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Penitentiary in Crisis
From Accommodation to Riot in New Mexico
Av Mark Colvin
Häftad, 1992
463 kr
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This is a case study of the violence and disorder that have become endemic in U. S. prisons. The 1980 riot at the Penitentiary of New Mexico was one of the worst riots in prison history. Thirty-three inmates were killed and hundreds were injured. The author demonstrates how this riot, and the …
Inventing Criminology
Essays on the Rise of 'Homo Criminalis'
Av Piers Beirne
Häftad, 1993
371 kr
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This book traces the intellectual history of criminology, analyzing the influence of early classical European concepts of criminality and the development of positivist methodologies. It is an original and carefully researched work, adding significantly to our knowledge of the history of …
Crime and its Social Context
Toward an Integrated Theory of Offenders, Victims, and Situations
Av Terance D. Miethe, Robert F. Meier
Häftad, 1994
463 kr
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Theories of criminality and theories of victimization have traditionally been discussed as though they bore no relationship to one another. Yet, a complete explanation for crime must examine both the decision to engage in crime by an offender and the everyday actions of ordinary citizens that …
State of Terror
Häftad, 1998
455 kr
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A comparative analysis of one of the most devastating social problems of the contemporary world. Focuses not only on acts of terrorism by terrorists, but with their portrayal and manipulation by others, particularly the media, for social and political purposes.
Politics and Morality of Deviance
Moral Panics, Drug Abuse, Deviant Science, and Reversed Stigmatization
Häftad, 1989
422 kr
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The Politics and Morality of Deviance develops a theoretical framework and then applies it to four different and specific case studies in an explicit attempt to put the sociology of deviance back into mainstream sociology. It argues that deviance should be analyzed as a relative phenomenon in …
Battered Woman and Shelters
The Social Construction of Wife Abuse
Häftad, 1992
401 kr
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Explores how standardized images of problems and people inform and shape social services for women who have been assaulted.Arguing that we commonly understand "wife abuse" and the "battered woman" in terms of standardized images of problems and people, the author explores how these images inform …
Social Threat and Social Control
Häftad, 1992
382 kr
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This book examines the conflict theory of social control, particularly the threat hypothesis. It asserts that deviance and crime control are responses to social threats such as criminal acts and riots, and to people perceived as threatening such as minorities and the unemployed. The authors use …
Political Assassinations by Jews
A Rhetorical Device for Justice
Häftad, 1992
458 kr
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Ben-Yehuda presents an in-depth inquiry into the nature and patterns of political assassinations and executions by Jews in Palestine and Israel. Extensive empirical evidence is used to analyze the social construction of violent and aggressive human behavior, using a sociology of deviance …
Struggle for Control
A Study of Law, Disputes, and Deviance
Av Pat Lauderdale, Michael Cruit
Häftad, 1993
401 kr
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This book offers a study of deviance and dispute management in a comparative perspective. Conventional wisdom and professional knowledge assume a clear line between the study of disputes and deviance. The authors provide the basic steps for integrating the study of disputes with research on the …
Marginality and Dissent in Twentieth-Century American Sociology
The Case of Elizabeth Briant Lee and Alfred McClung Lee
Av John F. Galliher, James M. Galliher
Inbunden, 1995
1111 kr
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This book is a biography of the husband and wife team that is largely responsible for developing social problems and social deviance as areas of research. Politics in the discipline of sociology is also examined.
Marginality and Dissent in Twentieth-Century American Sociology
The Case of Elizabeth Briant Lee and Alfred McClung Lee
Av John F. Galliher, James M. Galliher
Häftad, 1995
401 kr
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This book is a biography of the husband and wife team that is largely responsible for developing social problems and social deviance as areas of research. Politics in the discipline of sociology is also examined.
Trouble With Evil
Social Control at the Edge of Morality
Inbunden, 1997
1111 kr
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A broadly based analysis of good and evil grounded in examination of the conceptual, philosophical, and theoretical bases of the study of evil within the social sciences.Edwin Lemert investigates the possibility that a consideration of evil will provide new power to explanations of deviance. He …
Trouble With Evil
Social Control at the Edge of Morality
Häftad, 1997
394 kr
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A broadly based analysis of good and evil grounded in examination of the conceptual, philosophical, and theoretical bases of the study of evil within the social sciences.Edwin Lemert investigates the possibility that a consideration of evil will provide new power to explanations of deviance. He …
State of Terror
Inbunden, 1998
1111 kr
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A comparative analysis of one of the most devastating social problems of the contemporary world. Focuses not only on acts of terrorism by terrorists, but with their portrayal and manipulation by others, particularly the media, for social and political purposes.
Doing Justice
Liberalism, Group Constructs, and Individual Realities
Häftad, 1999
369 kr
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Offers a revised liberal political philosophy, arguing that group-based policies are discriminatory and proposing individual-oriented policies in their place.Offering a new way of thinking about liberalism and public policies, this book contends that group-based policies, predicated on all manner …
Confronting the Drug Control Establishment
Alfred Lindesmith as a Public Intellectual
Av David Patrick Keys, John F. Galliher
Häftad, 1999
426 kr
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Examines the career of sociologist Alfred R. Lindesmith, who argued against drug prohibitions from the 1930s onward, warning of the threat to democracy and advocating more humane drug control laws.Confronting the Drug Control Establishment is a biography of Alfred R. Lindesmith and an intellectual …
Bearing Witness to Crime and Social Justice
Inbunden, 2000
1111 kr
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Eminent criminologist Richard Quinney offers his 40-year journey bearing witness to crime and social justice in writings both scholarly and autobiographical.Featuring both scholarly and autobiographical writings, Bearing Witness to Crime and Social Justice follows Richard Quinney's development as a …
Bearing Witness to Crime and Social Justice
Häftad, 2000
422 kr
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Eminent criminologist Richard Quinney offers his 40-year journey bearing witness to crime and social justice in writings both scholarly and autobiographical.Featuring both scholarly and autobiographical writings, Bearing Witness to Crime and Social Justice follows Richard Quinney's development as a …
Race and Police Brutality
Roots of an Urban Dilemma
Av Malcolm D. Holmes, Brad W. Smith
Inbunden, 2008
1111 kr
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Disputes standard explanations of police brutality against minority citizens to offer new insights and suggestions on dealing with this problem.What causes police brutality, and why are minority citizens the primary victims? Social scientists often attribute the behavior to poorly managed police …
Race and Police Brutality
Roots of an Urban Dilemma
Av Malcolm D. Holmes, Brad W. Smith
Häftad, 2008
394 kr
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Disputes standard explanations of police brutality against minority citizens to offer new insights and suggestions on dealing with this problem.What causes police brutality, and why are minority citizens the primary victims? Social scientists often attribute the behavior to poorly managed police …
