Deviant Behavior
Thio's Ideas Stand Test of Time: I had this book assigned to me to fulfill the requirements of a college level course about 20 years ago. I thought it would be about people we would tend to instantly label "socially deviant". I was wrong--the [... more]
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No More Dying Then
Poignant and suspenseful fiction.: Written around 1970, this mystery about the abduction and possible murder of two children in Sussex holds up today. In fact, one major plotline reminded me of the 90s bestseller, *The Deep End of the Ocean.* Rendell's [... more]
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Rainy City
superior to most: Emerson's Thomas Black Mysteries are all great BUT, up until Thomas Black finally marries Kathy, he is overly obsessed with women (including Kathy). You know what I mean. Every time a woman (kathy included) appears (not just in her [... more]
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Pregnant Bodies, Fertile Minds: Gender, Race, and the ...
Insightful study of teenage sexuality and pregnacy: Teenage sexuality and pregnancy is a complex issue with no easy answers. This book takes an in-depth look into the lives of 50 Southern, mostly African-American girls whose spirit and creativity manages [... more]
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Life at the Bottom: The Worldview that Makes the Underclass
A physician agrees: As a physician, I found this book engrossing, disturbing, and a bright mirror of my own experience (admittedly less "underclass" than Dalrymple's). To address issues raised by other Amazon.com reviewers 1) To the reviewer [... more]
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Convict Criminology
Convict Criminology: In the United States there is a tendency to reduce human life to numbers, and base social policy on statistical analyses. The problem with this approach is that it can undermine important historical lessons, and, as Charles M. Terry [... more]
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White Swan, Black Swan
starkly beautiful: "White Swan, Black Swan" is one of the most gorgeous collections of short stories I have ever had the pleasure of coming across. Sharp's prose is simple and elegant, chronicling the lives of her characters with such intensity [... more]
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Flesh and Bone
Good CSI Book!: Flesh and Bone provides the reader with an intimate view into the world of forensic science. The mystery that is wrapped around these rich characters holds the reader until the final pages. While I could speculate on a number of [... more]
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Readings in Deviant Behavior
Author: Alex Thio Author: Thomas C. Calhoun Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 302.542 EAN: 9780205454525 Edition: 4 ISBN: 0205454526 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: 2005-08-27 [... more]
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The Cycle of Deviant Behavior: Investigating ...
Author: Howard B. Kaplan Author: Glen C. Tolle Jr. Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 302.54201 EAN: 9780387326436 Edition: 1 ISBN: 038732643X Number Of Pages: 242 Publication Date: 2006-08-10 [... more]
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Sociology of Deviant Behavior
Author: Marshall B. Clinard Author: Robert F. Meier Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 302.542 EAN: 9780495093350 Edition: 13 ISBN: 0495093351 Number Of Pages: 544 Publication Date: 2007-02-14 Release Date: 2007-02-14 [... more]
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Renegade Regimes: Confronting Deviant Behavior in World ...
Author: Miroslav Nincic Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 327.117 EAN: 9780231137027 ISBN: 0231137028 Number Of Pages: 232 Publication Date: 2005-11 [... more]
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