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This time-tested text by leading scholar and author Sue Titus Reid continues to gives students a broad context in which to study the history, theories, and responses to crime and criminology, using a unique blend of both social science and legal research. It offers a solid understanding of the integral relationship between the law and theories of criminal behavior. Current topics are explored beyond the headlines, examining the implications of our governing theories and policies. The 12th edition includes coverage of the latest U.S. Supreme Court decisions, including those the Court is hearing during its 2007-2008 term, as well as expanded and strengthened coverage of theory, including recent empirical research and its applications.New to this Edition· Expanded coverage of issues of gender, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic status· Global and international issues are highlighted via the addition of "Global Focus" boxes· Many updated "Media Focus" boxes, which highlight current cases in the media· The entire book has been streamlined as well as thoroughly revised and updated: please contact your Oxford University Press sales representative for a list of chapter-by-chapter changes.

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• Part I Introduction to the Study of Crime and Criminology
• 1 Crime, Criminal Law, and Criminology
• 2 The Measurement of Crime and its Impact
• Part II Explanations of Criminal Behavior
• 3 Early Explanations of Criminal Behavior and Their Modern Counterparts
• 4 Biological and Psychological Theories of Criminal Behavior
• 5 Sociological Theories of Criminal Behavior I: The Social-Structural Approach
• 6 Sociological Theories of Criminal Behavior II: The Social-Process Approach
• Part III Types of Crime
• 7 Violent Crimes
• 8 Property Crimes
• 9 Business- and Government-Related Crimes
• 10 Drug Abuse, Drug Trafficking, and Organized Crime
• Part IV Criminal Justice System
• 11 U.S. Criminal Justice Systems
• 12 Police
• 13 Court Systems
• Part V Social Reaction to Crime: Corrections
• 14 The Confinement of Offenders
• 15 Corrections in the Community

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Sue Titus Reid, Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy has taught law students, graduate students, and undergraduate students in many states. In 2000 she received a university teaching award at Florida State University. She served on the board of the Midwest Sociological Society and the executive staff of the American Sociological Association. She has served as chairperson, associate dean, and dean. In 1985 she held the prestigious George Beto Chair in criminal justice at the Criminal Justice Center, Sam Houston State University, Hunstville, Texas.Dr. Reid graduated with honors from Texas Woman's University in 1960 and received graduate degrees in sociology (M.A. in 1962 and Ph.D. in 1965) from the University of Missouri-Columbia. In 1972 she graduated with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law. She was admitted to the Iowa Bar that year and later to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. She has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court as well.Dr. Reid is unique among authors in the criminal justice field because of her distinguished qualifications in both law and the social sciences. Her first major publication, Crime and Criminology, 1976, now in its twelfth edition, has been widely adopted throughout the United States and in foreign countries. She has contributed a chapter to the Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, as well as to other books, in addition to publishing scholarly articles in both law and sociology. Dr. Reid's contributions to her profession have been widely recognized nationally and abroad. In 1982 the American Society of Criminology elected her a fellow "for outstanding contributions to the field of Criminology."