Description: Criminology has developed strong methodological tools over the past decades, establishing itself as a competitive and sophisticated social science
Brief description:
Freda Adler is distinguished professor emerita in the criminal justice program at Rutgers University, Newark. She is also a past president of the American Criminological Society. In addition to being co-editor of Transaction's Advances in Criminological Theory series, she is the author of numerous works, including Sisters in Crime: The Rise of the New Female Criminal and Criminology and the Criminal Justice System.
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"Advances in Criminological Theory is to be applauded as an attempt to revive criminological theory by providing an accessible outlet. . . . This series has been much awaited by many in the criminological community. I believe it will live up to expectations."
--Michael J. Lynch, Florida State University