In Search of Law and Order Books

 

 


Episode 1
The Limits of Justice


Episode 2
Young, Armed and Dangerous


Episode 3
Catching Them Early


BOOKS

GENERAL

Canada, Jeffrey. Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun. Beacon Press, 1996.

Currie, Elliott. Confronting Crime: An American Challenge. Pantheon Books, 1985.

Currie, Elliott. Crime and Punishment in America. Metropolitan Books, New York, 1998.

Graef, Roger. Living Dangerously: Young Offenders in Their Own Words. HarperCollins, 1993.

Hawkins, Gordon and Zimring, Franklin E. Crime is Not the Problem: Lethal Violence in America. Oxford University Press, 1997.

Hawkins, Gordon and Zimring, Franklin E. Incapacitation: Penal Confinement and the Restraint of Crime. Oxford University Press, 1995.

Howell, James C. Juvenile Justice and Youth Violence. Sage Publications, 1997.

Kelling & Coles.Fixing Broken Window. Simon & Schuster, 1997.

Miller, Jerome G. Last Over the Wall: The Massachusetts Experiment in Closing Reform Schools. Ohio State University Press, 1991.

Prothrow-Stith, Deborah. Deadly Consequences. Harper-Collins, 1991.

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Baruch Bush, Robert A. and Folger, Joseph P. The Promise of Mediation: Responding to Conflict through empowerment and recognition. Jossey-Bass, Inc. Publishers, 1994.

Roberts, Albert R. Helping Crime Victims. Sage Publications, 1990. Zehr, Howard. Changing Lenses. Herald Press, 1990.

Umbreit, Mark S.Victim Meets Offender: The Impact of Restorative Justice and Mediation. Willow Tree Press, 1994.

Wright, Martin. Justice for Victims and Offenders: A Restorative Response to Crime. Open University Press, 1991.

Zehr, Howard. Doing Life: Reflections of Men and Women Serving Life Sentences, Portraits and Interviews. Good Books, Mennonite Central Committee, 1996.

ATTACHMENT THEORY / EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT

Bowlby, John. A Secure Base: Parent-Child Attachment and Healthy Human Development. Basic Books, Inc, 1998.

Karen, Robert. Becoming Attached: Unfolding the Mystery of the Infant-Mother Bond and Its Impact on Later Life. Warner Books, 1994.

 

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