(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best criminology books

Jumping in here. If you enjoyed D&P (or any of Foucault), you may very well enjoy a book by one of my former professors. We were required to read it in one of my graduate criminal justice classes.

http://www.amazon.com/Revolution-Penology-Rethinking-Captives-ebook/dp/B002DR49FK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1292556589&sr=8-5

Not to be plugging his book or anything, but it's by far one of the most interesting, complicated, insightful books I've ever read on penology. He is highly influenced by the writings and philosophy of Foucault.

Probably - true story, I read a book by a mob princess - she was all 'I've found true love the end bye now!' and decided to look her up.... :-(

Book is http://www.amazon.com/Easy-street-Susan-Berman/dp/0385271859

When I looked her up - she'd been killed in this way. And her true love is a suspect.

Not sure about your politics, but a large part of this book is about how to be a socially responsible rich kid: http://www.amazon.com/More-Prisons-Homeschooling-Leadership-Hitchhikers/dp/1593762054

I need the PDF for this book

Siegel, L. J. & Worrall, J. L. (2017). Essentials of Criminal Justice (10th Edition)


https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Criminal-Justice-Larry-Siegel-ebook/dp/B00QXKGGAY/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1538348399

Nope. There was an excellent section in "Drug Crazy" by Michael Gray about the customs guys working at the US/Mexico border. I think it was something along the lines of, "A border cop can literally double his salary simply by waving his hand at the right time".

It's an excellent book, and I highly recommend it.

First? Holy shit, you are just an amazing human being.

Well, here's my genius plan.

I bought my books already and planned on panicking and hurting for money until I could refill my coffers by some source of miracles. I overheard someone in class talking about Reddit, and then decided to search Reddit for said miracles.

The books I needed are here:

1. Raising the Bar: Ruth Bader - bought from school for $23 because I needed them today. Thanks, professor, for not releasing your motherfucking syllabus until the first day of class.
   
   
2. Sandra Day O'Connor biography Same situation as above, I bought this one at school for $13 because my professor didn't release her syllabus.
   
   
3. A criminology loose-leaf put together by my professor only available from the UCI bookstore. = $67
   
   
4. Constitutional Legal Rights of Women - rented for $61 ....it was $70 to rent at school. Fucking ridiculous.
   
   
5. American Corrections textbook rented for $41
   
   I have one more class that still doesn't even have an instructor listed. It starts on Tuesday, and will also require 2-3 textbooks depending on which professor takes it over.
   
   I did some quick math and have spent $202 in books and supplies like paper so far.
   
   So all of those have been purchased, and I am now sitting in the wake of an empty bank account and a growing credit card charge. It's okay though..money is fluid and something can always work out if you allow it to.
   
   

Well, that's the problem- we have these very emotional reactions. Which I understand. Hell, I have them too.

But part of good policy is making cold blooded decisions, and not letting high profile events sway your thinking. This is one of the real BENEFITS of the slow process of a bicameral Republican state. By the time any specific legislation about a high profile event makes it to the voting stage, emotions have cooled off.

(This is why ancient Greece made so many terrible decisions, btw).

I'd say that stopping high profile events is much HARDER than stopping crimes. Cops know about gangs, where they are, how they operate, and so on. Efficent policies have been very effective: I'd point towards this book-

which involved heavy police, DA, and community cooperation focused on providing a way OUT for gang violence, as a good starting place. link here

Again- I'd point out that many, if not most of these shootings involve HANDGUNS, and not scary ar-15's. Nor would the proposed legislation have any real effect.

Which makes me, and others think that the proposed changes are less about actually effective change and more about control.

Read The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison; particularly chapter 3. It shouldn't really surprise you that being a minority and being poor go hand in hand, though.

I used this book for a class:
"Social Work in Juvenile And Criminal Justice Settings"
and it was pretty comprehensive and got me excited to work with that type of population.
Here is the link:
http://www.amazon.com/Social-Juvenile-Criminal-Justice-Settings/dp/0398076766/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1342063915&sr=8-17&keywords=social+work+in+criminal+justice

My University runs an undergrad course and a masters programme focused on the study of corruption. Unfortunately I don't take the course (not in my area of interest). However, the course tutor, Dan Hough, has recently published a book on corruption that is probably a really good starting point, considering I know he has researched the area extensively.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corruption-Anti-Corruption-Governance-Political/dp/1137268700

Like most academic texts its a tad expensive though, however you can read parts of it on the amazon 'look inside' thing.

When I was studying criminology, this was one of the things that I really couldn't get out of my mind. Jeffrey Reiman makes a strong case for your point of view in The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison. Smart people know what the problem is and how to fix it. It is unfortunate that public views of incarceration are more important than reality.

I've used Criminological Theory: Past to Present for nearly every course I've taken. It translates well across the entire field and covers the fundamentals but also delves into some of the deeper theories, especially the different schools of thought and how they translate into a more modern society. I don't think I would have survived grad school without it.

Amazon link

Criminology is multidisciplinary, so it really doe snot matter that much. Math would be good for the stats aspect of crim. I would recommend you take a sociology class if you could though. Also, prepare yourself to not learn about serial killers and the depraved minds of criminals. If I were you I would purchase a introductory textbook and read through it at your own pace. A good one to start with is http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Criminology-Theories-Criminal-Behavior/dp/1452242348/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457569916&sr=8-1&keywords=introduction+to+criminology

check it out.

Good luck!

Here's a great book by some fair-minded drug policy experts. You may not agree with everything, but you can at least see what it looks like when someone attempts to bring evidence to the debate.

> lo scopo principale della detenzione debba essere rieducativo e, allo stesso modo, protettivo della comunità verso il reiterarsi del reato per cui una persona viene condannata. Sono fortemente in disaccordo invece con la funzione punitiva e "vendicativa" per rispetto delle vittime di un determnato crimine.

Oltre ad essere completamente d'accordo, è anche lo scopo previsto dalla nostra costituzione. Ed è anche il fondamento di un paese civile, per quanto mi riguarda. Si fa un gran parlare di una superiorità culturale dell'occidente, che riconosco, e poi si rischia di ricadere nella barbarie ogni volta che si parla di punire i criminali.

Detto ciò, dobbiamo partire da alcune cose ricordate dall'articolo. C'è stato bisogno di introdurre il 41-bis (che nello spirito è un regime speciale nato come misura temporanea) per due ragioni principali: - mostrare i muscoli dello Stato contro la mafia che in quegli anni aveva raggiunto punti inammissibili di ferocia; - impedire che i capimafia continuassero a comandare le cosche dal carcere (come ci ricordano anche oggi i giudici antimafia, a volte bastano cenni delle mani o sguardi per comunicare in codice tra mafiosi).

Queste sono due ragioni che personalmente sento di poter capire e sposare (ovviamente più la seconda che la prima), considerando l'eccezionalità tutta italiana delle organizzazioni criminali.

Il problema ("le ombre" di cui parla l'articolo) per me risiede negli aspetti più gratuitamente punitivi, che niente hanno a che vedere con le due ragioni forti di cui sopra. Cosa aggiunge, se non un carattere vendicativo, impedire ai detenuti di avere libri o riviste, o di appendere poster in camera? Cosa guadagniamo come paese dal fatto che a sorvegliare i mafiosi ci siano le squadracce di Bolzaneto invece che normali agenti penitenziari?

Poi riesco ovviamente a capire il lato umano di alcune reazioni di pancia. Gli utenti qui continuano a linkare le stragi e le morti dei mafiosi, come se il problema per me fosse non sapere che Riina merita il carcere duro perché era un criminale spietato e pericolosissimo.

Ma se noi, lo stato italiano, siamo superiori alla mafia, è perché abbiamo dei valori sanciti da una Costituzione, e una cultura giuridica radicata nella storia (e che ha fatto scuola), e quindi una visione non vendicativa delle pene.

Io non ho un'opinione definitiva e solidissima sul 41-bis. E nell'articolo non si parla certo di abolirlo, come qualcuno nei commenti ha lateralmente insinuato. Sono convinto fosse allora (ed è ancora) una misura necessaria, e che la funzione di tagliare i contatti tra boss e criminali ancora in libertà sia da difendere con i denti. Ma su accanimenti gratuiti dettati dalla ferocia ho dei dubbi. Quando leggo le bestialità di questi giorni su Riina sono perplesso. Quando vedo che la questione viene posta ad un livello emotivo ("non ci può essere perdono!" "la dignità non se la meritano" "devono sperare di morire") penso che ci sia stato un fallimento nel capire cos'è uno stato di diritto.

EDIT: per la cronaca, e magari serve per inquadrare meglio come la penso, e magari prendere qualche downvote in più. Io sono per il superamento del carcere come misura punitiva, e ho sposato in pieno da subito le proposte di Luigi Manconi che vanno in questa direzione (qui il libro, qui un articolo riassuntivo).

There appears to be a book on it, although it is old. I also remember a story from a few years ago about an Arab kid in the United States who was targeted for surveillance because he checked out some subversive books from his library. I would be grateful if anybody could point me towards this story.

http://www.amazon.com/Surveillance-Stacks-Awareness-Contributions-Political/dp/0313267154

My university library used to store my entire lending history and I could view it online through my account. Then they changed to a new system and didn't bother migrating the data.

[Link to book] (http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Paid-Anthropology-Contemporary-Issues/dp/0801495989/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1369931821&sr=8-1&keywords=getting+paid) for others but also because it sounds very interesting and I don't want to forget about it.