Sociology / Crime & Deviance

Guardians of the Community chronicles the inception, succession, and eventual decline of the Block Parent® Program of Canada.

This book presents a comprehensive history of organized crime in the United States – and how it has been a significant part of the nation’s development, rather than an external threat to its political, economic, and social structures.

This collection of case studies illustrates how the science of clinical forensic psychology informs all aspects of criminal cases and the criminal justice process in Canada.

Reassessing the structures and strategies of the Soviet state, this book examines how social control under Stalin and Khrushchev evolved from mass repression to legal pressure.

Drawing in part on the lived experiences of contributors who have overcome a "street life," Thug Criminology seeks to challenge the traditional scholarship on gangs and their behaviours.

Pathways to Ruin? presents an in-depth examination of individuals deemed as high-risk by the Canadian criminal justice system, elucidating their pathways to crime.