Social Problems Forum: The SSSP Newsletter 
Books & Teaching Supplements For Review

At the moment, Social Problems Forum seeks reviewers for the following books:

BOOKS

Chamberlin, Ann. 2006 A History of Women’s Seclusion in the Middle East: The Veil in the Looking Glass. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc.

Chesney-Lind, Meda, & Nikki Jones (Eds.). 2010. Fighting for Girls: New Perspectives on Gender and Violence. SUNY Press.

Hagan, John. 2010. Who are the Criminals? The Politics of Crime Policy from the Age of Roosevelt to the Age of Reagan. Pinceton University Press.

Kim, Catherine Y., Daniel J. Losen, & Damon T. Hewitt. 2010. The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Structuring Legal Reform. New York University Press.

Leiter, Valerie. Their Time has Come: Youth with Disabilities on the Cusp of Adulthood. Rutgers University Press.

Plankey-Videla, Nancy. 2012. We are in this Dance Together: Gender, Power, and Globalization at a Mexican Garment Firm. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Samara, Tony Roshan. Cape Town After Apartheid: Crime and Governance in the Divided City. University of Minnesota Press.

ANTHOLOGIES, TEACHING SUPPLEMENTS & TEXT BOOKS

Alarid, Leanne Fiftal, & Paul Cromwell. (Eds). 2006. In Her Own Words: Women Offenders’ Views on Crime and Victimization. Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing Company. ISBN: 1-933220-03-1

Farrell, Warrne, & James P. Sterba. 2008. Does Feminism Discriminate Against Men: A Debate. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0-19-531283-6

Hickey, Thomas. (Ed). 2006. Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Crime and Criminology, Seventh Edition. Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 0-07-319490-5

Smith, Barbara. 2007. The Psychology of Sex and Gender. Boston: Pearson. ISBN: 0-205-39311-X

Winslow, Robert W., & Sheldon X. Zhang. 2008. Criminology: A Global Perspective. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. ISBN: 978-0-13-1839902-1

 

Notes for Reviewers 

Social Problems Forum publishes both creative review essays of individual and multiple works as well as standard book reviews of individual books, teaching supplements, videos and movies of interest. Reviewers are provided with a copy of the book or teaching supplement reviewed to keep (videos and movies and cannot be supplied unfortunately).

New books and teaching materials available for review will be announced here as soon as they become available.  Check back periodically or make a suggestion for a specific book you would like to review.

Those interested in reviewing one or more of the listed books or teaching supplements should contact the editor for more information. Similarly, those who would like to see another work reviewed should contact the editor at 

 

Notes for Publishers and Authors 

Social Problems Forum is an official publication of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), and it is the appropriate venue for academic book reviews. SSSP members make up an interdisciplinary community of scholars, practitioners, advocates, and students interested in the application of critical, scientific, and humanistic perspectives to the study of vital social problems. Social Problems Forum is distributed to each of the SSSP’s over 1,800 members worldwide. It is also available to the general public in pdf format via the internet.

Book publishers interested in having specific books or teaching supplements reviewed should contact the editor at