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Interpersonal Networks And Workplace Controls In Urban China, Danching Ruan
Interpersonal Networks And Workplace Controls In Urban China, Danching Ruan
Dr. RUAN, Danching
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Political Crime And Pedagogy: A Content Analysis Of Criminology And Criminal Justice Texts, Kenneth Tunnell
Political Crime And Pedagogy: A Content Analysis Of Criminology And Criminal Justice Texts, Kenneth Tunnell
Kenneth Tunnell
A study examines the quantity and quality of coverage given by introductory criminology and criminal justice texts to political crime and criminals. Data were derived from a content analysis of 49 recent introductory textbooks. Criminal justice texts devoted only 7.83 pages of 15,112 total text pages (.051%) to political crime. Criminology texts devoted only 250.5 of 9,081 total pages (2.758%) and 6 of 305 chapters (1.96%) to this issue. The differences between criminology and criminal justice texts were statistically significant. Qualitatively, the most common form of political crime to appear in introductory texts was international terrorism. Assassinations and government corruption …
Inside The Drug Trade: Trafficking From The Dealer's Perspective, Kenneth Tunnell
Inside The Drug Trade: Trafficking From The Dealer's Perspective, Kenneth Tunnell
Kenneth Tunnell
Over the past decade drug laws have increased in number and in punishment severity. Prison sentences for drug trafficking have increased in length and greater numbers of individuals have been incarcerated for violating new, "get tough" drug policies. Yet, we know little about once-active drug traffickers who presently receive longer prison sentences than at any time previously. We know little about their trafficking networks, their modes of connecting with buyers and sellers of drugs, and how their drug use contributes to their dealing. To address these issues, a sample of incarcerated drug traffickers was selected and interviewed. The major findings …