Cybercrime: An Introduction to an Emerging Phenomenon covers current issues such as information assurance, federal and state laws, cyberharassment, cyberporn, cyberfraud, and intellectual property and privacy as well as future issues such as globalization and international policing and laws. This text provides students and scholars easy access to current peer reviewed works that examine the current and future issues of cybercrime and outline the historical and technical roots of the Internet and cybercrime. George E. Higgins won the William L. Simon/Anderson Publishing Outstanding Paper Award at the 2006 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS) meeting, is a current member of the ACJS Affirmative Action committee, and authored several articles on cybercrime.

Cybercrime: An Introduction to an Emerging Phenomenon

Higgins, George

Media & the Law

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

CITY ON A HILL

Literature & Fiction

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd.

Imagine a poet with all of the formal resonance of a classically trained musician and all of the improvisational command of a Jazz virtuoso. Think Bechet. Think Mingus. Think, unaccountably, of a poet with chops enough to riff Philip Larkin and syncopate Robert Hayden in the same poem. In There, There, his first book, George Higgins writes movingly of injustice, suffering, love, his life as a public defender, and of his own quest for self-transcendence, with feeling, intelligence, remarkable formal dexterity and phrasing. "No sweeter feeling," as he says in one poem. These are poems of "perfect contact" in which the soul inevitably ascends, even if it's through a kill hole in the skull. There, There is an auspicious debut."    ~ Dan Tobin     There, There we say to soothe, when comforting a child; it's telling that George Higgins' first book is dedicated to his daughters.  If we read the title page and the dedication in sequence--and Higgins is such a subtle, deliberate poet that we must--we can read this powerful book as a testament of survival in small moments of grace, meant to comfort others.  From Detroit, where the stairs of the abandoned hospital where he was born "curled like an umbilical cord," to the desolate prisons of Oakland, this poet's grief and anger are barely contained by a brilliant elegance of form.  The tension is great; the stakes are high for a poet who faces his losses--of a father, of souls crushed by poverty and jail time--with a heartbreaking and tough-minded redemptive attention. This book deepens our knowledge of how to live in the world.  ~ Joan Aleshire 

There, There

Poetry

White Violet Press

Sandra Nichols Found Dead: A Novel

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Time Warner Paperbacks*

Practical Program Evaluation For Criminal Justice

Practical Program Evaluation for Criminal Justice shows readers how to apply the principles of fiscal responsibility, accountability, and evidence-based practice to criminal justice reform plans. Unlike other policy-based texts, which tend to focus more on implementation than assessment, this book provides applicable, step-by-step instruction on determining an initiative's necessity prior to its adoption (reducing the risk of wasting resources), as well as how to accurately gauge its effectiveness during initial roll-out stages. The book gradually introduces basic data analysis procedures and statistical techniques, which, once mastered, can be used to prove or disprove a program's worth. Lastly, the book introduces the types of stakeholders who should review evaluation results for quick action, as well as how to best structure reports to ensure their buy-in.

Practical Program Evaluation for Criminal Justice

Politics & Social Sciences

Vito, Gennaro

Social Sciences

Routledge

Gangs have long been a social and criminal threat to society. Introduction to Gangs in America explains how gangs are addressed as a criminal justice and public policy problem, providing a student-friendly, easily accessible, concise overview of the role, place, structure, and activities of gangs in American society. The book describes what gangs are, what differentiates them from each other, how they share similarities, and how they fit into contemporary American culture. The authors explore the history and structure of gangs, reveal their clandestine activities, and analyze their social impact. The book also includes information on gender issues in gangs, and provides insight into how gangs impact American educational institutions Offering an insider’s account, the book provides in-depth profiles of specific gangs, including: <ul>
<li>Europe’s five major biker gangs</li> <li>The Outlaws</li> <li>The Hell’s Angels</li> <li>The Bandidos</li> <li>The Pagans</li> <li>Bloods</li> <li>Aryan Brotherhood</li> <li>Black Guerrilla Family</li> <li>Mexican Mafia</li> <li>Texas Syndicate</li> <li>Neta</li> </ul> Discussion questions appear at the end of each chapter, stimulating debate and classroom discussion. It may never be possible to eradicate gangs from our culture. But by understanding their structure, their strengths and vulnerabilities, and how they operate, law enforcement can better protect the public from their nefarious activities. This text gives future law enforcement professionals rare insider insight into a subject typically shrouded in secrecy.

Introduction to Gangs in America

Tewksbury, Richard

Holmes, Ronald M.

The practice of illegally downloading copyrighted materials continues to spread globally, costing the entertainment industry and governments billions of dollars each year. Why do some people take part in this behavior? Award-winning authors, Dr. George E. Higgins and Dr. Catherine D. Marcum, address this question in Digital Piracy: An Integrated Theoretical Approach. This book provides practitioners working in information technology outside of academia, students, and scholars in multiple disciplines an integrated approach to understanding why this behavior occurs. Drawing from the empirical literature and theories from several disciplines including business, economics, information technology, sociology, law and criminology, this book brings the known facts about digital piracy in America together in one place. This book takes an important step by presenting an integrated theory, derived from the theoretical and research literatures, for understanding digital piracy that provides suggestions for reducing instances of digital piracy behavior.

Digital Piracy: An Integrated Theoretical Approach

Marcum, Catherine

Carolina Academic Press

The Sins of the Fathers

Mystery

Robinson Publishing

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