Category: Textbooks

What Works in Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation (PDF) brings together and evaluates all major systematic reviews of the effectiveness of criminological interventions, to draw comprehensive conclusions about what works in policing, improvements, developmental prevention, drug abuse treatments, situational prevention, sentencing and deterrence, and communities. Systematic reviews aim to minimalize any possible

Structural Wood Design: ASD/LRFD, 2nd Edition, (PDF) provides a brief and practical guide to timber design, employing both the Allowable Stress Design and the Load and Resistance Factor Design methods. It suits students in structural, civil, and construction engineering programs as well as architecture and engineering technology programs, and also

The ebook Criminology in Canada: Theories, Patterns, and Typologies, 6th edition (PDF) highlights the diversity and dynamism in the field of Criminology, making the field come alive to college students. The experienced author team of  Chris McCormick and Larry J. Siegel have provided an unbiased and fair introduction to criminological

Widely praised by instructors and economics students as the most relatable textbook available, Coppock and Mateer’s best-selling Principles of Economics 3rd edition (PDF) develops college students’ problem-solving skills with step-by step explanations and familiar examples and applications. Student-centered instructor support―very carefully developed to reinforce learning and make it easy for

Updated and revised throughout, the latest Ancient Greece: A Political, Social, and Cultural History 3rd edition (PDF) presents the social, cultural, political, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its variety and complexity. Written by 5 of the best leading authorities on the classical world, this captivating