BUNDLE: Stohr: Corrections 2e + Davis: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice

We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students. Stohr: Corrections 2e Corrections: A Text/Reader, Second Edition is designed for undergraduate and/or graduate corrections courses. Containing all the key topics of a traditional corrections text, it offers brief authored introductions in a mini-chapter format for each key section, followed by carefully selected and edited original articles by leading scholars. The authors ensure coverage of important material while emphasizing the significance of contemporary research. This hybrid format offers an excellent alternative to traditional formats. The book recognizes the impact and importance of new directions and policy in this field, and how these advances are determined by research. Davis: The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice A handy reference for students, professionals, and anyone interested in criminal justice and criminology, The Concise Dictionary of Crime and Justice is an excellent, wide-ranging resource with clear definitions for over 2,000 key criminal justice terms. Often going beyond simple definitions, the dictionary presents and explains common misperceptions for selected entries. The concise definitions of terms will be easily accessible to a wide audience¾ from students in introductory courses to professionals looking to brush up on key terms. Some of the topics covered in entries include: abduction, cycle of violence, eyewitness testimony, facial reconstruction, habeas corpus, La Cosa Nostra, Nuremberg Principle, Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), typology, Walker spy ring, and zoophilia. Please contact your Sales Representative for more information.

About the Author :
Mary K. Stohr is a professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Washington State University. She earned her PhD in political science, with specializations in criminal justice and public administration, from Washington State University. Previously she worked at Missouri State, Boise State, and New Mexico State Universities for a total of 23 years. Before entering academe Stohr, worked in an adult male prison in Washington state as a correctional officer (for less than a year) and as a correctional counselor (for about two years). Stohr has published seven books and a total of over 150 other academic works of one sort or another in the areas of correctional organizations and operation, correctional personnel, client needs and assessment, program evaluation, drug policy and victimization. She is both a Founders and Fellows Award winner from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.   Mark S. Davis is an independent scholar whose work focuses on crime and justice. His scholarship has appeared in journals, such as Journal of Research and Adolescence, Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, and Journal of Criminal Justice, among other journals. Dr. Davis earned his Ph.D. in sociology from Ohio State.