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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Probation is a sentence which may be imposed by a court in lieu of incarceration. A criminal who is "on probation" has been convicted of a crime but has served only part of the sentence in jail, or has not served time at all. In most jurisdictions, probation is a sentencing option for misdemeanors and many felonies (these are commonly called "probationable" offenses), but not for higher-order felonies, such as capital crimes, forcible rape, and many others. ... Read more

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For undergraduate-level courses in Domestic Violence, Domestic Crimes, Family Violence, and Sociology of Domestic Violence in departments of Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Sociology. This text explores the causes, consequences, and prevalence of domestic violence and the positive law enforcement response. Using a socio-legal approach--with emphasis on the practical criminal justice perspective--the book helps both instructors with no field experience and educators with professional backgrounds effectively meld together the theory and practice of domestic violence for students of the social sciences. The book focuses on all forms of domestic violence perpetrated in a variety of gender, age, and orientation relationships. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Very interesting resource.
I bought this book for a class in family violence, but it was very interesting. I would read it even if it was not assigned.

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The book is working out great!
My school sent me the wrong edition and so I got my own for cheap!!

Never recieved.
I ordered my book back in Sept around the 23rd and its now Halloween and I have no book. I had to cancel my class that was supose to start Oct 26th.

A Great Find!
I was very pleased with my purchase and the condition there of; my book was in excellent condition and I received my book in a timely manner. Thanks! ... Read more

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Starita considers the terrorist threat of the transnational criminal syndicate Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, its affiliation with Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) in El Salvador, and its possible link to al Qaeda. Starita's findings suggest that the goals, tactical capabilities, and organizational fecklessness of MS-13 make the Salvadoran gang capable of providing the assistance necessary for the realization of al Qaeda's goals and that this assistance could be provided by the cliques of MS-13 operating in the southwestern United States. Further, she finds indirect evidence of collaboration between MS-13 and al Qaeda andthat other transnational criminal syndicates could also offer al Qaeda the same tactical assistance MS-13 might provide. ... Read more

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The first part of the study investigates an area in criminology that has not been scrutinized scientifically -discretionary as well as systematic police actions in domestic disputes. The second part tackles the controversial issue of the dangerousness of enforcing domestic disturbances, and identifies conditions which are most likely to result in police assaults and injuries. The empirically identified risk factors are subsequently used to provide recommendations on police training and occupational safety. ... Read more

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Violence in Intimate Relationships is an edited volume that provides a thorough overview of abuse in a wide range of situations, including children, elders, husbands, wives, homosexual couples, and dates. Each chapter covers an historical accounting of the problem, legal and operational definitions, prevalence and incidence, empirical correlates of abuse, theoretical explanations of abuse, profiles of abusers and victims, prevention and treatment strategies, and future trends. The editors have skillfully formatted the text so that students can easily compare and contrast the varieties of intimate violence described in each chapter.



Contributions from 10 experts in the field

Astute editorial summaries for each chapter

Instructor's manual included ... Read more

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Brazil's innovative all-female police stations, installed as part of the return to civilian rule in the 1980s, mark the country's first effort to police domestic violence against women. Sarah J. Hautzinger's vividly detailed, accessibly written study explores this phenomenon as a window onto the shifting relationship between violence and gendered power struggles in the city of Salvador da Bahia. Hautzinger brings together distinct voices--unexpectedly macho policewomen, the battered women they are charged with defending, indomitable Bahian women who disdain female victims, and men who grapple with changing pressures related to masculinity and honor. What emerges is a view of Brazil's policing experiment as a pioneering, and potentially radical, response to demands of the women's movement to build feminism into the state in a society fundamentally shaped by gender. ... Read more

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Skillful strategies for resolving conflict can be an officer's most powerful tool! ... Read more

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An overview of violence against women and child abuse.The book also covers eight specific issues: gender, human rights and the law; police attitudes and sensitization; crime prevention approaches to repeat victimization; perspectives on offender profiling; evidence and investigation techniques; medical and forensic evidence and investigation procedures; liaison with non-police organizations; and statistics, data collection and case management. The authors also introduce training modules on rape, other sexual offences, domestic violence, child abuse and protection as models of good practice from selected Commonwealth countries.

This book is a revision and update of the original edition, which was published in 1989. The first two chapters are entirely new and have been added at the request of police officers. ... Read more

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This book examines the relationship between women and terrorist activities in the post-World War II era. Utilizing comparative research into 26 terrorist organizations world-wide, the work identifies a dichotomy whereby women are significantly more active in domestic terrorist organizations than in international groups.

Women and Terrorism argues that domestic terrorist organisations employ revolution, secession, or other means to change internal aspects of the state and the social and economic structure it maintains. This offers the possibility of change in women’s societal status; therefore, women are drawn to domestic terrorist organizations in much higher proportions and choose a much greater level of activity, entering the ranks of combat, leadership, and policymaking. By contrast, international terrorist groups oppose outside forces, such as imperialism, capitalism, Western culture, or other more nebulous concepts. Gonzalez-Perez argues that female lack of participation in these activities reflects the fact that women will be relegated to the status quo, regardless of the success or failure of the international terrorist movement.

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Interesting topic, not a great book
Although an extremely interesting subject mater, this book fails to deliver anything more than the most superficial reference to various women in a variety of groups. There is no depth and the book is full of errors. ... Read more

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The terrorist attacks that occurred in New York,Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania
on September 11, 2001, were a tragic reminder to the Nation of the threat
posed by international terrorism.With the exception of the attack on the Pentagon,
the targets chosen by the terrorists were not military in nature, but were
workplaces where thousands of people work every day to support their families
and their country.

Workplace violence was put in a new context that day. Prior to 9/11, this type
of violence was viewed as perpetrated by disgruntled employees, customers, or
a domestic violence/stalking relationship that surfaces at a workplace. Since
that time, America’s workplaces have to be prepared not only to face the more
traditional internal workplace threats, but now have to consider the external
threat of terrorism.

I am deeply appreciative of the effort put forth by the multidisciplinary group
of experts from law enforcement, government, private industry, law, labor, professional
organizations, victim services, academia, mental health, the military,
and FBI experts in violent behavior and crime analysis, crisis negotiation, and
management who came together to produce this practical guide, “Workplace
Violence: Issues in Response.”

This monograph is aimed at prevention, intervention, threat assessment and management,
crisis management and critical incident response and, in consultation
with the Department of Justice, makes legislative and research recommendations.
I would like to thank all who participated for their unselfish sharing of time,
expertise, and commitment to safety in America’s workplaces.
Robert S. Mueller, III ... Read more