Delinquency: Theory, Practice, and Law (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac®)
Larry J. Siegel , Brandon C. Welsh , and Joseph J. Senna
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ASIN: 0534645666

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This comprehensive, best-selling text provides an in-depth analysis of the theories of delinquency, environmental issues, juvenile justice issues, and the juvenile justice system. Renowned for its exhaustive research base, this book presents cutting-edge, seminal research, as well as up-to-the-minute policy and newsworthy examples. Offering objective, up-to-the-minute presentation of juvenile delinquency theory and juvenile justice policy issues, the authors examine opposing sides of controversial aspects of delinquency and delinquency programs in a balanced, unbiased way. Rewritten for greater clarity and impact, this new edition addresses the latest hot topics and provides students with a gateway to online and multimedia resources that capture the immediacy of the field through CNN® videos, a CD-ROM, and the Internet. With its many updates and greater array of supplements, the Ninth Edition of JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND LAW presents a powerful and exciting set of teaching resources and learning tools for instructors and students alike.

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5 out of 5 stars Juvenile Delinquency: Theory, Practice, and Law .......2007-03-19

An excellent, balanced and well researched textbook .. with the CD-ROM component, a pleasure to use as a teaching tool! The best choice available textbook on the present state of juvenile delinquency.

5 out of 5 stars Juvenile Delinquency Theory, Practice & Law.......2006-01-19

Very fascinating book, it's easy to read and very interesting. There are great pictures and interesting stories which made it difficult to put down!
Criminal Law (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )
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Criminal Law (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )
Joel Samaha
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ASIN: 0534629911

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CRIMINAL LAW will help you understand the general principles of criminal liability, the defenses to criminal liability, and the elements of crimes against persons, property, and society. Samaha's carefully chosen and edited cases, combined with his insightful commentary, show you how the law applies to a variety of people and events. And succeeding in your course is easy with Samaha's integrated learning system, which gives you a clear recipe for concept mastery and success!

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5 out of 5 stars Criminal Law Textbook.......2007-09-25

It was the textbook we ordered. it was required for a class and it arrived quickly.

5 out of 5 stars Criminal Law.......2006-06-27

I thought this book was very useful in the study of Criminal Law at the undergraduate level. I enjoyed the author's selection of cases and thought that they were edited well so that they remained readable.

1 out of 5 stars I never got that book,.......2005-01-28

very fast but i never got the book, and refund

4 out of 5 stars Excellent Text.......2001-10-25

As one of Professor Samaha's students, I found that using this particular text in corrolation with his lectures was extremely benefical in learning the basics of criminal law. His personal insight on the case studies undoubtedly aided in understanding the material, but I suspect that the text would not have stuck me as such an outstanding book had Professor Samaha not been there to add additional information on each aspect of his work. However, even without the personal commentary, the text is still a very clear and concise resource that would be excellent for an introductory course on criminal law.

2 out of 5 stars Disappointment: I'm dumping this for another title.......2001-03-14

The text itself is barely adequate for an undergraduate level class (I wouldn't consider it for graduate study). At first I was excited by the addition of the "case method" technique for presenting criminal theory, but after struggling with the poorly edited cases I find myself actually skipping them.

The explanations and examples used in this book do meet minimal standards, but don't expect much more than that. It's almost as if the author were too busy with other projects to actually put together a quality product.

To make matters worse the support material provided to professors is horrible. I'm not normally a big "test bank" type of instructor, but one of the selling points to this book was the extensive library of material available. Sadly, this is once again proof that quantity does not always equal quality.

The test bank is full of very poorly worded questions. What's worse is that many of the questions have answers which contradict the book. In other words, the test key and the book do not agree....END
Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.)
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Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.)
James L. Swanson
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ASIN: 0060518502
Release Date: 2007-02-06

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The Greatest Manhunt in American History

For 12 days after his brazen assassination of Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth was at large, and in Manhunt, historian James L. Swanson tells the vivid, fully documented tale of his escape and the wild, massive pursuit. Get a taste of the daily drama from this timeline of the desperate search.

April 14, 1865 Around noon, Booth learns that Lincoln is coming to Ford's Theatre that night. He has eight hours to prepare his plan.
10:15 pm: Booth shoots the president, leaps to the stage, and escapes on a waiting horse.
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton orders the manhunt to begin.
April 15 About 4:00 am: Booth seeks treatment for a broken leg at Dr. Samuel Mudd's farm near Beantown, Maryland. Cavalry patrol heads south toward Mudd farm.
Confederate operative Thomas Jones hides Booth in a remote pine thicket for five days, frustrating the manhunters.
April 19 Tens of thousands watch the procession to the U.S. Capitol, where President Lincoln lies in state. Wild rumors and stories of false sightings of Booth spread.
April 20 Stanton offers a $100,000 reward for the assassins, and threatens death to any citizen who helps them.
After hiding Booth in Maryland, Jones puts him in a rowboat on the Potomac River, bound for Virginia. More than a thousand manhunters are still searching in Maryland. In the dark, Booth rows the wrong way and first ends up back in Maryland.
April 20-24 Booth lands in the northern neck of Virginia, and Confederate agents and sympathizers guide him to Port Conway, Virginia.
April 24 Booth befriends three Confederate soldiers who help him cross the Rappahannock River to Port Royal and then guide him further southwest to the Garrett farm.
Union troops in Washington receive a report of a Booth sighting. They board a U.S. Navy tug and steam south, right past Booth's hideout at the Garrett farm.
April 25 The 16th New York Calvary, realizing their error, turns around and surrounds the Garrett farm after midnight that night.
April 26 When Booth refuses to surrender, troops set the barn on fire, and Boston Corbett shoots the assassin. Booth dies a few hours later, at sunrise.
April 26-27 Booth's body is brought back to Washington, where it is autopsied, photographed, and buried in a secret grave.

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The murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history. From April 14 to April 26, 1865, the assassin, John Wilkes Booth, led Union cavalry and detectives on a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and into the forests of Virginia, while the nation, still reeling from the just-ended Civil War, watched in horror and sadness.

James L. Swanson's Manhunt is a fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through the eyes of the hunted and the hunters, this is history as you've never read it before.

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5 out of 5 stars a great read... i was there!!.......2007-09-29

I have not read many books lately and have just started to get back to it. Manhunt was the latest book I read and it was AMAZING!! The vivid descriptions put you everywhere John W Booth and his cohorts are and makes for a fascinating depiction of history.

5 out of 5 stars Brings history to life..........2007-09-14

I enjoy nonfiction books that read like novels, and James L. Swanson's Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer provides a dose of history in an enjoyable format.

Manhunt didn't include much information about the assassination that I didn't already know. But I did learn quite a bit about the 12-day pursuit of John Wilkes Booth and the hunt for his conspirators, as well as some other assassination trivia. It was especially interesting in that my husband and I often travel this same path through Maryland and Virginia when driving south. We pass right by the historic marker near the Garrett house barn (where Booth was captured and killed), although we've never stopped to see the actual location.

Swanson does a commendable job of bringing the complex Booth to life. The author describes him as "impossibly vain, preening, emotionally flamboyant, possessed of raw talent and splendid elan." Yet, this handsome and charismatic actor was willing to sacrifice everything for "his cause." After the assassination, he was stunned and enraged to discover that his acts not only met with outrage, but also, made Lincoln a martyr. I was surprised to learn that on April 16, 1865, CSA Lt. General R. S. Ewell sent Secretary of War Stanton a letter that was cosigned by 16 other Confederate generals. In the letter, Ewell wrote of their "unqualified abhorrence and indignation" at Lincoln's killing. He claimed that they were shocked by this appalling crime and that Southern men "are not assassins" nor their "allies."

Manhunt has a good number of pictures, drawings, maps and photographs related to the assassination. He also includes an excellent Epilogue where he tells the "story after the story." Swanson also provides a poignant description of the events of that time. When Lincoln died at the Peterson house, a "crude, improvised coffin" was brought to transport his body back to the White House. The people in the street were upset. "The box looked like a shipping crate, not a proper coffin for a head of state. Lincoln would not have minded. He was always a man of simple tastes. This was the plain, roughly hewn coffin of a rail-splitter."

After reading Manhunt, I intend on reading an earlier work that Swanson co-wrote called Lincoln's Assassins: Their Trail and Execution.

5 out of 5 stars What a book..........2007-09-04

I bought this book for a teachers gift, he loves Lincoln and that whole period of our country's life. He said the book is one of the best he's ever read on the subject.

4 out of 5 stars Well written, a quick read........2007-09-03

As a person who's read quite a bit on Lincoln and his assination, I figured I should finally get around to this text. I've been telling people for years that Dr. Samuel Mudd's family lobbied for years to get Mudd's name cleared--that he was simply a physician treating a patient with a broken leg. A colleague of mine suggested that this book denies that. It does, indeed.

I read a lot but am a slower reader than I'd like. So I like a book (1) that doesn't have microscopic print and (2) keeps me interested. This qualified on both counts. I don't mean it was large print, like a children's book. But it didn't have so much detail that I could maybe win a trivia contest but be none the wiser.

In fact, one item that I liked most was that Thomas Jones apparently kept Booth and his accomplice, Davey Herold, in a pine thicket for something like four days and five nights. Jones was freed of any responsibility for harboring perhaps the most wanted man in the US for those 12 days, but told the truth some years later. (When he was selling a book admitting to that, he was apparently attacked by some Union veterans!)

Among the things I liked too about the book was the admission by the author that Lincoln was not particularly popular at the time of his assination. Indeed, Booth was discouraged after the assasination that he'd created a martyr there there might not have been one.

Another thing I liked about the structure of the book is that the author ended with a kind of "where are they now," or what happened to the actors in the "drama." That's where I learned of the Jones story, for example.

What I didn't like about the book was the speculation the author did on what was going on in Booth's mind while he was in the Garret barn where he was eventually shot. I'm conscious of that ever since a good friend and former boss and I talked about a book years ago in which he accused I think it was Halberstram of doing that. "How could he know was was going on in [so-and-so]'s mind?" he asked. Of course he can guess, but then such speculation needed to be stated as such.

I must confess too that I almost downgraded the review by one star too because of what I saw in the book's acknowledgements. You see, Swanson thanked is friends "at the Heritage Foundation." What's the matter with that? Well, Heritage is extremely ideological. (I know, for, among other reasons, I have a distant cousin who works there.) How would one have felt after reading such a book if the author had said, "Many thanks to all my buddies at the Communist Party." It might make you want to find another more credible book because that party tends to be ideological. Heritage may be the other side of the political spectrum but is no less ideological, so it made me wonder about the author's motives and objectivity. But, despite Heritage, I found the book worth reading and, yes, difficult to put down. So, over and above the Booth speculation, I recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars Engrossing....Engaging...........2007-08-12

A thrilling page-turner! Even though the ending is known to all you'll find this book keeps you more than a little interested and at the edge of your seat. I found myself having to put the book down to grieve for Lincoln's death, but at the same time unable to put the book down because it's was so captivating, all the while savoring each page!
Contemporary Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honor of Gilbert Geis
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    Contemporary Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice: Essays in Honor of Gilbert Geis
    Henry N. Pontell , and David Shichor
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    America's Courts and the Criminal Justice System (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )
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      David W. Neubauer
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      Rural Women Battering and the Justice System: An Ethnography (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)
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        Rural Women Battering and the Justice System: An Ethnography (SAGE Series on Violence against Women)
        Neil Websdale
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        Addressing a significant void in the extant literature on the topic of domestic violence, Rural Woman Battering and the Justice System presents a thorough and arresting look at the experiences of battered women in rural communities. While living in the rural areas of Kentucky, Neil Websdale conducted his ethnographic research, and he situated the voices of rural battered women at the center of his ethnography. He clearly demonstrates how rural patriarchy and the insidious "good ol’ boy network" of law enforcement and local politics sustain and reproduce the subordinate, vulnerable, isolated position of many rural women. Taking into account that traditional patterns of intervention can often put women in isolated communities at further risk, the author recommends a coordinated multiagency approach to rural battering that is spearheaded by state feminist agencies. The chapter on the difficulties of an educated male researcher working with rural battered women offers a definite methodological plus. Illuminating and accessible, Rural Woman Battering and the Justice System makes a most important and timely contribution to the field.

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        Criminal Justice Organizations: Administration and Management
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        Stan Stojkovic , David Kalinich , and John Klofas
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        Providing coverage of modern management theory, this text emphasizes the application of management techniques appropriate to each area of the criminal justice system. By focusing on the "how's" as well as the "why's," this text prepares students for dealing with real management issues. CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS is known for being thorough, approachable, and practical. It is praised for having strong pedagogical features, such as "Work Perspectives" and "Case Summaries".

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        5 out of 5 stars Great!!.......2005-09-19

        I was very very happy with the book I received and the quick and prompt shipping of my book. I have had lots of problems with ordering books online and this was by far the BEST service I have ever had. The book arrived in perfect condition, it looked brand new, the price was great, and I received it quickly. Great Service.
        Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
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        Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
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        Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is right? Why can we see hypocrisy in others but not in ourselves? Are we all liars? Or do we really believe the stories we tell?

        Renowned social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson take a compelling look into how the brain is wired for self-justification. When we make mistakes, we must calm the cognitive dissonance that jars our feelings of self-worth. And so we create fictions that absolve us of responsibility, restoring our belief that we are smart, moral, and right—a belief that often keeps us on a course that is dumb, immoral, and wrong.

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        5 out of 5 stars Insights that sting.......2007-10-06

        I'm in two book clubs...and to my delight, both of them (operating independently) have chosen MISTAKES WERE MADE as the next book.

        It's terrific -- charmingly written and full of perceptive insights. But it is also sobering. It would surely be a hoot to watch as Tavris and Aronson depict the power of self-justification to enable people to make complete fools of themselves....that is, it would be fun if the bell didn't toll very loudly for you and me as well. Happily, the authors give some sound advice about how to escape from the traps that cognitive dissonance sets for us, such as "confirmation bias" -- listening to what you agree with and finding ways to dismiss the rest.

        Go read it.

        2 out of 5 stars Has some good points but..........2007-10-02

        Makes some valid points, but the primary purpose of this book in my opinion is to bash conservatives and their views. Examples of poor liberal decisions are few. I would assume liberals make mistakes too... If you are looking for something that gives good analysis without the severe leftward slant look elsewhere.

        4 out of 5 stars Why people rationalize and justify obviously bad actions.......2007-09-23

        After hearing a NPR interview with Carol Travis, I sought out this book and was delighted with it. With ample basis in scholarly research, it was solid and had practical applications in my own life.

        I have often been fascinated with why seemingly good people commit poor actions, and then go to great lengths to rationalize and justify their actions, at the expense of and to the detriment of others. Politicians and bureaucrats are those from whom I expect this.

        But when it enters your own life, your interest in understanding the basis for it becomes necessary and vital in your own well-being.

        The concept of cognitive dissonance and how it drives people to distort their perception of reality, so that the difference between their ideals and their behavior goes away, enters our daily lives. Of course, the problem with this is it reinforces the behavior that caused the dissonance in the first place, and it starts you down a road of deceipt and lies built upon more lies. Having lived the nightmare of being subjected to a "cognitive dissonant" of the nth degree, Travis assisted me in opening my eyes.

        The political discussions by Travis will, no doubt, displease conservative readers, and was brave on her part to tackle. This book is strong and I highly recommend it.

        5 out of 5 stars The authors make a dry subject come alive!.......2007-09-14

        Renowned social psychologists Carol Travis and Elliot
        Aronson have written a truly fascinating book, MISTAKES
        WERE MADE (BUT NOT BY ME). . . its subtitle made me want
        to read it even more: WHY WE JUSTIFY FOOLISH BELIEFS,
        BAD DECISIONS AND HURTFUL ACTS because I have long observed
        this tendency--even in my own life.

        The authors make what could be a dry subject come alive
        by the use of many examples . . . in addition, I liked how
        they incorporated much research--cited in nearly 40 pages
        of endnotes--but made it come alive via a lively writing style.

        When they explained how our memories tell more about
        what we believe now than what really happened then, I had
        to laugh . . . and recall the story of how I once took Risa,
        my daughter, to my first home . . . from there, I proceeded
        to take her to my elementary school, which I could have
        sworn was nearly a mile away . . . in reality, it turned out
        to be less than two short blocks away!

        MISTAKES WERE MADE further shows how couples can
        break out of the "he said,she said" spiral of blame and
        defensiveness, and perhaps most importantly, how all of
        us can learn to own up and let go of the need to be right.

        There were many memorable passages in the book; among
        those that most caught my attention were the following:

        * The same DNA that exonerates an innocent person can be used
        to identify the guilty one, but this rarely happens. Of all the convictions
        the Innocence Project has succeeded in overturning so far, there
        is not a single instance in which the police later tried to find the
        actual perpetrator of the crime. The police and prosecutors just
        close the books on the case completely, as if to obliterate its
        silent accusation of the mistake they made.

        * De Klerk, who had been elected president in 1989, knew that a
        violent revolution was all but inevitable. The fight against
        apartheid was escalating; sanctions imposed by other countries
        were having a significant impact on the nation's economy;
        supporters of the banned African National Congress were
        becoming increasingly violent, killing and torturing people whom
        they believed were collaborating with the white regime. De Klerk
        could have tightened the noose by instituting even more repressive
        policies in the desperate hope of preserving white power. Instead,
        he revoked the ban on the ANC and freed Mandela from the prison
        in which he had spent twenty-seven years. For this part, Mandela
        could have found entirely legitimate. Instead, he relinquished
        anger for the sake of the goal to which he had devoted his life.
        "If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with
        your enemy," said Mandela. "Then he becomes your partner." In
        1993, both men shared the Nobel Peace Prize, and the following
        year Mandela was elected president of South Africa.

        * Making mistakes is central to the education of budding scientists
        and artists of all kinds, who must have the freedom to experiment,
        try this idea, flop, try another idea, take a risk, be willing to get the
        wrong answer. One classic example, once taught to American
        schoolchildren and still on many inspirational Web sites in various
        versions, is Thomas Edison's reply to his assistant (or to a reporter),
        who was lamenting Edison's ten thousand experimental failures in
        his effort to create the first incandescent light bulb. "I have not failed,"
        he told the assistant (or reporter). "I successfully discovered 10,000
        elements that don't work." Most American children, however, denied
        the freedom to noodle around, experiment, and be wrong in ten ways,
        let alone ten thousand. The focus on constant testing, which grew
        out of reasonable desire to measure and standardize children's
        accomplishments, has intensified their fear of failure. It is
        certainly important for children to learn to succeed; but it is just
        as important for them to learn not to fear failure. When children or
        adults fear failure, they fear risk. They can't afford to be wrong.

        That said, you won't go wrong by reading MISTAKES WERE
        MADE . . . I was so impressed by it that I now plan to get
        copies of the book for many of my colleagues at my college,
        in that they will be able to relate to much of it . . . so will you.

        5 out of 5 stars Understanding and motivation.......2007-09-09

        This is an extremely readable, perceptive and important book. It explains clearly and undoubtedly accurately how many people think and act.

        I bought book after reading a friend's copy, just so I could reread it and make notes all over it.
        Ethics in Crime and Justice: Dilemmas and Decisions (Ethics in Crime and Justice)
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          5 out of 5 stars Gold Standard of this Field!.......2007-04-02

          I used this for a training manual for my new hires as private investigators, it is hands down one of the best books ever written on interviewing and interrogation techniques. Even the experienced people were raving about the information in it. Can't ask for better than that!

          5 out of 5 stars Not just the best for cops, but for any of us..........2006-11-05

          If you cannot afford the expensive course given by Reid, or your agency is too "thrifty" to spend the money to send you, this book will give you a thorough overview. The technique is explained very well in two sections- the first part provides a synopsis of interview and interrogation essentials in some detail. Distinctions between Inerviews and Interrogations; Obtaining facts; the Interview Room; Investigator Attitude; Starting Interviews; Formulating Questions; Behavioral Analysis of Truthful and Untruthful Subjects. The second part explains the nine-step technique Reid has developed and perfected over years of use by many agencies. Written for a general reader, the writing avoids legalese and is well illustrated. Highly recommended!

          5 out of 5 stars Useful Resource.......2005-09-24

          As a school administrator, I find the information on interviewing and interrogation helpful in getting to the bottom of issues I previously have not been able to solve. The questioning techniques and the observation of behaviors presented in this book enable me to allow my students to tell the truth and help to solve their own issues. The resolution of these issues and the breaking down of lies and cover-up behavior is the first step to helping students make better decisions. This book is an invaluable resource in that regard.

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