LibGuides: Administration of Justice Studies: Books

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This is a curated selection of books available to you through the Northland Pioneer College Libraries with a library card.

You can find additional resources by searching our online catalog.

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You will need these credentials to access eBooks as well as databases.

Log in to MyNPC;

Click on the "My Courses" link
At the right side of the screen you will see a section called "Other Important Information."
Beneath that you will see "Library Information," and further down you must click on the link to the "Passwords for Access to the Library Databases"

Public patrons can access on-site ONLY in library with purchase of day-pass available through the campus office.

Finding eBooks

How do I download an eBook?

eBooks are available through several sources. They are available for free and immediately.

If you want to download an e-book to a portable reader (instead of reading it online), the portable reader must be compatible with Adobe Digital Editions . Follow this link if you want to download an EBSCO eBook to a Kindle Fire.. EBSCO also provides How to Print, E-mail or Save EBSCO eBooks Pages as a PDF .

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Numerous eBooks covering various topics and subject matter. Each title is limited to one user at a time.

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Books

Analyzing Criminal Minds by Don Jacobs
Twenty-three characteristics shared by jailed violent criminals are analyzed and considered in terms of neuropsychology and developmental psychology. The book also probes psychopathy in its various degrees, in children, adolescents, and adults, and explains a controversial but increasingly accepted theory that psychopathy is a "natural" outgrowth of evolution, describing how this "natural" psychopathy can become a condition typified by violent, sadistic, and irreversible personality disorder.
Criminal Behavior by Elaine Cassel; Douglas A. Bernstein
Designed for a course in the Psychology of Criminal Behavior, in both the departments of psychology and criminal justice. This book examines the origins and development of criminal behavior by analyzing biological, developmental, familial, social, cultural, political, and economic factors that contribute to crime and violence.
Forensic Psychology for Dummies by David V. Canter; Ian Rankin (Foreword by)
Find out why people commit crime, how psychology helps in the investigative process, and the ways psychologists work with criminals behind bars.
Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System by M. Chris Fabricant
A meticulously researched insider's perspective of the American criminal justice system. Previously untold stories of wrongful executions, corrupt prosecutors, and quackery masquerading as science animate Fabricant's astonishing true-crime narrative.
Prison Reform by Aaron Guylas (Editor)
This volume gathers together and analyzes documents that discuss the fierce debates and legislation related to prison reform, the privatization of prisons, the efforts to end practices like solitary confinement, and the improvement of mental health care in prisons.
Routledge Handbook on Native American Justice Issues by Laurence Armand French (Editor)
This compilation analyzes the nature of justice for Native Americans, including unique and emerging problems, theoretical issues, and policy implications.
ShadowMan by Ron Franscell
On June 25, 1973, a seven-year-old girl went missing from the Montana campground where her family was vacationing. The largest manhunt in Montana's history ensued, led by the FBI. As days stretched into weeks, and weeks into months, Special Agent Pete Dunbar attended a workshop at FBI Headquarters in Quantico, Virginia, led by two agents who had hatched a radical new idea: What if criminals left a psychological trail that would lead us to them?
Sovereign Citizens by Christine M. Sarteschi
Sovereign citizens are considered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to be a prominent domestic terrorist threat in the United States, and are broadly defined as a loosely-afflicted anti-government group who believes that the United States government and its laws are invalid and fraudulent. Because they consider themselves to be immune to the consequences of American law, members identifying with this group often engage in criminal activities such as tax fraud, "paper terrorism", and in more extreme cases, attempted murder or other acts of violence.
Trigger Points by Mark Follman
For the first time, a story about the specialized teams of forensic psychologists, FBI agents, and other experts who are successfully stopping mass shootings--a hopeful, myth-busting narrative built on new details of infamous attacks, never-before-told accounts from perpetrators and survivors, and real-time immersion in confidential threat cases, casting a whole new light on how to solve an ongoing national crisis.
Waiting for an Echo by Christine Montross
A damning account of policies that have criminalized mental illness, shifting large numbers of people who belong in therapeutic settings into punitive ones. Montross finds that while our system of correction routinely makes people with mental illness worse, just as routinely it renders mentally stable people psychiatrically unwell. The system is quite literally maddening. Our methods of incarceration take away not only freedom but also selfhood and soundness of mind. In a nation where 95 percent of all inmates are released from prison and return to our communities, this is a practice that punishes us all.

eBooks

The Twin Hells [electronic book] by John N. Reynolds
Reynolds paints a vivid picture of the harsh realities faced by inmates, including overcrowding, violence, and corruption. Reynolds manages to infuse his narrative with a sense of hope and resilience, highlighting the ways in which inmates found ways to survive and even thrive in the face of overwhelming adversity.
Women and Capital Punishment in the United States [electronic book] by David V. Baker
This historical analysis examines the social, political and economic contexts in which the justice system has put women to death, revealing a pattern of patriarchal domination and female subordination.

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