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Book SynopsisThis book provides a view into the multi-dimensional and multi-contextual nature of community policing. It brings together important conceptual discussions as well as numerous case studies and real-life examples of European community policing practices. It further offers insights into how the (primarily locally focused) concept of community policing fits into an increasingly interconnected world. Our book is intended for professionals working in community policing, academics and policymakers developing community policing procedures. In addition, the book aims to provide information for readers who are new to the subject of community policing. The wide range of examples and case studies make it also an excellent resource for teaching materials.Table of ContentsPart 1: CP context and processes.- Introduction; P. Saskia Bayerl et al.- Community policing in support of social cohesion; I. Sučić, R. Karlović.- Fostering accountability in community policing; B. Cole.- Community policing: The relevance of social contexts; M. van der Giessen et al.- Community Policing as a social system and its components; J. Houtsonen et al.- Part 2: European CP practices and case studies.- Community policing and radicalization: Evaluation and European examples; H. Nitsch, S. Ronert.- Police liaison approaches to managing political protest: a critical analysis of a prominent UK example; D. Waddington.- Community policing and public perception: Belgian expectations and images of the police; I. Verwee.- Joining forces for our security in Austrian community policing; G. Lang et al.- Security as the basis behind community policing: Croatia’s community policing approach; I. Sučić, R. Karlović.- Community policing case studies: proposing a social media approach; G. Leventakis et al.- Part 3: CP in an interconnected world.- New crime landscapes and new technologies for community policing; D.B. Vasile.- Social media: facilitator and stimulator of community policing; C.C.M.T. Broekman et al.- Mobile communications for community policing; G. Markarian et al.- Importance of cyber security; A. Tarter.- Applying computational intelligence to community policing and forensic investigations; A.M. Ali, P. Angelov.- Evaluating the design and implementation of CP-Support technologies: a Participatory framework; P.S. Bayerl, G. Jacobs.- Concluding remarks; B. Akhgar et al.

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Book SynopsisThis volume addresses the varied response to domestic violence in a comparative, international context. The chapters are laid out in a consistent format, to cover: the nature of the domestic violence problem, theoretical explanations, the criminal justice response, as well as health care and social service interventions in each country. The intent of the book is to provide an introduction to the attitudes and responses to domestic violence in various regions, to provide meaningful comparisons and share information on best practices for different populations and regions. There are considerable variations to domestic violence approaches across cultures and regions. In some places, it is considered a “private” or “family” matter, which can help it perpetuate. At the same time, the United States’ approach to domestic violence has been criticized by some as being too focused on the criminal justice system, rather than other types of interventions which aim to keep families intact. This comprehensive work aims to highlight innovative approaches from several regions, important cultural sensitivities and concerns, and provide analysis to identify the strengths and weakness of various approaches. This work will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as related fields who deal with domestic violence and violence against women, including sociology and social work, and international justice. Practitioners and policymakers will also find it informative.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Reprint from Feminist Criminology.- Chaper 3. Canada.- Chapter 4. United States.- Chapter 5. Germany.- Chapter 6. The United Kingdom.- Chapter 7. Central Europe.- Chapter 8. South Africa.- Chapter 9. Australia.- Chapter 10. People’s Republic of China.- Chapter 11. Japan.- Chapter 12. Korea.- Chapter 13. India.- Chapter 14. Brazil.- Chapter 15. Domestic Violence in the Arab World.

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Book SynopsisThis study provides an up-to-date empirical account of Chinese female judges within the context of the Chinese legal system and wider society, revealing a deeper understanding of women in contemporary China. Shen explores the gendered nature of judging in post-Mao China by examining: who female judges are, what they do, and their position in relation to their profession. She goes on to argue for true representation of women in the judiciary, including their contributions in judging, and the importance of judicial diversity. The book examines the place held by female judges at home and women's place in society as a whole, and investigates gender equality, women's agencies, emancipation, and empowerment in the contemporary China.Based on data resulting from original research, this book provides a much-needed contribution to contemporary women's studies. Addressing a broad range of issues surrounding gender and justice in the Chinese judicial system, this engaging study will be of special interest to scholars and activists involved with judicial diversity, gender politics, and gender equality.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Researching Judges in China.- Chapter 3. The Chinese Judiciary and Its Gendered Construction.- 3.1. The Chinese Judicial System and Practice.- 3.2. Women Judges and Their Work in Court.- Chapter 4. Women in the Judiciary.- 4.1. Entry into the Judiciary and Career Paths.- 4.2. Women’s Position in the Judiciary.- Chapter 5. Women and Judging.- 5.1. Women’s Experiences in Judging.- 5.2. Judging Female Offenders.- Chapter 6. Female Judges and Living.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive collection of its kind, this handbook addresses the problem of knowledge production in criminology, redressing the global imbalance with an original focus on the Global South. Issues of vital criminological research and policy significance abound in the Global South, with important implications for South/North relations as well as global security and justice. In a world of high speed communication technologies and fluid national borders, empire building has shifted from colonising territories to colonising knowledge. The authors of this volume question whose voices, experiences, and theories are reflected in the discipline, and argue that diversity of discourse is more important now than ever before. Approaching the subject from a range of historical, theoretical, and social perspectives, this collection promotes the Global South not only as a space for the production of knowledge, but crucially, as a source of innovative research and theory on crime and justice. Wide-ranging in scope and authoritative in theory, this study will appeal to scholars, activists, policy-makers, and students from a wide range of social science disciplines from both the Global North and South, including criminal justice, human rights, and penology.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Criminology, Southern Theory and Cognitive Justice; Kerry Carrington, Russell Hogg, John Scott and Máximo Sozzo.- Chapter 2. Indigenous Challenges for Southern Criminology; Cuneen.- Chapter 3. Confronting the North’s South; Elliot Currie.- Chapter 4. The Asian Criminological Paradigm and How it Links Global North and South; Jianhong Liu.- Chapter 5. Southern Criminology in the Post-colony; Mark Brown.- Chapter 6. The Rural Dimensions of a Southern Criminology; Joe Donnermeyer.- Chapter 7. Queer Criminology and the Global South: Setting Queer and Southern Criminologies into Dialogue; Matthew Ball and Angela Dwyer.- Chapter 8. Southern Death Investigation; Rebecca Scott Bray, Belinda Carpenter and Michael Barnes.- Chapter 9. Research Excellence and Anglophone Dominance; Patricia Faraldo-Cabana.- Chapter 10. Southern Criminology, Zonal Banning and the Language of Urban Crime Prevention; Ian Warren and Darren Palmer.- Crime, Criminalization and Policing in the Global Peripheries.- Chapter 11. Crime and Development in the Global South; Jarrett Blaustein, Nathan W Pino and Graham Ellison.- Chapter 12. Crime and the Cyber Periphery; Murray Lee.- Chapter 13. The Digital and Legal Divide; Monique Mann and Ian Warren.- Chapter 14. Marginalized Voices; Cassandra Cross.- Chapter 15. The Global Context of Transnational Environmental Crime in Asia; Rob White.- Chapter 16. Climate Apartheid and Environmental Refugees; Avi Brisman, Nigel South and Reece Walters.- Chapter 17. Green Criminology as Decolonial tool; David Rodríguez Goyes.- Chapter 18. Human Trafficking on the Global Periphery; Larissa Sandy.- Chapter 19. Trading Corruption North/South; Mark Findlay.- Chapter 20. Capturing Crime in the Antipodes; Bridget Harris + Jenny Wise.- Chapter 21. Visual Criminology and the Southern Crime Scene; Rebecca Scott Bray.- Chapter 22. Staying Safe in Colombia and Mexico; Helen Berents and Charlotte ten Have.- Chapter 23. A Southern Perspective on Extrajudicial Police Killings in Bangladesh; Md. Kamal Uddin.- Chapter 24. Developing a Global South Perspective of Street Children’s Involvement in Organized Crime; Sally Atkinson-Sheppard.- Chapter 25. Public Spitting in ‘Developing’ Nations of the Global South; Ross Coomber, Leah Moyle and Adele Pavlidis.- Chapter 26. Trends and Patterns of Police-related Deaths in Brazil; Vânia Ceccato, Silas Melo, Tulia Kahn.- Chapter 27. Violent Crimes Committed by Juveniles in México; Elena Azaola.- Chapter 28. Expectations and Encounters; Tariro Mutongwizo.- Chapter 29. Understanding Crime and Justice in Torres Strait Islander Communities; James Morton and John Scott.- Chapter 30. Crime, Criminality and North-to-South Criminological Complexities; Danielle Watson and Dylan Kerrigan.- Chapter 31. Crimes of the Powerful in the Global South; Kristian Lasslett and Thomas MacManus.- Southern Penalities.- Chapter 32. Beyond the Neoliberal Penality Thesis?; Maximo Sozzo.- Chapter 33. Transformations of the Crime Control Field in Colombia; Libardo José Ariza and Manuel Iturralde.- Chapter 34. Punishment at the Margins; David Fonseca.- Chapter 35. One of the Smallest Prison Populations in the World under Threat; John Pratt and Timi Melei.- Chapter 36. Rethinking Penal Modernism from the Global South; Russell Hogg and David Brown.- Chapter 37. ‘Profiles’ of Deportability; Cristina Fernández Bessa and José A Brandariz García.- Chapter 38. The Rise of Crimmigration in Australia; Khanh Hoang.- Gender, Culture and Crime on the Global Periphery.- Chapter 39. Globalizing Feminist Criminology; Rosemary Barberet and Kerry Carrington.- Chapter 40. Criminology and the Violence(s) of Northern Theorizing; Sandra Walklate and Kate Fitz-gibbon.- Chapter 41. Globalization and Theorizing Intimate Partner Violence from the Global South; Stephanie Spaid Miedema and Emma Fulu.- Chapter 42. Male Violence against Women in the Global South; Walter S. DeKeseredy and Amanda Hall-Sanchez.- Chapter 43. A Critical Understanding of Resistance to Criminalization of Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya; Emmanuel K Bunei and Joseph K Rono.- Chapter 44. Feminicide; Julia E Monárrez Fragoso.- Chapter 45. Patriarchy, Gender Inequality and Criminal Victimization of Women in Turkey; Halil Ibrahim Bahar.- Chapter 46. Constructions of Honor-based Violence David Tokiharu Mayeda, Raagini Vijaykumar and Meda Chesney-Lind.- Transitional Justice and Justice Innovations.- Chapter 47. Criminology, Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice; John Braithwaite.- Chapter 48. Building Social Democracy through Transitional Justice; Diego Zysman Quirós.- Chapter 49. Trauma on Trial; Julia Viebach.- Chapter 50. Critical Reflections on the Operation of Aboriginal Night Patrols; John Scott, Elaine Barclay, Margaret Sims, Trudy Cooper and Terry Love

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Book SynopsisThis Brief presents new approaches and innovative challenges to address bringing technology into community-oriented policing efforts. “Community-oriented policing” is an approach that encourages police to develop and maintain personal relationships with citizens and community organizations. By developing these partnerships, the goal is to enhance trust and legitimacy of police by the community (and vice versa), and focus on engaging the community crime prevention and detection efforts for sustainable, long-term crime reduction. The contributions to this volume emphasize how technological innovations can advance community-oriented policing goals, such as: -Strengthening community policing principles through effective and efficient tools, procedures and approaches - Accelerating communication between citizens and police forces - Early identification, timely intervention, as well as better crime reporting, identification of risks, unreported and undiscovered crime through the community Contributions to this volume were developed out of the Next Generation Community Policing (NGCP) International Conference was co-organized by nine contributing research and development projects, funded by the Horizon 2020 SECURITY Program of the European Commission. It will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as related fields such as sociology, public health, security, IT and public policy. This book is open access under a CC BY license.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Synergy of Predictive Policing and Community Policing Paradigms.- Advances in Criminological Research Using Smart Phone Applications to Gather Data.- 1996 Initiatives to Integrate Technology into Community Policing: 20 Years Later.- Serious Games: An Attractive Approach to Improve Crime Awareness.- Statistical Analysis of Suspended Terrorism-Related Content on Social Media.- Next Generation of Community Policing: The Unity IT Toolkit.- Community Outreach and Officer Performance Assessment Using Visual Analytics.- Can Technology Build Trust? Community-Oriented Policing and ICT.- Crowd Knowledge Sourcing in Fighting Exploitation.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis Brief presents new approaches and innovative challenges to address bringing technology into community-oriented policing efforts. “Community-oriented policing” is an approach that encourages police to develop and maintain personal relationships with citizens and community organizations. By developing these partnerships, the goal is to enhance trust and legitimacy of police by the community (and vice versa), and focus on engaging the community crime prevention and detection efforts for sustainable, long-term crime reduction.The contributions to this volume emphasize the societal implications of new technologies for community-oriented policing goals, such as: -Strengthening community policing principles through strengthed community feeling and lower feeling of insecurity - Reducing the fear of crime and enhancing the perception of security in large, urban environments -Enhancing citizens feelings' of empowerment, belonging, and collective efficacy Contributions to this volume were developed out of the Next Generation Community Policing (NGCP) International Conference was co-organized by nine contributing research and development projects, funded by the Horizon 2020 SECURITY Program of the European Commission. It will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice, as well as related fields such as sociology, public health, security, IT and public policy.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Addressing Ethical Challenges of Technology for Criminal Investigations.- Community Policing in light of the European Data Protection Legal Framework.- ICTs and Community Policing: An Ethical Framework.- Social Media and Community Policing Implementation.- Encouraging Citizen Engagement with a Community Policing App.- Strategic Analysis and Service Design for Community Policing.- Reconciling Social Sciences with Multiple Practitioner Needs.- Intensive Engagement: A Systematic Approach to Deliver Effective Community Engagement.- Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisIn this major new textbook, leading scholars from criminology, history, journalism, law, psychology, sociology and other fields take students and general readers inside New Zealand's criminal justice system. The authors begin with an introduction to the history and current state of crime, policing and prisons in New Zealand; they then explain the workings of criminal procedure, from evidence to sentencing; and finally they address key current issues such as Maori and the justice system, youth and gangs, psychology and the media. For students and general readers, this book tackles the big questions: How can crime be explained? Is crime rising or falling and if so, why? How do the police operate? How do the courts work? What is the meaning of a 'life' sentence? What is the link between crime and mental instability? Why are Maori over-represented in the criminal justice system? How do we deal with youth offenders? How do judicial miscarriages arise? Do the stories we read about crime in the media reflect reality? And how does justice operate in the criminal underworld? This book is an important new introduction to New Zealand's criminal justice system - from crime and policing to the courts - aimed at students and general readers.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"The result of over three years of ethnography in Los Angeles is a multi-layered consideration of the ‘interpersonal violence prevention programmes’ delivered to young people across the United States: around two-thirds of high school students are now ‘put through’ some such programme during their education. . . . Greenberg evidences the many positive ways in which POV’s highly-motivated people and other such workers attempt to make a real difference in local communities, and how they seek to negotiate and manage the pressures and constraints they are under." * Process North *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. In Medias Res 2. How Violence Became Preventable 3. Statistical Lives 4. Familiar Strangers 5. Stories Come Apart 6. The State of Adults Epilogue: The Future Appendix: An Ephemeral EthnographyNotes References Index

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Book SynopsisLooks at many instances of writing as punishment, including forced tattooing, drunk shaming, court-ordered letters of apology, and social media shaming, with the aim of bringing understanding and recognition to the coupling of literacy and subjection.Trade ReviewAsking, at core, if our writing inside and outside the classroom must advance erudition, Writing as Punishment chronicles how that script has been perverted to argue that 'writing is a viable tool for disciplining, controlling, brainwashing, shaming, demeaning, subjugating, and humiliating others.' This book more than proves its points. The writing is fantastically crisp; the thesis sound (and soundly provocative). However queasy-making, Schaffner's individual case studies are each perfectly selected. His conclusions are, to say the least, wickedly inspired."" - Scott Herring, author of The Hoarders: Material Deviance in Modern American Culture""This book's focus on the 'darker' side of writing is as intriguing as it is illuminating. Accessibly written and powerfully argued, Schaffner's book finds that the beliefs that underlie generative approaches to writing are the very ones that underlie its use of writing as punishment."" - Debra Hawhee, author of Rhetoric in Tooth and Claw: Animals, Language, SensationTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. ""I Will Not Chew Gum in Class"": Punishing Children with Writing Chapter 2. Shame Parades Chapter 3. Writing on the Wasted Chapter 4. Forced Tattooing Chapter 5. Writing, Self-Reflection, and Justice Conclusion: Seeing Writing in a Dim Light Notes Works Cited Index

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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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Book SynopsisThis book is the first to explore how psychological knowledge and research can be used to enhance police performance on a range of operational tasks. Each chapter encourages critical reflection followed by suggested further reading.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Policing and psychology: a historical journey; Police decision making; Offender Self-selection; Victims, witnesses, and offenders; Beat Psychology; Reducing and preventing crime; Conclusion: The future for psychology and policing.

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Book SynopsisBillions of dollars are wasted each year trying to prevent dirty money' entering a financial system that is already awash with it. This book challenges the existing global approach and provides a toolbox of evidence-based solutions to help the frontline tackle financial crime.Table of ContentsForeword - Phil Mason 1. Global standards, governance and the risk-based approach 2. The war on dirty money is mostly being lost in translation 3. How much do we really know about money laundering? 4. The obsession with defining money laundering 5. Money launderers and their superpowers 6. Global watchlists: money laundering risk indicators or something else? 7. Financial Intelligence Units or data black holes? 8. The ‘fingers crossed’ approach to money laundering prevention 9. Technology: the solution to all our AML/CFT problems 10. SARs: millions and millions of them 11. Information and intelligence sharing 12. Investigating money laundering 13. Prosecuting money laundering 14. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory: confiscation 15. Countering the financing of terrorism: money laundering in reverse 16. National security vs the threat of money laundering 17. Tax avoidance vs tax evasion 18. Corruption: where did all the good apples go? 19. AML/CFT supervision or tick-list observers? 20. Punishing AML/CFT failures or raising government funds? 21. A future landscape Conclusion: A call to arms

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Book SynopsisAn essential overview of how perception and memory affect eyewitness testimonyIn 1981, sixteen-year-old Michael Williams was convicted on charges of aggravated rape based on the victim's eyewitness testimony. No other evidence was found linking him to the attack. After nearly twenty-four years, Williams was released after three separate DNA analyses proved his innocence. The victim still maintains that Williams was the culprit. This heartbreaking case is but one example of eyewitness error. In Understanding Eyewitness Memory, Sean M. Lane and Kate A. Houston delve into the science of eyewitness memory. They examine a number of important topics, from basic research on perception and memory to the implications of this research on the quality and accuracy of eyewitness evidence. The volume answers questions such as: How do we remember and describe people we've encountered? What is the nature of false and genuine memories? How do emotional arousal and stress affect what we remember?UnderTrade ReviewAn engaging treatment of the current state of the science regarding eyewitness evidence. The authors walk a wise `middle road’ that integrates basic and applied research on perception and memory. Despite its brevity and accessibility, the book covers a lot of ground, including many studies published in the last few years. . . . Gives nuanced treatments of topics such as the effects of stress on memory and the relationship between witnesses’ confidence and their accuracy. -- Stephen Lindsay, University of VictoriaWill be a great addition to the field. Often, the connection between basic understanding of psychological phenomena and how witnesses behave in real life is missed, but Lane and Houston do a great job in addressing this gap. -- James Lampinen, University of Arkansas

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Book SynopsisLaw today is incomplete, inaccessible, unclear, underdeveloped, and often perplexing to those whom it affects. In The Legal Singularity, Abdi Aidid and Benjamin Alarie argue that the proliferation of artificial intelligenceenabled technology and specifically the advent of legal prediction is on the verge of radically reconfiguring the law, our institutions, and our society for the better. Revealing the ways in which our legal institutions underperform and are expensive to administer, the book highlights the negative social consequences associated with our legal status quo. Given the infirmities of the current state of the law and our legal institutions, the silver lining is that there is ample room for improvement. With concerted action, technology can help us to ameliorate the problems of the law and improve our legal institutions. Inspired in part by the concept of the technological singularity, The Legal Singularity presents a future state in which technoloTable of Contents1. Introducing the Legal Singularity I. Introduction II. What Is the Legal Singularity? a. The Technological Singularity b. The Economic Singularity c. The Legal Singularity III. Hazards Ahead IV. Our Story and Objectives V. Orienting Ourselves VI. Towards the Legal Singularity 2. The Nature of Legal Information I. Introduction II. The Centrality of Information to Law a. Law before Text b. Prediction and Law’s Information Environment III. Analogue, Digital, Computational a. The Analog Era b. The Digital Era IV. The New Information Environment a. Impact of Digitalization b. Access to Data and Access to Justice c. An Open Source Movement? 3. Computational Law I. Introduction II. Understanding Artificial Intelligence III. Applying AI to the Law: Computational Law a. Should Law Be Computed? b. On “Computational Values” 4. Complete Law I. Introduction II. Incomplete Law and Its Problems a. What Is Incomplete Law? b. In Search of Specificity c. Degradation of Legal Certainty III. How Computation Encourages Completeness IV. Complete, as in No Gaps – Not Complete, as in Done 5. Defending the Legal Singularity from Its Critics I. Introduction II. Is Computational Law Reductionist? a. Pasquale, Hildebrandt, and Law’s Unquantifiable Essence b. Ideology, Social Context, and the Legal Singularity c. The Limits of Techno-Critique III. Does the Legal Singularity Threaten the Rule of Law? 6. Implications for the Judiciary I. Introduction II. The Pitfalls of the Modern Judiciary a. Biases and Human Weaknesses b. Courthouse Overcrowding and Delayed Justice c. The Implications of Court Design III. Computational Solutions in the Courtroom a. Human Experts b. Legal Research c. Document Drafting d. Expert Evidence e. Changes to Fact-Finding Procedures f. Discovery g. Predictive Technology h. Case Management i. Fair Settlements IV. The Paradox of Judging in the Computational Era a. Beyond Physical Courtrooms and Human Judges i. Neural Laces ii. Online Courts and Dispute Resolution iii. Alternative Dispute Resolution V. Possible Roadblocks to Adoption VI. Looking Ahead: The Evolution of the Judiciary 7. Towards Universal Legal Literacy I. Introduction II. The Legal Profession’s Problem State a. Problem I: The Market for Legal Services i. The Unaffordability Problem ii. Consequences of Unaffordability iii. Responses to the Unaffordability Problem by the Legal Profession b. Problem II: Excessive Legal Complexity III. The Solution: Universal Legal Literacy a. Imagining Universal Legal Literacy b. Universal Legal Literacy in the Legal Singularity 8. Implications for Governments I. Introduction II. Governments and Technology III. Artificially Intelligent Governments IV. Current Government Applications of AI V. Applications of AI in Service Provision and Regulation a. Tax Regulation b. Government Benefits Programs c. Immigration VI. Applications of AI in Legislation a. Drafting Legislation b. Normative Contributions and Second-Order Modelling 9. Towards Ethical and Equitable Legal Prediction I. Introduction II. The Problem Framework a. Reflection and Amplification Problems b. Techno-Epistemic Problems 10. Conclusion Afterword Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisSkating on Thin Ice exposes the culture of toxic masculinity in professional hockey and suggests how sport and society can change the narrative on sexual assault and violence.Why is it that professional sports, and notably hockey, remain a bastion for rape culture and violence against women? What are the conditions that allow a culture of toxic masculinity to persist despite awakenings elsewhere in society? What is the path forward, and how do we make officials, coaches, and athletes accountable?Drawing on decades of award-winning sociological research and sports journalism, Walter S. DeKeseredy, Martin D. Schwartz, and veteran sportswriter Stu Cowan find answers to these questions in Skating on Thin Ice.The book examines the abusive, misogynistic, racist, and homophobic behaviors found in professional hockey and explains the larger societal forces that perpetuate and legitimate these harms. Confirming a recent federal government inquiry iTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Foreword Heather Mallick 1. More Than a Few Bad Men 2. In Their Own Words: Giving Voice to the Survivors of Professional Hockey Violence and Sexism 3. With a Little Help from Their Friends: Male Peer Support and Violence against Women 4. Other Key Elements of a Rape-Supportive Culture in Professional Hockey 5. The Puck Drops Here: Prevention and Control Strategies Afterword Jack Todd Notes Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisFor many children and young people, Britain is a harmful society in which to grow up. This book contextualizes the violence that occurs between a small number of young people within a wider perspective on social harm. Aimed at academics, youth workers and policy makers, the book presents a new way to make sense of this pressing social problem. The authors also propose measures to substantially improve the lives of Britain’s young people in areas ranging from the early years to youth services and the criminal justice system.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Against Youth Violence and Against ‘Youth Violence’ A harmful society Why are we ‘against youth violence’? Structure and style 1. The Nature and Scale of Interpersonal Violence in Britain Introduction Sources of data: strengths and limitations Interpersonal violence in England and Wales Interpersonal violence in London Conclusion 2. Developing an Approach to Social Harm Introduction Why not simply focus on ‘crime’ in children and young people’s lives? From crime to social harm Our approach to social harm Conclusion 3. The Importance of Mattering in Young People’s Lives Introduction The importance of mattering An insecure society? Social changes and global processes affecting young people’s sense of mattering in Britain today Conclusion 4. Social Harm and Mattering in Young People’s Lives Introduction Poverty and inequality Declining welfare support: under-resourced communities and social care systems Schools and education Unemployment and ‘marginal work’ Housing and homelessness Harm and subjectivity, structure and agency Relative prevalence of social harms Conclusion 5. Social Harm, Mattering and Violence Introduction The functions of violence and the factors most commonly associated with it Social harm, the struggle to matter and the propensity to engage in violence Conclusion 6. Harmful Responses to ‘Youth Violence’ Introduction An age-old mythology perennially resurfacing with ‘perpetual novelty’ Demonize them Punish and control them Save them Conclusion Conclusion: Towards a Less Harmful Society for Young People Introduction The central arguments of this book: social harm, mattering and violence between young people 2030: a near-future dystopia The changes that we need to improve life for Britain’s young people Address harm, reduce inequality, enhance care

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Book SynopsisA one-stop resource of practical exercises for professionals to use in direct work with offenders aged 16+.Changing Offending Behaviour is a guide to the essentials of rehabilitation theory which also equips the reader with ready-to-use photocopiable exercises and activities to help put the theory into practice in rehabilitation work with adult offenders. Drawing on a range of evidence-based methodologies, theories and treatment approaches, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Attachment Theory, Relationally-based Therapies, Social Learning Theory, Motivational Interviewing and the Cycle of Change, this resource provides exercises to increase self-understanding, examine patterns of behaviour, and build empathy and other crucial skills. All the exercises are culturally aware and designed for maximum flexibility to meet different needs and learning styles.Covering must-know theory and packed with practical exercises that work, this is an indispensable resource for probation workers and related professionals.Trade ReviewThis book will be an invaluable tool for those working with offenders and will help promote a positive and compassionate approach to the work undertaken. It is very well structured with a wide range of clearly written and helpful exercises, many useful tips and strategies for the practitioner and sufficient theory to explain the underpinnings and rationale for the areas addressed and aims of the exercises. -- Dawn Fisher, Ph.D. Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, St Andrews and University of BirminghamChanging Offending Behaviour sets out to be an accessible work-based resource for busy practitioners in a range of disciplines, and does just that. The book provides clear and comprehensible summaries of current thinking on Theory, Principles and Skills for relationship-based practice (Part One), and then provides a well-constructed and broadly based series of simple to understand Exercises and Session Descriptions (Part Two). It is full of well-founded professional advice, wisdom and encouragement. -- Gerry Marshall, former Chief Executive, Thames Valley ProbationI thoroughly enjoyed reading Changing Offending Behaviour. Throughout there was a real focus on the individual developing insight and self-management. I would recommend Changing Offending Behaviour to any practitioner working directly with clients in the criminal justice system for both individual and group work; an excellent read. -- Tania Tancred, C Psychol, CSci, AFBPsS, Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological SocietyLike all great books, this one will help you by encouraging you to ask intelligent and provocative questions - and if you use it wisely, it will support positive changes in your practice and therefore positive changes in others. -- From the Foreword by Fergus McNeill, Professor of Criminology and Social Work, University of GlasgowBased on a rich, integrated theoretical base and the authors' considerable professional experience, Changing Offending Behaviour provides an innovative, sophisticated and above all practical resource for the next generation of strengths-based offender rehabilitation practice. -- Shadd Maruna, Dean, School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers UniversityThe book split into two main sections. The first section covers the theories and principles underpinning our practice and the essential skills and frameworks for practitioners. The second section of the book introduces the exercises to promote positive change... I like the language and tone of this book. It's all very positive and encouraging.... This book very much focuses on engagement. Each worksheet or exercise is explained thoroughly to give the practitioner confidence in the delivery... it is a really good resource. -- Lydia Guthrie * Probation Officer blog *Table of ContentsIntroduction and How to Use this Book. Part 1: Essential Theory and Skills. 1. Essential Theory and Principles of Practice. 2. Essential Skills for the Worker. Part 2: Practical Exercises and Activities. Module 1. Building on Strengths and Motivating People Towards Change. Module 2. Understanding Myself and my Patterns of Behaviour. Module 3. Me in Relation to Other People. Module 4. Setting Future Goals and Preparing for Challenges Ahead. Module 5. Maintaining Change: Moving Forward with My Life.

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Book Synopsis'Nicola Tallant, not for the first time, demonstrates why she is the very best writer on crime. No novelist alive could ever imagine the very complex and very dark human dramas that she skilfully unravels, delivering page after page of truth-telling that we must pay attention to' - Darragh MacIntyreFrom the author of the 2023 bestselling Cocaine Cowboys, murder and deception and the underworld of Irish gangland intertwine in a deadly dance of power and survival.A murder in Belfast of gangland's most wanted man, Robbie Lawlor, uncovers a web of betrayal that spans out across the Irish underworld and beyond. Follow a bloody trail that leads all the way into the heart of one of the worst gang feuds Ireland has ever seen which culminates in the Narco style dismemberment of a teenage boy, Keane Mulready Woods. And as the curtain is pulled back on the inner workings of the world of organised crime, a cast of ruthless characters take centr

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Book SynopsisOne out of every ten prisoners in the United States is serving a life sentenceroughly 130,000 people. While some have been sentenced to life in prison without parole, the majority of prisoners serving life' will be released back into society. But what becomes of those people who reenter the everyday world after serving life in prison?In After Life Imprisonment, Marieke Liem carefully examines the experiences of lifers upon release. Through interviews with over sixty homicide offenders sentenced to life but granted parole, Liem tracks those able to build a new life on the outside and those who were re-incarcerated. The interviews reveal prisoners' reflections on being sentenced to life, as well as the challenges of employment, housing, and interpersonal relationships upon release. Liem explores the increase in handing out of life sentences, and specifically provides a basis for discussions of the goals, costs, and effects of long-term imprisonment, ultimately unpacking public pTrade ReviewConsidering the enormity of the sanction, it is remarkable how little we know about the lives of those who survive life imprisonment. With the powerful narratives in this ground-breaking book, Marieke Liem brings their perspectives into new light and asks & when is enough, enough? in terms of the punitive state. -- Shadd Maruna,co-author of Making Good: How Ex-Convicts Reform and Rebuild Their LivesOf interest to both criminological researchers and policymakers, After Life Imprisonment deserves careful reading.A fascinating work of original and creative research. -- from the Foreword by Robert Sampson,author of Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect

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Book SynopsisEnron's fall has opened the eyes of the public to corporate accounting fraud as no other event has done, and there is now a need for better understanding of what can be done to prevent it. This book examines methods for off-balance sheet accounting, with a particular emphasis on special purpose entities (SPE).Trade Review"Ketz' discussion is fascinating, although all too useful to future scamsters wanting to find out just how those clever guys at Enron did it." (UPI Business and Economics, August 11, 2003)Table of ContentsPreface. PART I. MY INVESTMENTS WENT OUCH! 1. What? Another Accounting Scandal? 2. Balance Sheet Woes. PART II. HIDING FINANCIAL RISK. 3. How to Hide Debt with the Equity Method. 4. How to Hide Debt with Lease Accounting. 5. How to Hide Debt with Pension Accounting. 6. How to Hide Debt with Special Purpose Entities. PART III. FAILURES THAT LED TO DECEPTIONS. 7. The Failure of Managers and Directors. 8. The Failure of the Auditing Profession. 9. The Failure of Regulation. 10. The Failure of Investors. PART IV. MAKING FINANCIAL REPORTS CREDIBLE. Chapter 11. Andersen Has the Solution—Really! Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWe have clearly not learned the lessons of past financial debacles, a central one being that crime has played a significant role in them. Unlike traditional economic and legal analyses, this volume starts from the (correct) premise that criminal offending was a central phenomenon in the meltdown. Its contents provide diverse and penetrating analyses of how fraud occurred and how it might best be prevented. This work provides an excellent foundation for further academic research and needs to be on the desk of every legislator dealing with financial regulation. -- Henry N. Pontell, University of California, Irvine, coauthor of Profit Without Honor: White-Collar Crime and the Looting of America Criminology failed the challenges of the global financial crisis. In this book, leading criminologists put this right by explaining impunity for the crimes of financial capitalism. It is rich with insight on how Wall Street games regulation. When Goldman Sachs takes fat fees to help Greece conceal its debt, is fraud involved? Are millions of unemployed Greeks victims of fraud? Are we all? What of Goldman Sachs then placing bets on the failure of the Greek economy? These are the questions considered in this important work. -- John Braithwaite, Australian National University ...this book is a valuable resource for details about the financial crisis. Library JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Roots of the Crisis 1. Wall Street: Crime Never Sleeps David O. Freidrichs 2. The Logics of Finance: Abuse of Power and Systemic Crisis Saskia Sassen 3. America's Ponzi Culture Susan Will 4. Bernie Madoff Jock YoungPart II: Enablers of Fraud 5. Unaccountable External Auditors and Their Role in the Economic Meltdown Gilbert Geis 6. And Some with a Fountain Pen: Mortgage Fraud Subprime Bubble Harold C. Barnett 7. Generating the Alpha Return: How Ponzi Schemes Lure the Unwary in an Unregulated Market David ShapiroPart III: Perverted Justice 8. The Technological Advantages of Stock Market Traders Laureen Snider 9. Why CEOs Are Able to Loot with Impunity-and Why It Matters William K. Black 10. The Facade of Enforcement: Goldman Sachs the Politics of Blame Justin O'BrienPart IV: Perspectives from Afar 11. Reappraising Regulation: The Politics of "Regulatory Retreat" in the United Kingdom Steve Tombs and David Whyte 12. How They Still Try to Get Away with It: Crime in the Dutch Real Estate Sector Before and After the Crisis Hans Nelen and Luuk Ritzen 13. Economic and Financial Criminality in Portugal Rita Faria 14. Greece "For Sale": Casino Economy and State-Corporate Crime Sophia Vidali 15. Financial Fraud in China: A Structural Examination of Law and Law Enforcement Hongming ChengEpilogue Can They Still Get Away with It? Appendix A Short (Global) History of Financial Meltdowns Compiled by Alex Holden Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisDomestic Violence is not just a public health and criminal justice problem, it is also an issue of universal human rights that needs immediate and vigorous attention. How we measure the prevalence of Domestic Violence, what we identify as the risk factors, which theories seem to provide most help in understanding and responding to Domestic Violence, which preventive and treatment programs seem most effective and the respective roles of the health and criminal justice systems, are all questions of vital importance in society''s response to the problem.Trade Review'...the various studies do provide insight into the issues around trying to understand and respond to intimate violence within close relationships across different ethnic groups.' Professional Social WorkTable of ContentsContents: Series preface; Introduction; Has DV Increased or is it Increasingly Being Reported?: Patriarchal terrorism and common couple violence: 2 forms of violence against women, Michael P. Johnson; A multidimensional definition of partner abuse: development and preliminary validation of the composite abuse scale, Kelsey Hegarty, Mary Sheehan and Cynthia Schonfield; Domestic violence against women of Japanese descent in Los Angeles: 2 method of estimating prevalence, Mieko Yoshihama; Societal change and change in family violence from 1975-1985 as revealed by 2 national surveys, Murray A. Strauss and Richard J. Gelles; Reasons for reporting and not reporting domestic violence to the police, Richard B. Felson, Steven F. Messner, Anthony W. Hoskin and Glenn Deane; Estimating the incidence and prevalence of violence against women: national data systems and sources, Richard J. Gelles. Have the Major Factors Been Identified that Determine/Precipitate DV?: Risk factors for femicide in abusive relationships: results from a multisite case control study, Jacquelyne C. Campbell, Daniel Webster, Jane Koziol-McLain, Carolyn Block, Doris Campbell, Mary Ann Curry, Faye Gary, Nancy Glass, Judith McFarlane, Carolyn Sachs, Phyllis Sharps, Yvonne Ulrich, Susan A. Wilt, Jennifer Manganello, Xiao Xu, Janet Schollenberger, Victoria Frye and Kathryn Laughon; Risk factors for injury to women from domestic violence, Demetrios N. Kyriacou, Deidre Anglin, Ellen Taliaferro, Susan Stone, Toni Tubb, Judith A. Linden, Robert Muelleman, Erik Barton and Jess F. Krauss; Alcohol-related intimate partner violence among white, black and hispanic couples in the United States, Raul Caetano, John Schafer and Carol B. Cunradi; The relationship between heart rate reactivity, emotionally aggressive behavior and general violence in batterers, John M. Gottman, Neil S. Jacobson, Regina H. Rushe, Joanna Wu Shortt, Julia Babcock, Jaslean J. La Taillade and Jennifer Waltz; Current perspectives on men who batte

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Book Synopsis“A true-crime page-turner.... Lowry exhausts every possible scenario behind the shocking, unsolved quadruple murder ... and offers a theory on what really happened.” —New York PostGripping, moving, and as good as any depiction of a murder case since In Cold Blood.... Brilliant. —Ann Patchett, award-winning, bestselling author The facts are brutally straightforward. On December 6, 1991, the naked, bound-and-gagged, burned bodies of four girls—each one shot in the head—were found in a frozen yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. Grief, shock, and horror overtook the city. But after eight years of misdirected investigations, only two suspects (teenagers at the time of the crime) were tried; their convictions were later overturned and detectives are still working on what is now a very cold case. The story has grown to include DNA technology, coerced false confessions, and other developments in

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn an unusually vigorous interrogation of philosophy and the social sciences, Lisa Guenther addresses one of humanity’s greatest inhumanities and its perversely long, extensive history in America. Guenther offers a compelling critique of solitary confinement, in the course of which she pushes phenomenology beyond its classical limits, revealing our inherent inter-subjectivity, our need for both interaction and anonymity, and the moral imperative that America end this cruel and barbaric form of punishment. An urgently needed, powerfully argued study of one of the nation’s gravest moral and socio-political failings.—Orlando Patterson, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Critical Phenomenology of Solitary ConfinementI. The Early U.S. Penitentiary System1. An Experiment in Living Death2. Person, World, and Other: A Husserlian Critique of Solitary Confinement3. The Racialization of Criminality and the Criminalization of Race: From the Plantation to the Prison FarmII. The Modern Penitentiary4. From Thought Reform to Behavior Modification5. Living Relationality: Merleau-Ponty’s Critical Phenomenological Account of Behavior6. Beyond Dehumanization: A Posthumanist Critique of Intensive ConfinementIII. Supermax Prisons7. Supermax Confinement and the Exhaustion of Space8. Dead Time: Heidegger, Levinas, and the Temporality of Supermax Confinement9. From Accountability to Responsibility: A Levinasian Critique of Supermax RhetoricConclusion: AfterlivesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBruno is the story of a Brazilian navy corporal turned drug dealer, who after being imprisoned became the leader of one of Brazil's biggest criminal factions, the Comando Vermelho. Bruno's story provides insights into the Brazilian drug trade, prison life, and explains the epidemic of violence in Rio's favelas.Trade Review“This particular account is interesting and engaging…” -- Ed Hart * Sounds and Colours *"The real contribution of Bruno [is]... the private reflections that we gain from a single informant who is intelligent, critical, and painfully idealistic. It is this personal voice, rather than the empirical data, that makes Bruno truly special, and a necessary supplement for scholars interested not only in drug trafficking and prisons, but in the relationship between crime and self-reflection as well." -- Samuel E. Novacich * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *“In telling the story of Bruno, sociologist Robert Gay succeeds in demystifying not only gangs and the drug trade but also an entire country. This is a carefully crafted study of a criminal career embedded in a society that for generations has denied citizenship to large numbers of its population…. This is an important book that skilfully utilises ethnographic interviews to tell the story of one man in the trenches of the global war against drugs.” -- Dick Hobbs * Times Higher Education *"This gripping book is a superb entry point into the maze of Brazilian prisons and, hopefully, a spur to more systematic historical research into the country’s current dilemmas with prisons, drugs, and gangs." -- Paul Gootenberg * Hispanic American Historical Review *"From the haunting cover to the emotional ending Bruno: Conversations with a Brazilian Drug Dealer shapes up to be a gripping read for anyone interested in the shady underworld of drug gang culture. . . . Bruno is a fascinating account that will serve as a useful testament of life in the Brazilian underworld which will be of immense value to students of cultural studies and Latin American history for years to come. In that sense, Bruno is strictly not the sensationalised bestseller that the story has the potential to be, but something infinitely more valuable." -- Jay Kerr * Latin American Review of Books *"Robert Gay has written an intimate, eye-opening book that opens a window into the politics of prisons and drug prohibition in Brazil." -- Kevin Lewis O'Neill * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"Stirring. . . . Gay offers a finely grained ethnographic account of an individual whose life is embedded in a complex world of drug trafficking complicities." -- Robert Gay * Latin American Research Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Trafficking 7 2. Things Come Undone 29 3. The Family 47 4. The Devil's Cauldron 63 5. On the Run 85 6. Paradise Lost 109 7. The Leader 135 8. Judgment Day 175 Postscript 195 Timeline of Events 201 Notes 203 Bibliography 215 Index 219

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Book SynopsisIn 1916, seventeen-year-old Jesse Washington, a retarded black boy, was publicly tortured, lynched, and burned on the town square of Waco, Texas. Drawing on extensive research in the national files of the NAACP, local newspapers and archives, and interviews with the descendants of participants in the events of that day, Patricia Bernstein has reconstructed the details of not only the crime but also how it influenced the NAACP's antilynching campaign.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Presser has been a true pioneer in this relatively new subfield of criminology. ... Inside Story not only constitutes an outstanding research effort but also offers resounding testimony to the value of interdisciplinarity in the study of narrative." * Diegesis *"Presser aptly demonstrates the importance of thinking about violence as slow and structural as opposed to swift and interpersonal. Moreover, she successfully persuades readers to think of harm in unconventional ways and implores us to challenge complicity, complacency, and the benevolence of theory." * Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare *"Lois Presser’s timely book highlights an overlooked aspect of criminological theory in investigating the role of narratives in the perpetration of 'mass harm.' . . . As the book breaks ground in narrative theory to criminology, it might provide theoretical inspiration to empirical work on the topic." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction: Narratives and Narrative Impacts 2. The Cultural Grounds of Mass Harm 3. Emotion, Narrative, and Transcendence 4. The Invitational Edge of Underdog Stories 5. Becoming Criminal: A Hegemonic Story of Antisociality 6. Better Living in Story Worlds Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisIn its current state, the global food system is socially and ecologically unsustainable: nearly two billion people are food insecure, and food systems are the number one contributor to climate change. While agro-industrial production is promoted as the solution to these problems, growing global "food sovereignty" movements are challenging this model by demanding local and democratic control over food systems. Translating Food Sovereignty accompanies activists based in the Pacific Northwest of the United States as they mobilize the claim of food sovereignty across local, regional, and global arenas of governance. In contrast to social movements that frame their claims through the language of human rights, food sovereignty activists are one of the first to have articulated themselves in relation to the neoliberal transnational order of networked governance. While this global regulatory framework emerged to deepen market logics, Matthew C. Canfield reveals how activists are leveraging this order to make more expansive social justice claims. This nuanced, deeply engaged ethnography illustrates how food sovereignty activists are cultivating new forms of transnational governance from the ground up. Trade Review"This book brings to life interactions among globally connected activist communities seeking to challenge dominant and rather simplistic ways of thinking about inequality, the environment, poverty, and food production. A must-read for scholars, students, and activists as well as those seeking to implement more inclusive and realistic policies."—Eve Darian-Smith, University of California, Irvine"Matthew Canfield is one of the leading socio-legal scholars focused on food sovereignty and agroecology. In this gripping account of the burgeoning food sovereignty movement in the US, he highlights how activists use food sovereignty to challenge transnational governance and neoliberal economic models. Canfield grounds his work in detailed ethnographical study and tells a bigger story of how struggles over the control of food systems can transform law, society, and economy. The food sovereignty movement is over 25 years old and has used law in complex and creative ways. While at the same time, food politics today are more intense than ever. This book is incredibly timely and provides an account of legality in the food sovereignty movement that we've all been waiting for."—Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur to the Right to Food"Translating Food Sovereignty is as ambitious as it is engaging. Expertly weaving together ethnography with legal studies, Canfield not only helps us to re-imagine more just food systems, he shows us how this is already being done."—Jessica Duncan, Wageningen University"Canfield examines the 'social practices of translation' involved in food sovereignty, whereby power and meaning are constantly contested and shifting. Using ethnographic research methods, the author traces the historical evolution of food sovereignty and then provides examples of how groups attend to issues such as control and communication in food governance at local, national, and international levels.... Recommended."—C. L. Lalonde, CHOICE"Canfield's book represents a grounded and inspiring assessment of how strategically cultivating justice in an age of global governance, through different local and global forms of legal mobilization of food sovereignty – from street protests to strategic litigation – can hold tremendous promise."—Jeff Handmaker, The Journal of Peasant Studies"Canfield's book points to openings in an ongoing and probably irresolvable debate. His careful, comprehensive, and rigorous examination of several cases invites us to step into them and explore what the right to food and other rights could look like in some places. He allows us to explore what is possible and what could be realized through collective, concerted action on multiple scales. Ultimately, the struggle and debate continues well beyond the conclusion of the book, and we can thank Canfield for offering us some new tools and insight toward carrying on the struggle."—Amy Trauger, The AAG Review of Books"This work is extremely useful for community organizers and activists in this area and policymakers at all levels, local, national, and international."—Richard Zimmer, Food Anthropology"[W]ell written, informative, and engaging. For anyone interested in learning about the FS [food sovereignty] movement, this book provides a general history of the global FS movement and a detailed record of FS activism in western Washington.... Due to Canfield's selected methodology and active participation in the FS struggle, presented perspectives feel personal, giving you insights on why the FS movement is important to many."—Tiffany K. Woods, Agriculture and Human Values"In an era marked by widespread food insecurity and escalating concerns about climate change, Translating Food Sovereignty: Cultivating Justice in an Age of Transnational Governance by Matthew C. Canfield offers a timely and thought-provoking analysis of the global food system.... With a wealth of experiences spanning from 'formal' to 'informal' and encompassing both legal and practical dimensions, each perspective presented feels remarkably comprehensive and worthy of serious consideration."—Mallory Cerkleski, Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development"In this engaging empirical account, we not only learn about recent and ongoing food sovereignty struggles in their local specificity but also glimpse how these struggles extend beyond lawmaking institutions and across legal jurisdictions. Translating Food Sovereignty thus offers a welcome contribution to legal anthropology, studies of social movements, and scholarship on governance from below."—Leila Kawar, Political and Legal Anthropology ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Law and Politics of Food Sovereignty 1. Translocal Translation and the Practice of Networks 2. Constructing and Contesting "Local" Food Governance 3. Revaluing Agricultural Labor 4. Protecting People's Knowledge 5. Democratizing Global Food Governance Conclusions: Cultivating Justice in an Age of Transnational Governance

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Book SynopsisIt is time to disrupt current criminological discourses which still exclude the perspectives of black scholars. Through the lens of black art, Martin Glynn explores the relevance black artistic contributions have for understanding crime and justice. Through art forms including black crime fiction, black theatre and black music, this book brings much needed attention to marginalized perspectives within mainstream criminology. Refining academic and professional understandings of race, racialization and intersectional aspects of crime, this text provides a platform for the contributions to criminology which are currently rendered invisible.Table of ContentsReimagining a Black Art Infused Criminology The People Speak: The Importance of Black Arts Movements Shadow People: Black Crime Fiction as Counter-Narrative Staging the Truth: Black Theatre and the Politics of Black Criminality Beyond The Wire: The Racialization of Crime in Film and TV Strange Fruit: Black Music (Re)presenting the Race and Crime Of Mules and Men: Oral Storytelling and the Racialization of Crime Seeing the Story: Visual Art and the Racialization of Crime Speaking Data and Telling Stories Locating the Researcher: (Auto)-Ethnography, Race, and the Researcher Towards a Black Arts Infused Criminology

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Book SynopsisAmber, Bev, Chantel, Jazmyne, Faith, and Jorgina are six Indigenous women previously involved in street gangs or street lifestyles. In Indigenous Women and Street Gangs they collaborate with Robert Henry (Métis) to share an emancipatory expression of their lives through photovoice. Each author shares a narrative that begins with her earliest memory and continues to the present. This is followed by a selection of photographs the woman took to show how she has changed with her experiences. Readers can expect difficult life stories imbued with hope and humour. Throughout, these women show us the meaning of survivance; a process of survival, resistance, resurgence, and growth. “Don’t ever fucking feel sorry for me. Why do you feel sorry for me? First of all, you shouldn’t feel sorry for me; you should be happy for me because I am here. We’re fucking human beings. We have been through shit, made some bad choices and mistakes. But like I said, in the end, if I want the help, I will ask.” -Chantel “I don’t think there is any such thing as bad; it’s called healing, you know? It is starting to fix yourself inside your heart, you know? You just got to keep doing it, that’s all I got to say.” -JazmyneTrade Review"Indigenous Women and Street Gangs explores, in their own words, the women’s interactions with various systems—such as the education system, the child welfare system, and policing and the justice system—as well as the impacts of settler-colonialism, racism and intergenerational trauma on their lives. The women describe what ultimately led them to leave the street gangs and street lifestyles." Shannon Boklaschuk, University of Saskatchewan [Full article at https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/articles/6986/New_book_co_authored_by_USask_researcher_shares_stories_of_w]"The stories of these six women provide a telling tale of how Canada’s colonial systems have failed Indigenous women.... Their ‘survivance’ is a testament to the resilience and strength of Indigenous women. I would highly recommend this book to women’s groups, organizations that deal with high-risk groups, ... law enforcement, educators, and social workers." Chevi Rabbit, The Toronto Star, November 24, 2021 [Article at https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/11/24/book-by-indigenous-women-offers-insight-into-canadian-street-gangs.html]"The narratives carry themes of trauma, violence, exclusion, removal through child welfare systems, and how Indigenous women feel they are perceived in street spaces and the community at large. Their stories point to the difficulties they faced with regard to policies, but also the ways they tried to better themselves and resist the ideas of being erased and taken—which gives rise to the word 'survivance.'" Thia James, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, December 2, 2021 [Full article at https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/researcher-helps-women-share-first-person-reality-of-gang-lifestyle]“They wanted individuals to begin to understand and see them as people, not as files or gang members but as individuals who have had to go through some more difficult things than others.” Robert Henry interviewed by Derek Craddock for Prince Albert's 101.5 Beach Radio [https://www.beachradiopa.ca/2021/10/28/listen-p-a-author-portrays-experiences-of-indigenous-women-and-gangs-in-new-book/]"Many non-Indigenous Canadians will not understand what it's like to be an Indigenous woman born into poverty within a country that systematically discriminates against them based on the color of their skin tone, socioeconomic background, cultural identity, or ethnic background... They might never understand the root causes that led some Indigenous populations to live on the streets. That's what this book offers readers, a glimpse into the lived experiences of Indigenous women who were involved in street gangs and how they liberated themselves from the harsh lifestyle." Chevi Rabbit, Alberta Native News, November 2021Indigenous Women and Street Gangs "is a must-read for anyone working with street-involved women and offers an important contribution to the literature on Indigenous street gangs and street lifestyles. More importantly, the book is a testament to the will and resilience of the six Indigenous women whose stories grace its pages." Jordan Koch, Aboriginal Policy Studies, 2023Table of Contentsix Acknowledgements xi Introduction 3 Amber 23 Bev 39 Chantel 59 Jazmyne 77 Faith 95 Jorgina 115 Photograph Captions 123 Bibliography

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Book SynopsisCHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2022 To better understand current events and threats, this book outlines the organizations and beliefs of domestic terrorists in the United States and how to counter their attacks on American democracy. Who are the American citizensWhite nationalists and militant Islamistsperpetrating acts of terrorism against their own country? What are their grievances and why do they hate? How can this transnational peril be effectively addressed? Homegrown Hate is a groundbreaking and deeply researched work that directly compares White nationalists and militant Islamists in the United States. In this timely book, scholar and holistic justice activist Sara Kamali examines these Americans' self-described beliefs, grievances, and rationales for violence, and details their organizational structures within a transnational context. She presents compelling insight into the most pressing threat to homeland security not only in the United States, but in nations across Trade Review"Eerily prescient. . . . Kamali rebuts the idea that 'lone wolves' drive terrorism and focuses on a comparative analysis of the White nationalist and militant Islamist groups that can drive it. She examines their aims, beliefs, tactics, rhetoric, organizational structures, and influencers, such as the Oath Keepers, Osama bin Laden, Dylann Roof, neo-Nazis, and Timothy McVeigh." * Kirkus Reviews *"The literature on White nationalists and militant Islamists gains an important new entry examining the reasons for acts of terrorism perpetrated by American citizens against the United States. . . . Homegrown Hate's comparative approach allows for a nuanced and complex discussion which not only puts religion at the center of the analysis, but is clear in its assertion that to reduce the activity of terrorists solely to religious motivations ignores the interplay of various social and political factors, reminding the reader that even those who share these corrupted beliefs do not engage in acts of terrorism." * Ethnic and Racial Studies * "Overall, Homegrown Hate is a valuable up-to-date resource not only for scholars and policymakers but for anyone who is looking to gain an in-depth understanding of current security threats and political violence facing the United States and many other countries around the world. . . . The book is a significant contribution to the field- deeply informative and written in an engaging manner." * European Center for Populism Studies *"A must-read for students, academics, journalists and, in particular, policy-makers and actors in security bureaucracy, who are interested in White nationalism, domestic terrorism and counterterrorism in the USA." * Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations *"Homegrown Hate is a model of innovative scholarship. . . . Readers interested in a new perspective on the topic of religion and white nationalism will appreciate her work, as well those interested in media, comparative social movements, and religion and criminology. Finally, those seeking new models of scholarship will find Kamali’s approach to surfacing similarities between two groups who see themselves in a cosmic battle to be an invigorating challenge to how studies of religion are often done." * Reading Religion *"Homegrown Hate is disturbing, yet it is one of the most important new books detailing domestic extremists available today." * CHOICE *"An incisive study. . . . For anyone interested in the full complexities of homegrown hate and case studies that highlight the problems and principles within each movement, the book is highly recommended." * Populism *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction. Empathizing with the Enemy: The Threat Within Part One. Who They Are 1. The Fourteen Words: The Racist Beliefs of White Nationalists 2. Loyalty and Disavowal: The Exclusionary Ideology of Militant Islamists Part Two. Why They Fight 3. #WhiteGenocide: Grievances of White Nationalists 4. The Crusades Redux: Grievances of Militant Islamists Part Three. What They Want 5. (RA)HOWA: (Re)Claiming the United States through (Racial) Holy War 6. America the Beautiful: Establishing a White Ethnostate or Constructing a Caliphate 7. Encouraging the End of Days: The Apocalyptic Rhetoric of Political Violence 8. The Myth of the Lone Wolf: Joining Virtual Packs Online Part Four. What Can Be Done Conclusion. Securing the Homeland: Counterterrorism and the Need for Holistic Justice Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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