Criminal Justice: Books

Mohamed and Frotsvold explore socio-economics, criminology, and business marketing in this study of sheltered and privileged young people turning to a life of crime. They include interviews and profiles of several college drug-dealers with clear sociological analysis.

Critchley examines the birth of organized crime in New York, including the Mafia recruitment process, relations with Mafias in Sicily, the role of non-Sicilians in New York's organized crime Families, the impact of Prohibition, and allegations that a new Mafia was created in 1931.

Examining local and national television news, broadcast network crime dramas, and the cable television prison drama Oz, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of the stories and images of incarceration most widely seen by viewers in the U.S. and around the world.

Robinson and Beaver delineate the risk factors that cause or increase the odds of antisocial and criminal behavior.