Book reviews

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Sociological Theory: From the Enlightenment to the Present by Calvin J. Larson. New York, General Hall, Inc., 1986. Under the Gun: Weapons, Crime, and Violence in America, by James D. Wright, Peter H. Rossi, and Kathleen Daly. New York: Aldine Publishing Company, 1983, 342 pages. The New Christian Right by Robert C. Liebman and Robert Wuthnow (editors). Hawthorne, New York: Aldine Publishing Company, 1983. 256 pp. Sex and Supervision: Guarding Male and Female Inmates, by Jocelyn M. Pollock. Westport: Greenwood Press, Inc., 1986, 160 pages, $29.95, hardback. America's Correctional Crisis: Prison Populations and Public Policy, edited by Stephen D. Gottfredson and Sean McConville. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987, 260 pages, $37.95, hardback. Corporate Crime in the Pharmceutical Industry, by John Braithwaite. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984, 440 pages, $45.00, cloth. The Age of Sex Crime, by Jane Caputi. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1987, 246 pages, $23.95, hardback, $11.95, paperback. Child Abuse and Neglect, Biosocial Dimensions, edited by Richard J. Gelles and Jane B. Lancaster. New York: Aldine De Gruyter, 1987, 334 pages, $21.95, soft cover. From Crime to Choice: The Transformation of Abortion in America, by Nanette J. Davis. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985, 290 pages, $35, hardback. Understanding and Treating the Psychopath, by Dennis Doren. New York.: John Wiley & Sons, 1987, 269 pages, $32.00, hardback. In 1978, an edited volume entitled The Psychopath: A comprehensive study of antisocial disorders and behaviors was published by Brunner/Mazel, with 349 pages and a cost of $17.50. In 1987, Understanding and Treating the Psychopath is published by Wiley with 269 pages and a cost of $32.00. Prevention of Delinquent Behavior, by John D. Burchard and Sara N. Burchard (Eds.). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1987, 372 pages, $35.00. Handbook on Crime and Delinquency Prevention, edited by Elmer H. Johnson. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987, 402 pages, $55.00, hardback. Violence and Crime in Cross‐National Perspective by Archer, Dane and Rosemary Gartner. 1984. New Haven: Yale University Press. Doubt, Time, Violence by Piotr Hoffman. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1986, 146 pages + xix, $25.00, hardback. Crime and Culture in America: A Comparative Perspective, by Parviz Saney. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986, 215 pages, $35.00 hardback. The Handbook of Pathological Gambling by Thomas Galski, ed. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1987, 211 pages, $30.25 hardback. Alcohol: Our Favorite Drug, by Royal College of Psychiatrists. New York: Methuen, 1987, xii + 213 pages, $45.00 cloth, $15.95 paper.