J Michael Skiba: 2 books

Estimates reveal that insurance fraud costs $80 billion per yearand thats just in the United States of America. That translates into almost $1,000 annually per household. Weak preventative controls and paltry punishments make insurance fraud particularly attractive to criminals, who often use...

This volume examines the school-to-prison pipeline, a concept that has received growing attention over the past 10–15 years in the United States. The “pipeline” refers to a number of interrelated concepts and activities that most often include the criminalization of students and student behavior,...