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Madness Explained: Psychosis And Human Nature
by Richard Bentall

Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology
by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, Jeffrey M. Lohr (Editors)

Responding to the widening gap between scientists and practitioners in the field of clinical psychology, this accessible text addresses current controversies in diagnosis, treatment methods, specific disorders, and the self-help movement.

The Mismeasure of Man
by Stephen Jay Gould 

Any book by the brilliant Stephen Jay Gould is a great read; this classic is a fascinating study of the racist underpinnings of the IQ testing industry.


Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform & Rebuild Their Lives
by Shadd Maruna

 
Winner of a 2001 American Society of Criminology Award for Most Outstanding Contribution To Criminology,  this meticulously researched book describes the process through which hard-core criminal recidivists desist from crime to lead productive lives.


Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
by William Pollack

”In a lucidly written primer for parents, Harvard Medical School psychiatry professor Pollack dismantles what he terms "the Boy Code" - society's image of boys as tough, cool, rambunctious and obsessed with sports, cars and sex. These stereotypes, he argues, thwart creativity and originality in boys.” -- Publishers Weekly


Going Up the River : Travels in a Prison Nation
by Joseph Hallinan

“If crime rates are dropping, why is the number of prisons growing rapidly? What are the cause and implications of the 'prison boom'? Hallinan, winner of a Pulitzer Prize and Harvard's prestigious Nieman Fellowship, delivers a clear-eyed, sleekly written and deeply disturbing tour of the privatized prison landscape of America….” -- Publishers Weekly

Our Guys
by Bernard Lefkowitz

A disturbing journalistic account of a gang rape of a mentally retarded girl by athletes in an upper-class New Jersey town, illustrating the masculine norms that fuel such crimes and hamper reporting and prosecution.


Base Instincts: What Makes Killers Kill?
by Jonathan H. Pincus

Emeritus chair of Georgetown University's Neurology Department, Pincus uses case studies to explore the interplay among biological, psychological and social forces in men who kill. “This is an excellent book for all those concerned with addressing the root causes of violence,” says Publishers Weekly.


Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination
by Scott Plous 

This interdisciplinary anthology combines research articles, opinion polls, legal decisions, news reports, personal narratives, and more. It includes a chapter by Karen Franklin, Ph.D. on the motivations for antigay hate crimes.

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by Lynne Truss

For anyone who bemoans the waning of proper punctuation in this era of email and text-messaging, this international bestseller traces the history of punctuation to explain why correct punctuation is essential to the written communication of meaning.  This witty little treatise had me laughing out loud.


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