" The best organized and most comprehensive theory textbook to use for both graduate and
undergraduate students. It provides historical context to the theories, and the authors make it …

This is the fully revised and updated Third Edition of one of the top books on domestic
violence. Eve S Buzawa and Carl G Buzawa have incorporated a wealth of new empirical …

Ample evidence exists that offenders eventually terminate their criminal careers, and this
holds true for violent offenders. The causal mechanisms responsible for triggering and …

Evidence suggests that a significant proportion of men who have been violent towards their
partners desist from such violent behaviors; yet, research examining desistance from …

In the fourth edition of Essential Criminology, authors Mark M. Lanier, Stuart Henry, and
Desire. M. Anastasia build upon this best-selling critical review of criminology, which has …

Criminology: Explaining Crime and Its Context, Ninth Edition, is a highly acclaimed textbook
offering a broad perspective on criminological theory. It provides students of criminology and …

In 1990 when Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi published A General Theory of Crime,
now often referred to as self control theory, it quickly became among the most discussed and …

Criminologists have recently begun examining Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) proposition
that parenting is the primary influence on children's levels of self-control. The few existing …

Researchers traditionally rely on routine activities and lifestyle theories to explain the
differential risk of victimization; few studies have also explored nonsituational alternative …

This new edition of the bestselling Responding to Domestic Violence explores the response
to domestic violence today, not only by the criminal justice system, but also by public and …