Publish and Flourish is an annual event that celebrates the accomplishments of our staff and faculty who have published monographs within the past year. The UW Tacoma Library purchases all staff and faculty publications to make them available to our campus community. This year’s event is being hosted online through our blog.
This week we are highlighting:
Criminology Explains School Bullying
Author: Jeffrey W. Cohen, Ph.D., with co-author Robert A. Brooks
Department: School of Social Work & Criminal Justice
“In this book, Robert A. Brooks and Jeffrey W. Cohen provide a concise, targeted overview of the major criminological theories to explain the phenomenon of school bullying, bringing to life what is often dense and confusing material with concrete case examples. Criminology Explains School Bullying is a valuable resource in criminology or juvenile delinquency classes, as well as special-topics classes on school violence, bullying, or the school-to-prison pipeline. Charts, critical thinking questions, and implications for practice and policy illuminate real-world applications, making this is a go-to book for teachers, students, and researchers interested in an empirically driven synthesis of criminological theory as it applies to school bullying.”
“As rates of school bullying continue to increase, as well as the methods evolve, this work is relevant to a multitude of academics, practitioners, and policymakers. It demonstrates the many ways bullying can be explained, especially as victims of bullying come from many varied life experiences and circumstances.”—Catherine D. Marcum, Appalachian State University
“Focusing on a timely topic, this book helps readers understand the different assumptions, explanations, and policy implications of the major schools of thought in criminological theory. It demonstrates the crucial role of theory for understanding and addressing real-world harms–and its creative, relatable approach will help to spark the ‘criminological imagination’ of students.”—Randy Myers, University of Washington Tacoma
“In this book, Robert A. Brooks and Jeffrey W. Cohen provide a concise, targeted overview of the major criminological theories to explain the phenomenon of school bullying, bringing to life what is often dense and confusing material with concrete case examples. Criminology Explains School Bullying is a valuable resource in criminology or juvenile delinquency classes, as well as special-topics classes on school violence, bullying, or the school-to-prison pipeline. Charts, critical thinking questions, and implications for practice and policy illuminate real-world applications, making this is a go-to book for teachers, students, and researchers interested in an empirically driven synthesis of criminological theory as it applies to school bullying.”