Scott Cummings – författare

Left Behind in Rosedale is a stunning analysis of community and neighborhood decline. Through creative application of ethnographic analysis, participant observation, and in-depth interviews, Scott Cummings' unique book breathes human life into one of the most serious problems facing the nation's cities: the ghettoization of urban neighborhoods. Tra

"This book has the potential to be a classic in the fields of race relations and urban sociology." Cleveland State University

"This book has the potential to be a classic in the fields of race relations and urban sociology." Cleveland State University

"This book has the potential to be a classic in the fields of race relations and urban sociology." Cleveland State University

El derecho de acceso a la justicia es fundamental para el marco conceptual en el que se afianzan las democracias liberales. Este libro tiene dos objetivos principales, que se relacionan directamente con esta premisa. El primero, examinar de manera crítica los fundamentos teóricos del derecho de acceso a la justicia. Para cumplir este fin, se examina el lugar que este derecho ocupa en una de las formas paradigmáticas de fundamentar las democracias liberales modernas: la teoría del contrato social. El segundo objetivo es examinar ejemplos concretos, actuales, de una realidad caracterizada por un persistente acceso desigual a la justicia. Los estudios que constituyen esta parte del libro muestran las formas en que este derecho es política y jurídicamente relevantes para América Latina, Estados Unidos y Europa, como la teoría del contrato social argumenta que debería ser.

This book is an examination of contemporary gangs in American cities. Gangs have proliferated over the past ten years and pose a new set of challenges to public officials, law enforcement agencies, and urban educators. Most major cities are now confronted with serious problems derived from gang violence, drug traffic, and disruption of the public educational system. In the face of deindustrialization and deepening recession, many minority youngsters view gangs as attractive alternatives to a futile search for employment in a deteriorating urban economy. Perhaps most significant, gangs are now beginning to emerge in small and medium-sized cities.Some of the nation's leading scientists and scholars have been brought together in this book to examine the contemporary contours of America's gang problem, including Daniel J. Monti, Joan Moore, Scott Cummings, Howard Pinderhughes, Diego Vigil, Ray Hutchison, Felix Padilla, Jerome H. Skolnick, Pat Jackson, and Robert A. Destro. New material dealing with wilding gangs, migration and drug trafficking, and public educational disruption appear in this volume. Other topics covered include how gangs are organized, what social function they serve, their relation to conventional society, and the social and psychological factors that contribute to their rise. The relationship of the contemporary gang problem to past research is explored, and a rich variety of case histories and comparative analysis is presented. The book also includes a section on public policy.