" In 1978, the Social and Demographic Research Institute of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, received a grant from the National Institute of Justice to undertake a comprehensive review of the literature on weapons, crime, and violence in the United States. The purpose of the project is best described as a "sifting and winnowing" of the claims and counterclaims from both sides of the Great American Gun War—the perennial struggle ..."
"The research reported in this volume was designed to provide estimates of the extent of damages and injuries from certain natu ral hazards inflicted on households in the United States. In addi tion, it reports on sources of aid proffered to households and the extent to which there are differences among households in the receipt of help. This volume represents the latest installment in a series of monographs stemming from the Social an ..."
Money, Work, and Crime(1st Edition) A Field Experiment in Reducing Recidivism Through Postrelease Financial Aid to Prisoners (Quantitative studies in social relations series) by Peter Henry Rossi, Richard A. Berk, Kenneth J. Lenihan Hardcover, 334 Pages, Published 1980 by Academic Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-12-598240-5, ISBN: 0-12-598240-2
Why Families Move(2nd Edition) by PeterH. Rossi Hardcover, 241 Pages, Published 1980 by Sage Publications, Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-8039-1348-6, ISBN: 0-8039-1348-6