There is a vast amount of textbooks associated with a number of critical aspects within the discipline of criminal justice. From a fundamental standpoint, a few of these publications offer a comprehensive look into the role of policing (Policing America: Challenges & Best Practices, 7 Edition; Peak, 2012 or Law Enforcement in the 21 Century; Grant & Terry, 2004), others examine various aspects ...

The symptoms, pathology, course and complications of such deficiency diseases as pellagra, beriberi, and scurvy are well defined, even if the final details of their aetiologies have not been decided. But these are conditions which are familiar to many medical men who work among the indigent classes of the tropics and to which they refer by such indefinite terms as marasmus, malnutrition, defici...

The southeastern US sustains the highest high school dropout rates, and gangs persist in underserved communities. African American female adolescents who drop out of school and are gang members are at substantial risk of exposure to severe violence, physical abuse, and sexual exploitation. In this study of 237 female African American adolescents 16-19 years of age from North Carolina who droppe...

Gang involvement and delinquency are prominent issues frequently examined in criminal justice scholarship. Research has revealed that gang increases the likelihood of delinquency/crime, youth participate gangs for a variety reasons including protection, status, sense belonging. Although research found various social familial factors increase probability involvement, it primarily focuses on male...