Scott A Decker

Burglars On The Job: Streetlife and Residential Break-ins

Winner of the SSSP Crime and Delinquency Outstanding Scholarship Award (1995)Through extensive and candid interviews, the authors of this ground-breaking work have studied burglars' decision-making processes within the context of their streetlife culture. In this volume they present their findings i...

Armed Robbers In Action: Stickups and Street Culture (Northeastern Series in Criminal Behavior)

One of the most feared crimes among urban dwellers, armed robbery poses a serious risk of injury or death, and presents daunting challenges for law enforcement. Yet little is known about the complex factors that motivate assailants who use a weapon to take property by force or threat of force.Armed ...

Essentials of WJ IV Cognitive Abilities Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment)

The step-by-step guide to administering, scoring, and interpreting the WJ IV® Tests of Cognitive Abilities Essentials of WJ IV® Cognitive Abilities Assessment provides expert, practical advice on how to administer, score, and interpret the WJ IV COG®. Designed to be an easy-to-use reference, the tex...

Bawdy Double

The Premier's adult daughter begins behaving with an utter absence of wherewithal and insight. An Admiral's dreamboat son engages in five years of profligate behavior after his sterling, top-of-his-class Academy graduation.A doctor called in to examine both scions determines they're mutaclones. Her ...

Policing Immigrants: Local Law Enforcement on the Front Lines (Chicago Series in Law and Society)

The United States deported nearly two million illegal immigrants during the first five years of the Obama presidency—more than during any previous administration. President Obama stands accused by activists of being “deporter in chief.” Yet despite efforts to rebuild what many see as a broken system...

International Handbook of Juvenile Justice

This comprehensive reference work presents an in-depth analysis of juvenile justice systems across the world. The second edition of this Handbook has been updated with 13 new chapters, now covering a total of 34 countries, across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East fro...

Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling: Lessons from the Inside

Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling examines the organizational structures of drug smuggling from Colombia to the US.  Career drug smugglers describe a series of often disconnected networks that enable smugglers to best organize their business in a way that will minimize the risks of apprhension and ma...

Controversies in Criminal Justice: Contemporary Readings

This innovative volume provides two contrasting essays for each of sixteen criminal justice and criminology issues, including such provocative subjects as terrorism, guns and crime, and racial profiling. The essays present opposing viewpoints: one supports the issue, while the other disputes it.The ...

Confronting Gangs: Crime And Community

Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence

Life in the Gang: Family, Friends, and Violence

Juvenile Justice Policy: Analyzing Trends and Outcomes

Juvenile Justice Policy: Analyzing Trends and Outcomes

European Street Gangs And Troublesome Youth Groups: Findings from the Eurogang Research Program

European Street Gangs And Troublesome Youth Groups

Criminalization, Victimization, and Structural Correlates of Twenty-Six American Cities