Graduate Student Reading List
This list is provided as a guide to help you prepare for graduate level Criminal Justice
classes at Sul Ross State University, as well as, your preparation for the Criminal Justice
comprehensive exams. It is therefore in your best interest to not only read these texts but
also be familiar with the topics presented and the views of each of the authors.
Remember that the comprehensive examination process is designed to test both the
breadth and depth of your criminal justice knowledge.
Peter H. Rossi, Mark W. Lipsey, and Howard Freeman, Evaluating Systematic Approach
(2003) ISBN-13: 978-0761908944
Earl Babbie, The Practice of Social Research (2012) 13th ed. ISBN-13: 978-1133049791
James Q. Wilson, Thinking About Crime (1985) ISBN-13: 978-0394729176
Norval Morris and Michael Tonry, Between Prison and Probation (1991)
ISBN-13: 978- 0195071382
Jeffrey Reiman and Paul Leighton, The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison (2012)
10th ed. ISBN-13: 978-0205137725
Herbert Johnson and Nancy Travis Wolfe, History of the Criminal Justice System (2003)
3rd ed. ISBN-13: 978-1583605158
John Dilulio, Governing Prisons (1990) ISBN-13: 978-0029078839
James Marquart, Sheldon Ekland-Olson, and Jonathan Sorensen (1994) The Rope, the
Chair, and the Needle. ISBN-13: 978-0292752139
Roger Dunham and Geoffrey Alpert, Critical Issues In Policing: Contemporary
Readings, (2009) 6th ed. ISBN-13: 978-1577666226
Frank Schmalleger, Criminal Justice Today- (2012) 12th ed. ISBN-13: 978-0133028300
Terrence E. Poppa and Charles Bowden. Drug Lord: A True Story: The Life and Death of
a Mexican Kingpin, (2010) 3rd ed. ISBN-13: 978-1933693859
Rolando V. Del Carmen and Jeffry Walker, Briefs of Leading Cases in Law Enforcement
(2011) 8th ed. ISBN-13: 978-1437735062
Herman Godstein, Policing a Free Society, (1977) ISBN-13: 978-0884107842
Barry Hancock and Paul Sharp, Public Policy, Crime, and Criminal Justice,
(2003) 3rd rd. ISBN-13: 978-0130984098
Herbert Packer, The Limits of the Criminal Sanction, (1968) ISBN-13: 978-0804708999
Robert Merton, Social Structure and Anomie, American Sociological Review 3, 672-82
(1938) ISBN-13: 978-0829034912
R. Quinney, ed., “Criminal Justice in America”: A Critical Understanding, Boston: Little
Brown, (1974) ISBN-13: 978-0316729000
Jack Kuykendall, Roy R. Roberg and Kenneth Novak. Police Management 3rd ed.
Roxbury Publishing Company, Los Angeles: California, (2002)
ISBN-13: 978-0195330113
Bennett Wayne W. & Karen M. Hess. Management and Supervision in Law
Enforcement, 5th ed. Wadsworth, Belmont, California (2006)
ISBN-13: 978-0495093411
Bayley David H. What Works in Policing, Oxford University Press, NY, Oxford (1997)
ISBN-13: 978-0195108217
Black, Donald. The Manners and Customs of the Police , Academic Press, San Diego
California, (1980) ISBN-13: 978-0121028800
Gaines, Larry K. and Victor E. Kappeler. Community Policing, A Contemporary
Perspective. Anderson Publishing, Cincinnati, OH, (2012) 6th ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1455728503
Greene Jack R., and Stephen D. Mastrofski. Community Policing Rhetoric or Reality,
Praeger Publishers, New York, NY, (1988) ISBN-13: 978-0275929527
Horton, David M. Pioneering Perspectives in Criminology, Copperhouse, Incline Village
Nevada, (2000) ISBN-13: 978-1928916048
Jacoby, Joseph E., Theresa A. Severance and Alan S. Bruce. Classics of Criminology,
Waveland Press, Prospect Heights: Illinois (2011) 4th ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1577667360
Bernard, Thomas J., George B. Vold and Jeffrey B. Snipes. Theoretical Criminology,
5th ed. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, (2001)
ISBN-13: 978-0195142020
Walker, Samuel. Sense and Nonsense about Crime and Drugs , 7th ed. Wadsworth: CA,
(2010) ISBN-13: 978-0495809876
Cole, George F. and Marc, G. Getz. The Criminal Justice System: Politics and Policies
10th ed. Wadsworth, Belmont, California (2012) ISBN-13: 978-1111346638
Harris, Philip W. and Wayne N. Welsh. Criminal Justice Policy and Planning.
Anderson Publishing, Cincinnati, OH, 4th ed. (2012) ISBN-13: 978-1437735000
DeLone, Miriam, Cassia Spohn and Samuel Walker. The Color of Justice. Race,
Ethnicity And Crime in America, 5th edition Wadsworth, Belmont, CA, (2011)
ISBN-13: 978-1111346928
Tony, Michael. Malign Neglect Race, Crime, and Punishment in America, Oxford
University Press, New York, Oxford, (1996) ISBN-13: 978-0195104691
Gross, Samuel R. and Robert Mauro. Death and Discrimination: Racial Disparity in
Capital Sentencing. Northeastern University Press , (1989)
ISBN-13: 978-1555530402
Gaines, Larry K, and Victor E. Kappeler. Homeland Security. Prentice Hall. (2012)
ISBN: 9780135111925
White, Jonathan R. Defending the Homeland: Domestic Intelligence, Law Enforcement
and Security. Wadsworth. (2004) ISBN: 9780534621698
Homeland Security Annual Editions. McGraw Hill. – several editions – each different
May, Ernest. The 9/11 Commission Report with Related Documents. Bedford/St.
Martin’s (2007) ISBN: 9780312450991
Oliver, Willard M. Homeland Security for Policing. Pearson, Prentice Hall. (2007)
ISBN: 9780131534667
Swain, Carol M. (ed) Debating Immigration. Cambridge University Press. (2008)
ISBN: 978-0-521-69866-5.