Sociological Practice: as an Expert-witness in the Criminal Justice System
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by Lewis Yablonsky, Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Criminology, California State University-Northridge (Published in the American Sociological Association, "Sociological Practice Newsletter" 8/2000 on my acceptance of THE WILLIAM FOOTE WHYTE CAREER AWARD FOR SOCIOLOGICAL PRACTICE at the ASA Meetings 8/2000 in Washington, D.C.; and was the basis for a lecture on 1/25/01 presented at Grand Valley (Michigan) State University on the occasion of receiving an Honorary Doctor of Law Degree .)
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