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Effigy
Images of Capital Defendants
Häftad, 2010
593 kr
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Effigy examines the images of a capital defendant portrayed, by the defense attorneys and the prosecutor, during the guilt and penalty phases of capital trial, the trial tactics used to impart these images, and the consequences that result from the jury's attempt to reconcile contradictory images …
State Criminality
The Crime of All Crimes
Häftad, 2009
644 kr
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State crimes are historically and contemporarily ubiquitous and result in more injury and death than traditional street crimes such as robbery, theft, and assault. Consider that genocide during the 20th century in Germany, Rwanda, Darfur, Albania, Turkey, Ukraine, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and …
Prisoners' World
Portraits of Convicts Caught in the Incarceration Binge
Av William S. Tregea, Marjorie S. Larmour
Häftad, 2009
715 kr
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Drawing on twenty-five years of teaching prison college and volunteer classes in eleven Michigan and California prisons, The Prisoners' World strives to make the "prisoners' voice" come alive for regular college students.The book starts off by tracing shifts in social definitions of criminality, …
Threat Perceptions
The Policing of Dangers from Eugenics to the War on Terrorism
Av Saran Ghatak
Inbunden, 2010
1282 kr
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Threat Perceptions: The Policing of Dangers from Eugenics to the War on Terrorism is a study of the legal, scientific and social constructions of danger and risk of crime in the United States since the late nineteenth century. Governance of risk has emerged as an intrinsic part of the legislative …
Culture of Urban Control
Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era
Inbunden, 2013
1140 kr
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The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era explores and analyzes the growth and expansion of the United States’ largest single-site urban jail system. Through an analysis of a United States Federal Court initiated consent decree this research provides a narrative of …
Murder Stories
Ideological Narratives in Capital Punishment
Av Paul Kaplan
Häftad, 2013
715 kr
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Murder Stories engages with the current theoretical debate in death penalty research on the role of cultural commitments to ‘American’ ideologies in the retention of capital punishment. The central aim of the study is to illuminate the elusive yet powerful role of ideology in legal discourses. …
Racial Profiling
Research, Racism, and Resistance
Inbunden, 2009
1565 kr
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Karen S. Glover investigates the social science practices of racial profiling inquiry, examining their key influence in shaping public understandings of race, law, and law enforcement. Commonly manifesting in the traffic stop, the association with racial minority status and criminality challenges …
Racial Profiling
Research, Racism, and Resistance
Häftad, 2009
602 kr
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Karen S. Glover investigates the social science practices of racial profiling inquiry, examining their key influence in shaping public understandings of race, law, and law enforcement. Commonly manifesting in the traffic stop, the association with racial minority status and criminality challenges …
Perverts and Predators
The Making of Sexual Offending Laws
Av Laura J. Zilney, Lisa Anne Zilney
Inbunden, 2009
1424 kr
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Perverts and Predators elaborates on the numerous factors that have contributed to the passage of sexual offending laws in the United States. Authors Lisa and Laura Zilney weave together a story of how sex crimes laws were created by analyzing the changing roles of religion and the medical …
Perverts and Predators
The Making of Sexual Offending Laws
Av Laura J. Zilney, Lisa Anne Zilney
Häftad, 2009
545 kr
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Perverts and Predators elaborates on the numerous factors that have contributed to the passage of sexual offending laws in the United States. Authors Lisa and Laura Zilney weave together a story of how sex crimes laws were created by analyzing the changing roles of religion and the medical …
Perverts and Predators
The Making of Sexual Offending Laws
Av Laura J. Zilney, Lisa Anne Zilney
E-bok, 2009
531 kr
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Perverts and Predators elaborates on the numerous factors that have contributed to the passage of sexual offending laws in the United States. Authors Lisa and Laura Zilney weave together a story of how sex crimes laws were created by analyzing the changing roles of religion and the medical …
Gendered Justice
Intimate Partner Violence and the Criminal Justice System
Av Venessa Garcia, Patrick McManimon
Inbunden, 2011
1565 kr
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Gendered Justice takes a unique, multi-layered look at the various elements that factor into our understanding of domestic violence and how the criminal justice system handles situations of domestic violence. The book focuses primarily on the role of gender, but also considers socio-economic …
Gendered Justice
Intimate Partner Violence and the Criminal Justice System
Av Venessa Garcia, Patrick McManimon
Häftad, 2011
602 kr
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Gendered Justice takes a unique, multi-layered look at the various elements that factor into our understanding of domestic violence and how the criminal justice system handles situations of domestic violence. The book focuses primarily on the role of gender, but also considers socio-economic …
Gendered Justice
Intimate Partner Violence and the Criminal Justice System
Av Venessa Garcia, Patrick McManimon
E-bok, 2012
695 kr
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Gendered Justice takes a unique, multi-layered look at the various elements that factor into our understanding of domestic violence and how the criminal justice system handles situations of domestic violence. The book focuses primarily on the role of gender, but also considers socio-economic …
Punishment for Sale
Private Prisons, Big Business, and the Incarceration Binge
Av Donna Selman, Paul Leighton
Inbunden, 2010
1424 kr
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Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to keep expanding in the face of problems and bad …
Punishment for Sale
Private Prisons, Big Business, and the Incarceration Binge
Av Donna Selman, Paul Leighton
Häftad, 2010
602 kr
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Punishment for Sale is the definitive modern history of private prisons, told through social, economic and political frames. The authors explore the origin of the ideas of modern privatization, the establishment of private prisons, and the efforts to keep expanding in the face of problems and bad …
Forensic Science in Court
Challenges in the Twenty First Century
Inbunden, 2010
1440 kr
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Forensic Science in Court explores the legal implications of forensic science—an increasingly important and complex part of the justice system. Judge Donald Shelton provides an accessible overview of the legal aissues, from the history of evidence in court, to "gatekeeper" judges determining what …
Forensic Science in Court
Challenges in the Twenty First Century
Häftad, 2010
497 kr
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Forensic Science in Court explores the legal implications of forensic science—an increasingly important and complex part of the justice system. Judge Donald Shelton provides an accessible overview of the legal aissues, from the history of evidence in court, to "gatekeeper" judges determining what …
Complexities of Police Corruption
Gender, Identity, and Misconduct
Inbunden, 2012
1282 kr
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The Complexities of Police Corruption provides a comprehensive examination of the role of gender as it relates to police corruption, crime control, and policing as an institution. Author Marilyn Corsianos examines different forms of corruption, including some behaviors that are generally not …
Theft of a Nation
Wall Street Looting and Federal Regulatory Colluding
Av Gregg Barak
Inbunden, 2012
1565 kr
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Theft of a Nation presents a powerful criminological examination of Wall Street’s recent financial meltdown and its profound impact on the rest of the country. This provocative book asks why, if the actions of key players on Wall Street and in the government resulted in an economic downturn that …
Theft of a Nation
Wall Street Looting and Federal Regulatory Colluding
Av Gregg Barak
Häftad, 2012
602 kr
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Theft of a Nation presents a powerful criminological examination of Wall Street’s recent financial meltdown and its profound impact on the rest of the country. This provocative book asks why, if the actions of key players on Wall Street and in the government resulted in an economic downturn that …
Culture of Urban Control
Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era
Häftad, 2015
644 kr
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The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era explores and analyzes the growth and expansion of the United States’ largest single-site urban jail system. Through an analysis of a United States Federal Court initiated consent decree this research provides a narrative of …
