Book reviews

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The Murderer and His Victim, 2nd Edition, by John M. Macdonald, M.D., with a chapter by Stuart Boyd. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1986, 323 pages. Insanity: The Idea and its Consequences, by Thomas Szasz. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1987, 414 pages, S17.95, hardback. The Politics of Victimization: Victims, Victimology and Human Rights, by Robert Elias. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986, 395 pages, softcover. Gay and Lesbian Identity: A Sociological Analysis, by Richard Troiden. Dix Hills, NY: General Hall, 1988, 159 pages, softcover. Serial Murder, by Ronald Holmes and James De Burger. Newbury Park: Sage Publications, Inc., 1988, 163 pages, softcover. Woman Abuse in Dating Relationships: The Role of Male Peer Support, by Walter S. DeKeseredy. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press, 1988, 119 pp., no price indicated, pb. Visions of Social Control: Crime, Punishment, and Classification, by Stanley Cohen. Cambridge: Polity Press (New York: Basil Blackwell), 1985, 325 pages, $39.95 cloth, $11.95 paper. Therapeutic Communities for Addictions: Readings in Theory, Research and Practice, edited by George DeLeon and James T. Ziengenfuss, Jr., Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, 1986, 270 pages, $32.75, hardback. Aging Criminals by Neal Shover. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1985, 175 pages, paperback. Human Ecology: A Theoretical Essay, by Amos H. Hawley. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986, 168 pp., $26.00 cloth, $9.95 paper. Beliefs About Inequality: Americans‘ Views of What Is and What Ought to Be, by James R. Kluegel and Eliot R. Smith, New York, Aldine De Gruyter, 1986, 332 pages. Helping Delinquents Change: A Treatment Manual of Social Learning Approaches, by Jerome S. Stumphauser. New York: The Haworth Press, 1986, 213 pages, $24.95, hardback. Corporate Crime Under Attack: The Ford Pinto Case and Beyond, by Francis T. Cullen, William J. and Gray Cavender. Cincinnati: Anderson Publishing Co., 1987, 398 pages. Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and Their Firearms, by James D. Wright and Peter H. Rossi. New York: Aldine De Gruyter, 1986, 246 pages, $36.95 Cloth, $14.95 Paperback. Confronting Crime: An American Challenge, by Elliott Currie. New York: Pantheon Books, 1985, 326 pp. Preventing Teenage Suicide: The Living Alternative Handbook, by Polly Joan. New York: Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1986. 153 p. $18.95. Special Children, Special Risks: The Maltreatment of Children with Disabilities, by James Garbarino, Patrick E. Brookhouser, and Karen J. Authier, New York: Aldine DeGruyter, 1987. 311 pages, $38.95, hard‐back, $19.95 paperback.