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Series co-editors Robert Brooks and Jeffrey Cohen joined us for an interview on how the Criminology Explains series came about, the newest books in the series, and their advice on how to subm...
Criminology Explains Police Violenceby Philip Matthew Stinson Sr
Criminology Explains Police Violence offers a concise and targeted overview of criminological theory applied to the phenomenon of police violence. In this engaging and accessible book, Philip M. Stinson, Sr. highlight...
Although the American Society of Criminology was cancelled this year, UC Press invites you to explore our groundbreaking books that facilitate teaching across disciplines. To request an exam copy, click on “Request an Exam or Desk Copy” on the book page, and this will take you to our dist...
Although we are unable to see you in person at this year’s American Society of Criminology conference, we’d still love for you to “stop by the booth” and meet with us virtually. Editor Maura Roessner is taking brief Zoom appointments to discuss your book project.
Maura Roessner, Senior...
by Leigh Goodmark, author of Decriminalizing Domestic Violence: A Balanced Policy Approach to Intimate Partner Violence
If you had told me 25 years ago that I would eventually call myself a prison abolitionist, I would have called you crazy.
In 1995, I was a brand-new lawyer represe...
By Nikki Jones, author of The Chosen Ones: Black Men and the Politics of Redemption
Calls to defund the police often elicit fear. How will I stay safe, wonder people who associate the police with safety. This response ignores the fact for many people, the police are what they fear. Wh...
By Andrea S. Boyles, author of recent book You Can’t Stop the Revolution: Community Disorder and Social Ties in Post-Ferguson American and previous book Race, Place, and Suburban Policing: Too Close for Comfort
I am Andrea S. Boyles, a Black feminist race scholar, sociologist and criti...
By Hadar Aviram, author of Yesterday’s Monsters: The Manson Family Cases and the Illusion of Parole
You’ve probably heard these words everywhere in the last few weeks: “We are all in the same storm, but not in the same boat.”
These are desperate, scary times for all of us. Consider ...