Full Reviews
2014
Previous Editions
November
Capital Punishment: A Hazard to a Sustainable Criminal Justice System?
Editor: Lill Scherdin
Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2014. 344p.
Reviewer: James R. Acker | November 2014
Cashing in on Crime, the Drive to Privatize California State Prisons
Author: Karyl Kicenski
Publisher: Boulder, CO: First Forum Press, 2014. 198 p.
Reviewer: Elaine Rizzo | November 2014
Controversies in Innocence Cases in America
Editor: Sarah Lucy Cooper
Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2014. 246p.
Reviewer: Daniel S. Medwed | November 2014
Criminal Responsibility for the Crime of Aggression
Author: Patrycja Grzebyk
Publisher: London; New York; Routledge, 2013. 394p.
Reviewer: Roger S. Clark | November 2014
Failed Evidence: Why Law Enforcement Resists Science
Author: David A. Harris
Publisher: New York: New York University Press, 2012. 269p.
Reviewer: William Terrill | November 2014
Liberal Criminal Theory: Essays for Andreas Von Hirsch
Authors: A.P.Simester, Antje Du Bois-Pedain, and Ulfrid Neumann
Publisher: Oxford, UK; Portland, OR: Hart Publishing, 2014. 406p.
Reviewer: Douglas Husak | November 2014
Popular Punishment: On the Normative Significance of Public Opinion
Eds: Jesper Ryberg and Julian Roberts
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2014
Reviewer: Matthew B. Kugler | November 2014
Prison Rape: An American Institution?
Author: Michael Singer
Publisher: Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2013
Reviewer: Cindy Struckman-Johnson, Ph.D. | November 2014
The Cop and the Sociologist: Investigating Diversity in German Police Forces
Editors: John T. Parry and L. Song Richardson
Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 352p.
Reviewer: Craig Hemmens | July 2014
Transitional Justice for Child Soldiers: Accountability and Social Reconstruction in Post Conflict Contexts
Author: Kristen J. Fisher
Publisher: New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 240p.
Reviewer: Lisa J. Laplante | November 2014
Worse than the Devil: Anarchists, Clarence Darrow, and Justice in a Time of Terror
Author: Dean A. Strang
Publisher: Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2013. 276p.
Reviewer: Peter Fenton | November 2014
September
Affect and Cognition in Criminal Decision Making
Editors: Jean-Louis Van Gelder, Henk Elffers, Danielle Reynald and Daniel Nagin
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon, UK; New York: Routledge, 2014. 264p.
Reviewer: Benoit Leclerc | September 2014
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Suppression: A Collaborative Framework for Comprehensive Gang Reduction
Author: Dave Barciz
Publisher: Raleigh, NC: Lulu Press, Inc., 2014. 259p.
Reviewer: James C. Howell | September 2014
Becoming Criminal: The Socio-Cultural Origins of Law, Transgression, and Deviance
Author: Don Crewe
Publisher: London; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 226p.
Reviewer: Stéphane Lefebvre | September 2014
Flawed Convictions: “Shaken Baby Syndrome” and the Inertia of Injustice
Author: Deborah Tuerkheimer
Publisher: Oxford, UK; New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 320p.
Reviewer: David A. Moran | September 2014
Human Trafficking in Cambodia
Author: Chenda Keo
Publisher: Abingdon, UK; New York: Routledge, 2014. 240p.
Reviewer: Bernadette Barton | September 2014
Illegal Enterprise: The Work of Historian Mark Haller
Editors: Mark Haller and Matthew G. Yeager
Publisher: Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2013. 298p.
Reviewer: Jay Albanese | September 2014
Just Emotions: Rituals of Restorative Justice
Author: Meredith Rossner
Publisher: Oxford, UK; New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. 208p.
Reviewer: Susan A. Bandes | September 2014
Organized Crime in Chicago: Beyond the Mafia
Author: Robert M. Lombardo
Publisher: Urbana, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 2013. 288p.
Reviewer: Frank E. Hagan | September 2014
Policing Cities: Urban Securitization and Regulation in a Twenty-First Century World
Editors: Randy K. Lippert and Kevin Walby
Publisher: Abingdon, UK; New York: Routledge, 2013. 282p.
Reviewer: Andrew Wooff | September 2014
Pulled Over: How Police Stops Define Race and Citizenship
Authors: Charles R. Epp, Steven Maynard-Moody, and Donald Haider-Harkel
Publisher: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014. 274p.
Reviewer: Andrew Gelman | September 2014
Smarter Crime Control: A Guide to a Safer Future for Citizens, Communities, and Politicians
Author: Irvin Waller
Publisher: Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. 300p.
Reviewer: Steven Block | September 2014
Spirituality in Dark Places: The Ethics of Solitary Confinement
Author: Derek S. Jeffreys
Publisher: London; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 218p.
Reviewer: Keramet Reiter | September 2014
The Cartels: The Story of Mexico’s Most Dangerous Criminal Organizations and Their Impact on U.S. Security
Author: George W. Grayson
Publisher: Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2013. 328p.
Reviewer: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera | September 2014
July
Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law, Volume 2: Medicine, Crime and Society
Editors: Danielle Griffiths and Andrew Sanders
Publisher: Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 351p.
Reviewer: Song Richardson | July 2014
Counter-Terrorism, Human Rights and the Rule of Law: Crossing Legal Boundaries in Defence of the State
Editors: Aniceto Masferrer and Clive Walker
Publisher: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2013. 360p.
Reviewer: Stéphane Lefebvre | July 2014
Extreme Right-Wing Political Violence and Terrorism
Editors: Max Taylor, P. M. Currie, and Donald Holbrook
Publisher: New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2013. 208p.
Reviewer: Tracy Lightcap | July 2014
Fortress Europe: Dispatches from a Gated Continent
Author: Matthew Carr
Publisher: New York: New Press, 2012. 304p.
Reviewer: Otwin Marenin | July 2014
Intelligence-Led Policing: A Policing Innovation
Author: Jeremy G. Carter
Publisher: El Paso, TX: LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2013. 190p.
Reviewer: Scott W. Phillips | July 2014
Justice through Apologies: Remorse, Reform, and Punishment
Author: Nick Smith
Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 413p.
Reviewer: Stephanos Bibas | July 2014
Leaving Prostitution: Getting Out and Staying Out of Sex Work
Author: Sharon S. Oselin
Publisher: New York: New York Univerity Press, 2014. 218p.
Reviewer: Melissa Hamilton | July 2014
Not a Choice, Not a Job: Exposing the Myths about Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade
Author: Janice G. Raymond
Publisher: Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 2013. 272p.
Reviewer: Barbara Ann Stolz | July 2014
Penal Power and Colonial Rule
Author: Mark Brown
Publisher: Abingdon, UK; New York: Routledge, 2014. 212p.
Reviewer: David Arnold | July 2014
Reconstructing Restorative Justice Philosophy
Editors: Theo Gavrielides and Vasso Artinopoulou
Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2013. 368p.
Reviewer: Russ Immarigeon | July 2014
Social Poison: The Culture and Politics of Opiate Control in Britain and France, 1821-1926
Author: Howard Padwa
Publisher: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. 248p.
Reviewer: Christopher Hallam | July 2014
Sold Into Extinction: The Global Trade in Endangered Species
Author: Jacqueline L. Schneider
Publisher: Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2012. 252p.
Reviewer: AM Lemieux | July 2014
Suspicious Gifts: Bribery, Morality, and Professional Ethics
Author: Malin Akerstrom
Publisher: New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2014. 208p.
Reviewer: Mike Koehler | July 2014
The Constitution and the Future of Criminal Justice in America
The Constitution and the Future of Criminal Justice in America Editors: John T. Parry and L. Song Richardson Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 352p. Reviewer: Craig Hemmens | July 2014 The criminal justice system has undergone tremendous changes since the 1960s, when the civil rights movement and the activist Warren Court combined to […]
The Gang and Beyond: Interpreting Violent Street Worlds
Author: Simon Hallsworth
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, UK; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 224p.
Reviewer: Jana Grekul | July 2014
The Reasoning Criminal: Rational Choice Perspectives on Offending
Editors: Derek B, Cornish and Ronald V. Clarke
Publisher: New Brunswick, NJ; London: Transaction Publishers, 2014. 268p.
Reviewer: Nick Tilley | July 2014
May
Crime Prevention through Housing Design: Policy and Practice
Author: Rachel Armitage
Publisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 248p.
Reviewer: Vania Ceccato | May 2014
George Fletcher’s Essays on Criminal Law
Editor: Russell Christopher
Publisher: Oxford, UK; New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. 352p.
Reviewer: Samuel H. Pillsbury | May 2014
Maritime Piracy and the Construction of Global Governance
Editors: Michael J. Struett, Jon D. Carlson, and Mark T. Nance
Publisher: New York, NY; London: Routledge, 2013. 226p.
Reviewer: Francis A. Galgano | May 2014
Probation and Social Work on Trial: Violent Offenders and Child Abusers
Author: Wendy Fitzgibbon
Publisher: Houndsmill, Basington, UK; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. 216p.
Reviewer: Jill Annison | May 2014
Secrecy, National Security and the Vindication of Constitutional Law
Editors: David Cole, Federico Fabbrini, and Arianna Vedaschi
Publisher: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2013.358 p.
Reviewer: John T. Parry | May 2014
The Concept of Mens Rea in International Criminal Law: The Case for a Unified Approach
Author: Mohamed Elewa Badar
Publisher: Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing 2013. 540p.
Reviewer: Margaret M. deGuzman | May 2014
Understanding the Modern Russian Police
Authors: Olga B. Semukhina and K. Michael Reynolds.
Publisher: Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013. 337p.
Reviewer: Bohdan Harasymiw | May 2014
March
Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law, vol. 3: Medicine and Bioethics in the Theatre of the Criminal Process
Authors: Margaret Brazier and Suzanne Ost
Publisher: Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 305p.
Reviewers: Joan H. Krause and Dan K. Moore | March 2014
Animal Cruelty, Antisocial Behaviour and Aggression: More Than a Link
Author: Eleonora Gullone
Publisher: New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. 182p.
Reviewer: Kenna Quinet | March 2014
Centralizing Forces? Comparative Perspectives on Contemporary Police Reform in Northern and Western Europe
Editor: Nicholas R. Fyfe, et al.
Publisher: The Hague, NETH: Eleven Publishing, 2013. 194p.
Reviewer: Malcolm Anderson | March 2014
Contested Police Systems: Changes in the Police Systems in Belgium, Denmark, England & Wales, Germany, and the Netherlands
Editor: Ari van Sluis, et al
Publisher: The Hague, NETH: Eleven Publishing, 2013. 236p.
Reviewer: Malcolm Anderson | March 2014
Eco-Global Crimes: Contemporary Problems and Future Challenges
Authors: Rune Ellefsen, Ragnild Sollund, and Guri Larsen
Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2012. 318p
Reviewer: Angus Nurse | March 2014
Electronically Monitored Punishment: International and Critical Perspectives
Editors: Mike Nellis, Kristel Beyens, and Dan Kaminski
Publisher: New York: Routledge, 2012. 279p.
Reviewer: Rita Haverkamp | March 2014
European Penology?
Editors: Tom Daems, Dirk van Zyl Smit, and Sonja Snacken
Publisher: Oxford, UK; Portland, OR: Hart Publishing, 2013. 384p.
Reviewer: Russ Immarigeon | March 2014
To Right Historical Wrongs: Race, Gender, and Sentencing in Canada
Author: Carmela Murdocca
Publisher: Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2013. 257p.
Reviewer: David Milward | March 2014
Victims of Environmental Harm: Rights, Recognition and Redress under National and International Law
Author: Mathew Hall
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon, UK; New York: Routledge, 2013. 216p.
Reviewer: Avi Brisman | March 2014
Kids, Cops, and Confessions: Inside the Interrogation Room
Author: Barry C. Feld
Publisher: New York: New York University Press, 2013. 351p.
Reviewers: Lisa S. Nored and Caitlin Carey | March 2014
Women on Ice: Methamphetamine Use Among Suburban Women
Author: Miriam Boer
Publisher: New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2013. 254p.
Reviewer: Rashi K. Shukla | March 2014
Positive Obligations in the Criminal Law
Author: Andrew Ashworth
Publisher: Oxford, UK; Portland, OR: Hart Publishing, 2013. 232p.
Reviewer: William Wilson | March 2014
Prohibition Gangsters: The Rise and Fall of a Bad Generation
Author: Marc Mappen
Publisher: New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2013. 256p.
Reviewer: Jay Albanese | March 2014
January
Children in the Online World: Risk, Regulation and Rights
Author: Elisabeth Staksrud
Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013. 240p.
Reviewer: Anne-Marie McAlinden | January 2014
Crime, Courtrooms and the Public Sphere in Britain, 1700-1850
Editor: David Lemmings
Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2012, 234 p.
Reviewer: Carolyn B. Ramsey | January 2014
Emerging Issues in Green Criminology: Exploring Power, Justice and Harm
Editors: Reece Walters, Diane Solomon Westerhuis, and Tanya Wyatt
Publisher: Hampshire, UK, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 265p.
Reviewer: Christopher J. Moloney | January 2014
Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight
Author: Stephanie Hepburn and Rita J. Simon
Publisher: New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. 552p.
Reviewer: Anita Lavorgna | January 2014
International Criminal Justice: Legitimacy and Coherence
Editors: Gideon Boas, William A. Schabas, and Michael P. Scharf
Publisher: Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA; Edward Elgar, 2012. 322p.
Reviewer: Roger S. Clark | January 2014
Kids for Cash: Two Judges, Thousands of Children, and a $2.6 Million Kickback Scheme
Author: William Ecenbarger
Publisher: New York: The New Press, 2012. 272 p.
Reviewer: Kristin Henning | January 2014
Lynching Beyond Dixie: American Mob Violence Outside the South
Editor: Michael J. Pfeifer
Publisher: Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2013. 336p.
Reviewer: Manfred Berg | January 2014
Policing Cooperation Across Borders: Comparative Perspectives on Law Enforcement within the EU and Australia
Author: Saskia Hufnagel
Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, UK; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013. 332p.
Reviewer: Maria O’Neill | January 2014
Punishment
Author: Thom Brooks
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon, UK; New York: Routledge, 2012. 282p.
Reviewer: Andrew Cornford | January 2014
Soldier, Sailor, Beggarman, Thief: Crime and the British Armed Services Since 1914
Author: Clive Emsley
Publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. 256p.
Reviewer: Georgina Sinclair | January 2014
Still Dying for a Living: Corporate Criminal Liability After the Westray Mine Disaster
Author: Steven Bittle
Publisher: Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2012. 268p.
Reviewer: Harry Glasbeek | January 2014
