Recent Books of Interest
The Fact of a Body by Call Number: Memoir HV 6533 .L8 M37 2017
Girls and Violence : Tracing the Roots of Criminal BehaviorCall Number: RJ 506 .V56 R93 2014
The Punishment Imperative : The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in AmericaCall Number: HV 9471 .C574 2014
Juvenile Delinquency : The CoreCall Number: HV 9104 .S534 2011
Understanding Violent Criminals : Insights from the Front Lines of Law EnforcementCall Number: HV 6080 .T546 2014
Effects of Parental Incarceration on Children : Cross-National Comparative StudiesCall Number: HV 8885 .M87 2014
The Cartels : The Story of Mexico's Most Dangerous Criminal Organizations and Their Impact on U.S. SecurityCall Number: HV 5840 .M4 G725 2014
The Basics of Digital Forensics : The Primer for Getting Started in Digital ForensicsCall Number: HV 8079 .C65 S35 2015
The Spiral Notebook : The Aurora Theater Shooter and the Epidemic of Mass Violence Committed by American YouthCall Number: HV 6529 .S56 2015
The Death Penalty : What's Keeping it AliveCall Number: HV 8699 .U5 L96 2015
Unfair : The New Science of Criminal InjusticeISBN: 0770437761
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