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24 produkter
Hate Crimes
Criminal Law and Identity Politics
Av Kimberly Potter, James B. Jacobs
E-bok, 2000
345 kr
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In the early 1980s, a new category of crime appeared in the criminal law lexicon. In response to concerted advocacy-group lobbying, Congress and many state legislatures passed a wave of "hate crime" laws requiring the collection of statistics on, and enhancing the punishment for, crimes motivated …
Hate Crimes
Criminal Law and Identity Politics
Av James B. Jacobs, Kimberly Potter
Inbunden, 1998
1953 kr
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Early in the 1980s, a new category of crime appeared in the criminal law lexicon. In response to what was said to be an epidemic of prejudice-motivated violence, Congress and many state legislatures passed a wave of "hate crime" laws that required the collection of statistics and enhanced the …
Hate Crimes
Criminal Law and Identity Politics
Av James B. Jacobs, Kimberly Potter
Häftad, 2001
538 kr
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In the early 1980s, a new category of crime appeared in the criminal law lexicon. In response to concerted advocacy-group lobbying, Congress and many state legislatures passed a wave of "hate crime" laws requiring the collection of statistics on, and enhancing the punishment for, crimes motivated …
Can Gun Control Work?
Häftad, 2004
739 kr
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Few schisms in American life run as deep or as wide as the divide between gun rights and gun control advocates. Awash in sound and symbol, the gun regulation debate has largely been defined by forceful rhetoric rather than substantive action. Politicians shroud themselves in talk of individual …
Can Gun Control Work?
E-bok, 2002
456 kr
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Few schisms in American life run as deep or as wide as the divide between gun rights and gun control advocates. Awash in sound and symbol, the gun regulation debate has largely been defined by forceful rhetoric rather than substantive action. Politicians shroud themselves in talk of individual …
Hate Crimes
Criminal Law and Identity Politics
Av Kimberly Potter, James B. Jacobs
E-bok, 2000
281 kr
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In the early 1980s, a new category of crime appeared in the criminal law lexicon. In response to concerted advocacy-group lobbying, Congress and many state legislatures passed a wave of "hate crime" laws requiring the collection of statistics on, and enhancing the punishment for, crimes motivated …
Pursuit of Absolute Integrity
How Corruption Control Makes Government Ineffective
Av Frank Anechiarico, James B. Jacobs
Inbunden, 1996
857 kr
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Anticorruption reforms provide political cover for public officials, but do they really work? This text seeks to show how the proliferating regulations and oversight mechanisms designed to prevent or root out corruption seriously undermine the ability to govern. Over the last century, the authors …
Pursuit of Absolute Integrity
How Corruption Control Makes Government Ineffective
Av Frank Anechiarico, James B. Jacobs
Häftad, 1998
256 kr
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Anticorruption reforms provide political cover for public officials, but do they really work? This text seeks to show how the proliferating regulations and oversight mechanisms designed to prevent or root out corruption seriously undermine the ability to govern. Over the last century, the authors …
Stateville
The Penitentiary in Mass Society
E-bok, 2015
701 kr
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Stateville penitentiary in Illinois has housed some of Chicago''s most infamous criminals and was proclaimed to be "the world''s toughest prison" by Joseph Ragen, Stateville''s powerful warden from 1936 to 1961. It shares with Attica, San Quentin, and Jackson the notoriety of being one of the …
Drunk Driving
An American Dilemma
E-bok, 2013
593 kr
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In this ambitious interdisciplinary study, James B. Jacobs provides the first comprehensive review and analysis of America''s drunk driving problem and of America''s anti-drunk driving policies and jurisprudence. In a clear and accessible style, he considers what has been learned, what is being …
Stateville
The Penitentiary in Mass Society
Häftad, 1978
325 kr
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Stateville penitentiary in Illinois has housed some of Chicago's most infamous criminals and was proclaimed to be "the world's toughest prison" by Joseph Ragen, Stateville's powerful warden from 1936 to 1961. It shares with Attica, San Quentin, and Jackson the notoriety of being one of the maximum …
Drunk Driving
An American Dilemma
Häftad, 1992
275 kr
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In this ambitious interdisciplinary study, James B. Jacobs provides the first comprehensive review and analysis of America's drunk driving problem and of America's anti-drunk driving policies and jurisprudence. In a clear and accessible style, he considers what has been learned, what is being done, …
Eternal Criminal Record
Inbunden, 2015
426 kr
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For over sixty million Americans, possessing a criminal record overshadows everything else about their public identity. A rap sheet, or even a court appearance or background report that reveals a run-in with the law, can have fateful consequences for a person’s interactions with just about everyone …
Busting the Mob
The United States V. Cosa Nostra
Inbunden, 1994
1222 kr
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An examination of the forces and events that led to the most successful organized crime control initiatives in American historySince Prohibition, the Mafia has captivated the media and, indeed, the American imagination. From Al Capone to John Gotti, organized crime bosses have achieved notoriety as …
Busting the Mob
The United States V. Cosa Nostra
Häftad, 1996
427 kr
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An examination of the forces and events that led to the most successful organized crime control initiatives in American historySince Prohibition, the Mafia has captivated the media and, indeed, the American imagination. From Al Capone to John Gotti, organized crime bosses have achieved notoriety as …
Gotham Unbound
How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime
Av James B. Jacobs, Coleen Friel m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
968 kr
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Through an investigation of Cosa Nostra's activities, reveals the role of organized crime in the urban power structureCosa Nostra. Organized crime. The Mob. Call it what you like, no other crime group has infiltrated labor unions and manipulated legitimate industries like Italian organized crime …
Gotham Unbound
How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime
Av James B. Jacobs, Coleen Friel m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
427 kr
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Through an investigation of Cosa Nostra's activities, reveals the role of organized crime in the urban power structureCosa Nostra. Organized crime. The Mob. Call it what you like, no other crime group has infiltrated labor unions and manipulated legitimate industries like Italian organized crime …
Mobsters, Unions, and Feds
The Mafia and the American Labor Movement
Inbunden, 2006
897 kr
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The first book to document organized crime's exploitation of organized labor and the massive federal cleanup effortNowhere in the world has organized crime infiltrated the labor movement as effectively as in the United States. Yet the government, the AFL-CIO, and the civil liberties community all …
Mobsters, Unions, and Feds
The Mafia and the American Labor Movement
Häftad, 2007
427 kr
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The first book to document organized crime's exploitation of organized labor and the massive federal cleanup effortNowhere in the world has organized crime infiltrated the labor movement as effectively as in the United States. Yet the government, the AFL-CIO, and the civil liberties community all …
Breaking the Devil's Pact
The Battle to Free the Teamsters from the Mob
Av James B. Jacobs, Kerry T. Cooperman
Inbunden, 2011
880 kr
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An in-depth study of the U.S. v. the International Brotherhood of TeamstersIn 1988, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering suit against the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), at the time possibly the most corrupt union in the world. …
Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation
The Unfulfilled Promise of New York's SAFE Act
Häftad, 2023
266 kr
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A comprehensive assessment of real gun reform legislation with recommendations for better design, implementation and enforcementA month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, New York State passed, with record speed, the first and most comprehensive state post-Sandy Hook gun control law. …
Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation
The Unfulfilled Promise of New York's SAFE Act
Inbunden, 2019
330 kr
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A comprehensive assessment of real gun reform legislation with recommendations for better design, implementation and enforcementA month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, New York State passed, with record speed, the first and most comprehensive state post-Sandy Hook gun control law. …
Breaking the Devil's Pact
The Battle to Free the Teamsters from the Mob
Av James B. Jacobs, Kerry T. Cooperman
Häftad, 2013
395 kr
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An in-depth study of the U.S. v. the International Brotherhood of TeamstersIn 1988, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering suit against the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), at the time possibly the most corrupt union in the world. …
Mob and the City
The Hidden History of How the Mafia Captured New York
Av C. Alexander Hortis, James B. Jacobs
Häftad, 2019
267 kr
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Forget what you think you know about the Mafia. After reading this book, even life-long mob aficionados will have a new perspective on organized crime.Informative, authoritative, and eye-opening, this is the first full-length book devoted exclusively to uncovering the hidden history of how the …
