Paperback. An excellent, wide-ranging resource with clear definitions for over 3,000 key criminal justice terms. Often going beyond simply definitions, the dictionary places the entries in a meaningful context, connecting the definitions with other concepts. The dictionary uniquely presents common misconceptions for selected terms, along with additional relevant information to clarify a term's use or derivation. This handy reference takes a new approach to making everyday criminal justice terms accessible, and presents common misconceptions for selected terms, along with additional relevant information to clarify a term's use or derivation. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice (Paperback)
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks
Publication Date: 2015
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1483380939
ISBN 13: 9781483380933
Binding: Paperback
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: new

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A new approach to making everyday criminal justice terms accessible

A useful reference work for faculty and students, criminal justice professionals, writers, and anyone else interested in criminal justice and criminology, The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice, Second Edition, is an excellent, wide-ranging resource with clear definitions for over 3,000 key criminal justice terms. Often going beyond simply definitions, the dictionary places the entries in a meaningful context, connecting the definitions with other concepts. The dictionary uniquely presents common misperceptions for selected terms, along with additional relevant information to clarify a term’s use or derivation.

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Mark S. Davis is an independent scholar whose work focuses on crime and justice. His scholarship has appeared in journals, such as Journal of Research and Adolescence, Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, and Journal of Criminal Justice, among other journals. Dr. Davis earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Ohio State.

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