Offering a rich introduction to how scholars analyze crime, Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences by Robert Lilly, Francis T. Cullen, and Richard A. Ball moves readers beyond a commonsense knowledge…

This volume considers Dostoevsky's The Gambler from a broad interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on its psychological, cultural, philosophical, religious, and aesthetic aspects. Dostoevsky presents gambling as a fundamental problem of human…

Published in 1988, and including all seven of Robert Browning’s dramas, Collins and Shroyer introduce this convenient and reliable reading text by discussing the plays with a history of criticism…

Title: Extracts from Records in the possession of the Municipal Corporation of the Borough of Portsmouth; and from other documents relating thereto. By Richard J. Murrell and Robert East. [With…

This book helps libraries identify and implement new ways to serve their physically or mentally disabled patients. Authors Ann Roberts and Dr. Richard Smith work at the state level with…

With detractors ranging from paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould to modern-day creationists and advocates of intelligent design, Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) is better known as a divisive figure than as a pioneering…

In recent years, the major industrialized nations have developed cooperative procedures for supervising banks, harmonized their standards for bank capital requirements, and initiated cooperative understanding about securities market supervision. This…