Auteur: James J. Chriss

Jurisprudence: Realism in Theory and Practice compiles many of Llewellyn’s most important writings. For his time, the thirties through the fifties, Llewellyn offered fresh approaches to the study of …

This text introduces students to the study of law from a sociological perspective by focusing on four themes: the relationship between law and society; law in everyday life; the role of race, class a …

This text introduces students to the study of law from a sociological perspective by focusing on four themes: the relationship between law and society; law in everyday life; the role of race, class a …

Published in 1999, this book is an exploration of the life and work of American sociologist Alvin W. Gouldner. Gouldner’s life and contribution to legal theory is a case study in the limits of critic …

Published in 1999, this book is an exploration of the life and work of American sociologist Alvin W. Gouldner. Gouldner »s life and contribution to legal theory is a case study in the limits of criti …

There has been a revitalization of interest in social control over the last decade, and this volume contributes to renewed attempts to explain and conceptualize social control in all its diversity. I …

Beyond Community Policing uses history and general sociological theory to examine the trajectory of municipal policing from Britain in the 1830s to its adoption and evolution in the America. By analy …

Beyond Community Policing uses history and general sociological theory to examine the trajectory of municipal policing from Britain in the 1830s to its adoption and evolution in the America. By analy …

This text introduces students to the study of law from a sociological perspective by focusing on four themes: the relationship between law and society; law in everyday life; the role of race, class a …

What is social control? How do social controls become part of everyday life? What role does the criminal justice system play in exerting control? Is the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness a fo …

Music, Health and the Body: Cross-Cultural Perspectives focuses on the role of music in understanding new dimensions of health and healing through a unique relationship between identity, social inter …