Reviews in Brief
2019
This part of the site is intended to broaden the scope of our coverage, and to encourage contributions from students and practitioners. Reviews in brief will be approximately 500 words in length. Books to be considered for review should have been published in the past two years. For further guidance or to prepare a review for publication, please contact one of the co-editors:
James Finckenauer (Criminal Justice)
Stuart Green (Criminal Law)
Previous Editions
September
Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago From Red Summer To Black Power
Author: Simon Balto
Publisher: Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2019. 360p.
Reviewer: Michael Flamm | September 2019
The Taming Of New York’s Washington Square: A Wild Civility
Author: Erich Goode
Publisher: New York, NY: New York University Press, 2018. 297p.
Reviewer: Gerald W. McFarland | September 2019
Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs And Street Gangs: Scheming Legality, Resisting Criminalization
Authors: Tereza Kuldova and Martin Sanchez-Jankowski
Publisher: Cham, SWIT: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. 234p.
Reviewer: James C. Howell | September 2019
The Politicization Of Safety: Critical Perspectives On Domestic Violence Responses
Author: Stoever, Jane K.
Publisher: New York, NY: New York University Press, 2019. 410p.
Reviewer: Amber L. Morczek | September 2019
Mafia Organizations: The Visible Hand Of Criminal Enterprise
Author: Maurizio Catino
Publisher: Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 356p.
Reviewer: Baris Cayli | September 2019
China’s War On Smuggling: Law, Economic Life, And The Making Of The Modern State, 1842-1965
Author: Philip Thai
Publisher: New York: Columbia University Press, 2018. 408p.
Reviewer: Qingfei Yin | September 2019
How Outlaws Win Friends And Influence People
Author: Tereza Kuldova
Publisher: Cham, SWIT: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. 214p.
Reviewer: Kevin Cassidy | September 2019
July
American Prison: A Reporter’s Undercover Journey Into The Business Of Punishment
Author: Shane Bauer
Publisher: New York: Penguin Press, 2018. 368p.
Reviewer: Brett C. Burkhardt | July 2019
Convicted And Condemned: The Politics And Policies Of Prisoner Reentry
Author: Keesha M. Middlemass
Publisher: New York: New York University Press, 2017. 288p.
Reviewer: Bryan L. Sykes | July 2019
Drug Policy And The Criminal Justice System
Author: Nancy E. Marion
Publisher: Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2018. 397p.
Reviewer: Sheryl L. Van Horne | July 2019
Organized Crime And Illicit Trade: How To Respond To This Strategic Challence In Old And New Domains
Editor: Virgina Comolli
Publisher: Cham, SWIT: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. 143p.
Reviewer: Stefano Caneppele | July 2019
Poaching And Militancy: The Asian Elephant Under Siege
Author: Binoy Kumar Behera
Publisher: Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press 2018. 156p.
Reviewer: Jessica Bell Rizzolo | July 2019
Threshold: Emergency Responders On The U.S.-Mexico Border
Author: Ieva Jusiontye
Publisher: Oakland: University of California Press, 2018. 296p.
Reviewer: Howard Campbell | July 2019
Timber Trafficking In Vietnam: Crime, Security And The Environment
Author: Ngoc Anh Cao
Publisher: London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. 393p.
Reviewer: Lorraine Elliott | July 2019
Understanding Sex For Sale: Meanings And Moralities Of Sexual Commerce
Editors: May-Len Skilbrei and Marlene Spanger
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY: Routledge. 2019. 232p.
Reviewer: Howard Campbell | July 2019
Youth Who Trade Sex In The U.S.: Intersectionality, Agency, And Vulnerability
Author: Carisa R. Showden
Publisher: Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2018. 248p.
Reviewer: Emily van der Meulen | July 2019
March
Demystifying The Big House: Exploring Prison Experience And Media Representations
Editor: Katherine A Foss
Publisher: Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2018. 366p.
Reviewer: Suzanne Bouclin | March 2019
Wildlife Crime: From Theory To Practice
Editor: William D. Moreto
Publisher: Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2018. 330p.
Reviewer: Monique C. Sosnowski | March 2019
The Soul Of The First Amendment
Author: Floyd Abrams
Publisher: New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2017. 145 p.
Reviewer: David Schultz | March 2019
Becoming Strong: Impoverished Women And The Struggle To Overcome Violence
Authors: Laura Huey and Ryan Broll
Publisher: Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018.
Reviewer: Richard Tewksbury | March 2019
The Politics Of Drug Violence: Criminals, Cops, And Politicians In Colombia And Mexico
Author: Angélica Durán-Martínez
Publisher: New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. 328p.
Reviewers: Melody Hicks & Ben Stickle | March 2019
January
Comparative Criminology In Asia
Editors: Jianhong Liu, Max Travers, and Lennon Y.C. Chang
Publisher: Cham, SWIT: Springer International Publishing, 2017. 206p.
Reviewer: Peter Grabosky | January 2019
Dilemma Of Duties: The Conflicted Role Of Juvenile Defenders
Author: Anne M. Corbin
Publisher: Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2018. 240p.
Reviewer: Tim Curry | January 2019
Italy Beyond Gomorrah – Roberto Saviano And Transmedia Disruption
Author: Floriana Bernardi
Publisher: Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2017. 136p.
Reviewer: Anna Di Ronco | January 2019
Contraband Corridor: Making A Living At The Mexico-Guatemala Border
Author: Rebecca Berke Galemba
Publisher: Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. 2018. 320p.
Reviewer: Howard Campbell | January 2019
Chokehold: Policing Black Men
Author: Paul Butler
Publisher: New York: The New Press, 2017. 256p.
Reviewer: Mary Kelly Tate | January 2019
