Crime and criminology Books
Duke University Press Murder on Shades Mountain The Legal Lynching of
Book SynopsisMelanie S. Morrison tells the tragic story of the murder and attempted murder of three young women in 1930s Birmingham, Alabama, and the aftermath, which saw a reign of terror unleashed on the town's black community, the wrongful conviction and death sentencing of Willie Peterson, and a black-led effort to free Peterson.Trade Review(Starred Review) "In this passionate account of Jim Crow–era injustice, educator and activist Morrison exposes how courtrooms 'could function like lynch mobs when the defendant was black.'... Morrison, who is white, shares this painful story with clarity and compassion, emphasizing how much has changed since the 1930s, how much white people need to 'critically interrogate' the past, and how much 'remains to be done' in the fight for justice." * Publishers Weekly *"The author deserves praise for identifying Peterson’s trial as an important precursor to the 1960s civil rights movement. Audiences will be enthralled and angered by this all-too-familiar account of a criminal justice system that was and remains biased against black Americans." -- Karl Helicher * Foreword Reviews *"Morrison digs deeply into period newspapers and archives to uncover this story of injustice long overshadowed by the more famous Scottsboro Boys trial. A thoughtful look into a tale of prejudice and stolen justice that will find many readers who are interested in African American history, the early civil rights movement, and Southern history." -- Chad E. Statler * Library Journal *"Morrison’s book is an ultimate tribute to a man who is seldom mentioned in the Civil Rights Movement, but was a true civil rights hero and who despite torture and mental cruelty always proclaimed his innocence." -- Bill Castanier * Lansing City Pulse *"A straightforward, thoroughly researched nonfiction account of yet another disgraceful episode in Alabama racial history." -- Don Noble * Tuscaloosa News *"An important and timely book.” -- James L. Baggett * Birmingham Watch *"The book ends, as it begins, with a call to each of us to do our own work. In the afterword, poignantly written in the form of a letter to her late father, Morrison states the brutal truth: 'The demonization and criminalization of black men remains a national disgrace.' Eighty-seven years after Willie Peterson was targeted on a Birmingham street corner, there is still much work to be done. This book offers inspiration to keep at it." -- Joyce Hollyday * Sojourners *"iI shifting attention from Scottsboro's sleepy courthouse square to Birmingham's industrialized and highly stratified terrain, Morrison offers fresh perspective on the structural violence that undergirded white supremacy." -- Jason Morgan Ward * Southern Spaces *"Recounted in painstaking detail by Morrison, this near century-old case emerges as a precedent for contemporary discussions of racism in the criminal justice system, reaffirming how firmly rooted racial profiling and the criminalization of blackness are in American culture." -- Ladee Hubbard * TLS *"Morrison succeeds admirably in moving the literature beyond Scottsboro, which has garnered the lion’s share of historians’ attention. Morrison is at her best when she unearths legal records to explain how the criminal justice system was stacked against Peterson. . . . In Morrison’s hands, the Jim Crow justice system avoids caricature and emerges as a living, breathing system in which injustice is that much more evident and pernicious. . . . Compelling and beautifully written." -- David A. Varel * Journal of Southern History *"[Murder on Shades Mountain's] detailed narrative of one little-known crime and its aftermath is powerful and evocative and offers a revealing window into the workings of white supremacy—one that is even more dramatic in some ways than the story of the Scottsboro Boys. . . . Morrison’s work offers a critical reminder that whites must interrogate all the stories about race that they have inherited, even those of white advocates for racial justice." -- Renee Romano * American Historical Review *"Morrison forces the reader to grapple with the precarity of Black life in relation to white supremacist power structures like the criminal justice system.… Murder on Shades Mountain is a crucial text for tracing the genealogy of state-sanctioned anti-Black violence in America." -- Denzel Shabazz * Journal of African American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I. Danger in the Magic City 1. August 4, 1931 15 2. A City Beset by Fear 25 3. Reign of Terror in the Black Community 34 4. Fear, Loathing,and Oblivion in the White Community 45 Part II. Trials and Tribulations 5. The Arrest: September 23, 1931 55 6. Attempted Murder 67 7. Grand Jury Testimonies 76 8. The NAACP Comes to Life 85 9. Mounting the Defense 94 10. House of Pain 113 11. "A Temporarily Dethroned Mind" 116 12. "An Outrageous Spectacle of Injustice" 119 13. A Tumultuous Year 122 Part IV. Never Turning Back 14. Staying on the Firing Line 131 15. Charles Hamilton Houston 134 16. A Lynching in Tuscaloosa 142 17. Moving the Case Forward 150 18. No Negroes Allowed 162 19. A Flood of Letters 168 20. A Multitude of Regrets 172 21. Grave Doubts as to His Guilt 178 22. Jim Crow Justice 185 Epilogue. The Community That Kept Faith 193 Afterword. Letter to My Father 197 Acknowledgments 203 Notes 209 Bibliography 233 Index 241
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Duke University Press Sins against Nature Sex and Archives in Colonial
Book SynopsisDrawing on over 300 prosecutions of sex acts in colonial New Spain between 1530 and 1821, Zeb Tortorici shows how courts used the concept “against nature” to try those accused of sodomy, bestiality, and other sex acts, thereby demonstrating how the archive influences understandings of bodies, desires, and social categories.Trade Review"Sins Against Nature is a true tour de force. Zeb Tortorici has painstakingly searched numerous archives in Mexico. He has provided detailed notes and has integrated significant theoretical findings into his analysis. Tortorici has written an outstanding book that will, no doubt, shape the scholarly debates within Latin American history and sexuality studies for many years to come." -- Anderson Hagler * Transmodernity *"The cases in Sins against Nature . . . are equally rich in their layering of cultural complexity: religious versus secular, indigenous versus colonial, action versus desire. Tortorici helps us appreciate the challenges of understanding sexuality, not only in colonial New Spain but also in the present." -- Vernon Rosario * Gay & Lesbian Review *"Tortorici has written an expansive, thoughtful, provocative, and innovative encyclopedic work. . . . While Tortorici generously invites his readers to peruse the documents themselves in a digital archive that he has made accessible, his book should stand for many years as an indispensable contribution to the history of so-called unnatural sexuality in New Spain. . . . With this book, Tortorici has singlehandedly raised the historiographical standard for the topic of viceregal sexuality and also made an important contribution to archival theory." -- Nicole Von Germeten * Hispanic American Historical Review *"Sins against Nature fills a critical need for queer methodological approaches to colonial Spanish American history. Tortorici conducts rigorous and historically specific analyses of colonial Spanish America while insisting on a self-reflexive and fluid approach to the research process itself. The book provides scholars both a way for thinking about archives, sexuality, and desire under Spanish colonialism and, as important, guidance on the ethics and implications of historical research in the field and beyond." -- Matthew Goldmark * TSQ *"You will never forget your first time reading Zeb Tortorici’s excellent book. . . . There is so much to praise in Sins Against Nature that it is difficult to know where to begin. . . . Sins Against Nature belongs in your hands and on your bookshelf." -- Jarett Henderson * Itinerario *"This book stayed with me long after I had read it. Tortorici has a gift for bringing to life the people involved in these archival cases and humanizing many of them and the communities from which they came." -- Stephanie Kirk * Early American Literature *"Tortorici has produced a well-written and deeply-researched book that will spark conversations, appeal to specialists, and work well in graduate seminars on historical methods and gender and sexuality in colonial Latin America." -- Evan C. Rothera * Journal of Global South Studies *"Tortorici presents a carefully researched, soundly supported, erudite work of scholarship." -- Aimee E. Hisey * Journal of Social History *"Tortorici’s innovative work is essential reading for historians of colonial sexuality, detailing as it does the ways in which the 'unnatural' was defined and catalogued in New Spain." -- Linda A. Curcio-Nagy * American Historical Review *"Tortorici's intimate narration of both the case and his own archive experience opens consideration and conversation of fundamental ethical questions in the discipline.… The seduction, the titillation of archival discovery is not limited to research on sex. For many historians, it is the experience of research itself. And for that reason, Sins against Nature holds broad appeal, not only for colonial Latin Americanists or historians of sexuality but also for anyone teaching or practicing the craft of history." -- Chad Black * H-LatAm; H-Net Reviews *"Tortorici has provided us with one of the best single books on the history of Latin American homosexuality.… It will become a classic of queer history in Mexican historiography." -- Martin Nesvig * EIAL *Table of ContentsA Note on Translation ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction. Archiving the Unnatural 1 1. Viscerality in the Archives: Consuming Desires 25 2. Impulses of the Archive: Misinscription and Voyeurism 46 3. Archiving the Signs of Sodomy: Bodies and Gestures 84 4. To Deaden the Memory: Bestiality and Animal Erasure 124 5. Archives of Negligence: Solicitation in the Confessional 161 6. Desiring the Divine: Pollution and Pleasure 197 Conclusion. Accessing Absence, Surveying Seduction 233 Appendix 255 List of Archives 261 Notes 263 Bibliography 297 Index 309
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University of Pittsburgh Press Tough on Crime
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University of Pittsburgh Press Xuxub Must Die The Lost Histories of a Murder on the Yucatan Pitt Latin American Series
Book SynopsisMayan rebels killed an American plantation manager in 1875, but no one has ever unravelled why this murder took place. Paul Sullivan's fascinating and skillful telling of this story reads like a mystery novel.
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University of Pittsburgh Press Bandit Narratives in Latin America From Villa to Chvez Illuminations
Book SynopsisDabove presents the reader not with a definition of the bandit, but with a series of case studies showing how the bandit trope was used in fictional and non-fictional narratives by writers and political leaders, from the Mexican Revolution to the present.Trade Review“A fascinating book that breaks new ground, even as it offers a revolutionary reading of the role of literature in twentieth-century Latin America. Dabove goes well beyond a study of the figure of the bandit as a mere artificial construct of Otherness by the discourses of the nation-state, and engages in a discussion of the nature of language, literature, and the role of the intellectual in Latin America.” —Benigno Trigo, Vanderbilt University
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University of Hawai'i Press Broken Trust
Book SynopsisUpon her death in 1884, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop entrusted her property - known as Bishop Estate - to five trustees. Then in August 1997 the unthinkable happened: four revered kupuna and a professor of trust-law charged Bishop Estate trustees with massive trust abuse. This book, together with historical background, focuses on these events.
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MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico Gangs of the El PasoJu225rez Borderland A
Book SynopsisExamines gang history in the region encompassing West Texas, Southern New Mexico, and Northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Tapia looks extensively at the role of history and geography on criminal subculture formation in the binational urban setting of El Paso-Juarez, demonstrating the region's unique context for criminogenic processes.Trade ReviewVery rarely do criminologists get to read an authoritative book by an authoritative scholar on a topic with great interest but little scholarly attention. Tapia's book is a landmark achievement on the gangs of the El Paso-Juárez region in a one-hundred-year time period. You will not be able to put this book down." - Alex R. Piquero, coeditor of Rational Choice and Criminal Behavior: Recent Research and Future Challenges"Tapia provides a sorely needed supplement to our knowledge of gangs in the Southwest, giving us a detailed history of gang development, cartel and street-gang relations, and the evolution of street-prison gang hybrids in the El Paso, Las Cruces, and Juárez regions." - Christian Bolden, contributor to The Encyclopedia of Theoretical Criminology
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Emerald Publishing Limited Economic Crisis and Crime
Book SynopsisAddresses a variety of issues related to economic crisis in the broadest sense of the term, involving diverse national and international contexts, historical epochs, and a range of problems related to economic life. This title tackles criminologically relevant questions in connection with crime/deviance and/or the control thereof.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Introduction: criminological perspectives of the crisis. Fraud and Inequality in the Subprime Mortgage Crisis. Diffusion of Fraud Through Subprime Lending: The Perfect Storm. Public Attitudes Toward Blameworthiness and Control of the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis. The Securitization of Mortgage Fraud. Social Reactions to White-Collar Crimes and their Relationship to Economic Crises. Corporate Crime and Crisis: Causation Scenarios. Illegally Backdated Stock Options. The Criminal Consequences of Changes in Neighborhood Structure Due to Home Foreclosure: A Theoretical Discussion. Employment, Unemployment, and Rates of Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from the National Crime Victim Surveys. The Showdown with Shrinking Budgets: Police Departments in Economic Downturns. Economic Crisis and Crime. Sociology of crime, law and deviance. Sociology of crime, law and deviance. Copyright page.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Financial Crime in the 21st Century Law and
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the financial crime policies adopted by the international community and how these have been implemented in the United Kingdom and the United States of America.Trade Review -- Andrew Campbell, University of Leeds, UK’This new book makes for good overall reading on the topic.’ -- Sally Ramage, The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Money Laundering 3. Terrorist Financing 4. Fraud 5. Insider Dealing by Andrew H. Baker 6. The Confiscation and Forfeiture of the Illicit Proceeds of Crime 7. Regulators and Agencies 8. Sentencing in Financial Crime by Karen Harrison 9. Conclusion and Recommendations Bibliography Index
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MP-NSW NewSouth Publishing Fighting Crime Together The Challenges of
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MP-KST Kent State Uni The Goodbye Door
Book SynopsisBorn in Bavaria in 1906, Anna Marie brought shame to her pious family when, as a teenager, she gave birth to an illegitimate son. Nicknamed ""the Blonde Borgia,"" she was a cold-blooded serial killer who preyed on the elderly in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine district in the 1930s. This work offers Anna Marie's story.
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Cornell University Press Crimes of Outrage
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Cornell University Press Figures of Criminality in Indonesia the
Book SynopsisA complex examination of "criminality" and "the criminal" as constructs and active presences in Southeast Asia. Contributors explore such themes as surveillance, incarceration, law and custom, secrecy, and corruption. A fascinating study of power and...Trade ReviewThis book problematizes the concept of criminality and its long-standing intimacy with the formation and consolidation of the state and capitalism.... It is a major contribution. * Asian Journal of Social Science *The authors provide a wealth of material that reflects a wide range of analyses from various disciplinary perspectives, very ably supplemented by an editorial introduction that seeks to instill a sense of focus to the whole work. * Bijdragen *
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London Record Society Justice in EighteenthCentury Hackney The
Book SynopsisThe cases overseen by justices such as Henry Norris reveal fascinating details of the then rural idyll of Hackney.What these entries show us more clearly than anything else, is that for Norris, and probably also for most of his colleagues on the bench, there really was one law for the rich and another for the poor. The wording of some of the entries reveal a great deal about the prejudices and social values shared by the justices of the time.
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Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Public Health Behind Bars
Book SynopsisThis contributed volume takes a comprehensive look at factors that impact correctional health care and the related implications for public health and public health policy.Trade Review“Greifinger and collaborators yet again aid in empowering correctional professionals, linking correctional health care with public health and community health providers, and increasing the health literacy and ethical knowledge of correctional and health administrators and policymakers. All readers will benefit from better understanding jail, prison, and community health systems … . This 2022 edition is of particular interest to researchers; practitioners; and others interested in correctional health and medicine; criminology … .” (David Satcher, Journal of Correctional Health Care, Vol. 29 (6), 2023)Table of ContentsThe second edition plans to include revisions/updates to 18 chapters, likely revisions/updates to five chapters, and six chapters are as yet confirmed. Chapter 8 from the first edition will be dropped from the second edition.In addition, the editor has confirmed seven new chapters: correctional nursing (Section 4), sanitation to prevent intramural transmission (Section 3), transitions from prisons to communities (Section 5), segregation (Section 5), the European experience (Section 1), and root cause analysis for quality improvement (Section 3). A chapter on ethics is contemplated (Section 1).Authors listed are from the first edition; second edition TBD1. Thirty Years Since Estelle v. Gamble: Looking Forward, Not Wayward Robert B. GreifingerSection 1: Impact of Law and Public Policy on Correctional Populations2. Impact of Incarceration on Community Public Safety and Public HealthTodd R. Clear3. Litigating for Better Medical Care Jon Wool4. Accommodating Disabilities in Jails and Prisons R. Samuel Paz5. Growing Older: Challenges of Prison and Reentry for the Aging PopulationBrie Williams and Rita Abraldes6. International Public Health and Corrections: Models of Care and Harm MinimizationMichael Levy7. The Medicalization of Execution: Lethal Injection in the United StatesMark HeathNEW: The European experience (Section 1)TBD: A chapter on ethics is contemplated (Section 1)Section 2: Communicable Disease8. Prevention of Viral Hepatitis Cindy Weinbaum and Karen A. Hennessey9. HIV Prevention: Behavioral Interventions in Correctional Settings Barry Zack10. Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in Correctional FacilitiesFarah M. Parvez11. Controlling Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis Through Targeted Screening and Treatment in Correctional Settings Charlotte K. Kent and Gail A. BolanSection 3: Primary and Secondary Prevention12. Health Promotion in Jails and Prisons: An Alternative Paradigm for Correctional Health Services Megha Ramaswamy and Nicholas Freudenberg13. Screening for Public Purpose: Promoting an Evidence-based Approach to Screening of Inmates to Improve the Public Health Joshua D. Lee, Marshall W. Fordyce, and Josiah D. Rich14. Written Health Informational Needs for ReentryJeff Mellow15. Reducing Inmate Suicides Through the Mortality Review ProcessLindsay M. Hayes16. Blinders to Comprehensive Psychiatric Diagnosis in the Correctional SystemRichard L. Grant17. Juvenile Corrections and Public Health Collaborations: Opportunities for Improved Health Outcomes Michelle Staples-Horne, Kaiyti Duffy, and Michele T. Rorie18. Female Prisoners and the Case for Gender-Specific Treatment and Reentry ProgramsAndrea F. Balis19. Building the Case for Oral Health Care for Prisoners: Presenting the Evidence and Calling for Justice Henrie M. Treadwell, Mary E. Northridge, and Traci N. BetheaNEW: Sanitation to prevent intramural transmission (Section 3)NEW: Root cause analysis for quality improvement (Section 3)Section 4: Tertiary Prevention20. Treatment of Mental Illness in Correctional SettingsRaymond F. Patterson and Robert B. Greifinger21. Treatment and Reentry Approaches for Offenders with Co-occurring Disorders Roger H. Peters and Nicole M. Bekman22. Pharmacological Treatment of Substance Abuse in Correctional Facilities: Prospects and Barriers to Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Therapy R. Douglas Bruce, Duncan Smith-Rohrberg, and Frederick L. AlticeNEW: Correctional nursing (Section 4)Section 5: Thinking Forward to Reentry—Reducing Barriers and Building Community Linkages23. Health Research Behind Bars: A Brief Guide to Research in Jails and PrisonsNicholas Freudenberg24. Reentry Experiences of Men with Health Problems Christy A. Visher and Kamala Mallik-Kane25. Providing Transition and Outpatient Services to the Mentally Ill Released from Correctional InstitutionsSteven K. Hoge26. Sexual Predators: Diversion, Civil Commitment, Community Reintegration, Challenges, and Opportunities Karen Terry27. Electronic Health Records Systems and Continuity of Care Ralph P. Woodward28. Community Health and Public Health Collaborations Thomas Lincoln, John R. Miles, and Steve Scheibel29. Improving the Care for HIV-Infected Prisoners: An Integrated Prison-Release Health ModelSandra A. Springer and Frederick L. AlticeNEW: Transitions from prisons to communities (Section 5)Index
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Fraud and Fraud Detection Website
Book SynopsisDetect fraud fasterno matter how well hiddenwith IDEA automation Fraud and Fraud Detection takes an advanced approach to fraud management, providing step-by-step guidance on automating detection and forensics using CaseWare''s IDEA software. The book begins by reviewing the major types of fraud, then details the specific computerized tests that can detect them. Readers will learn to use complex data analysis techniques, including automation scripts, allowing easier and more sensitive detection of anomalies that require further review. The companion website provides access to a demo version of IDEA, along with sample scripts that allow readers to immediately test the procedures from the book. Business systems'' electronic databases have grown tremendously with the rise of big data, and will continue to increase at significant rates. Fraudulent transactions are easily hidden in these enormous datasets, but Fraud and Fraud Detection helps readers gain the dTable of ContentsForeword ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Defining Fraud 1 Anomalies versus Fraud 2 Types of Fraud 2 Assess the Risk of Fraud 4 Conclusion 6 Notes 6 Chapter 2: Fraud Detection 7 Recognizing Fraud 7 Data Mining versus Data Analysis and Analytics 10 Data Analytical Software 11 Anomalies versus Fraud within Data 12 Fraudulent Data Inclusions and Deletions 14 Conclusion 14 Notes 15 Chapter 3: The Data Analysis Cycle 17 Evaluation and Analysis 17 Obtaining Data Files 19 Performing the Audit 22 File Format Types 24 Preparation for Data Analysis 24 Arranging and Organizing Data 33 Conclusion 35 Notes 35 Chapter 4: Statistics and Sampling 37 Descriptive Statistics 37 Inferential Statistics 38 Measures of Center 38 Measure of Dispersion 39 Measure of Variability 40 Sampling 41 Conclusion 65 Notes 65 Chapter 5: Data Analytical Tests 67 Benford’s Law 68 Number Duplication Test 77 Z-Score 81 Relative Size Factor Test 84 Same-Same-Same Test 93 Same-Same-Different Test 94 Even Amounts 98 Conclusion 99 Notes 100 Chapter 6: Advanced Data Analytical Tests 101 Correlation 101 Trend Analysis 104 GEL-1 and GEL-2 109 Conclusion 121 Note 122 Chapter 7: Skimming and Cash Larceny 123 Skimming 123 Cash Larceny 124 Case Study 124 Conclusion 131 Chapter 8: Billing Schemes 133 Data and Data Familiarization 134 Benford’s Law Tests 138 Relative Size Factor Test 139 Z-Score 140 Even Dollar Amounts 141 Same-Same-Same Test 144 Same-Same-Different Test 145 Payments without Purchase Orders Test 146 Length of Time between Invoice and Payment Dates Test 151 Search for Post Office Box 152 Match Employee Address to Supplier 155 Duplicate Addresses in Vendor Master 157 Payments to Vendors Not in Master 158 Gap Detection of Check Number Sequences 161 Conclusion 162 Note 162 Chapter 9: Check-Tampering Schemes 163 Electronic Payments Fraud Prevention 164 Check Tampering 165 Data Analytical Tests 166 Conclusion 171 Chapter 10: Payroll Fraud 173 Data and Data Familiarization 175 Data Analysis 181 The Payroll Register 193 Payroll Master and Commission Tests 194 Conclusion 195 Notes 196 Chapter 11: Expense Reimbursement Schemes 197 Data and Data Analysis 201 Conclusion and Audit Trail 219 Notes 220 Chapter 12: Register Disbursement Schemes 221 False Refunds and Adjustments 221 False Voids 222 Concealment 222 Data Analytical Tests 222 Conclusion 233 Chapter 13: Noncash Misappropriations 235 Types of Noncash Misappropriations 235 Concealment of Noncash Misappropriations 237 Data Analytics 238 Conclusion 240 Chapter 14: Corruption 243 Bribery 243 Tender Schemes 244 Kickbacks, Illegal Gratuities, and Extortion 245 Conflict of Interest 246 Data Analytical Tests 247 Concealment 250 Conclusion 250 Chapter 15: Money Laundering 253 The Money-Laundering Process 254 Other Money Transfer Systems and New Opportunities 256 Audit Areas and Data Files 257 Conclusion 259 Chapter 16: Zapper Fraud 261 Point-of-Sales System Case Study 265 Quantifying the Zapped Records 294 Additional POS Data Files to Analyze 296 Missing and Modified Bills 297 The Markup Ratios 299 Conclusions and Solutions 300 Notes 302 Chapter 17: Automation and IDEAScript 303 Considerations for Automation 304 Creating IDEAScripts 306 Conclusion 316 Chapter 18: Conclusion 319 Financial Statement Fraud 319 IDEA Features Demonstrated 321 Projects Overview 323 Data Analytics: Final Words 325 Notes 326 About the Author 327 About the Website 329 Index 333
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Handbook of Measurement Issues in Criminology
Book SynopsisThis volume of the series was designed to provide a comprehensive primer on the existing best practices and emerging developments in the study and design research on crime and criminology.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Introduction 1 Beth M. Huebner and Timothy S. Bynum Part I Measurement of Criminal Typologies 7 1 Violent Crime 9 Nicholas Corsaro 2 Cybercrime 29 Thomas J. Holt 3 Juvenile Crime and Bullying 49 Sean P. Varano and Joseph M. McKenna 4 Rape and Other Sexual Offending Behaviors 69 Wesley G. Jennings and Bryanna Hahn Fox 5 White]Collar and Corporate Crime 92 Michael L. Benson, Jay Kennedy, and Matthew Logan 6 Human Trafficking 111 Amy Farrell and Katherine Bright 7 Challenges in Measuring and Understanding Hate Crime 131 Jack McDevitt and Janice A. Iwama Part II Offenders, Offending, and Victimization 157 8 Gangs and Gang Crime 159 Chris Melde 9 Gendered Pathways to Crime 181 Julie Yingling 10 Mental Health and Physical Studies 202 Daryl G. Kroner and Maranda Quillen 11 Rehabilitation and Treatment Programming 223 Faye S. Taxman and Brandy L. Blasko 12 Measuring Victimization: Issues and New Directions 249 Leah E. Daigle, Jamie A. Snyder, and Bonnie S. Fisher Part III Criminal Justice Organizations and Outcomes 277 13 Community Policing and Police Interventions 279 Michael J. Kyle and Joseph A. Schafer 14 Measurement Issues in Criminal Case Processing and Court Decision Making Research 303 Brian D. Johnson and Christina D. Stewart 15 Sentencing Outcomes and Disparity 328 Jared M. Ellison and Pauline K. Brennan 16 Correctional Interventions and Outcomes 351 Eric Grommon and Jason Rydberg 17 How Theory Guides Measurement: Public Attitudes toward Crime and Policing 377 Jonathan Jackson and Jouni Kuha 18 Measuring the Cost of Crime 416 Matt DeLisi 19 School Crime and Safety 434 Thomas Mowen, John Brent, and Aaron Kupchik 20 Traffic Stops, Race, and Measurement 452 Kyle Mclean and Jeff Rojek Part IV Specialized Measurement Techniques 473 21 Self]Reported Crime and Delinquency 475 Scott Menard, Lisa C. Bowman]Bowen, and Yi Fen Lu 22 Crime and the Life Course 496 Lee Ann Slocum 23 Conducting Qualitative Interviews in Prison: Challenges and Lessons Learned 517 Kristin Carbone]Lopez 24 Spatial Analysis of Crime 535 Steven M. Radil 25 Network Analysis 555 Owen Gallupe Index 576
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Principles of Fraud Examination
Book SynopsisAccountants have historically had an important role in the detection and deterrence of fraud. As Joe Wells' Principles of Fraud Examination 4th edition illustrates, fraud is much more than numbers; books and records don't commit fraud people do. Widely embraced by fraud examination instructors across the country, Principles of Fraud Examination, 4th Edition, by Joseph Wells, is written to provide a broad understanding of fraud to today's accounting students what it is and how it is committed, prevented, detected, and resolved. This 4th edition of the text includes a chapter on frauds perpetrated against organizations by individuals outside their staffa growing threat for many entities as commerce increasingly crosses technological and geographical borders.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Skimming 3. Cash Larceny 4. Billing Schemes 5. Check Tampering 6. Payroll Schemes 7. Expense Reimbursement Schemes 8. Register Disbursement Schemes 9. Noncash Assets 10. Corruption 11. Accounting Principles and Fraud 12. Financial Statement Fraud Schemes 13. External Fraud Schemes 14. Fraud Risk Assessment 15. Interviewing Witnesses 16. Occupational Fraud and Abuse: The Big Picture APPENDIX A Online Sources of Information APPENDIX B Sample Code of Business Ethics and Conduct APPENDIX C Fraud Risk Assessment Tool
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Emergency Management
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive examination of emergency management and offers concepts and strategies for creating effective programs This book looks at the larger context within which emergency management response occurs, and stresses the development of a program to address a wide range of issues. Not limited to traditional emergency response to natural disasters, it addresses a conceptual model capable of integrating multiple disciplines and dealing with unexpected emergencies. Emergency Management: Concepts and Strategies for Effective Programs, Second Edition starts by focusing on the three pillars on which successful emergency management is based: an understanding of history, knowledge of social science research, and technical expertise in emergency management operations. It provides insight as to how emergency management has evolved and suggests reasons why the current method of response planning doesn't work as well as it should. The book then goes on toTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition xiii Preface to the First Edition xv Introduction xvii 1 Historical Perspectives: The Evolution of Emergency Management 1 Why Study History? 2 Lessons from History 5 The Advent of Disaster Legislation 14 The Growth of Disaster Bureaucracy 22 From Military to Civilian Leadership 23 Civil Defense and Disaster Relief Merge 27 Conclusion 32 2 Historical Perspectives: Toward a National Response Strategy 33 The Origins of National Planning 34 September 11 and the Impact of Homeland Security 36 The Marginalization of Emergency Management 36 Capabilities‐based Planning Replaces All‐Hazards Planning 39 The Pendulum Swings Back: Hurricane Katrina 43 A Failed Response? 43 Degraded Capabilities and Confused Planning 45 Reform and New Planning Concepts 47 Conclusion 49 3 Social Science and the Beginnings of Emergency Management Theory 51 Social Science as an Emergency Management Tool 51 Social Science Evolves Emergency Management Theory 52 Emergencies, Disasters, and Catastrophes 54 Disaster Mythology 65 Organizational Response 69 Conclusion 71 4 The Emergency Manager: Evolving Roles and Shifting Paradigms 73 Conflicting Roles 74 The Emergency Manager as Program Manager 78 Toward Professionalization 84 Emergency Management as a Field 84 Emergency Management as a Discipline 88 Emergency Management as a Profession 89 Conclusion 90 5 Establishing the Emergency Management Program 93 Program Administration 94 Developing a Governance Structure 94 The Administrative Plan 99 Strategic Planning 99 Formulating Vision 101 Establishing Goals and Objectives 106 Developing the Strategic Plan 108 Enabling Authorities and Legislation 109 Grant Requirements 111 Best Practices 112 Program Elements 113 Resource Management 113 Training 115 Finance 116 Program Evaluation 118 Quantitative Assessment Tools 118 Qualitative Assessment Tools 119 Exercise Programs 120 Actual Incidents 123 Corrective Action Program 124 Conclusion 125 6 Assessing Risk 127 The Nature of Risk 128 Risk Assessment Methodologies 129 Hazard Identification 133 Hazard Analysis 140 Simple Matrix Analysis 140 Indicators and Numerical Ranking 143 THIRA and Context Analysis 148 Intuition 149 Impact Analysis 150 Business Impact Analysis (BIA) 150 Adaptive Business Continuity 154 Continuity of Government/Continuity of Operations 155 Federal Guidance 155 Critical Functions and Process Analysis 158 Conclusion 160 7 Developing Strategy 163 A New Look at an Old Model 164 Risk Management Strategy 166 Mitigation Strategy 168 Recovery Strategy 173 Response Strategy 180 Preparedness Strategy 185 Using Strategy to Guide Planning 187 Conclusion 189 8 Planning Concepts 191 Plans Versus Planning 191 The Planning Continuum 197 Planning Methodologies 201 Planning Assumptions 201 Scenario‐Based Planning 202 Functional Planning 205 Capabilities‐Based Planning 207 Effective Planning 208 Simplicity in Planning 209 Operational Phases 210 All‐Hazards Planning 212 Decentralized Execution 212 Putting the Pieces Together 214 General Planning Principles 215 Conclusion 217 9 Planning Techniques and Methods 219 Establish a Planning Structure 219 Use a Meeting Facilitation Process 222 Meeting Agenda 225 Conducting the Meeting 226 The Meeting Memorandum 227 Develop an Action Plan and Set Deadlines 229 Managing Multiple Projects 230 Annual Work Plans 230 Graphic Planning Tools 231 Facilitate Decision‐Making 232 Use Common Plan Formats 234 Determining Plan Content 236 Use Graphic Tools 238 Use Exercises to Test Concepts 242 Keep it Simple 244 Conclusion 245 10 Coordinating Response 247 Operational Response 247 Incident Management Systems 251 Unified and Area Commands 256 Multiagency Coordination Systems 258 Emergency Operations Centers 264 Communications and Interoperability 269 Information Processing 272 Mutual Aid 273 Resource Management and Logistics 274 The Joint Information Center 276 Conclusion 278 11 Leading in Crisis 279 Principles of Emergency Management 280 Program Leadership 282 Building a Leadership Team 282 Establishing Relationships 284 Making Decisions 285 Operational Leadership 286 The Effects of Crisis 286 Barriers to Decision‐Making 287 Crisis Decision‐Making 289 Conclusion 291 12 Crisis Management 293 Barriers to Crisis Management 294 Disengagement and Inexperience 294 Common Leadership Problems 295 Appropriate Roles for Senior Officials 297 Crisis Management 299 Identifying the Crisis 299 Isolating the Crisis 300 Preparing for Crisis Management 301 Hurricane Katrina: Crisis Management Failure 302 Increasing Organizational Effectiveness 304 Crisis Communications 305 Strategic Recovery Issues 307 Catastrophic Events 312 Conclusion 315 Conclusion 317 Bibliography 321 Index 327
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John Wiley & Sons Inc TradeBased Money Laundering
Book SynopsisUncover the financial fraud that funds terrorist organizations Trade-Based Money Laundering is an authoritative examination of this burgeoning phenomenon, now coming under scrutiny in the War on Terror. This book walks you through the signs and patterns of trade-based money laundering (TBML) to help you recognize it when it occurs, and shows you how data and analytics can be used to detect it. You''ll learn the common value transfer techniques including invoice fraud, over-and-under invoicing, and misrepresentation, and learn why analytic detection systems have yet to be implemented despite the existence of copious data. Case studies from around the world highlight the real-life implications of the concepts and processes presented in the text, giving you a first-hand view of the mechanisms at work inside this expanding illegal market. Trade-based money laundering uses trade to convert large quantities of illicit cash into less conspicuous assets or commodities to evTable of ContentsForeword ix Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii About the Author xix Chapter 1 The Next Frontier 1 Chapter 2 Trade-Based Money Laundering Techniques: Invoice Fraud 13 Chapter 3 Black Market Peso Exchange 33 Chapter 4 Hawala: An Alternative Remittance System 49 Chapter 5 Chinese Flying Money 73 Chapter 6 Misuse of the International Gold Trade 89 Chapter 7 Commercial TBML 111 Chapter 8 More Schemes and Facilitators 125 Chapter 9 Monitoring Trade 145 Chapter 10 Red-Flag Indicators 167 Chapter 11 Conclusions and Recommendations 177 Appendix A Money-Laundering Primer 195 Appendix B Original Trade Transparency Unit (TTU) Proposal 207 Glossary 217 Index 225
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Technology and Emergency Management
Book SynopsisThe first book devoted to a critically important aspect of disaster planning, management, and mitigation Technology and Emergency Management, Second Edition describes best practices for technology use in emergency planning, response, recovery, and mitigation. It also describes the key elements that must be in place for technology to enhance the emergency management process. The tools, resources, and strategies discussed have been applied by organizations worldwide tasked with planning for and managing every variety of natural and man-made hazard and disaster.Illustrative case studies based on their experiences appear throughout the book. This new addition of the critically acclaimed guide has been fully updated and expanded to reflect significant developments occurring in the field over the past decade. It features in-depth coverage of major advances in GIS technologies, including the development of mapping tools and high-resolution remote sensing imagingTable of ContentsConcept xiii About the Author xiv List of Contributors xv About the Companion Website xvi 1 The Need for Technology in Emergency Management 1 Introduction 2 1.1 Technology and Disaster Management 2 1.1.1 Focus on Current and Emerging Technology 3 1.2 Technology as a Management Tool 4 1.2.1 Response to Complex Disaster Events 5 1.2.2 Ease of Use of Technology 5 1.3 Using Technologies 6 1.3.1 Technology in a Changing Environment 8 1.3.2 Examples of Technology 8 1.3.3 Communicate Quickly 8 1.3.4 Develop a Better Understanding of Hazards 9 1.3.5 Improve Response 9 1.3.6 Increase Coordination 9 1.3.7 Improve Efficiency 9 1.3.8 Training 9 1.4 Completing a Needs Assessment 10 1.4.1 Nature of a Needs Assessment 10 1.4.2 Steps to Complete a Needs Assessment 11 1.4.3 Implementing the Needs Assessment 12 1.4.4 Impacts of Implementing Innovation 12 Summary 14 Key Terms 14 Assess Your Understanding 14 References 15 2 Computer Networks and Emergency Management 17 Introduction 18 2.1 What Is a Network? 19 2.2 Types of Networks 19 2.2.1 Local Area Network 19 2.2.2 Metropolitan Area Network 20 2.2.3 Wide Area Network 20 2.2.4 Personal Area Network 21 2.3 The Internet 21 2.4 Communication Technologies 24 2.4.1 Wired Network Technologies 24 2.4.2 Long‐Range Wireless Network Technologies 27 2.4.3 Short‐Range Wireless Network Technologies 30 2.5 The Internet and Emergency Management 32 2.6 IoT and Emergency Management 35 Summary 38 Key Terms 38 Assess Your Understanding 40 References 40 3 Cyber Security.42 Introduction 43 3.1 Sources of Attacks 45 3.2 Attack Vectors 46 3.2.1 Vulnerabilities 46 3.2.2 Phishing 46 3.2.3 Stolen Credentials 47 3.2.4 Web Applications 47 3.2.5 Point of Sale Intrusions 48 3.2.6 Payment Card Skimmers 49 3.2.7 Insider and Privilege Misuse 49 3.2.8 Physical Theft and Loss 49 3.2.9 Denial of Service Attacks 49 3.3 Overview of Malware 49 3.3.1 Malware Propagation 50 3.3.2 Malware Payload 51 3.4 Securing Cyber Systems 52 3.5 Securing Data 54 3.6 Cyber Security Attack Recovery 56 Summary 57 Key Terms 57 Assess Your Understanding 59 References 59 4 Social Media and Emergency Management 61 Introduction 62 4.1 Situational Awareness, Emergency Communications, and the Public Realm 62 4.2 What Is Social Media? 64 4.2.1 The Birth of Web 2.0 64 4.3 Types of Social Media Used in Disasters 65 4.4 Mass Alert Systems 67 4.5 Mass Media and Social Media Use in Virginia Tech Shooting Response 67 4.5.1 Information Communication Technologies 69 4.6 What Is a Disaster? 69 4.7 Usage Patterns of Social Media Over Time 70 4.8 Social Media’s Growth and the Role of Traditional Sources 73 4.8.1 Role of Social Media in Disasters 74 4.8.2 Use of Social Media by People Affected by Crisis 74 4.9 Use of Social Media for Preparedness and Planning 74 4.9.1 Expansion of Communication Networks 75 4.10 Use of Social Media Before and During Mass Emergencies 75 4.10.1 Emergency Managers’ Use of Social Media in Response 76 4.10.2 Emergency Managers in Listening Mode 76 4.10.3 Managing the Use of Twitter or Facebook 76 4.10.4 Information‐Vetting Dynamics 76 4.10.5 Building Resiliency 77 4.10.6 Changing Nature of Social Behaviors 78 4.11 Issues Arising from the Use of Social Media by Emergency Managers During Events 81 4.11.1 Changing Role of PIO 81 4.12 Using Social Media to Establish Information on Damages and Recovery 81 4.12.1 Evolving Networks 82 4.12.2 Expanding Information Relevant to a Specific Event 82 4.12.3 Expanded Communication Benefits 83 4.13 The Advantages and Fall backs of Geo targeting 83 4.14 Social Media Companies’ Contribution to Emergency Response 84 4.14.1 Information Dissemination and Feedback 84 4.15 Concerns About and Limitations of Social Media Usage in Disasters 85 4.15.1 Misleading Information 85 4.15.2 Dependable Networks 85 4.15.3 Reliable Information Sources 86 4.15.4 Communicating with a Broad Audience 86 4.15.5 Managing a Large Quantity of Data 86 4.16 The Future of Social Media in Disasters 87 4.16.1 New Role for the Public in a Crisis 87 4.16.2 Dynamic Nature of Social Media 87 4.16.3 Social Media as a Valuable Resource 88 4.16.4 Self‐correcting Nature of Social Media 88 4.16.5 Accuracy of Information 88 4.16.6 Threats of Technology Failure 88 4.16.7 Case Example: Crowd funding and Remote Emergency Response: 2010 Haitian Earthquake as a Case Study 89 4.16.8 Examining the Use of Social Media in Haiti 90 4.17 Looking Forward 91 Key Terms 91 Assess Your Understanding 93 References 94 5 Geospatial Technologies and Emergency Management 97 Introduction 98 5.1 Geospatial Technologies and Emergency Management 99 5.1.1 Elements of GT 99 5.1.2 Use of GT to Answer Questions in Emergency Management 100 5.2 GT Across the Human–Hazard Interface 100 5.2.1 Our People 100 5.2.2 Limitations of Census Data 101 5.3 Our Resources 104 5.3.1 Understanding Critical Infrastructure 104 5.3.2 Understanding Critical Social Infrastructure 105 5.3.3 Resources of Social Importance 106 5.3.4 Spatial Video Geo narrative 107 5.4 Understanding Our Hazards 108 5.4.1 Natural Hazards Casualties in the United States 108 5.4.2 Hazard Zonation 109 5.4.3 Our Human–Hazard Interface 110 5.4.4 Understanding Overlays and Buffers 110 5.5 Dissemination and Hazard Communication 112 5.5.1 Contribution of Google Earth 113 5.6 Summary 113 5.7 Conclusions 115 Key Terms 116 Assess Your Understanding 117 References 117 6 Direct and Remote Sensing Systems: Describing and Detecting Hazards 120 Introduction 121 6.1 Data Collection 121 6.2 Weather Stations 124 6.2.1 Weather Station Data 125 6.2.2 Weather Station Networks 126 6.2.3 Geospatial Multi‐agency Coordination Wildfire Application 127 6.3 Water Data Sensors 128 6.3.1 Flood Warning Systems for Local Communities 128 6.3.2 Rain and Stream Gauges 130 6.3.3 How a USGS Stream Gauge Works 130 6.3.4 The USGS Stream Gaging Program 131 6.3.5 Using USGS Stream‐flow Data for Emergency Management 131 6.4 Air Sensors 132 6.4.1 Outdoor Air Quality Sensors 132 6.4.2 Chemical Sensors 133 6.5 Evaluating the Technology133 6.6 Remote Sensing 134 6.6.1 An Overview of Remote Sensing 135 6.6.2 Optical Satellite Remote Sensing 136 6.6.3 Satellite Remote Sensing of Weather 145 6.6.4 Radar Imaging 147 6.6.5 Manned and Unmanned Airborne Remote Sensing 147 6.7 Using and Assessing Data 150 6.8 Trends in Remote and Direct Sensing Technology 151 Summary 151 Key Terms 152 Online Resources 154 Assess Your Understanding 155 References155 7 Emergency Management Decision Support Systems: Using Data to Manage Disasters 157 Introduction 158 7.1 Emergency Management Information Systems and Networks 158 7.2 Evaluating Information Systems 161 7.2.1 Quality 161 7.2.2 Timeliness 161 7.2.3 Completeness 162 7.2.4 Performance 162 7.3 Federal, State, and Local Information Systems 163 7.3.1 Management Information Systems 163 7.3.2 The National Emergency Management Information System 163 7.3.3 Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations 164 7.4 Using Data 165 7.4.1 Databases 166 7.4.2 Data Dictionary (Meta‐data) 166 7.5 Evaluating Databases 168 7.6 Using Emergency Management Databases 169 7.6.1 HAZUS‐MH Datasets 171 7.7 Management Roles in Decision Support Systems 171 7.8 Obtaining Data from Public Federal Data Sources 172 7.9 The Future of Decision Support Systems: The Intelligent Community 173 Summary 174 Key Terms 174 Assess Your Understanding 174 References 175 8 Warning Systems: Alerting the Public to Danger 177 Introduction 178 8.1 Warning Systems 178 8.1.1 Key Information 178 8.1.2 Key Components of Warning Systems 178 8.1.3 Warning Subsystems 179 8.2 Detection and Management 180 8.2.1 Case Study: Detection at aLocal Level 180 8.2.2 National Weather Service 182 8.2.3 Case Study: Detection at a National Level 184 8.3 Issuing Warnings 185 8.3.1 Technical Issues 185 8.3.2 Organizational Issues 185 8.3.3 Societal Issues 187 8.4 Types of Warning Systems 187 8.4.1 Sirens 188 8.4.2 The Emergency Alert System 188 8.4.3 Phone Alert Systems: Reverse 911 190 8.4.4 Disadvantages of Phone Notification Systems 190 8.4.5 Communicating with Those with Disabilities 190 8.4.6 Barriers to Warnings 191 8.4.7 Case Example: A Nuclear Disaster 191 8.5 Response 193 8.5.1 Case Study: Response to Hurricane Katrina 194 Summary 194 Key Terms 195 AssessYourUnderstanding195 References195 9 Hazards Analysis and Modeling: Predicting the Impact of Disasters 197 Introduction 198 9.1 Modeling and Emergency Management 198 9.1.1 The Technology behind Modeling 199 9.1.2 Mathematical Models 201 9.1.3 Understanding the Results of Modeling 202 9.1.4 Fast Exchange of Model Results to Users 203 9.2 Using a Hurricane Model (SLOSH) 203 9.2.1 SLOSH for Planning, Response, Recovery, and Mitigation 205 9.2.2 SLOSH Display Program 206 9.2.3 Strengths of SLOSH2 06 9.2.4 Limitations of SLOSH 206 9.2.5 Saffir–Simps on Scale 208 9.3 Using the ALOHA Chemical Dispersion Model 209 9.3.1 How ALOHA Works 210 9.3.2 Model Outputs 210 9.3.3 Threat Zone Estimates and Threat at a Point 210 9.3.4 Strengths of ALOHA 211 9.3.5 Limitations of ALOHA212 9.3.6 Terms Used in ALOHA 213 9.3.7 Concentration Patchiness, Particularly Near the Source215 9.4 Hazards United States—Multi Hazard Model 216 9.4.1 Strengths of HAZUS‐MH 219 9.4.2 Limitations of HAZUS‐MH 220 9.4.3 Multi risk Assessment 220 9.5 Evacuation Modeling 220 9.6 Centralized Hazard Modeling Initiatives 221 9.6.1 Fire Potential Modeling 221 9.6.2 Drought Modeling 223 9.7 Evaluating Hazard Models 224 Summary 225 Key Terms 225 Assess Your Understanding 226 References 226 10 Operational Problems and Technology: Making Technology Work for You 228 Introduction 229 10.1 Barriers in Implementing Technology in Emergency Management 229 10.2 The Role of the Emergency Manager in Using Technology 231 10.2.1 Managing an Organization 233 10.3 Using Technology to Overcome Organizational Boundaries 234 10.4 Pitfalls of Technology 235 10.4.1 Reliance on Technology 235 10.4.2 Obsolescence 236 10.4.3 Information Overload 236 10.4.4 Data Integration 236 10.4.5 Real‐Time Response Data 237 10.4.6 Security 237 10.5 Managing the Technology 237 Summary 240 Key Terms 240 Assess Your Understanding 240 References 240 11 Trends in Technology: New Tools for Challenges to Emergency Management 242 Introduction 243 11.1 Using Technology for Information Exchange 243 11.1.1 Emergency Preparedness Information Exchange 244 11.1.2 Television and Internet Information 244 11.1.3 Digital Libraries and Publications 244 11.2 Distance Learning 246 11.2.1 Using Remote Technology 246 11.2.2 Disaster Situational Maps 247 11.2.3 Federal Agency Situational Mapping Programs249 11.2.4 Innovative Visualization Efforts 252 11.2.5 Updating Outputs 252 11.3 Managing the Technology 253 11.3.1 Organizational Coordination and Collaboration Strategies 254 11.3.2 Technology Life Cycles 254 11.3.3 Engaging Stakeholders 255 11.3.4 Information Exchange 255 11.3.5 Dealing with Information Overload 256 Summary 257 Key Terms 257 Assess Your Understanding 257 References 257 Figure Credits 260 Index 261
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Palgrave Macmillan Crime Prevention Security and Community Safety
Book SynopsisThe potential of crime prevention, security and community safety is constrained by implementation failure. This book presents a carefully-designed system of good practice, the 5Is, which handles the complexities of real world prevention, this aims to improve the performance of prevention, and advance process evaluation.Trade Review"Ekblom can be your guide." - Professional Security blog, Feb 2011 'The clarity of the style makes the book enjoyable and allows the author's reasoning to be easily followed...Ekblom identifies ground-level practitioners, delivery managers, and policy makers as his principal audience. Given the extensive use of examples from past crime-prevention projects, his book is actually a valid support for each of these three groups in their work. The book may also be attractive to researchers and students in applied criminology, as the 5Is framework is not only a practical, but also a research, tool.' - European Journal on Criminal Policy and ResearchTable of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Implementation Failure: The Dismal Story Implicated Ignorance and Culpable Confusion: The Contribution to Implementation Failure of Deficient Knowledge and Articulacy The Gift to be Simple? How Avoiding the Issue of Complexity Contributes to Implementation Failure Appropriate Complexity Specification for a Knowledge Framework Introducing the 5Is Framework Conceptual Companions to 5Is: Defining Crime Prevention Activities, Institutional Contexts and Values A Companion Framework for Causes of Crime and Preventive Interventions: The Conjunction of Criminal Opportunity Presenting the Is in Detail Intelligence Intervention Implementation Involvement Impact – and Process Evaluation Conclusion End notes References Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Blackwell Companion to Criminology
Book SynopsisThe Blackwell Companion to Criminology provides a contemporary and global resource to scholarship in both classical and topical areas of criminology. Written accessibly, and with its international perspective and first-rate scholarship, this is truly the first global handbook of criminology.Trade Review"A cosmopolitan collection characterized by freshness of perspective. Critical sociological insight on crime at its best." John Braithwaite, Australian National University "If The Blackwell Companion to Criminology is read widely and carefully, and absorbed thoroughly – as it most certainly should be – it will shake criminology out of its intellectual sloth and parochialism." Gilbert Geis, University of California "The Blackwell Companion to Criminology is a comprehensive reference work designed for those interested in the study of crime, and its causes, effects, trends, and institutions... Taken together, this edited book is a welcome contribution, and essential reading for those studying elements of criminology and criminal justice." The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice "Many of these essays are brimming with powerful reasoning and vitally informative details … Strengths lie in the analyses of such topics as modern genocide, juvenile crime, female offenders, elite offenders, international outlaw networks, globalization effects on crime trends, and information technologies. Also beneficial are the tightly reasoned critiques of how crime is communicated to the public and targeted by state agencies. As they explore cutting-edge questions in criminology, readers will find sophisticated theoretical scholarship, especially regarding modern and postmodern frameworks, feminism, critical cultural studies, and neo-Marxism … Summing Up: Essential.” Choice Choice Outstanding Title “A welcome addition … well written and … generally sophisticated, challenging, and provocative … offers much needed diversity, depth, and breadth … global approach is timely.” Criminal Justice ReviewTable of ContentsPreface. List of Contributors. Part I: Crime, Justice, and Societies:. 1. The Social Nature of Crime and Deviance: Colin Sumner. 2. Theories of Social Control and the State between American and European Shores: Dario Melossi (University of Bologna). 3. Criminal Justice Process and the War on Crime: Markus Dirk Dubber (State University of New York). 4. Criminology, Genocide, and Modernity: Remarks on the Companion that Criminology Ignored: Wayne Morrison (University of London). Part II: Juvenile Delinquency and Justice for Youth:. 5. The Criminologists’ Gang: Jack Katz and Curtis Jackson-Jacobs (both University of California, Los Angeles). 6. Youth Crime and Crime Control in Contemporary Japan:Mark Fenwick (Kyushu University, Japan). 7. Consumer Culture and Crime inLate Modernity: Keith J. Hayward (University of Kent). 8. The Politics of Youth Crime and Justice in South Africa: Elrena van der Spuy (University of Cape Town), Wilfried Schärf (University of Cape Town), and Jeffrey Lever (University of Stellensbosch, Cape Town). Part III: Punishment and Its Alternatives:. 9. Penal Policies and Contemporary Politics: Pat O’Malley (University of Sydney). 10. Beyond Bricks, Bars, and Barbed Wire: The Genesis and Proliferation of Alternatives to Incarceration in the United States: Barry R. Holman and Robert A. Brown (Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis). 11. Rehabilitation: An Assessment of Theory and Research: Mark W. Lipsey (Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy), Nana A. Landenberger (Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy), and Gabrielle L. Chapman (Tennessee Department of Corrections). 12. Female Punishment: From Patriarchy to Backlash? Laureen Snider (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario). Part IV: Gender and the Masculinity of Crime:. 13. Beyond Bad Girls: Feminist Perspectives on Female Offending: Meda Chesney-Lind (University of Hawaii). 14. Managing “Men’s Violence” in the Criminological Arena: Adrian Howe (University of Central Lanacshire). 15. Masculinities and Crime: Rethinking the “Man Question”? Richard Collier (University of Newcastle upon Tyne). 16. “Abominable and Detestable”: Understanding Homophobia and the Criminalization of Sodomy: Mary Bernstein (University of Connecticut). 17. The Gendering and Racializing of Criminalized Others: Elizabeth Comack (University of Manitoba). Part IV: Capital, Power, and Crime:. 18. White-Collar Crime: Amedeo Cottino (University of Turin). 19. “Dance Your Anger and Your Joys”: Multinational Corporations, Power, “Crime”: Frank Pearce (Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario) and Steve Tombs (Liverpool John Moores University). 20. Globalization and the Illicit Drugs Trade in Hong Kong: K. Joe Laidler (University of Hong Kong). 21. Trafficking in Human Beings and Related Crimes in West and Central Africa: Alexis A. Aronowitz (University College of Utrecht) and Monika Peruffo (International Organization for Migrations Mission in Columbia). Part V: Globalization, Crime, and Information:. 22. Globality, Globalization, and Private Policing: A Caribbean Case Study: Maureen Cain (University of Birmingham). 23. The Rise of the Surveillant State in Times of Globalization: Thomas Mathiesen (University of Oslo). 24. The Politics of Crime Statistics: William J. Chambliss (George Washington University). 25. Two Realities of Police Communication: Aaron Doyle (Carleton University, Ottawa) and Richard Ericson (University of Toronto). 26. Hacktivism: Resistance is Fertile? Paul A. Taylor (University of Leeds). Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Moral Panics
Book SynopsisPacked with new examples and material, this second edition provides a fully up-to-date exploration of the genesis, dynamics, and demise of moral panics and their impacts on the societies in which they take place. Packed with updated and recent examples including terrorism, the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers, school shootings, flag burning, and the early-2000s resurgence of the sex slave scare Includes a new chapter on the media, currently regarded as a major component of the moral panic Devotes a chapter to addressing criticisms of the first edition as well as the moral panics concept itself Written by long-established experts in the field Designed to fit both self-contained courses on moral panics and wider courses on deviance Trade Review"This close reading of the facts behind a media story are the essence of Goode and Ben-Yehuda's work. They have taken the time and trouble to try and see what is a moral panic and what is true." (Metapsychology, March 2010)Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements viii Prologue 1 1 Enter the Moral Panic 20 2 The Moral Panic: An Introduction 34 3 Three Theories of the Moral Panic 51 4 The Moral Panic Meets Its Critics 73 5 The Media Ignite and Embody the Moral Panic 88 6 Deviance, Morality, and Criminal Law 109 7 Collective Behavior 129 8 Social Movements 141 9 Social Problems 150 10 The Renaissance Witch Craze 168 11 Drug Abuse Panics 197 12 The Feminist Anti-Pornography Crusade 218 Epilogue: The Demise and Institutionalization of the Moral Panic 245 References 251 Author Index 270 Subject Index 275
£80.06
Johns Hopkins University Press Coxsackie
Book SynopsisHow progressive good intentions failed at Coxsackie, once a model New York State prison for youth offenders.Should prisons attempt reform and uplift inmates or, by means of principled punishment, deter them from further wrongdoing? This debate has raged in Western Europe and in the United States at least since the late eighteenth century. Joseph F. Spillane examines the failure of progressive reform in New York State by focusing on Coxsackie, a New Deal reformatory built for young male offenders. Opened in 1935 to serve adolescents adrift, Coxsackie instead became an unstable and brutalizing prison. From the start, the liberal impulse underpinning the prison's mission was overwhelmed by challenges it was unequipped or unwilling to facedrugs, gangs, and racial conflict.Spillane draws on detailed prison records to reconstruct a life behind bars in which ungovernable young men posed constant challenges to racial and cultural order. The New Deal order of the Trade ReviewDamn it's compelling... If you're interested in the historical roots of our prison system, you ought to spend an evening with this book. -- Alfred Brophy, UNC School of Law The Faculty Lounge Archival shelves laden with criminal justice records await informed examination. Historian Spillane found a pertinent data set and analyzed it, brilliantly so. Choice Should be required reading for historians of juvenile and criminal corrections... Presents a compelling cautionary tale that contemporary would-be reformers ignore at their peril, while offering important new insights for scholars. American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: The Ashes of ReformPart I: The Rapid Rise of Prison Reform in New York, 1929–19441. The Reformer's Mural: The Liberal Penal Imagination2. A New Deal for Prisons: The Politics of Reform in New YorkPart II: Prison Lives and the World of the Reformatory3. Adolescents Adrift: Young Men on the Road to Coxsackie4. Against the Wall: Survival and Resistance at Coxsackie5. Reform at Work: Ideas into Action at Coxsackie6. A Conspiracy of Frustration: Coming HomePart III: The Slow Death of Prison Reform in New York 1944–19777. The Frying Pan and the Fire: The Reformatory in Crisis, 1944–19638. Out of Time: Coxsackie and the End of the Reform Idea9. Floodtide: Coxsackie and Post-Reformatory Prison Politics, 1963–1977Conclusion: The Ghost of Prisons FutureNotesEssay on SourcesIndex
£35.10
American Psychological Association Criminality in Context
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking book that is built on decades of work on the front lines of the criminal justice system, expert psychologist Craig Haney provides a blueprint for fundamental reform by changing our understanding of who commits crime and why. Based on a comprehensive review and analysis of psychological research, Haney offers a carefully constructed framework for enhancing legal fairness and reducing crime through proactive prevention instead of reactive punishment. Haney meticulously reviews evidence documenting the ways in which a person’s social history, institutional experiences, and present circumstances powerfully shape their life course, with a special focus on the role of social, economic, and racial injustice in crime causation. He thus effectively debunks the “crime master narrative”—the widespread myth that criminality is a product of free and autonomous “bad” choices—an increasingly anachronistic view that cannot bear the weighTrade ReviewInstead of punitive, oppressive, and racist social control, the author vividly delineates a model of compassionate, innovative, and progressive reforms that will transform the current “politically” driven, chaotic system into an effective criminal justice model. Including policing, the judicial system, and the penal system in the realm of criminal justice reform, Criminality in Context is a wonderful read for all people vested in better understanding the intersections among crime, legal and penal policy, and the criminal justice system as a whole. * Choice Reviews *Table of ContentsForeword, by Shadd Maruna Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Individualistic Myths and the Crime Master Narrative Chapter 2: Risks and Contexts: An Alternative Paradigm for Understanding Criminality Chapter 3: Criminogenic Trauma: Social History and the Life Course Chapter 4: Institutional Failure: State Intervention as Criminogenic Risk Chapter 5: Criminogenic Contexts: Immediate Situations, Settings, and Circumstances Chapter 6: Poverty: Structural Risk and Criminal Behavior Chapter 7: The Criminogenics of Race in a Divided Society: Racialized Criminality and Biographical Racism Chapter 8: Individualistic Myths and the Disregard of Context: Deconstructing “Equally Free Autonomous Choice” Chapter 9: Reorienting the Law: Context-Based Legal Reforms Chapter 10: Pursuing Social Justice: An Agenda for Fair, Effective, and Humane Crime PolicyAfterword
£37.80
Temple University Press,U.S. In the Weeds
Book SynopsisMore and more states are legalizing marijuana in some form. Moreover, a majority of the U.S. population is in favor of the drug for recreational use. In the Weeds looks at how our society has become more permissive in the past 150 yearseven though marijuana is still considered a Schedule I drug by the American government.Sociologists Clayton Mosher and Scott Akins take a deep dive into marijuana policy reform, looking at the incremental developments and the historical, legal, social, and political implications of these changes. They investigate the effects, medicinal applications, and possible harms of marijuana. In the Weeds also considers arguments that youth will be heavy users of legalized cannabis, and shows how weed is demonized by exaggerations of the drug's risks and claims of its lack of medicinal value. Mosher and Akins end their timely and insightful book by tracing the distinct paths to the legalization of recreational marijuana in the United States and other countries as w
£77.40
Temple University Press,U.S. In the Weeds
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Temple University Press,U.S. Addressing Violence Against Women on College
Book SynopsisViolence against women on college campuses has remained underreported and often under addressed by both campus security and local law enforcement, as well as campus administrators. The researchers, practitioners, and activists who contribute to thispertinent volume Addressing Violence Against Women on College Campuses examine the extent, nature, dynamic and contexts of violence against women at institutions of higher education. This book is designed to facilitate an ongoing discussion and provide direction on how best to prevent and investigate violence against women, and intervene to assist victims while reducing the impact of these crimes. Chapters detail the necessary changes and implications that are part of Title IX and other federal legislation and initiatives as well as the effect these changes have had for higher education actors, including campus administrators, victim advocates, and student activists. The contributors also explore the importance of campus efforts to estimat
£69.70
Temple University Press,U.S. Addressing Violence Against Women on College
Book SynopsisViolence against women on college campuses has remained underreported and often under addressed by both campus security and local law enforcement, as well as campus administrators. The researchers, practitioners, and activists who contribute to thispertinent volume Addressing Violence Against Women on College Campuses examine the extent, nature, dynamic and contexts of violence against women at institutions of higher education. This book is designed to facilitate an ongoing discussion and provide direction on how best to prevent and investigate violence against women, and intervene to assist victims while reducing the impact of these crimes. Chapters detail the necessary changes and implications that are part of Title IX and other federal legislation and initiatives as well as the effect these changes have had for higher education actors, including campus administrators, victim advocates, and student activists. The contributors also explore the importance of campus efforts to estimat
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Temple University Press,U.S. Challenging Perspectives on StreetBased Sex Work
Book SynopsisAre sex workers victims, criminals, orjust trying to make a living? Over the last five years, public policy and academic discourse have moved from criminalization of sex workers to victim-based understanding, shaped by human trafficking. While most research focuses on macro-level policies and theories, less is known about the on-the-ground perspectives of people whose lives are impacted by sex work, including attorneys, social workers, police officers, probation officers, and sex workers themselves. Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work brings the voices of lower-echelon sex workers and those individuals charged with policy development and enforcement into conversation with one another. Chapters highlight some of the current approaches to sex work, such as diversion courts, trafficking task forces, law enforcement assisted diversion and decriminalization. It also examines how sex workers navigate seldom-discussed social phenomenon like gentrification, pregnancy, imperiali
£69.70
Temple University Press,U.S. Challenging Perspectives on StreetBased Sex Work
Book SynopsisAre sex workers victims, criminals, orjust trying to make a living? Over the last five years, public policy and academic discourse have moved from criminalization of sex workers to victim-based understanding, shaped by human trafficking. While most research focuses on macro-level policies and theories, less is known about the on-the-ground perspectives of people whose lives are impacted by sex work, including attorneys, social workers, police officers, probation officers, and sex workers themselves. Challenging Perspectives on Street-Based Sex Work brings the voices of lower-echelon sex workers and those individuals charged with policy development and enforcement into conversation with one another. Chapters highlight some of the current approaches to sex work, such as diversion courts, trafficking task forces, law enforcement assisted diversion and decriminalization. It also examines how sex workers navigate seldom-discussed social phenomenon like gentrification, pregnancy, imperiali
£25.19
Temple University Press,U.S. Wildlife Crime From Theory to Practice
Book SynopsisThe editors and contributors to Wildlife Crime examine topical issues from extinction to trafficking in order to understand the ecological, economic, political, and social costs and consequences of these crimes. Drawing from diverse theoretical perspectives, empirical and methodological developments, and on-the-ground experiences of practitioners, this comprehensive volume looks at how conservationists and law enforcement grapple with and combat environmental crimes and the profitable market for illegal trade.Chapters cover criminological perspectives on species poaching, unregulated fishing, the trading of ivory and rhino horns, the adoption of conservation technologies, and ranger workplaces and conditions. The book includes firsthand experiences and research from China, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, and the United States. The result is a significant book about the causes of and response to wildlife crime.Contributors include: Johan Berg
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Temple University Press,U.S. Youth Who Trade Sex in the U.S.
Book SynopsisWhen cases of domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) by predatory men are reported in the media, it is often presented that a young, innocent girl has been abused by bad men with their demand for sex and profit. This narrative has shaped popular understandings of young people in the commercialized sex trades, sparking new policy responses. However, the authors of Youth Who Trade Sex in the U.S. challenge this dominant narrative as incomplete. Carisa Showden and Samantha Majic investigate young people's engagement in the sex trades through an intersectional lens.The authors examine the dominant policy narrative's history and the political circumstances generating its emergence and current form. With this background, Showden and Majic review and analyze research published since 2000 about young people who trade sex since 2000 to develop an intersectional matrix of agency and vulnerability designed to improve research, policy, and community interventions that center the needs of these younTrade Review"Anyone who keeps abreast of the news is aware of the master narrative of youth sex trafficking in the US.... This book argues that the narrative conceals far more than it explains.... The authors base their conclusions on a rigorous methodological analysis and critique of 128 peer-reviewed studies.... The strengths and weaknesses of each approach are detailed in what the authors call a comprehensive narrative analysis (CNA), which is amply supported by informative tables. This book should be required reading for all graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences. The intersectional methodological analysis is superb. Summing Up: Essential.-- CHOICE
£64.60
Temple University Press,U.S. Youth Who Trade Sex in the U.S.
Book SynopsisWhen cases of domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) by predatory men are reported in the media, it is often presented that a young, innocent girl has been abused by bad men with their demand for sex and profit. This narrative has shaped popular understandings of young people in the commercialized sex trades, sparking new policy responses. However, the authors of Youth Who Trade Sex in the U.S. challenge this dominant narrative as incomplete. Carisa Showden and Samantha Majic investigate young people's engagement in the sex trades through an intersectional lens.The authors examine the dominant policy narrative's history and the political circumstances generating its emergence and current form. With this background, Showden and Majic review and analyze research published since 2000 about young people who trade sex since 2000 to develop an intersectional matrix of agency and vulnerability designed to improve research, policy, and community interventions that center the needs of these younTrade Review"Anyone who keeps abreast of the news is aware of the master narrative of youth sex trafficking in the US.... This book argues that the narrative conceals far more than it explains.... The authors base their conclusions on a rigorous methodological analysis and critique of 128 peer-reviewed studies.... The strengths and weaknesses of each approach are detailed in what the authors call a comprehensive narrative analysis (CNA), which is amply supported by informative tables. This book should be required reading for all graduate students in the social and behavioral sciences. The intersectional methodological analysis is superb. Summing Up: Essential.-- CHOICE
£22.79
Temple University Press,U.S. Courting the Community
Book SynopsisCommunity Courts are designed to handle a city's low-level offenses and quality-of-life crimes, such as littering, loitering, or public drunkenness. Court advocates maintain that these largely victimless crimes jeopardize the well-being of residents, businesses, and visitors. Whereas traditional courts might dismiss such cases or administer a small fine, community courts aim to meaningfully punish offenders to avoid disorder escalating to apocalyptic decline. Courting the Community is a fascinating ethnography that goes behind the scenes to explore how quality-of-life discourses are translated into court practices that marry therapeutic and rehabilitative ideas. Christine Zozula shows how residents and businesses participate in meting out justicesuch as through community service, treatment, or other sanctionsmaking it more emotional, less detached, and more legitimate in the eyes of stakeholders. She also examines both impact panels, in which offenders, residents, and business owners m
£64.60
Temple University Press,U.S. Courting the Community
Book SynopsisCommunity Courts are designed to handle a city's low-level offenses and quality-of-life crimes, such as littering, loitering, or public drunkenness. Court advocates maintain that these largely victimless crimes jeopardize the well-being of residents, businesses, and visitors. Whereas traditional courts might dismiss such cases or administer a small fine, community courts aim to meaningfully punish offenders to avoid disorder escalating to apocalyptic decline. Courting the Community is a fascinating ethnography that goes behind the scenes to explore how quality-of-life discourses are translated into court practices that marry therapeutic and rehabilitative ideas. Christine Zozula shows how residents and businesses participate in meting out justicesuch as through community service, treatment, or other sanctionsmaking it more emotional, less detached, and more legitimate in the eyes of stakeholders. She also examines both impact panels, in which offenders, residents, and business owners m
£21.59
Temple University Press,U.S. Divide Conquer Race Gangs Identity and Conflict
Book SynopsisArgues that contemporary identity politics divides gang members and their communities across racial linesTrade Review“This is a provocative, clearly-written participant-ethnographic and mixed-methods longue durée study of Los Angeles gangs that documents the tragedy of racialized urban killing fields in the United States. Weide argues that racist law enforcement governance practices and the populist appeal of U.S. race-based identity politics blind the most vulnerable sectors of the surplus working class to their common political-material self-interests.”—Philippe Bourgois, author of In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio and coauthor of Righteous Dopefiend“Divide & Conquer focuses on the agency of gang members and the imprisoned in order to highlight their experiences and analyses that allow them to engineer prison strikes for human rights, win concessions, and decrease violence and harm. With complex organizing, they build transracial/ethnic unity within dangerous California prisons. Their leadership challenges violent captivity to offer transracial peacemaking and solidarity strategies. Departing from popular abolitionist narratives, Divide & Conquer reminds us that we need transformative leadership from those inside prison and underground economies as they, and we, collectively challenge the racism, capitalism, poverty, exploitation, and dishonor that shape our alienation.”—Joy James, author of In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Precarity, Power, Communities“Divide & Conquer is groundbreaking gang scholarship featuring a tremendous amount of historical background and 'insider' knowledge. Weide systematically analyzes and describes the black and brown tension among gangs in Los Angeles. The remarkable access Weide had to so many L.A. gang members and his ability to get them to speak about this sensitive issue are invaluable. This book certainly poses a challenge to the conventional gang and race/ethnicity literature.”—Randol Contreras, Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside, and author of The Stickup Kids: Race, Drugs, Violence, and the American Dream"[A]n excellent ethnographic case-study.... Divide and Conquer offers a compelling read and conceptual rethink of gang identities and violence in contemporary urban landscapes not just in America but across the capitalist world.... Divide and Conquer is [a] ground-breaking study that challenges conventional conceptualizations and approaches to the gang and race/ethnicity literature. You know it is a good book when it draws you into the scholarship and makes you question your own conceptual approach to studying gangs."—Ethnic and Racial Studies"[Weide's] analysis lands like a Molotov cocktail, exploding the racialist ideologies that give shape not only to much contemporary scholarship, political chatter, and community activism, but—most importantly to the author—also to the gang dynamics pervading the streets of Los Angeles and the prisons of California.... Divide & Conquer is an insider participant ethnography spanning a decade of formal fieldwork and perhaps three decades of lived experience and observation.... Gang members are lucky to have Weide as a comrade in their ongoing struggles; everyone else is lucky to have him as a scholarly documentarian of these important efforts." —Social Forces
£77.35
Temple University Press,U.S. Divide Conquer
Book SynopsisArgues that contemporary identity politics divides gang members and their communities across racial linesTrade Review“This is a provocative, clearly-written participant-ethnographic and mixed-methods longue durée study of Los Angeles gangs that documents the tragedy of racialized urban killing fields in the United States. Weide argues that racist law enforcement governance practices and the populist appeal of U.S. race-based identity politics blind the most vulnerable sectors of the surplus working class to their common political-material self-interests.”—Philippe Bourgois, author of In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio and coauthor of Righteous Dopefiend“Divide & Conquer focuses on the agency of gang members and the imprisoned in order to highlight their experiences and analyses that allow them to engineer prison strikes for human rights, win concessions, and decrease violence and harm. With complex organizing, they build transracial/ethnic unity within dangerous California prisons. Their leadership challenges violent captivity to offer transracial peacemaking and solidarity strategies. Departing from popular abolitionist narratives, Divide & Conquer reminds us that we need transformative leadership from those inside prison and underground economies as they, and we, collectively challenge the racism, capitalism, poverty, exploitation, and dishonor that shape our alienation.”—Joy James, author of In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Precarity, Power, Communities“Divide & Conquer is groundbreaking gang scholarship featuring a tremendous amount of historical background and 'insider' knowledge. Weide systematically analyzes and describes the black and brown tension among gangs in Los Angeles. The remarkable access Weide had to so many L.A. gang members and his ability to get them to speak about this sensitive issue are invaluable. This book certainly poses a challenge to the conventional gang and race/ethnicity literature.”—Randol Contreras, Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California, Riverside, and author of The Stickup Kids: Race, Drugs, Violence, and the American Dream"[A]n excellent ethnographic case-study.... Divide and Conquer offers a compelling read and conceptual rethink of gang identities and violence in contemporary urban landscapes not just in America but across the capitalist world.... Divide and Conquer is [a] ground-breaking study that challenges conventional conceptualizations and approaches to the gang and race/ethnicity literature. You know it is a good book when it draws you into the scholarship and makes you question your own conceptual approach to studying gangs."—Ethnic and Racial Studies"[Weide's] analysis lands like a Molotov cocktail, exploding the racialist ideologies that give shape not only to much contemporary scholarship, political chatter, and community activism, but—most importantly to the author—also to the gang dynamics pervading the streets of Los Angeles and the prisons of California.... Divide & Conquer is an insider participant ethnography spanning a decade of formal fieldwork and perhaps three decades of lived experience and observation.... Gang members are lucky to have Weide as a comrade in their ongoing struggles; everyone else is lucky to have him as a scholarly documentarian of these important efforts." —Social Forces
£25.19
Temple University Press,U.S. Teaching Fear
Book SynopsisHow rules about safety and the fear of crime are learned and crystalized into crime myths especially for womenTrade Review“In Teaching Fear, Nicole Rader brings together what we know about contemporary fears of violence and victimization. She shows how our fears are created, why they take the forms they do, how they shape the lives of children and adults, and how we can approach our fears in more constructive ways.”—Joel Best, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware, and author of American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World“Can a book about gendered fear of crime be an enjoyable read? If the book is Teaching Fear, the answer is yes. Written in a highly accessible style but grounded firmly in empirical research, Teaching Fear provides a much-needed debunking of popular gendered and racialized crime myths and offers strategies for finally ending the intergenerational transmission of these false and harmful beliefs."—Claire Renzetti, Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair and Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky, and author of Feminist Criminology"Girls are taught to be afraid of a variety of things from a very young age and thus grow up living a much narrower world compared to males.... This book is extremely helpful for understanding how the media, schools, and the criminal justice system perpetuate these fears, which can seriously impede peoples', particularly women's, lives. Rader strives to make readers understand that these fears frequently center on both specific races and the female gender.... Summing Up: Highly recommended."—Choice
£73.10
Temple University Press,U.S. Teaching Fear
Book SynopsisHow rules about safety and the fear of crime are learned and crystalized into crime myths especially for womenTrade Review“In Teaching Fear, Nicole Rader brings together what we know about contemporary fears of violence and victimization. She shows how our fears are created, why they take the forms they do, how they shape the lives of children and adults, and how we can approach our fears in more constructive ways.”—Joel Best, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware, and author of American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World“Can a book about gendered fear of crime be an enjoyable read? If the book is Teaching Fear, the answer is yes. Written in a highly accessible style but grounded firmly in empirical research, Teaching Fear provides a much-needed debunking of popular gendered and racialized crime myths and offers strategies for finally ending the intergenerational transmission of these false and harmful beliefs."—Claire Renzetti, Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair and Professor of Sociology at the University of Kentucky, and author of Feminist Criminology"Girls are taught to be afraid of a variety of things from a very young age and thus grow up living a much narrower world compared to males.... This book is extremely helpful for understanding how the media, schools, and the criminal justice system perpetuate these fears, which can seriously impede peoples', particularly women's, lives. Rader strives to make readers understand that these fears frequently center on both specific races and the female gender.... Summing Up: Highly recommended."—Choice“Rader does an excellent job at highlighting how the intersection of ideas about race and gender deeply shape how we understand crime. She explains this dynamic clearly and simply without losing any of the important nuances.... [I]t is an important contribution to the scholarly literature on the social reproduction of crime myths, especially gendered ones."—Social Forces
£23.39
Temple University Press,U.S. Taking Stock of Homicide
Book SynopsisTaking Stock of Homicide provides a critical look at homicide, offering a comprehensive review of the major areas of homicide research, including topics largely unexplored in the literature, such as qualitative and historical accounts. Featuring leading scholars, this volume is organized around key themes and areas that reflect major contemporary trends and patterns in criminological literature. Chapters consider fundamentals such as data collection, sources, and histories; structural dynamics, including methodologies and fieldwork plus factors involving race and public health; the circumstances, types, and variations in homicide, from intimate partner violence to gangs, drugs, and firearms; as well as the prevention of and responses to homicide. An essential state-of-the-discipline examination, Taking Stock of Homicide expands our knowledge while offering a toolkit for how to conduct future research on this serious, violent crime. Contributors: Mark Berg, Laura Boisten, Anthony BTrade Review“Taking Stock of Homicide succeeds admirably in realizing its overarching objective. The chapters, which are authored by leading experts in the field, systematically and rigorously review, update, and extend established bodies of research while identifying the important challenges for future work. The book is sure to be a highly valuable resource for scholars, policy analysts, and members of the general public who want to gain a better understanding of the causes of homicide, along with promising strategies for preventing homicide.”—Steven F. Messner, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University at Albany, SUNY, coauthor of Crime and the American Dream, and Past President of the American Society of Criminology
£97.75
Temple University Press,U.S. Before Crips
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book opens the door on the missing record of South Los Angeles juvenile gangs. It is the result of the unique friendship that developed between John Quicker and Akil Batani-Khalfani, aka Bird, who collaborated to show how structural marginality transformed hang-out street groups of non-White juveniles into gangs, paving the way for the rise of the infamous Crips and Bloods.Before Cripsuses a macro historical analysis to sort through political and economic factors to explain the nature of gang creation.The authors mine a critical archive, using direct interviews with original gang members as well as theory and literature reviews, to contextualize gang life and gang formation. They discuss (and fuss and cuss about) topics ranging from the criminal economy and conceptions of masculinity to racial and gendered politics and views of violence. Their insider/outsider approach not only illuminates gang values and organization, but what they did and why, andTrade Review"A compelling sociological examination of the pre-1970 Los Angeles 'street groups' that improbably spawned the Crips and Bloods.... Gripping urban history."—Kirkus Reviews"Quicker and Batani-Khalfani offer a penetrating look at the origins of Los Angeles gangs that were active between the 1940s and the 1960s.... VERDICT A sympathetic view of early youth gangs in Los Angeles, before they became known for crime."—Library Journal"[A]n intriguing take on how the notorious Crips and Bloods gangs emerged from the streets of South Central Los Angeles. The [authors] use a macrohistorical analysis to engage the reader in the political and economic factors related to gang creation and affiliation. Birthed from a segregated city, Before Crips looks at the development of gang life between 1940 and 1970.... The backdrop of inequality and police brutality tells the story of a marginalized group of youth who had no other choice but to bond for protection. This account offers a pivotal review of the early years of gang life in LA and how deindustrialization and urban sprawl created the phenomenon of gang activity.... Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice“Despite all the popular media renderings of LA’s infamous Crips and Bloods over the years, relatively little had been written about how these street groups came to be. Until now. Before Crips delivers the well-documented and engaging origin story that’s been missing. Quicker and Batani-Khalfani challenge conventional ‘gang’ research with compelling interviews, ethnographic observations, and questionnaire data involving Black Angelenos who were actually there in the early days.”—Darnell M. Hunt, Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and coeditor of Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities"Before Crips provides a unique long-term historical account of street gangs in South Los Angeles neighborhoods, filling a major gap in our knowledge of gang formation and activity in the years prior to the Watts Riot in 1965. It provides critical answers for the disconnection in types of gangs and gang activities pre- and post-Watts and offers a new perspective on the origins and character of the Crips, exposing popular myths about this gang."—Delbert S. Elliott, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, and coauthor of The Prevention of Crime“Before Crips provides a rich tapestry of insights and information about how gangs start, what neighborhoods they are found in, why some gangs are violent, and where law enforcement misdirects their interventions. It shows how and why Black gangs emerged in Los Angeles and their evolution into the most menacing gangs of all: Crips and Bloods. Quicker and Batani-Khalfani’s insider/outsider approach to what early Los Angeles was like, along with the detailed information about the neighborhoods that spawned Black street gangs, is enthralling.”—James Diego Vigil, Professor Emeritus of Social Ecology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Barrio Gangs: Street Life and Identity in Southern California
£81.60
Temple University Press,U.S. Before Crips
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book opens the door on the missing record of South Los Angeles juvenile gangs. It is the result of the unique friendship that developed between John Quicker and Akil Batani-Khalfani, aka Bird, who collaborated to show how structural marginality transformed hang-out street groups of non-White juveniles into gangs, paving the way for the rise of the infamous Crips and Bloods.Before Cripsuses a macro historical analysis to sort through political and economic factors to explain the nature of gang creation.The authors mine a critical archive, using direct interviews with original gang members as well as theory and literature reviews, to contextualize gang life and gang formation. They discuss (and fuss and cuss about) topics ranging from the criminal economy and conceptions of masculinity to racial and gendered politics and views of violence. Their insider/outsider approach not only illuminates gang values and organization, but what they did and why, andTrade Review"A compelling sociological examination of the pre-1970 Los Angeles 'street groups' that improbably spawned the Crips and Bloods.... Gripping urban history."—Kirkus Reviews"Quicker and Batani-Khalfani offer a penetrating look at the origins of Los Angeles gangs that were active between the 1940s and the 1960s.... VERDICT A sympathetic view of early youth gangs in Los Angeles, before they became known for crime."—Library Journal"[A]n intriguing take on how the notorious Crips and Bloods gangs emerged from the streets of South Central Los Angeles. The [authors] use a macrohistorical analysis to engage the reader in the political and economic factors related to gang creation and affiliation. Birthed from a segregated city, Before Crips looks at the development of gang life between 1940 and 1970.... The backdrop of inequality and police brutality tells the story of a marginalized group of youth who had no other choice but to bond for protection. This account offers a pivotal review of the early years of gang life in LA and how deindustrialization and urban sprawl created the phenomenon of gang activity.... Summing Up: Recommended."—Choice“Despite all the popular media renderings of LA’s infamous Crips and Bloods over the years, relatively little had been written about how these street groups came to be. Until now. Before Crips delivers the well-documented and engaging origin story that’s been missing. Quicker and Batani-Khalfani challenge conventional ‘gang’ research with compelling interviews, ethnographic observations, and questionnaire data involving Black Angelenos who were actually there in the early days.”—Darnell M. Hunt, Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and coeditor of Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities"Before Crips provides a unique long-term historical account of street gangs in South Los Angeles neighborhoods, filling a major gap in our knowledge of gang formation and activity in the years prior to the Watts Riot in 1965. It provides critical answers for the disconnection in types of gangs and gang activities pre- and post-Watts and offers a new perspective on the origins and character of the Crips, exposing popular myths about this gang."—Delbert S. Elliott, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, and coauthor of The Prevention of Crime“Before Crips provides a rich tapestry of insights and information about how gangs start, what neighborhoods they are found in, why some gangs are violent, and where law enforcement misdirects their interventions. It shows how and why Black gangs emerged in Los Angeles and their evolution into the most menacing gangs of all: Crips and Bloods. Quicker and Batani-Khalfani’s insider/outsider approach to what early Los Angeles was like, along with the detailed information about the neighborhoods that spawned Black street gangs, is enthralling.”—James Diego Vigil, Professor Emeritus of Social Ecology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine, and author of Barrio Gangs: Street Life and Identity in Southern California
£21.59
Temple University Press,U.S. The Compassionate Court
Book SynopsisLaws subject people who perform sex work to arrest and prosecution. The Compassionate Court? assesses two prostitution diversion programs (PDPs) that offer to rehabilitate people arrested for street-based sex work as an alternative to incarceration. However, as the authors show, these PDPs often fail to provide sustainable alternatives to their mandated clients. Participants are subjected to constant surveillance and obligations, which creates a paradox of responsibility in conflict with the system's logic of rescue. Moreover, as the participants often face shame and re-traumatization as a price for services, poverty and other social problems, such as structural oppression, remain in place. The authors of The Compassionate Court? provide case studies of such programs and draw upon interviews and observations conducted over a decade to reveal how participants and professionals perceive court-affiliated PDPs, clients, and staff. Considering the motivations, vision, and goals of theseTrade Review“The Compassionate Court? is a beautifully reflexive and critical examination of prostitution diversion programs and their place in the problem-solving court movement. Despite the best efforts, these programs reinforce entrenched stigmas around race, gender, and class under the ‘cover’ of supposedly neutral crime-control goals. The authors converge around a troubling and powerful conclusion: these courts fail defendants, who are often victims themselves, withholding services to favor those who conform to norms of sexuality and femininity and reinforcing stereotypes that discipline women.”—Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, Associate Professor of Sociology at Brown University, and author of Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court“The Compassionate Court? presents a comprehensive analysis of prostitution diversion programs (PDPs). The accomplished scholars, drawing on a decade of research on two PDPs, reveal how well-intentioned criminal system reforms fall short in addressing underlying structural issues such as poverty, trauma, and housing and job insecurity. Through too-often-ignored stories of PDP participants and program professionals, this eye-opening book challenges current approaches and advocates for alternative solutions that account for the complex realities faced by marginalized sex workers.”—Barbara G. Brents, Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and coauthor of Paying for Sex in a Digital Age: US and UK Perspectives
£73.80
Temple University Press,U.S. The Compassionate Court
Book SynopsisLaws subject people who perform sex work to arrest and prosecution. The Compassionate Court? assesses two prostitution diversion programs (PDPs) that offer to rehabilitate people arrested for street-based sex work as an alternative to incarceration. However, as the authors show, these PDPs often fail to provide sustainable alternatives to their mandated clients. Participants are subjected to constant surveillance and obligations, which creates a paradox of responsibility in conflict with the system's logic of rescue. Moreover, as the participants often face shame and re-traumatization as a price for services, poverty and other social problems, such as structural oppression, remain in place. The authors of The Compassionate Court? provide case studies of such programs and draw upon interviews and observations conducted over a decade to reveal how participants and professionals perceive court-affiliated PDPs, clients, and staff. Considering the motivations, vision, and goals of theseTrade Review“The Compassionate Court? is a beautifully reflexive and critical examination of prostitution diversion programs and their place in the problem-solving court movement. Despite the best efforts, these programs reinforce entrenched stigmas around race, gender, and class under the ‘cover’ of supposedly neutral crime-control goals. The authors converge around a troubling and powerful conclusion: these courts fail defendants, who are often victims themselves, withholding services to favor those who conform to norms of sexuality and femininity and reinforcing stereotypes that discipline women.”—Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, Associate Professor of Sociology at Brown University, and author of Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America’s Largest Criminal Court“The Compassionate Court? presents a comprehensive analysis of prostitution diversion programs (PDPs). The accomplished scholars, drawing on a decade of research on two PDPs, reveal how well-intentioned criminal system reforms fall short in addressing underlying structural issues such as poverty, trauma, and housing and job insecurity. Through too-often-ignored stories of PDP participants and program professionals, this eye-opening book challenges current approaches and advocates for alternative solutions that account for the complex realities faced by marginalized sex workers.”—Barbara G. Brents, Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and coauthor of Paying for Sex in a Digital Age: US and UK Perspectives
£22.79
Temple University Press,U.S. AllAmerican Massacre
Book SynopsisWhat elements of contemporary American life contribute to the United States having the greatest number and highest share of public mass shootings around the globe? The editors and contributors toAll-American Massacreseek to answer this question by exploring how masculinity, racism, politics, media, fame, education, gun culture, and mental health influence the causes of mass shootings in the United States. With a specific focus on exploring how American culture, institutions, and social structures influence the circumstances, frequency, and severity of mass shootings in the United States,All-American Massacreadvances emerging theoretical perspectives and forges fresh approaches, new research questions, and innovative data and conclusions. Bringing together pioneering scholars, thisgroundbreaking compilation of research and analysis identifies the social roots of this insidious threat and prompts new reflections on how we can stop the seemingly endless cycle of horror and death.All-AmeriTrade Review"A useful work of scholarship in documenting American lethality."—Kirkus Reviews“All-American Massacre is an invaluable exploration of the culture and institutions that underlie America’s gun violence epidemic. Mass shootings in our country are like an earthquake, causing death and injury at the epicenter with dramatic ripples reverberating outwards. This public health crisis affects children’s learning in school, changes communities forever, and steals peace of mind from Americans across the country in places where we shop, worship, work, and relax. This book is a sober but deeply worthwhile read.”—Sarah Burd-Sharps, Senior Director of Research, Everytown for Gun Safety“A novel and vital contribution, the editors and contributors to All-American Massacre provide a critical examination of the influence of American culture on the prevalence of mass murder in the United States. This timely and necessary book is an essential reference for violence scholars and policy makers, and offers the most comprehensive, explanatory text on the study of mass murder in American society to date.”—Taimi Castle, Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence
£81.90
Temple University Press,U.S. Death Penalty in Decline
Book SynopsisHow have prospects for abolishing the death penalty changed since the 1972 Supreme Court decision, Furman v Georgia? The editor and contributors to Death Penalty in Decline? assess the contemporary death penalty landscape and look at the trends in and attitudes toward capital punishment and its abolition. They highlight factors that are propelling alternatives to the death penalty as well as the obstacles to ending it. At a time when the United States is undertaking an unprecedented national reconsideration of the death penalty, Death Penalty in Decline? seeks to evaluate how abolitionists might succeed today. Contributors: John Bessler, Corinna Barrett Lain, James R. Martel, Linda Ross Meyer, Carol S. Steiker, Jordan M. Steiker, and the editor
£73.10
