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Wrongly Convicted
Perspectives on Failed Justice
Av Saundra D. Westervelt, John A Humphrey
Häftad, 2001
433 kr
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The American criminal justice system contains numerous safeguards to prevent the conviction of innocent persons. The Bill of Rights provides nineteen separate rights for the alleged criminal offender, including the right to effective legal representation and the right to be judged without regard to …
Hidden Victims
The Effects of the Death Penalty on Families of the Accused
Häftad, 2005
405 kr
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"Sharp’s book reemphasizes the tremendous costs of maintaining the death penalty-costs to real people and real families that ripple throughout generations to come."-Saundra D. Westervelt, author of Shifting the Blame: How Victimization Became a Criminal Defense"Everyone concerned with the effects …
Victims As Offenders
The Paradox of Women's Violence in Relationships
Häftad, 2005
340 kr
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Arrests of women for assault increased more than 40 percent over the past decade, while male arrests for this offense have fallen by about one percent. Some studies report that for the first time ever the rate of reported intimate partner abuse among men and women is nearly equal. Susan L. Miller’s …
State-Corporate Crime
Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government
Av Raymond J. Michalowski, Ronald C. Kramer
Häftad, 2006
454 kr
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Enron, Haliburton, ExxonValdez, "shock and awe"-their mere mention brings forth images of scandal, collusion, fraud, and human and environmental destruction. While great power and great crimes have always been linked, media exposure in recent decades has brought increased attention to the devious …
Scapegoats of September 11th
Hate Crimes & State Crimes in the War on Terror
Häftad, 2006
405 kr
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From its largest cities to deep within its heartland, from its heavily trafficked airways to its meandering country byways, America has become a nation racked by anxiety about terrorism and national security. In response to the fears prompted by the tragedy of September 11th, the country has …
Neither Villain nor Victim
Empowerment and Agency Among Women Substance Abusers
Häftad, 2008
442 kr
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Female drug addicts are often stereotyped either as promiscuous, lazy, and selfish, or as weak, scared, and trapped into addiction. These depictions typify the "pathology and powerlessness" narrative that has historically characterized popular and academic conversations about female substance …
Policing Dissent
Social Control and the Anti-Globalization Movement
Häftad, 2008
389 kr
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In November 1999, fifty-thousand anti-globalization activists converged on Seattle to shut down the World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Meeting. Using innovative and network-based strategies, the protesters left police flummoxed, desperately searching for ways to control the emerging …
Crime, Punishment, and Mental Illness
Law and the Behavioral Sciences in Conflict
Av Patricia Erickson, Steven Erickson
Häftad, 2008
456 kr
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Hundreds of thousands of the inmates who populate the nation's jails and prison systems today are identified as mentally ill. Many experts point to the deinstitutionalization of mental hospitals in the 1960s, which led to more patients living on their own, as the reason for this high rate of …
Crimes of Power & States of Impunity
The U.S. Response to Terror
Inbunden, 2009
1462 kr
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Since 9/11, a new configuration of power situated at the core of the executive branch of the U.S. government has taken hold. In Crimes of Power & States of Impunity, Michael Welch takes a close look at the key historical, political, and economic forces shaping the country's response to terror. …
Crimes of Power & States of Impunity
The U.S. Response to Terror
Häftad, 2009
382 kr
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Since 9/11, a new configuration of power situated at the core of the executive branch of the U.S. government has taken hold. In Crimes of Power & States of Impunity, Michael Welch takes a close look at the key historical, political, and economic forces shaping the country's response to terror. …
Dangerous Exits
Escaping Abusive Relationships in Rural America
Av Walter DeKeseredy, Martin Schwartz
Inbunden, 2009
1004 kr
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Decade after decade, violence against women has gained more attention from scholars, policy makers, and the general public. Social scientists in particular have contributed significant empirical and theoretical understandings to this issue. Strikingly, scant attention has focused on the …
Dangerous Exits
Escaping Abusive Relationships in Rural America
Av Walter DeKeseredy, Martin Schwartz
Häftad, 2009
389 kr
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Decade after decade, violence against women has gained more attention from scholars, policy makers, and the general public. Social scientists in particular have contributed significant empirical and theoretical understandings to this issue. Strikingly, scant attention has focused on the …
Child Savers
The Invention of Delinquency
Häftad, 2009
430 kr
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Hailed as a definitive analytical and historical study of the juvenile justice system, this 40th anniversary edition of The Child Savers features a new essay by Anthony M. Platt that highlights recent directions in the field, as well as a critique of his original text. Focusing on social reformers …
Schools Under Surveillance
Cultures of Control in Public Education
Av Torin Monahan, Rodolfo D Torres
Inbunden, 2009
1029 kr
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Schools under Surveillance gathers together some of the very best researchers studying surveillance and discipline in contemporary public schools. Surveillance is not simply about monitoring or tracking individuals and their dataùit is about the structuring of power relations through human, …
Schools Under Surveillance
Cultures of Control in Public Education
Av Torin Monahan, Rodolfo D Torres
Häftad, 2009
378 kr
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Schools under Surveillance gathers together some of the very best researchers studying surveillance and discipline in contemporary public schools. Surveillance is not simply about monitoring or tracking individuals and their dataùit is about the structuring of power relations through human, …
Surveillance in the Time of Insecurity
Inbunden, 2010
1059 kr
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Threats of terrorism, natural disaster, identity theft, job loss, illegal immigration, and even biblical apocalypse-all are perils that trigger alarm in people today. Although there may be a factual basis for many of these fears, they do not simply represent objective conditions. Feelings of …
Surveillance in the Time of Insecurity
Häftad, 2010
405 kr
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Threats of terrorism, natural disaster, identity theft, job loss, illegal immigration, and even biblical apocalypse-all are perils that trigger alarm in people today. Although there may be a factual basis for many of these fears, they do not simply represent objective conditions. Feelings of …
Mass Deception
Moral Panic and the U.S. War on Iraq
Häftad, 2010
405 kr
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The attacks of 9/11 led to a war on Iraq, although there was neither tangible evidence that the nation's leader, Saddam Hussein, was linked to Osama bin Laden nor proof of weapons of mass destruction. Why, then, did the Iraq war garner so much acceptance in the United States during its primary …
State Crime
Current Perspectives
Av Dawn Rothe, Christopher Mullins
Inbunden, 2010
1462 kr
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Current media and political discourse on crime has long ignored crimes committed by States themselves, despite their greater financial and human toll. For the past two decades, scholars have examined how and why States violate their own laws and international law and explored what can be done to …
State Crime
Current Perspectives
Av Dawn Rothe, Christopher Mullins
Häftad, 2010
454 kr
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Current media and political discourse on crime has long ignored crimes committed by States themselves, despite their greater financial and human toll. For the past two decades, scholars have examined how and why States violate their own laws and international law and explored what can be done to …
Discretionary Justice
Looking Inside a Juvenile Drug Court
Av Leslie Paik
Inbunden, 2011
1462 kr
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Juvenile drug courts are on the rise in the United States, as a result of a favorable political climate and justice officials' endorsement of the therapeutic jurisprudence movement--the concept of combining therapeutic care with correctional discipline. The goal is to divert nonviolent youth drug …
Discretionary Justice
Looking Inside a Juvenile Drug Court
Av Leslie Paik
Häftad, 2011
405 kr
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Juvenile drug courts are on the rise in the United States, as a result of a favorable political climate and justice officials' endorsement of the therapeutic jurisprudence movement--the concept of combining therapeutic care with correctional discipline. The goal is to divert nonviolent youth drug …
Life After Death Row
Exonerees' Search for Community and Identity
Av Saundra D. Westervelt, Kimberly J. Cook
Häftad, 2012
389 kr
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Life after Death Row examines the post-incarceration struggles of individuals who have been wrongly convicted of capital crimes, sentenced to death, and subsequently exonerated.Saundra D. Westervelt and Kimberly J. Cook present eighteen exonerees’ stories, focusing on three central areas: the …
Compassionate Confinement
A Year in the Life of Unit C
Av Laura S. Abrams, Ben Anderson-Nathe
Häftad, 2013
365 kr
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Received an Honorable Mention for the 2015 Society for Social Work and Research Outstanding Social Work Book Award To date, knowledge of the everyday world of the juvenile correction institution has been extremely sparse. Compassionate Confinement brings to light the challenges and complexities …
Compassionate Confinement
A Year in the Life of Unit C
Av Laura S. Abrams, Ben Anderson-Nathe
Inbunden, 2013
1462 kr
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Received an Honorable Mention for the 2015 Society for Social Work and Research Outstanding Social Work Book Award To date, knowledge of the everyday world of the juvenile correction institution has been extremely sparse. Compassionate Confinement brings to light the challenges and complexities …
Women on Ice
Methamphetamine Use Among Suburban Women
Av Miriam Boeri
Häftad, 2013
414 kr
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2013 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleMethamphetamine (ice, speed, crystal, shard) has been called epidemic in the United States. Yet few communities were ready for increased use of methamphetamine by suburban women. Women on Ice is the first book to study exclusively the lives of women who use the …
Globalization of Supermax Prisons
Häftad, 2013
430 kr
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2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title“Supermax” prisons, conceived by the United States in the early 1980s, are typically reserved for convicted political criminals such as terrorists and spies and for other inmates who are considered to pose a serious ongoing threat to the wider community, to the …
Globalization of Supermax Prisons
Inbunden, 2013
1462 kr
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2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title“Supermax” prisons, conceived by the United States in the early 1980s, are typically reserved for convicted political criminals such as terrorists and spies and for other inmates who are considered to pose a serious ongoing threat to the wider community, to the …
Falling Back
Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood Among Urban Youth
Häftad, 2013
414 kr
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Winner of the 2016 Michael J. Hindelang Award from the American Society of Criminology (ASC)Winner of the 2016 Outstanding Book for the Academy of Criminal Justice Science (ACJS)2014 Scholarly Contribution Award from the Children and Youth Section of the American Sociological AssociationReceived an …
