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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Criminal Justice in China
Book SynopsisThe book shows, through volumes of quantitative data and the voices of judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers, how the party-state continues to influence and control both the process and outcome of criminal trials through an elaborate system of audit and sanction, the result of which is a system of aggregate rather than individual justice.Trade Review[T]his is an outstanding piece of scholarship. . . This remarkable book is a great contribution to our understanding of this tension and how it plays out in the criminal process in China. --Susan Trevaskes, The China JournalIn conclusion, I have little doubt that the book will be warmly received not only by students, practitioners, and academics specializing in Chinese law, especially in criminal justice and sociology of law, but also by those interested in comparative law and general China studies. --Jianfu Chen, Asian Journal of CriminologyThis book is an extensive survey and appraisal of Chinese criminal justice by Mike McConville and five colleagues. It should interest not only specialists in Chinese law but any reader seeking insights into China's political culture. It is distinguished by the depth of its empirical approach, displayed notably by extracts from interviews. Its publication is timely. --Stanley Lubman, The China QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Sources of Police Cases 3. Police Powers in Relation to Detention and Arrest 4. The Construction of the Police Case 5. Pre-Trial Preparation of Prosecutors 6. Pre-Trial Involvement of Judges 7. The Construction of the Defence Case 8. Trial Procedure, Rules, Setting and Personnel 9. The Trial: Case File Analysis 10. The Prosecution Observed 11. The Defence at Trial Observed (1) 12. The Defence at Trial Observed (2) 13. Trial Outcomes Observed 14. The Process and the System 15. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index
£177.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Criminal Justice in China
Book SynopsisThe book shows, through volumes of quantitative data and the voices of judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers, how the party-state continues to influence and control both the process and outcome of criminal trials through an elaborate system of audit and sanction, the result of which is a system of aggregate rather than individual justice.Trade Review[T]his is an outstanding piece of scholarship. . . This remarkable book is a great contribution to our understanding of this tension and how it plays out in the criminal process in China. --Susan Trevaskes, The China JournalIn conclusion, I have little doubt that the book will be warmly received not only by students, practitioners, and academics specializing in Chinese law, especially in criminal justice and sociology of law, but also by those interested in comparative law and general China studies. --Jianfu Chen, Asian Journal of CriminologyThis book is an extensive survey and appraisal of Chinese criminal justice by Mike McConville and five colleagues. It should interest not only specialists in Chinese law but any reader seeking insights into China's political culture. It is distinguished by the depth of its empirical approach, displayed notably by extracts from interviews. Its publication is timely. --Stanley Lubman, The China QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Sources of Police Cases 3. Police Powers in Relation to Detention and Arrest 4. The Construction of the Police Case 5. Pre-Trial Preparation of Prosecutors 6. Pre-Trial Involvement of Judges 7. The Construction of the Defence Case 8. Trial Procedure, Rules, Setting and Personnel 9. The Trial: Case File Analysis 10. The Prosecution Observed 11. The Defence at Trial Observed (1) 12. The Defence at Trial Observed (2) 13. Trial Outcomes Observed 14. The Process and the System 15. Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index
£53.15
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Criminal Law of Competition in the UK and in
Book SynopsisIn 2002, the UK introduced a criminal competition law into the UK legal system for the first time since the 18th century.Trade Review‘. . . this book will, no doubt, become a valued acquisition in the libraries of competition lawyers on both sides of the Atlantic.’ -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister Magazine‘. . . My overall impression of this book is that it is an excellent, well-researched overview of some of the most pertinent issues with antitrust criminalisation and of the operation of the criminal antitrust regimes in Ireland, the UK and the US. It provides fascinating insights into the practical workings of these regimes and, for the UK regime in particular, presents a detailed critical analysis of its failings to date. The thesis pursued by this monograph in its consideration of four different research questions is interesting, current, sophisticated and relevant. This monograph is essential reading for all those interested in antitrust criminalisation.’ -- Peter Whelan, European Competition Journal‘Mark Furse’s specialist subject is competition law and this monologue is a refreshing tour of the subject matter.’ -- The Criminal LawyerTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Criminalisation of Cartel Activity: Economics and Law 3. Criminalisation in the United States 4. Criminalisation in the UK: The Cartel Offence 5. Criminalisation in Ireland 6. Case Studies 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Handbook on the Economics of
Book SynopsisA companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in Volume Two present some of the best policy-oriented research in the field.Trade Review’Volume Two of the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption presents a comprehensive, detailed, and in-depth analysis of corruption as well as its economic and policy implications. . . It will be a valuable resource not only for experts and students of corruption studies, but also for public officials, NGO employees, and scholars of economic and political development throughout the world.’ -- Ararat L. Osipian, Journal of Economic IssuesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Susan Rose-Ackerman and Tina Søreide PART I: GENERAL OVERVIEWS 1. Corruption and Sustainable Development Toke S. Aidt 2. Curbing Corruption with Political Institutions Joshua D. Potter and Margit Tavits PART II: PROCUREMENT AND CORRUPTION 3. Delusion, Deception and Corruption in Major Infrastructure Projects: Causes, Consequences and Cures Bent Flyvbjerg and Eamonn Molloy 4. Corruption and Collusion: Strategic Complements in Procurement Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky 5. A Fighting Chance Against Corruption in Public Procurement? Gustavo Piga PART III: PRIVATIZATION AND SELF-DEALING IN PRIVATE FIRMS 6. Public versus Private Governance and Performance: Evidence from Public Utility Service Provision Maria Vagliasindi 7. Privatization of Rent-Generating Industries and Corruption Emmanuelle Auriol and Stéphane Straub 8. Risks of Wrongdoing in Public Companies and Ways to Cope with Them: The Case of Brazil Dante Mendes Aldrighi PART IV: PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION 9. Anti-Corruption Policy in Theories of Sector Regulation Antonio Estache and Liam Wren-Lewis 10. Is There an Anti-corruption Agenda in Regulation? Insights from Colombian and Zambian Water Regulation Frédéric Boehm PART V: MICRO-ANALYTIC RESEARCH: HOUSEHOLD AND FIRMS 11. Field Experimentation and the Study of Corruption Leonid V. Peisakhin 12. Oil, Corruption, and Vote-buying: A Review of the Case of São Tomé and Príncipe Pedro C. Vicente 13. Conflict and Corruption in International Trade: Who Helped Iraq Circumvent United Nations Sanctions? Yujin Jeong and Robert J. Weiner 14. Evidence from the Firm: A New Approach to Understanding Corruption Shawn Cole and Anh Tran 15. Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys? Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria Bianca Clausen, Aart Kraay and Peter Murrell PART VI: POLICY INITIATIVES: CRITIQUES AND EVALUATIONS 16. On Best and Not So Good Practices for Addressing High-level Corruption Worldwide: An Empirical Assessment Edgardo Buscaglia 17. Why Multi-Stakeholder Groups Succeed and Fail Rory Truex and Tina Søreide 18. ‘Red Flags of Corruption’ in World Bank Projects: An Analysis of Infrastructure Contracts Charles Kenny and Maria Musatova 19. Anti-Corruption Authorities: An Effective Tool to Curb Corruption? Francesca Recanatini Index
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Cornell University Press Arresting Abuse
Book SynopsisA study of the effects of mandatory arrest and no-drop prosecution on offenders. It argues that the promise for defeating intimate partner abuse lies in better matching the tactics of state power to the goals of victim empowerment and offender responsibility and to exercise such force through mechanisms that do not exacerbate social inequality.Trade ReviewThis is an ambitious book that has important implications for our theoretical understanding of the effects of criminal justice interventions on people arrested for domestic violence and for our evaluations of the practical utility of presumptive arrest and prosecution for violence. -- Kristin L. Anderson, Western Washington UniversityI have been working in this general area for more than 30 years and have recently published a book focusing on the criminal justice response to abuse. But, I learned a considerable amount from this book and found myself underlining whole passages to think more about. So it is stimulating, not merely informative. -- Evan Stark, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1: The Practice of Mandatory Arrest 2: The Practice of No-Drop Prosecution 3: Research Participants and Their Violence 4: Abusers' Experiences with Mandatory Arrest and No-Drop Prosecution 5: Abusers' Relation to Violence 6: Change in the Lives of Abusers Conclusion Appendix A: Description of Research Methods Appendix B: Classification of Research Participants Notes Works Cited Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Proving Corruption and Defending the Corrupt
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Temple University Press,U.S. Why Our Drug Laws Have Failed and What We Can Do
Book SynopsisA forceful argument for why we need to repeal drug prohibitionTrade Review"As provocative and topical as the film Traffic, here's a scathing jeremiad against the war on drugs, notable both for the author's position and for the sustained anger of its argument." -Publishers Weekly (starred review) "However harmful the ingestion of drugs are to their users, the attempt to prohibit drugs has made matters far worse, threatening our basic rights to life, liberty and property. That is Judge Gray's thesis in this important book and he cites overwhelming evidence to support it. His proposals to improve the situation do not go as far as I would like, but they are all feasible and in the right direction. If adopted, they would produce a major improvement." "The war on drugs cannot be a war on discussion of this problem. We can fight drug use and abuse and still explore viable options. Judge Gray illuminates options and in the process will promote necessary discussion of them." -George P. Shultz "It's all here! A stinging indictment of today's drug strategies and a rallying cry around new strategies for tomorrow." -Gary E. Johnson, Governor of New Mexico "It has been said that in public policy development we must distinguish between ideas that sound good and good ideas that are sound. In this book, Judge Gray provides sound ideas for a more effective national drug control policy. He recognizes that the War on Drugs needs new thinking for this new century." -Kurt L. Schmoke, Former Mayor of the City of Baltimore "Judge Gray's thorough and scholarly work, based as it is on his personal experience, should help considerably to improve our impossible drug laws. [His] book drives a stake through the heart of the failed War on Drugs and gives us options to hope for in the battles to come" -Walter Cronkite "...as engrossing and highly readable as its title is obvious. An encyclopedia of facts and figures underscoring our failed policies, together with a visionary path out of this mess. Gray's book catalogs the scandalous waste of resources that we continue to throw at the criminalization of a problem that a strong majority of Californians now understand is fundamentally a social and public health issue. Gray also makes good on his guarantee set forth in the Introduction: No one who reads the book will favor a continuation of our present drug policy, unless that person has a vested interest in the continuation of the policy. ...Gray's fine contribution to the subject provide[s] [an] important addition to the growing library of works that make the irrefutably strong case for the decriminalization of drugs. [The book] will hopefully become required reading for all policy-makers." -Christopher Mears, Orange County Metro "James P. Gray, a California Superior Court judge and a former Republican congressional candidate, has written perhaps the most convincing indictment ever that the war on drugs can never be won. ...Gray's careful, sobering book provides grounds for taking a fresh look at our national drug policies." -Philadelphia InquirerTable of ContentsPreface to Second Edition PART I: Introduction PART II: Our Drug Laws Have Failed 1 Past and Present A Historical Perspective Emergence of the Prison-Industrial Complex 2 Increased Harm to Communities Communities Awash in Illicit Drugs Violence and Corruption Domestic Foreign 3 Erosion of Protections of the Bill of Rights: Where's Paul Revere? 4 Increased Harm to Drug Users Demonization Deterioration of Health 5 Increased Harm for the Future Conspiracy Theories Government Policy: Don't Discuss It! PART III: Options 6 Increased Zero Tolerance 7 Education 8 Drug Treatment Rehabilitation Medicalization Needle Exchange Programs Drug Substitution Programs Drug Maintenance Programs 9 Deprofitization of Drugs Legalization Decriminalization Regulated Distribution 10 Federalism, Not Federalization PART IV: What We Can Do About It Appendix A: Resolution Appendix B: Government Commission Reports and Other Public Inquiries Index
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Temple University Press,U.S. Shaming the Constitution
Book SynopsisConvicted sexually violent predators are more vilified, more subject to media misrepresentation, and more likely to be denied basic human rights than any other population. Shaming the Constitution authors Michael Perlin and Heather Cucolo question the intentions of sex offender laws, offering new approaches to this most complex (and controversial) area of law and social policy. The authors assert that sex offender laws and policies are unconstitutional and counter-productive. The legislation largely fails to add to public safetyeven ruining lives for what are, in some cases, trivial infractions. Shaming the Constitution draws on law, behavioral sciences, and other disciplines to show that many of the solutions to penalizing sexually violent predators are wrong, as they create the most repressive and useless laws. In addition to tracing the history of sex offender laws, the authors address the case of Jesse Timmendequas, whose crime begat Megan's Law; the media's role in creating a Trade Review"Shaming the Constitution is a tour de force. Richly documented, the book describes, analyzes, interprets, and critiques our sex offender laws through multiple lenses. With standout sophistication and depth, the authors interweave law with social and behavioral sciences to lay the foundation for a scathing critique of current policy, advancing the public discourse especially by their discussions of international and comparative law and therapeutic jurisprudence. This book is a must-read for policy makers, advocates, judges, and students of sexual violence prevention." —Eric S. Janus, Professor of Law and former President and Dean, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
£66.30
University of Toronto Press The Trial of Galileo 16121633
Book SynopsisThis unique reader allows students to examine Galileo's trial as a legal event and, in so doing, to learn about seventeenth-century European religion, politics, diplomacy, bureaucracy, culture, and science.Trade ReviewMayer provides a sourcebook that is an ideal tool for any instructor introducing students to Galileo's trial and an excellent accompaniment to the insightful analysis found in the secondary literature. -- Renaissance Quarterly Mayer widens our understanding of what affected investigations of Galileo's conflicts with Scripture and authority. -- English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments A Note on Language and Translation List of Abbreviations Chronology Sites in Rome of Importance to Galileo's Trial Introduction Cast of Characters DOCUMENTS I. Sunspot Letters: The Cause of Most of the Trouble II. Formal Proceedings Begin III. The Inquisition and the Index Take Action IV. Publication of Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems and the Beginning of the Trial's Second Phase V. Summons to Rome and Galileo's Resistance VI. Galileo Arrives in Rome VII. Formal Proceedings Resume VIII. Sentence and Abjuration Index
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University of Toronto Press Criminalization Representation Regulation
Book SynopsisThis book draws on Foucault's concept of governmentality as a lens to analyze and critique how crime is understood, reproduced, and challenged.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Thinking Differently About Crime Part I: Thinking Differently About Crime 1. Michel Foucault: Theories and "Method" (Carmela Murdocca) 2. History Matters (Amanda Glasbeek) 3. The Politics of Representation (Ummni Khan) 4. The Politics of Counting Crime (Michael S. Mopas) Part II: Intersections 5. Racialization, Criminalization, Representation (Carmela Murdocca) 6. Gendering Crime: Men and Masculinities (Ruthann Lee) 7. Women Gone Bad? Women, Criminalization, and Representation (Amanda Glasbeek) 8. Sexual Regulation: Sexing Governmentality; Governing Sex (Deborah Brock) 9. Crime and Social Classes: Regulating and Representing Public Disorder (Marie-Eve Sylvestre) Part III: Emerging Issues in Canada and Beyond: Connecting the Global to the Local 10. Profiles and Profiling Technology: Stereotypes, Surveillance and Governmentality (Martin A. French and Simone A. Browne) 11. Wanted by the Canada Border Services Agency (Anna Pratt) 12. In the Name of Human Rights: Governing and Representing Non-Western Lives Post-9/11 (Marcia Oliver) 13. Where Are All the Corporate Criminals? Understanding Struggles to Criminalize Corporate Harm and Wrongdoing (Steven Bittle) 14. Social Movements and Critical Resistance: Policing Colonial Capitalist Order (Tia Dafnos) Conclusion: Representation, Regulation, and Resistance Glossary Contributors Index
£42.30
University of Toronto Press Criminalization Representation Regulation
Book SynopsisThis book draws on Foucault's concept of governmentality as a lens to analyze and critique how crime is understood, reproduced, and challenged.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Thinking Differently About Crime Part I: Thinking Differently About Crime 1. Michel Foucault: Theories and "Method" (Carmela Murdocca) 2. History Matters (Amanda Glasbeek) 3. The Politics of Representation (Ummni Khan) 4. The Politics of Counting Crime (Michael S. Mopas) Part II: Intersections 5. Racialization, Criminalization, Representation (Carmela Murdocca) 6. Gendering Crime: Men and Masculinities (Ruthann Lee) 7. Women Gone Bad? Women, Criminalization, and Representation (Amanda Glasbeek) 8. Sexual Regulation: Sexing Governmentality; Governing Sex (Deborah Brock) 9. Crime and Social Classes: Regulating and Representing Public Disorder (Marie-Eve Sylvestre) Part III: Emerging Issues in Canada and Beyond: Connecting the Global to the Local 10. Profiles and Profiling Technology: Stereotypes, Surveillance and Governmentality (Martin A. French and Simone A. Browne) 11. Wanted by the Canada Border Services Agency (Anna Pratt) 12. In the Name of Human Rights: Governing and Representing Non-Western Lives Post-9/11 (Marcia Oliver) 13. Where Are All the Corporate Criminals? Understanding Struggles to Criminalize Corporate Harm and Wrongdoing (Steven Bittle) 14. Social Movements and Critical Resistance: Policing Colonial Capitalist Order (Tia Dafnos) Conclusion: Representation, Regulation, and Resistance Glossary Contributors Index
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The Criminalization of Black Children Race
Book SynopsisIn documenting how blackness became a marker of criminality that overrode the potential protections the status of “child” could have bestowed, Tera Eva Agyepong shows the entanglements between race and the state's transition to a more punitive form of juvenile justice. This important study expands the narrative of racialized criminalization in America.
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New York University Press Up Against a Wall
Book SynopsisRape law reform has long been hailed as one of the most successful projects of second-wave feminism. In this book, the author draws on interviews with over 150 local rape care advocates in communities across the United States to explore how and why mainstream systems continue to resist feminist reforms.Trade Review"At last, a comprehensive and scholarly account of the antirape movement that should sound the alarm at how little law in action has changed, despite policy successes with rape law on the books. Corrigans searing analysis makes a major contribution to political science, sociology, law, and public policy. Following Patricia Yancey Martins organizational analysis of why rape policy reforms have so little effect on priorities, the treatment of victims, prosecutions, convictions, and public attitudes, Corrigan reveals how a social movement has lost its ability to advocate effectively. This must read for all who care about womens equality should sound the alarm to turn our attention to policy implementation and social movement mobilization." -- Sally J. Kenney,Tulane University"Corrigan convincingly argues that medical and legal professionals do not take rape seriously. . . . The strongest parts of the book are her assessments of the SANE programs, EC in the ER, and the sex offender registration and notification statutes. She quotes voluminously from her interviews . . . giving a richly textured picture of the implementation and impact of these recent initiatives. Her analysis of differences across states is particularly illuminating." -- Carrie N. Baker * Political Science Quarterly *"Corrigan's examination of the impact of rape law reform convincingly argues that such reform has often been weakened, modified, and co-opted, all in ways that dilute the impact promised by far-reaching, woman-centered policy. Drawing on deeply textured case studies, extensive interview data, and a clear reading of the laws in various US jurisdictions, Corrigan offers an analysis of legal implementation from the ground up." -- R. A. Cramer * Choice *"In an era when gender mainstreaming is hailed globally as the primary tactic to achieve gender equality, Rose Corrigan offers a cautionary tale. By focusing on rape law reform over four decades, she demonstrates how feminist policy objectives are systemically undercut by bureaucratic intransigence and standard operating procedures within gendered state institutions. From legislatures and law enforcement agencies to rape crisis centers, she traces the evisceration of feminist transformative efforts as the law is deployed with little concern for the well-being of those who have been raped. This vital contribution to feminist theory and practice should be read by all concerned with social change in the 21st century." -- Mary Hawkesworth,Professor of Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers University"Professor Corrigan's book, Up Against a Wall: Rape Reform and the Failure of Success,is indispensable reading for anyone who cares about sexual violence and the failure of law reform to live up to the promise it once held for victims of sexual violence. It is also an invaluable tool for anyone concerned about the dynamics of law reform and legal consciousness. Using an empirical, qualitative study of Rape Crises Centers and counsellors in six diverse states as her framework, Corrigan engages in a multi-layered, nuanced examination of the history of rape law reform to demonstrate that reliance on the criminal justice system led to the loss of original feminist goals. She argues rape and sexual assault issues were abandoned by feminists who lost sight of the relationship of sexual assault to gender inequality as they moved on to other projects. She then turns to current issues that have produced perverse effects for victims. She challenges us to look for creative solutions outside the criminal law as well as within to problems she identifies and for a return to an emphasis on gender equality and real rights and protections for victims in this important book." -- Lynne Henderson,Professor Emerita, University of Nevada Las Vegas"This book, by socio-legal scholar Rose Corrigan, offers an insightful analysis of both lingering and new challenges to reforms in how rape and rape victims are defined and treated. . . . Corrigan did not miss a single key study on the issues. Furthermore, her narrative is written so that experts and non-experts alike can enjoy and learn from it. Her use of quotes from rape care worker interviews makes fascinating reading. . . . This book is an invaluable resource . . . Finally, the book offers an excellent example of the use of organizational and community informants as 'human periscopes' in order to gain purchase on rape work and politics in today's world. This approach is under-utilized in organizational and community studies and I hope Corrigan's use of it inspires others to adopt it as well." -- Patricia Yancey Martin,Professor of Sociology Emerita, Florida State University"This research is an eye opening tale of how social movements can be partially co-opted by the state. There is a lesson here not only for anti rape advocates and those concerned with gender equality, but for all of us concerned with civil rights more generally." -- Frederika E. Schmitt * Sex Roles *""Rose Corrigan has made a major contribution to our understanding of the way in which law reform efforts in theory can be subverted 'on the ground.' The book is thoughtful, well-written and has important insights for a variety of fields. " -- Elizabeth M. Schneider,Rose L. Hoffer Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law SchoolTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: The Failure of Success 2. The Anti-Rape Movement and the Turn to Law 3. Listening to Rape Care Advocates 4. Institutional Responses to Rape: Following the "Leaky Pipeline" of Rape Reporting5. Developing the Body of Evidence: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs 6. When Rights Are Wrong: Emergency Contraception and the Failure of Policy Success 7. When Is a Rapist a Sex Offender?: Sex Offender Registration and Notification Statutes 8. Fleeing from Feminism: The Troubled Legacy of Rape Law Reform Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
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New York University Press Adolescence Discrimination and the Law
Book SynopsisExplores the shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims of discrimination, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment In the wake of the civil rights movement, the legal system dramatically changed its response to discrimination based on race, gender, and other characteristics. It is now showing signs of yet another dramatic shift, as it moves from considering difference to focusing on neutrality. Rather than seeking to counter subjugation through special protections for groups that have been historically (and currently) disadvantaged, the Court now adopts a colorblind approach. Equality now means treating everyone the same way. This book explores these shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment. It integrates developmental theory with work on legal equality and discrimination, showing both how the legal system can benefit from new research on development and Trade Review"As a whole, this work has overlaying and connecting themes serving as a general introduction into the legal arguments of the topics at hand, namely adolescents and the legal systems interaction with them. However, the individual chapters go into minute detail in regards to the topics and cases related to them. This combination helps to properly inform readers without leaving them get lost in the gritty aspects of the U.S. legal system… After reading the book in its entirety, the need for governmental reform regarding the issues presented becomes painfully apparent. Hopefully the public will continue to educate themselves on issues like these and a more concrete plan as to what specifically needs improvement and in how to go about improving it will form." -- Journal of Youth and Adolescence"In clear and cogent terms, this book pulls together the literature from disparate areas of psychological research and jurisprudence. Its well-reasoned arguments make a distinctive contribution to the field, and should serve as guidance to scholars and policy-makers." -- Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld,author of Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, & Controversies, 3rd EdTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Shifts in Equality Jurisprudence 13 2. The Nature, Developmental Roots, and Alleviation of 57 Discrimination 3. Addressing Necessary Shifts in Equality Jurisprudence 101 4. Supporting Equality Jurisprudence's Sites of Inculcation 123 5. Harnessing Developmental Science to Broaden Equality 195 Jurisprudence Conclusion 237 References 245 Index 267 About the Author 277
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New York University Press The Politics of Crime Prevention
Book SynopsisAn important understanding of the role public opinion plays in crime prevention policyDefund the police. This slogan became a rallying cry among Black Lives Matter protesters following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020. These three words evoke a fundamental question about America's policy priorities: should the nation rely predominantly upon the branches of the criminal justice system to arrest, prosecute, and imprison offenders, or should the nation prioritize fixing structural causes of crime by investing more heavily in the infrastructure and institutions of disadvantaged communities? To put it simply, do Americans actually prefer punishment over crime prevention?The Politics of Crime Prevention examines American public opinion about crime prevention in the twenty-first century with a particular focus on how average citizens would choose to prioritize resources between the criminal justice system and community-based institutions. KeviTrade ReviewThe United States sits at a correctional turning point, with a half-century of mass imprisonment now revealed to be a misguided policy failure. To know what next steps are possible, listen to Kevin Wozniak. Based on primary data and an expansive mastery of the research literature, he shows that the American public aspires to more than a punitive, lock ’em up response to crime. He presents strong empirical evidence that the citizenry favors community investment over criminal justice investment. Public opinion thus is a potential resource for needed progressive reform. Americans believe that a safer society depends on having a better society for all—a salient message that politicians need to hear and act upon. * Francis T. Cullen, co-author of Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences *Three words, relatively new to the English lexicon--“Defund the police” (DTP)—can conjure up drastically different images in the minds of Americans. To some, it represents the only strategy forward to address systemic racism, lethal police violence, and long-standing racial and social inequity. To others, the same three words are an affront to justice, social order, and the law enforcement professionals who risk their lives to ensure public safety. In The Politics of Crime Prevention Dr. Kevin H. Wozniak demonstrates that despite these disparate images and distortions, at its heart, the true emphasis of DTP, is not as polarizing as we might think. As the author argues, it is a story of community reinvestment rather than community division. Drawing on a careful and nuanced analysis of public attitudes, Wozniak draws our attention to two key takeaways concerning current crime and justice debates: 1) American public opinion is not unilaterally punitive, in that most Americans are not the “get tough” enthusiasts some politicians and pundits would have us believe, and 2) most citizens recognize that crime prevention begins much sooner than sanctioning, as a large swath of the public strongly favors “front-end” community investment efforts to ensure public safety (public school funding, job creation program). The author argues that it is high-time policymakers listened to these sentiments, and it is difficult not to agree. This book will appeal to many audiences—academics and researchers, public policy administrators, public safety professionals, students, and anyone desiring a deeper understanding of public attitudes toward crime, punishment, and community investment. * Christina Mancini, author of Sex Crime, Offenders, and Society: A Critical Look at Sexual Offending and Policy *The Politics of Crime Prevention counters the view that investments in the carceral state reflect the “will of the people.” Using original carefully crafted research, Wozniak argues that the majority of Black and White Americans support community investment to prevent crime. Accessibly written, The Politics of Crime Prevention provides a road map for those who want public safety without more police and prisons. * Heather Schoenfeld, author of Building the Prison State: Race and the Politics of Mass Incarceration *Overall, both academic scholars and researchers who conduct public opinion and public policy research related to crime and criminal justice and community members who are interested in understanding more about the crime issue will find the content in the book helpful and easy to follow. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *
£62.90
New York University Press The Politics of Crime Prevention
Book SynopsisAn important understanding of the role public opinion plays in crime prevention policyDefund the police. This slogan became a rallying cry among Black Lives Matter protesters following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020. These three words evoke a fundamental question about America's policy priorities: should the nation rely predominantly upon the branches of the criminal justice system to arrest, prosecute, and imprison offenders, or should the nation prioritize fixing structural causes of crime by investing more heavily in the infrastructure and institutions of disadvantaged communities? To put it simply, do Americans actually prefer punishment over crime prevention?The Politics of Crime Prevention examines American public opinion about crime prevention in the twenty-first century with a particular focus on how average citizens would choose to prioritize resources between the criminal justice system and community-based institutions. KeviTrade ReviewThe United States sits at a correctional turning point, with a half-century of mass imprisonment now revealed to be a misguided policy failure. To know what next steps are possible, listen to Kevin Wozniak. Based on primary data and an expansive mastery of the research literature, he shows that the American public aspires to more than a punitive, lock ’em up response to crime. He presents strong empirical evidence that the citizenry favors community investment over criminal justice investment. Public opinion thus is a potential resource for needed progressive reform. Americans believe that a safer society depends on having a better society for all—a salient message that politicians need to hear and act upon. * Francis T. Cullen, co-author of Correctional Theory: Context and Consequences *Three words, relatively new to the English lexicon--“Defund the police” (DTP)—can conjure up drastically different images in the minds of Americans. To some, it represents the only strategy forward to address systemic racism, lethal police violence, and long-standing racial and social inequity. To others, the same three words are an affront to justice, social order, and the law enforcement professionals who risk their lives to ensure public safety. In The Politics of Crime Prevention Dr. Kevin H. Wozniak demonstrates that despite these disparate images and distortions, at its heart, the true emphasis of DTP, is not as polarizing as we might think. As the author argues, it is a story of community reinvestment rather than community division. Drawing on a careful and nuanced analysis of public attitudes, Wozniak draws our attention to two key takeaways concerning current crime and justice debates: 1) American public opinion is not unilaterally punitive, in that most Americans are not the “get tough” enthusiasts some politicians and pundits would have us believe, and 2) most citizens recognize that crime prevention begins much sooner than sanctioning, as a large swath of the public strongly favors “front-end” community investment efforts to ensure public safety (public school funding, job creation program). The author argues that it is high-time policymakers listened to these sentiments, and it is difficult not to agree. This book will appeal to many audiences—academics and researchers, public policy administrators, public safety professionals, students, and anyone desiring a deeper understanding of public attitudes toward crime, punishment, and community investment. * Christina Mancini, author of Sex Crime, Offenders, and Society: A Critical Look at Sexual Offending and Policy *The Politics of Crime Prevention counters the view that investments in the carceral state reflect the “will of the people.” Using original carefully crafted research, Wozniak argues that the majority of Black and White Americans support community investment to prevent crime. Accessibly written, The Politics of Crime Prevention provides a road map for those who want public safety without more police and prisons. * Heather Schoenfeld, author of Building the Prison State: Race and the Politics of Mass Incarceration *Overall, both academic scholars and researchers who conduct public opinion and public policy research related to crime and criminal justice and community members who are interested in understanding more about the crime issue will find the content in the book helpful and easy to follow. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *
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New York University Press Inside Knowledge
Book SynopsisA powerful critique of mass incarceration by the people who have experienced itInside Knowledge is the first book to examine the American prison system through the eyes of those who are trapped within it. Drawing from the writings collected in the American Prison Writing Archive, Doran Larson deftly illustrates how mass incarceration does less to contain any harm perpetrated by convicted people than to spread and perpetuate harm among their families and communities. Inside Knowledge makes a powerful argument that America's prisons not only degrade and debilitate their wards but also defeat the prison's cardinal missions of rehabilitation, containment, deterrence, and even meaningful retribution. If prisons are places where convicted people are sent to learn a lesson, then imprisoned people are the ones who know just what American prisons actually teach. At once profound and devastating, Inside Knowledge is an invaluable resource for those interested in addressing mass incarceration iTrade ReviewAs this compelling text shows, filling in longstanding silences about what prisons actually do may have far-reaching and desperately needed benefits for those inside and outside the institution’s walls. Profound reflections on the unacknowledged inhumanity of the nation’s prisons. * Kirkus Reviews (starred) *Larson’s dedication to challenging the usual conversations about mass incarceration by showcasing voices of the imprisoned highlights many faults and some solutions. An important addition to the discussion around this urgent subject. * Booklist *A powerful indictment of American prisons for failing at their ostensible purpose: making us safer. What distinguishes this book and makes it so persuasive is the insight Larson has drawn from thousands of archived essays by the incarcerated themselves. Their testimony is vivid, infuriating, and profound. -- Bill Keller, Founding Editor of The Marshall ProjectInside Knowledge is a necessity in the conversation on criminal justice reform. Larson builds a critical discourse rooted in the value of “witness” within the carceral state, underscoring the power of the hidden and hushed voice to deconstruct that which can be, at times, indestructible. -- Randall Horton, American Book Award winning author of #289-128: PoemsLarson offers readers a window into the brutal realities concealed within prison walls by exposing the grim wisdom that incarcerated individuals have for so long carried in silence. In so doing, he illuminates the gap in public perception between the peace that prisons supposedly deliver and the destruction they actually wreak, thereby chipping away at the misconceptions that fuel the machine of mass incarceration. -- Marc M. Howard, Founder and President of The Frederick Douglass Project for JusticeProvides a devastating and heartbreaking account of the national nightmare of mass incarceration. Drawing on the insightful analysis of those behind bars, the book pinpoints the structural problem of American prisons, while also pointing us in the direction of a more effective—and compassionate—approach to public safety. Policymakers and the public alike need to hear this urgent call for change. -- Marc Mauer, author of Race to IncarcerateDoran Larson, founder of The American Prison Writers Archive, has curated and contextualized a selection of incarcerated writers’ words, naming and amplifying a rich literary tradition of prison writing in the United States (dating to the 1700s). Ultimately, the book provides a damning indictment of the failures of mass incarceration to achieve any of its four stated goals: retribution, rehabilitation, deterrence, incapacitation. -- Keramet Reiter, University of California, IrvineOne of the most compelling accounts of prison writing to date. Larson has given us a tremendous gift, a withering indictment of the US prison system, based on one of the deepest collections of prison writing ever compiled. The courageous writing and formidable expertise of people confined in prisons form together a clarion call: don’t look away. And in a time where prisons have once again catalyzed resistance, Inside Knowledge beckons to us. -- Vesla Mae Weaver, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology, Johns Hopkins UniversityThis book will advance the cause of those in and out, shedding much needed light and changing the way people see those fighting for justice on many levels... most importantly in prison. -- Jimmy Baca, author of The MisfitsInside Knowledge presents a thoughtful, well-documented history of the origin, the rationales, and the practice of incarcerating people in this country, and a great many testimonies from the people who know best how thoroughly that practice has failed to achieve its alleged goal of 'rehabilitating' the people prisons are supposed to serve. * The Arts Fuse *Larson's is an ambitious and compelling project, and his book is an extraordinary and valuable contribution both to the literature on prison writing and to the ongoing effort of activists to redress social ills caused largely by conditions of poverty. * The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice *
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New York University Press Transforming Criminal Justice
Book SynopsisAn evidence-based roadmap for how the American criminal justice system can be reformedThis important volume brings together today's leading criminal justice scholars and practitioners to offer a roadmap for those who want to change the face of the American criminal justice system. This collection of essays addresses thirteen significant issues in justice reform, starting from a suspect's first interaction with the police and continuing to gun violence, prosecutorial innovation, sentencing reform, eliminating bail, recidivism and re-entry, collateral consequences of crime, and eliminating false convictions. A common theme emerges in this volume: the American criminal justice system is riddled with weaknesses that cause harm and require greater accountability. Each chapter is both educational and prescriptive, helping readers to understand the problems that plague the criminal justice system, how those problems can be addressed, and who should take responsibility for them. Part scholaTrade ReviewThis book does two things – both important – and it does them exceedingly well. First, in an era in which reform of the criminal legal system is a top priority for many, it provides a collection of essays across the entire system, from policing to incarceration and re-entry. Second, it does so from a deeply evidence-based perspective, so reform can be both effective and enduring. The editors are to be congratulated in assembling this impressive gathering of expertise, in a volume that many will find informative and engaging. * Barry Friedman, author of Unwarranted: Policing without Permission *In today’s fraught national discourse on the future of criminal justice reform, the ideas found in this ambitious and timely volume are particularly welcome. The book is chock-full of creative new approaches, from participatory defense as a movement-building strategy to temporary guaranteed income to support successful reentry. Other chapters promote structural changes in prosecutorial charging practices, sentencing policies, recidivism metrics, and sentinel event reviews. These ideas presented here are animated by a refreshing insistence on policies that reflect solid evidence, not political posturing. Taken together, they provide a platform for advocates committed to the hard work of unwinding our country’s harmful and ineffective criminal justice apparatus. * Jeremy Travis, author of But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry *An impressive ensemble of scholars and practitioners with a wealth of knowledge on the workings—and failures—of the criminal justice system. Drawing upon empirical research, contributors provide evidence-based solutions to address criminal injustices in policing, courts, and corrections with special attention to issues of class, race, and gender. Transforming Criminal Justice is a must-read collection for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and laypeople interested in promoting accountability, harm reduction, and justice. * Maya Pagni Barak, co-author of Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America’s Death Penalty Lawyers *
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New York University Press Transforming Criminal Justice
Book SynopsisAn evidence-based roadmap for how the American criminal justice system can be reformedThis important volume brings together today's leading criminal justice scholars and practitioners to offer a roadmap for those who want to change the face of the American criminal justice system. This collection of essays addresses thirteen significant issues in justice reform, starting from a suspect's first interaction with the police and continuing to gun violence, prosecutorial innovation, sentencing reform, eliminating bail, recidivism and re-entry, collateral consequences of crime, and eliminating false convictions. A common theme emerges in this volume: the American criminal justice system is riddled with weaknesses that cause harm and require greater accountability. Each chapter is both educational and prescriptive, helping readers to understand the problems that plague the criminal justice system, how those problems can be addressed, and who should take responsibility for them. Part scholaTrade Review"This book does two things – both important – and it does them exceedingly well. First, in an era in which reform of the criminal legal system is a top priority for many, it provides a collection of essays across the entire system, from policing to incarceration and re-entry. Second, it does so from a deeply evidence-based perspective, so reform can be both effective and enduring. The editors are to be congratulated in assembling this impressive gathering of expertise, in a volume that many will find informative and engaging." * Barry Friedman, author of Unwarranted: Policing without Permission *"In today’s fraught national discourse on the future of criminal justice reform, the ideas found in this ambitious and timely volume are particularly welcome. The book is chock-full of creative new approaches, from participatory defense as a movement-building strategy to temporary guaranteed income to support successful reentry. Other chapters promote structural changes in prosecutorial charging practices, sentencing policies, recidivism metrics, and sentinel event reviews. These ideas presented here are animated by a refreshing insistence on policies that reflect solid evidence, not political posturing. Taken together, they provide a platform for advocates committed to the hard work of unwinding our country’s harmful and ineffective criminal justice apparatus." * Jeremy Travis, author of But They All Come Back: Facing the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry *"An impressive ensemble of scholars and practitioners with a wealth of knowledge on the workings—and failures—of the criminal justice system. Drawing upon empirical research, contributors provide evidence-based solutions to address criminal injustices in policing, courts, and corrections with special attention to issues of class, race, and gender. Transforming Criminal Justice is a must-read collection for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and laypeople interested in promoting accountability, harm reduction, and justice." * Maya Pagni Barak, co-author of Capital Defense: Inside the Lives of America’s Death Penalty Lawyers *
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New York University Press The Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation
Book SynopsisA comprehensive assessment of real gun reform legislation with recommendations for better design, implementation and enforcementA month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, New York State passed, with record speed, the first and most comprehensive state post-Sandy Hook gun control law. In The Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation, James B. Jacobs and Zoe Fuhr ask whether the 2013 SAFE Act hailed by Governor Andrew Cuomo as the nation's toughest gun control law has lived up to its promise. Jacobs and Fuhr illuminate the gap between gun control on the books and gun control in action. They argue that, to be effective, gun controls must be capable of implementation and enforcement. This requires realistic design, administrative and enforcement capacity and commitment and ongoing political and fiscal support. They show that while the SAFE Act was good symbolic politics, most of its provisions were not effectively implemented or, if implemented, not enforced. Gun control in a sTrade Review"The great lesson here is that in gun policy, as in other areas, good intentions are not enough. James B. Jacobs and Zoe Fuhr provide a thorough account of how New York State’s SAFE Act, the ‘toughest gun law in the nation,’ has come up short in implementation and enforcement. This book serves as a well-informed guide to exploring the gap between aspiration and practice, and makes painfully clear that for advocates of gun violence prevention, enacting sensible regulations is just the first step." -- Philip J. Cook, co-author of The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know"This masterful, penetrating study of the nation's strongest gun control statute does what legal sociology aspires, but often fails, to accomplish: demonstrate the gap—here, a chasm—between the law on the books and the law in action, between policymaking and policy implementation. Anyone concerned with reducing gun violence needs to absorb and act upon its wisdom." -- Peter H. Schuck, author of One Nation Divided: Clear Thinking about Five Hard Issues That Divide Us"Opens up numerous questions of interest to political scientists. ... Students of public policy have a great basis for theory development in this realistic portrayal of the major limitations of our gun regulatory system." * Political Science Quarterly *
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New York University Press The New Criminal Justice Thinking
Book SynopsisA vital collection for reforming criminal justiceAfter five decades of punitive expansion, the entire U.S. criminal justice system mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, police practices, the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, glaring racial disparity, the death penalty and more faces challenging questions. What exactly is criminal justice? How much of it is a system of law and how much is a collection of situational social practices? What roles do the Constitution and the Supreme Court play? How do race and gender shape outcomes? How does change happen, and what changes or adaptations should be pursued? The New Criminal Justice Thinking addresses the challenges of this historic moment by asking essential theoretical and practical questions about how the criminal system operates. In this thorough and thoughtful volume, scholars from across the disciplines of legal theory, sociology, criminology, Critical Race Theory, and organizational theory offer crucial insights into how tTrade Review"Atremendous collection of thoughtful essays written by preeminent scholars. . . . a cohesive examination of what is wrong with the American criminal justice system, and how we might go about fixing it." * New York Journal of Books *"[The book] offers several articles that will challenge the readers thinking and deepen the readers understanding of how the criminal justice works." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review *"In a collection of 14 essays that engage criminal law and justice, this volume contains new concepts and deeply interesting ideas by some of today’s most erudite and recognizable scholars in ‘criminal justice system’ thinking." -- The Howard Journal"This book can profitably be read by criminal justice practitioners, policy makers, and students at all levels. It is a necessary read." * Choice *"In The New Criminal Justice Thinking, Sharon Dolovich and Alexandra Natapoff take on the ambitious project of understanding what the contemporary American criminal justice system is and what it does at this critical juncture in time. The volume reflects a remarkable willingness to rethink the complex of actors, institutions, laws, and dynamics that operate to police and punish crime. Resoundingly successful at decentering crime from our thinking about the criminal justice system, this book effects an intervention that is crucial to understanding and reforming its injustices." -- Bernard E. Harcourt,Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law School"In making sense out of the U.S. criminal justice morass and pointing toward transformation, Dolovich and Natapoff have accomplished the nearly impossible. Here is an accessible guide to some of the best work of leading criminal justice scholars. Creative, visionary and erudite, The New Criminal Justice Thinking is a crucial intervention in crucial times." -- Paul Butler,Professor of Law at Georgetown Law"These essays mount an impressive and broad-ranging critique of the American criminal justice system, offering legal, sociological, psychological, and moral perspectives on the future of institutions that deeply mark our communities and collective life. An essential volume for anyone interested in changing our criminal justice system to produce a more equal and more just society." -- Carol Steiker,Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
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New York University Press Justice for Kids
Book SynopsisChildren and youth become involved with the juvenile justice system at a significant rate. While some children move just as quickly out of the system and go on to live productive lives as adults, other children become enmeshed in the system, developing deeper problems and or transferring into the adult criminal justice system. Justice for Kids is a volume of work by leading academics and activists that focuses on ways to intervene at the earliest possible point to rehabilitate and redirectto keep kids out of the systemrather than to punish and drive kids deeper. Justice for Kids presents a compelling argument for rethinking and restructuring the juvenile justice system as we know it. This unique collection explores the system's fault lines with respect to all children, and focuses in particular on issues of race, gender, and sexual orientation that skew the system. Most importantly, it provides specific program initiatives that offer alternatives to our thinking about preventiTrade ReviewJudges and attorneys as well as law enforcement agencies and juvenile advocates will find this book useful as they work toward the goal of fair treatment and justice for juveniles, both guilty and innocent. * Library Journal *Justice for Kids presents comprehensive research and evidence-based practices anchored in sound, creative and critical analysis necessary to transform both our youth-serving institutions and our moral intuitions and commitments to all of our children. -- Mark Fondacaro,co-author of Juveniles at Risk: A Plea for Preventive JusticeThis remarkable and sobering collection of scholarly works shines much-needed light on our nations unjust treatment of youth and how the injustice flows most heavily along the lines of race, poverty and disability. Educators, policymakers, and advocates all should find this book as motivating as it is disturbing: for every reason it gives to despair about the current system, it also reveals a pathway toward a far less populated system of juvenile justice, one that actually helps children rather than harms them. -- Daniel Losen,co-author of The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Structuring Legal ReformTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Part I System Change 1 Redefining the Footprint of Juvenile Justice in America 2 Delinquency and Daycare 3 Challenging the Overuse of Foster Care and Disrupting the Path to Delinquency and Prison 4 Preventing Incarceration through Special Education and Mental Health Collaboration for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 5 Looking for Air: Excavating Destructive Educational and Racial Policies to Build Successful School CommunitiesPart II Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation 6 The Black Nationalist Cure to Disproportionate Minority Contact 7 Girl Matters: Unfinished Work 8 Supporting Queer Youth Part III Legal Socialization and Policing 9 Deterring Serious and Chronic Offenders 10 "I Want to Talk to My Mom"Part IV Model Programs 11 Moving beyond Exclusion 12 The Line of Prevention 13 What It Takes to Transform a School inside a Juvenile Justice Facility About the Contributors Index
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New York University Press Punishment in Popular Culture
Book SynopsisThe way a society punishes demonstrates its commitment to standards of judgment and justice, its distinctive views of blame and responsibility, and its particular way of responding to evil. Punishment in Popular Culture examines the cultural presuppositions that undergird America's distinctive approach to punishment and analyzes punishment as a set of images, a spectacle of condemnation. It recognizes that the semiotics of punishment is all around us, not just in the architecture of the prison, or the speech made by a judge as she sends someone to the penal colony, but in both high and popular culture iconography, in novels, television, and film. This book brings together distinguished scholars of punishment and experts in media studies in an unusual juxtaposition of disciplines and perspectives.Americans continue to lock up more people for longer periods of time than most other nations, to use the death penalty, and to racialize punishment in remarkable ways. How are these faTrade Review[] [T]his collection will reward students who seek insight into the conceptions of justice that animate the ghost in the popular culture machine. * Choice *[T]here is much to appreciate in this work.Punishment in Popular Cultureis the most recent of the five books Ogletree and Sarat have edited in their series on race and justice. That subject remains possibly the most important area of inquiry in the fields of criminal justice and legal studies. One hopes they will continue toencourage the scholarship that contributes to our understanding of race and justice. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *This is a necessary and important addition to the literature of legal studies. Tackling one of the most salient issues of our day, the authors use the most sophisticated interdisciplinary methodologies to tease out the many subtle strands underlying the debates around capital punishment. -- Elayne Rapping,University at Buffalo, The State University of New YorkA fluid merging of cultural theory, media studies, and the social facts of mass incarceration, Punishment in Popular Culture is an unprecedented assembly of exceptional and emergent interdisciplinary scholars who take on the cultural life of punishment against the backdrop of the U.S. carceral regime. Disturbing, original, and provocative, this volume reveals how deeply and broadly punishment is enmeshed in the imaginary of everyday life in American society. From the contemporary perspective and across time, we see how punitive images, often overlooked, carry profound cultural force in our socio-political landscape. -- Michelle Brown,University of TennesseeEloquently portray[s] the ways in which popular culture and the criminal justice system influence and feed off each other in a way that both impacts and shapes popular opinion but also various laws. * Metapsychology *The essays in this VERY creative and thought-provoking book force us to think about what movie depictions of punishment represent, how we receive them, and how our consciousness is shaped by them. Highly recommended! -- James B. Jacobs,Warren E. Burger Professor of Law, New York UniversityTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Imaging Punishment: An Introduction 1 Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Austin Sarat part I. The Popularity of Punishment 1. Redeeming the Lost War: Backlash Films and the Rise of the Punitive State 23 Lary May 2. Better Here than There: Prison Narratives in Reality Television 55 Aurora Wallace part II. Popular Culture's Critique of Punishment 3. The Spectacle of Punishment and the "Melodramatic Imagination" in the Classical-Era Prison Film: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) and Brute Force (1947) 79 Kristen Whissel 4. "Deserve Ain't Got Nothing to Do with It": The Deconstruction of Moral Justifications for Punishment through The Wire 117 Kristin Henning 5. Rehabilitating Violence: White Masculinity and Harsh Punishment in 1990s Popular Culture 161 Daniel LaChance part III. The Reception and Impact of Punishment in Popular Culture 6. Scenes of Execution: Spectatorship, Political Responsibility, and State Killing in American Film 199 Austin Sarat, Madeline Chan, Maia Cole, Melissa Lang, Nicholas Schcolnik, Jasjaap Sidhu, and Nica Siegel viii | Contents 7. The Pleasures of Punishment: Complicity, Spectatorship, and Abu Ghraib 236 Amy Adler 8. Images of Injustice 257 Brandon L. Garrett About the Contributors 287 Index 289
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New York University Press The New Criminal Justice Thinking
Book SynopsisA vital collection for reforming criminal justiceAfter five decades of punitive expansion, the entire U.S. criminal justice system mass incarceration, the War on Drugs, police practices, the treatment of juveniles and the mentally ill, glaring racial disparity, the death penalty and more faces challenging questions. What exactly is criminal justice? How much of it is a system of law and how much is a collection of situational social practices? What roles do the Constitution and the Supreme Court play? How do race and gender shape outcomes? How does change happen, and what changes or adaptations should be pursued? The New Criminal Justice Thinking addresses the challenges of this historic moment by asking essential theoretical and practical questions about how the criminal system operates. In this thorough and thoughtful volume, scholars from across the disciplines of legal theory, sociology, criminology, Critical Race Theory, and organizational theory offer crucial insights into how tTrade ReviewAtremendous collection of thoughtful essays written by preeminent scholars. . . . a cohesive examination of what is wrong with the American criminal justice system, and how we might go about fixing it. * New York Journal of Books *[The book] offers several articles that will challenge the readers thinking and deepen the readers understanding of how the criminal justice works. * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review *In a collection of 14 essays that engage criminal law and justice, this volume contains new concepts and deeply interesting ideas by some of today’s most erudite and recognizable scholars in ‘criminal justice system’ thinking. -- The Howard JournalThis book can profitably be read by criminal justice practitioners, policy makers, and students at all levels. It is a necessary read. * Choice *In The New Criminal Justice Thinking, Sharon Dolovich and Alexandra Natapoff take on the ambitious project of understanding what the contemporary American criminal justice system is and what it does at this critical juncture in time. The volume reflects a remarkable willingness to rethink the complex of actors, institutions, laws, and dynamics that operate to police and punish crime. Resoundingly successful at decentering crime from our thinking about the criminal justice system, this book effects an intervention that is crucial to understanding and reforming its injustices. -- Bernard E. Harcourt,Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia Law SchoolIn making sense out of the U.S. criminal justice morass and pointing toward transformation, Dolovich and Natapoff have accomplished the nearly impossible. Here is an accessible guide to some of the best work of leading criminal justice scholars. Creative, visionary and erudite, The New Criminal Justice Thinking is a crucial intervention in crucial times. -- Paul Butler,Professor of Law at Georgetown LawThese essays mount an impressive and broad-ranging critique of the American criminal justice system, offering legal, sociological, psychological, and moral perspectives on the future of institutions that deeply mark our communities and collective life. An essential volume for anyone interested in changing our criminal justice system to produce a more equal and more just society. -- Carol Steiker,Henry J. Friendly Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
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New York University Press Adolescence Discrimination and the Law
Book SynopsisExplores the shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims of discrimination, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment In the wake of the civil rights movement, the legal system dramatically changed its response to discrimination based on race, gender, and other characteristics. It is now showing signs of yet another dramatic shift, as it moves from considering difference to focusing on neutrality. Rather than seeking to counter subjugation through special protections for groups that have been historically (and currently) disadvantaged, the Court now adopts a colorblind approach. Equality now means treating everyone the same way. This book explores these shifts and the research used to support civil rights claims, particularly relating to minority youths' rights to equal treatment. It integrates developmental theory with work on legal equality and discrimination, showing both how the legal system can benefit from new research on development and Trade Review"As a whole, this work has overlaying and connecting themes serving as a general introduction into the legal arguments of the topics at hand, namely adolescents and the legal systems interaction with them. However, the individual chapters go into minute detail in regards to the topics and cases related to them. This combination helps to properly inform readers without leaving them get lost in the gritty aspects of the U.S. legal system… After reading the book in its entirety, the need for governmental reform regarding the issues presented becomes painfully apparent. Hopefully the public will continue to educate themselves on issues like these and a more concrete plan as to what specifically needs improvement and in how to go about improving it will form." -- Journal of Youth and Adolescence"In clear and cogent terms, this book pulls together the literature from disparate areas of psychological research and jurisprudence. Its well-reasoned arguments make a distinctive contribution to the field, and should serve as guidance to scholars and policy-makers." -- Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld,author of Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, & Controversies, 3rd EdTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Shifts in Equality Jurisprudence 13 2. The Nature, Developmental Roots, and Alleviation of 57 Discrimination 3. Addressing Necessary Shifts in Equality Jurisprudence 101 4. Supporting Equality Jurisprudence's Sites of Inculcation 123 5. Harnessing Developmental Science to Broaden Equality 195 Jurisprudence Conclusion 237 References 245 Index 267 About the Author 277
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New York University Press The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty
Book SynopsisA critical examination of the wrongdoing underlying the 2008 financial crisisAn unprecedented breakdown in the rule of law occurred in the United States after the 2008 financial collapse. Bank of America, JPMorgan, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and other large banks settled securities fraud claims with the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to disclose the risks of subprime mortgages they sold to the investing public. But a corporation cannot commit fraud except through human beings working at and managing the firm. Rather than breaking up these powerful megabanks, essentially imposing a corporate death penalty, the government simply accepted fines that essentially punished innocent shareholders instead of senior leaders at the megabanks. It allowed the real wrongdoers to walk away from criminal responsibility. In The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty, Mary Kreiner Ramirez and Steven A. Ramirez examine the best available evidence about the wrongdoing underlying the financialTrade Review"This is an informative and at its heart very angry book, and is fascinating...reading for everyone whos still smarting from the crash." * Publishers Weekly *"The Ramirezes have unleashed a powerful condemnation of governments weak-kneed response to corporate crime in their impressive new studyThe Case for the Corporate Death Penalty...[This]book helps us not only understand the scale of criminality among Americas financial elites, but also the dynamics which propel elites like Trump into office. If action is not taken to rein in the lawlessness which the Ramirezes so thoroughly reveal, the economic and social implications for America are terrifying." * Popmatters.com *"Despite there being hundreds of books and articles written on the subject, only a few have directly tackled the issue of why the prosecutorial response was so anemic, and even fewer still with as much vigor or scope… For anyone trying to understand how the crisis originated and then filtered throughout the financial system, this book is an invaluable resource." -- Political Science Quarterly"In detailing the cases of Countrywide Financial, AIG Financial Products Group, JP Morgan Chase, and Goldman, Sachs, among others, Ramirez and Ramirez find ample evidence to proceed with criminal indictments." * Choice *"The Case for the Corporate Death Penaltyprovides an inspired and thoughtful roadmap for knowing the new lawlessness, reviving the old rule of law, and reclaiming our democratic nation in the process." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Its abundantly clear that law enforcement on Wall Street is woefully broken. In the wake of the financial crisis, not one senior bank executive has been held accountable for the pervasive wrongdoing that brought our economy to its knees, undermining confidence in the fairness of our legal system as well as deterrence against future misconduct. The authors confront this troubling reality head on and in stark detail, leading readers into a fulsome debate about what is to be done to restore the rule of law to our financial markets." -- Phil Angelides,Chairman, Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (2009-2011)"The incontrovertible value of this book lies in the fact that while it informs average Americans about the details of potentially criminal conduct, it also provides policy discussions that include specific proposals for reformers. Mary Kreiner Ramirez and Steven A. Ramirez are excellent storytellers who expertly use salient narratives to support their theses." -- Cheryl Wade,Harold McNiece Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law"Exciting, well written, and potentially explosive an extremely timely topic and one that may well prove to be controversial and garner national and international attention. The topic is critically important, as I have not before seen this subject dealt with as forthrightly or marshalled as effectively as here. To truly understand that, unlike the Enron-era scandals or the Savings & Loans scandals, the government has failed to bring criminal charges against any of the individuals responsible for the financial market crisis of 2007-09 defies logic and comprehension." -- André Douglas Pond Cummings,Professor of Law, Indiana Tech Law School"The authors were among the regulators and prosecutors with the spine to stop and jail financial frauds of the 1980s. Wall Street's criminal elites so feared the crackdown that they unleashed their political allies to turn the regulatory leaders into invertebrates. The authors show how to regrow our spines, restore the rule of law on Wall Street, and reclaim our Nation." -- William K. Black,Associate Professor of Economics and Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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New York University Press Breaking the Devils Pact
Book SynopsisAn in-depth study of the U.S. v. IBT, beginning with Giuliani's lawsuit and the politics surrounding it, and continuing with an incisive analysis of the controversial nature of the ongoing trusteeshipTrade Review"Breaking the Devils Pact tells the compelling story of the government's Herculean effort to break La Cosa Nostra's stranglehold over a notorious union. It will shock and surprise you, proving once again that the truth really is stranger than fiction" -- Randy Mastro,Litigation Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and former federal prosecutor"Court-ordered reform of a private organization is more easily prescribed than implemented. Breaking the Devils Pact is an intriguing account of a continuing, decades-long struggle to rid a powerful union of corrupt influences. It will certainly appeal to specialists in organized crime and labor relations. Moreover, it will be of interest well beyond a North American readership. Regulatory scholars around the world will note the very real limits to what they call & enforced self-regulation. Democratic theorists will recognize the challenge of voter apathy. Sociologists of organizations will see an extreme example of inertia. Political scientists will be heartened by the apolitical nature of reform efforts over four successive presidential administrations, but disappointed with the slow pace of change. Metaphorically speaking, Breaking the Devils Pact is a mansion with many fascinating rooms." -- Peter Grabosky,FASSA, Professor, Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University"This book should be of interest to all those interested in racketeering law, organized crime, and the role of the government in addressing entrenched organized crime and corruption in private organizations." -- Jay Albanese * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Review *"This is a stunning book not only for what it says about the dramatic battle against corruption in the nation's most powerful labor union, but as well for what it says about the role of courts in effecting changes in large-scale private organizations in modern America. It is a & must read for all law and politics scholars" -- Malcolm M. Feeley,Claire Sanders Clements Dean's Professor, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at BerkTable of ContentsAcronyms and Abbreviations Preface U.S. v. IBT Timeline Principal Names 1 Introducing the Litigants and the Judge 2 The Civil RICO Complaint and Settlement 3 IBT Resistance and Judge Edelstein's Resolve: July 1989 - September 1992 4 Establishing New Disciplinary Machinery: July 1989 - September 1992 5 An Insurgent's Triumph: The IBT's 1991 Election 6 General President Carey and the IRB: 1992 - 1997 7 The 1996 Election Scandal 8 The 1998 Rerun Election and the Emerging Dominance of James P. Hoffa 9 The 2001 Election, the Demise of Project RISE, and the IRB's Third Term 10 The 2006 Election, the IRB's Fourth Term, and the Lead-Up to the 2011 Election 11 Lessons, Reflections, and Speculations Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index About the Authors
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New York University Press The Rise of Big Data Policing
Book SynopsisWinner, 2018 Law & Legal Studies PROSE AwardThe consequences of big data and algorithm-driven policing and its impact on law enforcementIn a high-tech command center in downtown Los Angeles, a digital map lights up with 911 calls, television monitors track breaking news stories, surveillance cameras sweep the streets, and rows of networked computers link analysts and police officers to a wealth of law enforcement intelligence. This is just a glimpse into a future where software predicts future crimes, algorithms generate virtual most-wanted lists, and databanks collect personal and biometric information. The Rise of Big Data Policing introduces the cutting-edge technology that is changing how the police do their jobs and shows why it is more important than ever that citizens understand the far-reaching consequences of big data surveillance as a law enforcement tool. Andrew Guthrie Ferguson reveals how these new technologies viewed as race-neutral and objectivehave been eagerly adopTrade Review"The case Ferguson makes is inherently interesting and increasingly urgent." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"Important and relevant, this book will be indispensable to [anyone] interested in the practice of policing . . . Valuable for the critical civil rights and constitutional issues it raises." * Library Journal *"Andrew Ferguson has written a path-breaking book about a crucial civil rights struggle of our time. The more law enforcement automates its work, the more minority communities are getting caught in a pernicious web of surveillance and punishment. Ferguson's work is as comprehensive as it is illuminating. A must read." -- Danielle Keats Citron,Morton & Sophia Macht Professor of Law, University of Maryland Carey School of Law"Ferguson has an incredible command of the many subjects that fall under the 'big data' umbrella, and his writing is at its best when social, cultural, and technological dynamics coalesce into one story. The book is particularly strong when Ferguson takes on how classism and racism shape smart policing datasets, which epitomize how 'big data' policing is held back by the many limitations of larger legal structures but is presented as the solution to that very problem." * Gizmodo *"In this timely, informative and at times disturbing book, Andrew Ferguson exposes the promises and perils of big data for policing and privacy. This critically important work provides a comprehensive account of how big data can help police solve crime and enhance police accountability and oversight. However, the book simultaneously exposes how the use of big data to inform policing practices can mask, reify and reinforce racial bias under the cloak of objectivity. The Rise of Big Data Policing is a must read for judges, policymakers, advocates, activists, and anyone else who wants to understand what big data is and how it is transforming our criminal justice institutions, the law, and our privacy expectations in surprising and disturbing ways that should concern us all." -- L. Song Richardson,Professor of Law and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, University of California, Irvine"The first-ever comprehensive overview, The Rise of Big Data Policing strikes an adept balance in covering both the promise and the peril of predictive policing. . . . Fergusons legal expertise serves well as he addresses the dilemma of translating predictions based on data into police remedies and it serves well throughout the other varied topics of this multi-faceted, well-researched book." -- Eric Siegel * Big Think *"This is the perfect time to educate the public about the field of predictive policing. The predictive policing methods used today are in adolescence rather than infancy, so they beg for thoughtful reflection and public discussion. Andrew Ferguson is the ideal person for the job!" -- Jane Bambauer,Professor of Law, University of Arizona"The Rise of Big Data Policing shifts our frame of reference on modern policing from the celebration of aggressive patrol tactics to urgent questions of the role new police technologies in the production of security, the risks to freedom, and the levers of social control in the expanding surveillance state. Andrew Ferguson opens a window to define, categorize, understand, and showcase the transformation and digital deregulation of policing, and its implications for liberty and security. Ferguson teaches us not only the fault lines in how police watch us, but how we can turn the tables to use new algorithms to watch the police. At stake is nothing less than individual liberty and the democratic control of policing." -- Jeffrey Fagan,Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law, Columbia University"A valuable foundation for understanding how prediction has suffused policing, in much the same way it has suffused the rest of society. Ferguson's criticisms are cogent, but more importantly he communicates clearly a broad factual picture of the situation as it stands today." * The Washington Free Beacon *"In an important book that goes to the heart of issues at the forefront of contemporary life, Ferguson examines how police departments are now using supposedly 'objective'data-driven surveillance technologies to work more effectively in a budget-cutting era and to avoid claims of racial bias. In this engaging, well-written narrative, based on studies and a deep understanding of policing, [Ferguson] describes the growing police use of shareddata, its effects on how and where police work, and its usefulness in predicting future criminals . . .Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how technology is changing American policing." * STARRED Kirkus Review *
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New York University Press Prosecution Complex
Book SynopsisShows how, while most prosecutors aim to do justice, only some hit that target consistently.Trade Review"Prosecution Complexchallenges us all to work towards changes that can be more likely to result in genuine justice, rather than the comfortable feeling that comes simply from putting somebody behind bars." -- Scott Renshaw * City Weekly *"Prosecution Complexis an enlightening book that tackles an issue many tend to shy away from." -- Shelby Scoffield * Desert News *"The book should be required reading by all prosecutors, and by all law students who would seek to practice criminal law." -- Maurice Possley * Los Angeles Daily Journal *"Wrongful convictions will continue until prosecutors are one day held accountable for their deliberate misconduct. Prosecution Complex examines their misbehavior and the tragic consequences. It also shows us how to fix the problems." -- John Grisham,New York Times best-selling author of The Litigators"Professor Daniel Medwed has written a compelling book entitled Prosecution Complex. The book offers inside knowledge based on his experience as a litigator and serious scholar of miscarriages of justice in the criminal justice system. Anybody concerned with fairness and examining the role of prosecutors at every stage of our criminal justice process will find this book absorbing, sobering, and informative. I strongly recommend it to anyone who is looking at our American legal system and seeking reforms. This is a must read!" -- Charles J. Ogletree,Founding and Executive Director of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice""Daniel Medwed provides a fascinating ethical, legal, and psychological perspective on the work of prosecutors, the power-players in our criminal justice system.With gripping accounts from real criminal cases gone wrong, he shows how the best-intentioned prosecutors can convict the innocent while racing to convict the guilty. Prosecutors can fall prey to cognitive biases that we all share in our everyday lives, but with nearly-absolute discretion, they lack adequate checks and safeguards to correct for such bias. This book simply must be read by all who care about the past and the future of criminal justice." -- Brandon L. Garrett,Roy L. and Rosamund Woodruff Morgan Professor of Law, University of Virginia"One value of Medwed's book is his even-handed, clear-headed explication of all the ways prosecutors can contribute to the conviction of innocent defendants. There is also value in his suggested reforms." * Rutgers *"Highly recommended for general readers, upper-division undergraduate students and above." * CHOICE *"Daniel S. Medwed has put together a book that appeals to both academics and anyone interested in gaining knowledge about many of the intricate details of prosecution." * Criminal Justice Review *"Medweds discussion of particularly horrific cases of injustice and particularly groundbreaking reforms is illuminating . . . [The author] reminds his readers that the goal of doing justice and achieving accurate outcomes is not hopelessly naive, nor is it necessarily an issue about which the defense and the prosecution should disagree. For better or worse, he also seems to suggest that much of the potential for reforming prosecutorial practices lies with prosecutors own commitment to doing honorable work." * Appeal and Habeas blog *"Medwed engages in a scholarly conversation with those who, like him, work or have worked in the criminal justice system and understand how seemingly small legal changes can seriously affect how cases are tried, won, and lost" * Boston Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. Fair Play? Prosecutorial Behavior Prior to Trial 1 Charging Ahead 2 In the Interest of Full Disclosure: Discovery in Criminal Cases 3 Plea Bargaining Pitfalls Part II. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? Reasons to Doubt Prosecutorial Conduct during Trial 4 Preparation and Examination of Witnesses 5 Test Tubes on Trial: Prosecutors and Forensic Evidence 6 Closing the Door on Innocence: Improper Summations by Prosecutors Part III. The Fallacy of Finality: Prosecutors and Post-Conviction Claims of Innocence 7 Prosecutorial Resistance to Post-Conviction Claims of Innocence 8 A Closer Look: Prosecutors and Post-Conviction DNA Testing 9 In Denial: Prosecutors' Refusal to Accept Proof of an Inmate's Innocence Conclusion Notes Index About the Author
£22.79
University of Toronto Press Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada
Book SynopsisTerrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada analyses the nature and scope of the terrorist threat, the challenge of Canadian foreign fighters and far-right extremism, key counterterrorism policies and practices, and their consequences for Canadian society.Trade Review"This collection is certainly educational and enlightening on several fronts pertaining to the Canadian context of terrorism and counterterrorism." -- Paul F. McKenna, Dalhousie University * Canadian Law Library Review *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Jez Littlewood, Lorne L. Dawson, and Sara K. Thompson Terrorism 2. A Survey of Terrorism in Canada: 1960–2015 Nicole Tishler, Marie Ouellet, and Joshua Kilberg 3. Canadian Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq, 2012–2016 Lorne L. Dawson and Amarnath Amarasingam 4. Breaking Free: A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Canadian Freemen-on-the-Land Movement David C. Hofmann 5. Jihadism in the Digital Era: The Canadian Context and Responses Maxime Bérubé and Benjamin Ducol Security and Counterterrorism 6. Counterterrorism Security Planning in Canada: From Imperialism to International Terrorism Dominique Clément 7. Deterrence or Blowback? The Consequences of Canadian Counterterrorism in Afghanistan Erica Chenoweth and Laura Dugan 8. Social Structure of Extremist Websites Martin Bouchard, Garth Davies, Richard Frank, Edith Wu, and Kila Joffres 9. Terrorist Resourcing: Money and Much, Much More John M. Schmidt Society, Terrorism, and Counterterrorism 10. Intelligence Accountability in Canada Susan Decker 11. Who’s a Terrorist? What’s Terrorism? Comparative Media Representations of Lone-Actor Violence in Canada Barbara Perry and Ryan Scrivens 12. National Security: Exclusion and Isolation among Muslims in Canada Patti Tamara Lenard and Baljit Nagra 13. When “Soft Security” is Smart: On the Importance of Building Strong Community-Police Relationships in the Context of National Security Sara K. Thompson and Sandra Bucerius 14. Conclusion Jez Littlewood, Lorne L. Dawson, and Sara K. Thompson Contributors Index
£56.10
University of Toronto Press Canadian Landmark Cases in Forensic Mental Health
Book SynopsisHigh-profile legal cases involving individuals with mental health challenges often address complex issues that confront previous decisions of the courts, influence or change existing social policies, and ultimately have a profound impact on the daily practice of mental health professionals and the lives of their patients. Providing in-depth context into milestone cases in forensic mental health, this book addresses issues such as the confidentiality of mental health records, criminal responsibility, fitness to stand trial, the right of individuals to refuse mental health treatment, and the duty of mental health practitioners to warn and protect individuals who may be at risk of harm at the hands of a patient. The authors explore the social and political context in which these cases occurred, incorporating court decisions, contemporaneous media articles, and legal reviews in the analysis. Graham Glancy and Cheryl Regehr, who are experts in the field of forensic psychiatry, draTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Landmark Cases and Canadian Law 2. Expert Testimony 3. The Insanity Defence 4. Criminal Responsibility 5. Clarifying Wrongfulness 6. Voluntariness and Intent 7. Fitness to Stand Trial 8. Access to Treatment Records 9. Duty to Warn and Protect 10. Consent to Treatment 11. Assessing Damages References Case Index General Index
£51.85
University of Toronto Press Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada
Book SynopsisTerrorism and Counterterrorism in Canada analyses the nature and scope of the terrorist threat, the challenge of Canadian foreign fighters and far-right extremism, key counterterrorism policies and practices, and their consequences for Canadian society.Trade Review"This collection is certainly educational and enlightening on several fronts pertaining to the Canadian context of terrorism and counterterrorism." -- Paul F. McKenna, Dalhousie University * Canadian Law Library Review *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Jez Littlewood, Lorne L. Dawson, and Sara K. Thompson Terrorism 2. A Survey of Terrorism in Canada: 1960–2015 Nicole Tishler, Marie Ouellet, and Joshua Kilberg 3. Canadian Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq, 2012–2016 Lorne L. Dawson and Amarnath Amarasingam 4. Breaking Free: A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Canadian Freemen-on-the-Land Movement David C. Hofmann 5. Jihadism in the Digital Era: The Canadian Context and Responses Maxime Bérubé and Benjamin Ducol Security and Counterterrorism 6. Counterterrorism Security Planning in Canada: From Imperialism to International Terrorism Dominique Clément 7. Deterrence or Blowback? The Consequences of Canadian Counterterrorism in Afghanistan Erica Chenoweth and Laura Dugan 8. Social Structure of Extremist Websites Martin Bouchard, Garth Davies, Richard Frank, Edith Wu, and Kila Joffres 9. Terrorist Resourcing: Money and Much, Much More John M. Schmidt Society, Terrorism, and Counterterrorism 10. Intelligence Accountability in Canada Susan Decker 11. Who’s a Terrorist? What’s Terrorism? Comparative Media Representations of Lone-Actor Violence in Canada Barbara Perry and Ryan Scrivens 12. National Security: Exclusion and Isolation among Muslims in Canada Patti Tamara Lenard and Baljit Nagra 13. When “Soft Security” is Smart: On the Importance of Building Strong Community-Police Relationships in the Context of National Security Sara K. Thompson and Sandra Bucerius 14. Conclusion Jez Littlewood, Lorne L. Dawson, and Sara K. Thompson Contributors Index
£25.19
University of Toronto Press Canadian Landmark Cases in Forensic Mental Health
Book SynopsisHigh-profile legal cases involving individuals with mental health challenges often address complex issues that confront previous decisions of the courts, influence or change existing social policies, and ultimately have a profound impact on the daily practice of mental health professionals and the lives of their patients. Providing in-depth context into milestone cases in forensic mental health, this book addresses issues such as the confidentiality of mental health records, criminal responsibility, fitness to stand trial, the right of individuals to refuse mental health treatment, and the duty of mental health practitioners to warn and protect individuals who may be at risk of harm at the hands of a patient. The authors explore the social and political context in which these cases occurred, incorporating court decisions, contemporaneous media articles, and legal reviews in the analysis.Graham Glancy and Cheryl Regehr, who are experts in the field of forensic psychiatry, drawTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments 1. Landmark Cases and Canadian Law 2. Expert Testimony 3. The Insanity Defence 4. Criminal Responsibility 5. Clarifying Wrongfulness 6. Voluntariness and Intent 7. Fitness to Stand Trial 8. Access to Treatment Records 9. Duty to Warn and Protect 10. Consent to Treatment 11. Assessing Damages References Case Index General Index
£26.99
MY - University of Toronto Press Cases in Clinical Forensic Psychology
Book SynopsisThis collection of case studies illustrates how the science of clinical forensic psychology informs all aspects of criminal cases and the criminal justice process in Canada.Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Brief History of Clinical Forensic Psychology in Canada (with Preet Banga) 1. What’s Wrong with Mr. Big? False Confessions The Case of Nelson Hart (with Christopher J. Lively and Ethan Draper) 2. "What Life?" Eyewitness Testimony The Case of Anthony Hanemaayer (with Elle Lévesque, Juliana Khoury, and Christopher J. Lively) 3. Trial by Media: Pretrial Publicity The Case of Dennis Oland (with Ethan Draper, Elle Lévesque, and Christopher J. Lively) 4. Fault Lines in the "Rock of Ages": Trial by Jury The Cases of Donald Marshall, Cindy Gladue, and Colten Boushie (with Ethan Draper) 5. Privilege or Punishment? Jury Service, Secrecy, and Stress The Case of Tori Stafford (with Ryanne Chisholm) 6. Médecin sans conscience? Filicide by Father The Case of Guy Turcotte, MD (with Tamara Speth and Marie-Claire Leclerc) 7. Partners or Pawns: The Role of Women in Co-offending Violent Couples The Case of Karla Homolka (with Angelina MacLellan and Claire Keenan) 8. Mad, Bad, and/or Sad? Homicide in Custody The Case of Ashley Smith (with Jessica Doyle and C. K MacLean) 9. Great White Sharks and Black Widow Spiders: Two Unlikely Serial Killers The Cases of Russell Williams and Melissa Shephard (with Jessica Doyle and C.K MacLean) 10. April Is the Cruelest Month: Spree Killing in the Midst of a Pandemic The Case of Gabriel Wortman (with Jessica Doyle and Laura Mackay) Index
£56.10
University of Toronto Press Cases in Clinical Forensic Psychology
Book SynopsisClinical forensic psychology is defined by the application of clinical psychology – assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and consultation – in legal contexts. The term captures the integration of clinical psychology as an applied professional discipline and forensic psychology as an experimental discipline.Cases in Clinical Forensic Psychology offers a series of case studies that allow readers to take an up-close and personal look at the criminal justice system in Canada. Clinical forensic psychologist Margo C.Watt examines the particulars of each case, including the biological, psychological, social, cultural, and legal factors. The book takes an evidence-based approach and highlights how the science of clinical forensic psychology informs all aspects of criminal cases: police investigative techniques, eyewitness testimony, pretrial publicity, jury selection and decision-making, forensic evaluations, psychological autopsies, mental health in corrections, Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Brief History of Clinical Forensic Psychology in Canada (with Preet Banga) 1. What’s Wrong with Mr. Big? False Confessions The Case of Nelson Hart (with Christopher J. Lively and Ethan Draper) 2. "What Life?" Eyewitness Testimony The Case of Anthony Hanemaayer (with Elle Lévesque, Juliana Khoury, and Christopher J. Lively) 3. Trial by Media: Pretrial Publicity The Case of Dennis Oland (with Ethan Draper, Elle Lévesque, and Christopher J. Lively) 4. Fault Lines in the "Rock of Ages": Trial by Jury The Cases of Donald Marshall, Cindy Gladue, and Colten Boushie (with Ethan Draper) 5. Privilege or Punishment? Jury Service, Secrecy, and Stress The Case of Tori Stafford (with Ryanne Chisholm) 6. Médecin sans conscience? Filicide by Father The Case of Guy Turcotte, MD (with Tamara Speth and Marie-Claire Leclerc) 7. Partners or Pawns: The Role of Women in Co-offending Violent Couples The Case of Karla Homolka (with Angelina MacLellan and Claire Keenan) 8. Mad, Bad, and/or Sad? Homicide in Custody The Case of Ashley Smith (with Jessica Doyle and C. K MacLean) 9. Great White Sharks and Black Widow Spiders: Two Unlikely Serial Killers The Cases of Russell Williams and Melissa Shephard (with Jessica Doyle and C.K MacLean) 10. April Is the Cruelest Month: Spree Killing in the Midst of a Pandemic The Case of Gabriel Wortman (with Jessica Doyle and Laura Mackay) Index
£29.70
Stanford University Press Imagining the International: Crime, Justice, and
Book SynopsisInternational crime and justice are powerful ideas, associated with a vivid imagery of heinous atrocities, injured humanity, and an international community seized by the need to act. Through an analysis of archival and contemporary data, Imagining the International provides a detailed picture of how ideas of international crime (crimes against all of humanity) and global justice are given content, foregrounding their ethical limits and potentials. Nesam McMillan argues that dominant approaches to these ideas problematically disconnect them from the lived and the specific and foster distance between those who have experienced international crime and those who have not. McMillan draws on interdisciplinary work spanning law, criminology, humanitarianism, socio-legal studies, cultural studies, and human geography to show how understandings of international crime and justice hierarchize, spectacularize, and appropriate the suffering of others and promote an ideal of justice fundamentally disconnected from life as it is lived. McMillan critiques the mode of global interconnection they offer, one which bears resemblance to past colonial global approaches and which seeks to foster community through the image of crime and the practice of punitive justice. This book powerfully underscores the importance of the ideas of international crime and justice and their significant limits, cautioning against their continued valorization.Trade Review"The concepts of international crime and international justice, and the global documents, laws and institutions that aim to put these ideas into practice, are typically promoted as a moral good, a sign of humanity's progress towards a global community. Imagining the International lucidly and convincingly shows why these 'captivating' and 'beautiful' ideas are an ambivalent gift. Through a series of compelling case studies, Nesam McMillan explores the unanticipated effects of international crime and justice—the hierarchies of universal versus local, the legacies of colonialism and the sacrifice of local concerns to an international agenda. Questioning the idea of grounding international solidarity in criminal justice, she urges us to think in more complex and demanding ways about the nature of global interconnection and how it can be fostered in ways that genuinely benefit local communities. This is a timely and provocative book which provides both a map and a critique—it will be valued by scholars and students alike."—Rosanne Kennedy, Australian National University"This insightful book is a much-needed corrective antidote to the nostrums of internationalism. Nesam McMillan unwraps how violence that crosses the gaze of international law becomes appreciated but also appropriated and othered at the same time. This book is a compelling call for inclusiveness and a powerful exhortation for globality to transcend post-coloniality."—Mark A. Drumbl, Washington and Lee University"Imagining the International is an innovative, compelling and much-needed intervention. Forcing us to rethink our assumptions, McMillan questions how certain crimes are established as globally important and others not, and explores the ethical, cultural, and political implications of creating hierarchies of suffering delinked from human experience."—Eve Darian-Smith, University of California, Irvine"Instead of the idealized discourse about exceptional crimes as a spectacle that objectifies the victims, the global justice project needs to be newly conceptualized from the positions of equality and solidarity. McMillan's book is an important step in this direction."—Katarina Ristic, ConnectionsTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Ideas of "International" Crime and Justice 1. On International Crime, Justice, and Community 2. "Rwanda": The Production of a Global Event 3. International Crime as Spectacle: Scale, Subjectivity, Ethics 4. The Ideal of International Criminal Justice: Transcendence, Otherness, Myth Conclusion: Community Beyond Crime: Untethering International Crime, Justice, and Community
£79.20
Stanford University Press Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2017 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Finalist for the C. Wright Mills Book Award, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Winner of the 2017 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association's Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Winner of the 2017 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, sponsored by the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Culture Section. Honorable Mention in the 2017 Book Award from the American Sociological Association's Section on Race, Class, and Gender. NAACP Image Award Nominee for an Outstanding Literary Work from a debut author. Winner of the 2017 Prose Award for Excellence in Social Sciences and the 2017 Prose Category Award for Law and Legal Studies, sponsored by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers. Silver Medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards (Current Events/Social Issues category). Americans are slowly waking up to the dire effects of racial profiling, police brutality, and mass incarceration, especially in disadvantaged neighborhoods and communities of color. The criminal courts are the crucial gateway between police action on the street and the processing of primarily black and Latino defendants into jails and prisons. And yet the courts, often portrayed as sacred, impartial institutions, have remained shrouded in secrecy, with the majority of Americans kept in the dark about how they function internally. Crook County bursts open the courthouse doors and enters the hallways, courtrooms, judges' chambers, and attorneys' offices to reveal a world of punishment determined by race, not offense. Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve spent ten years working in and investigating the largest criminal courthouse in the country, Chicago–Cook County, and based on over 1,000 hours of observation, she takes readers inside our so-called halls of justice to witness the types of everyday racial abuses that fester within the courts, often in plain sight. We watch white courtroom professionals classify and deliberate on the fates of mostly black and Latino defendants while racial abuse and due process violations are encouraged and even seen as justified. Judges fall asleep on the bench. Prosecutors hang out like frat boys in the judges' chambers while the fates of defendants hang in the balance. Public defenders make choices about which defendants they will try to "save" and which they will sacrifice. Sheriff's officers cruelly mock and abuse defendants' family members. Delve deeper into Crook County with related media and instructor resources at www.sup.org/crookcountyresources. Crook County's powerful and at times devastating narratives reveal startling truths about a legal culture steeped in racial abuse. Defendants find themselves thrust into a pernicious legal world where courtroom actors live and breathe racism while simultaneously committing themselves to a colorblind ideal. Gonzalez Van Cleve urges all citizens to take a closer look at the way we do justice in America and to hold our arbiters of justice accountable to the highest standards of equality.Trade Review"Gonzalez Van Cleve's account of the American criminal justice system, based on thousands of hours of careful observation behind the doors of the Chicago–Cook County courthouse, reveals the paradoxes and pain of our modern legal culture, including the effects on the punished and punishers alike. As Van Cleve's investigation so startlingly lays bare, just because legal institutions profess to be colorblind does not make it so. Reading Crook County helps us see the difference."—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University"Beautifully written and keenly insightful, Crook County is a horror story I couldn't put down. May Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve's masterful book do for the Chicago criminal court what Upton Sinclair's The Jungle did to the meat packing industry: clean it up. Powerful, disturbing and paradigm shifting, Crook County is ethnography at its best."—Paul Butler, Georgetown Law, author of The Chokehold: Policing Black Men"Crook County is a searing account of how criminal courts serve as the gateway to racialized punishment. Turning a spotlight on the everyday actions of prosecutors, judges, and defense attorneys, Gonzalez Van Cleve reveals a court culture that dehumanizes and discriminates against defendants, victims, and family members. Her eye-opening analysis forces us to confront the possibility [or reality] that mass incarceration results from mass wrongful convictions of black and brown people forced into a devastating charade."— Dorothy Roberts, University of Pennsylvania, author of Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of LibertyUrgent and important, Crook County is a powerful, eye-opening account of the code of the big-city court system. Carefully dissecting this crucial step of the 'school to prison pipeline,' Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve illustrates just how the scales of justice are cynically stacked against black and brown inner city young people, undermining their faith in our criminal justice system. Crook County is a must-read."—Elijah Anderson, Yale University, author of Code of the Street and The Cosmopolitan Canopy"This book is public sociology at its best. It is theoretically grounded, methodologically rigorous and innovativeIn sharp detail, the book shows how the crisis of racism is routinized in the daily functions of formal institutions of justice. There are lessons in this book, then, for any criminologist or sociologist of crime, law or deviance. It transcends geographic boundaries and at once provides seminal insights into future ethnographic research Gonzalez Van Cleve demonstrates the power of ethnography in the best possible sense."—Benjamin Fleury-Steiner, British Journal of Criminology"Van Cleve's book is nothing less than a tour de force, and a clarion call for bringing egalitarian principles of racial and social justice to our most overlooked of criminal justice institutions, the courts. It forces us to confront 'the everyday miscarriages of justice' that pervade today's courts, asking us what has become of Gideon's trumpet in the age of spatially and racially concentrated 'mass incarceration.' The book is destined to become a classic, and ought to be on the mandatory reading list for citizens, law and society scholars and all sentient social scientists."—Thomas E. Reifer, Law and Society Review"In a groundbreaking new book, Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court, Professor Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve adds an important, novel dimension to this problem. She exposes the deeply flawed operation of the criminal justice system by focusing on how felonies are processed in Cook County, Illinois...Van Cleve's important ethnography brings to light the hidden and pernicious workings of the criminal justice system that often operates in the shadows."—L. Song Richardson, Yale Law Journal"Through her meticulous methodological approach that draws on field notes, over one thousand hours of court observations by court watchers, and interviews with judges, private attorneys, public defenders, and prosecutors, Van Cleve outlines a legal habitus allowing individual actors to appear blameless in the practice of racialized justice....Reading Crook County, it becomes clear that the court system is a mere charade of what it is meant to be."––Amy Baumann Grau, ContextsTable of ContentsIntroduction: Opening the Courthouse Doors 1. Separate and Unequal Justice 2. Of Monsters and Mopes: Racial and Criminal "Immorality" 3. Race in Everyday Legal Practices 4. There Are No Racists Here: Prosecutors in the Criminal Courts 5. Rethinking Gideon's Army: Defense Attorneys in the Criminal Courts Conclusion: Racialized Punishment in the Courts: A Call to Action
£15.29
Stanford University Press Imagining the International: Crime, Justice, and
Book SynopsisInternational crime and justice are powerful ideas, associated with a vivid imagery of heinous atrocities, injured humanity, and an international community seized by the need to act. Through an analysis of archival and contemporary data, Imagining the International provides a detailed picture of how ideas of international crime (crimes against all of humanity) and global justice are given content, foregrounding their ethical limits and potentials. Nesam McMillan argues that dominant approaches to these ideas problematically disconnect them from the lived and the specific and foster distance between those who have experienced international crime and those who have not. McMillan draws on interdisciplinary work spanning law, criminology, humanitarianism, socio-legal studies, cultural studies, and human geography to show how understandings of international crime and justice hierarchize, spectacularize, and appropriate the suffering of others and promote an ideal of justice fundamentally disconnected from life as it is lived. McMillan critiques the mode of global interconnection they offer, one which bears resemblance to past colonial global approaches and which seeks to foster community through the image of crime and the practice of punitive justice. This book powerfully underscores the importance of the ideas of international crime and justice and their significant limits, cautioning against their continued valorization.Trade Review"The concepts of international crime and international justice, and the global documents, laws and institutions that aim to put these ideas into practice, are typically promoted as a moral good, a sign of humanity's progress towards a global community. Imagining the International lucidly and convincingly shows why these 'captivating' and 'beautiful' ideas are an ambivalent gift. Through a series of compelling case studies, Nesam McMillan explores the unanticipated effects of international crime and justice—the hierarchies of universal versus local, the legacies of colonialism and the sacrifice of local concerns to an international agenda. Questioning the idea of grounding international solidarity in criminal justice, she urges us to think in more complex and demanding ways about the nature of global interconnection and how it can be fostered in ways that genuinely benefit local communities. This is a timely and provocative book which provides both a map and a critique—it will be valued by scholars and students alike."—Rosanne Kennedy, Australian National University"This insightful book is a much-needed corrective antidote to the nostrums of internationalism. Nesam McMillan unwraps how violence that crosses the gaze of international law becomes appreciated but also appropriated and othered at the same time. This book is a compelling call for inclusiveness and a powerful exhortation for globality to transcend post-coloniality."—Mark A. Drumbl, Washington and Lee University"Imagining the International is an innovative, compelling and much-needed intervention. Forcing us to rethink our assumptions, McMillan questions how certain crimes are established as globally important and others not, and explores the ethical, cultural, and political implications of creating hierarchies of suffering delinked from human experience."—Eve Darian-Smith, University of California, Irvine"Instead of the idealized discourse about exceptional crimes as a spectacle that objectifies the victims, the global justice project needs to be newly conceptualized from the positions of equality and solidarity. McMillan's book is an important step in this direction."—Katarina Ristic, ConnectionsTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Ideas of "International" Crime and Justice 1. On International Crime, Justice, and Community 2. "Rwanda": The Production of a Global Event 3. International Crime as Spectacle: Scale, Subjectivity, Ethics 4. The Ideal of International Criminal Justice: Transcendence, Otherness, Myth Conclusion: Community Beyond Crime: Untethering International Crime, Justice, and Community
£21.59
Stanford University Press Reform Nation: The First Step Act and the
Book SynopsisHow one law tells the story of America's modern criminal justice movement In late 2018, the First Step Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump just hours before a government shutdown. It was one of few major pieces of federal criminal justice reform since the 1970s to move toward reversing the incarceration frenzy that had characterized United States policy. While it did not amount to revolutionary reform, in Reform Nation, Colleen P. Eren investigates it as a symbol for the larger movement's trajectory. Its unlikely passage during a period of political polarization was testament to the power of a new constellation of advocates, stakeholders, and strange bedfellow alliances. These intriguing and complex dynamics are indicative of a longer, twenty-year shift in which the movement became nationalized and mainstreamed. Using in-depth interviews with major players in the national movement, formerly incarcerated activists, celebrities, and donors, this is the first book to turn the mirror back on the criminal justice reform movement itself—the frames used, the voices heard, the capital activated among elite participants, and the bitter controversies. This snapshot in time raises much larger questions about how our democratic processes inform criminal justice policy, and where we are going in the decades to come.Trade Review"A critical look behind the scenes at the way 'criminal justice reform' has blossomed into not just a movement but also, at times, a kind of industry. Eren's book is vital to our understanding of how change happens—and doesn't."—Baz Dreisinger, author, Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World"Reform Nation is well-timed for the current moment in criminal justice reform. Colleen Eren captures the political and social dynamics of recent years and lays out a compelling set of issues and challenges for the reform movement moving forward."—Marc Mauer, Senior Advisor, The Sentencing Project"Reform Nation is an invaluable and timely gift. This lively, behind-the scenes narrative brilliantly documents the emergence of a broad, bipartisan, and highly effective justice reform coalition. Energized by the leadership of justice-impacted individuals, this coalition brings together business leaders, philanthropists, civil rights advocates, religious organizations and strange-bedfellow politicians. By comparing this political development with other social movements, and contrasting this consensus with the realities of our deeply divided democracy, Eren elevates her narrative to that rare scholarly voice that speaks to the challenges of the moment. Reform Nation offers reasons for hope and caution at a time when our forward momentum faces new winds of opposition. This book should serve as a new guide for the justice reform movement in the next chapter of a long struggle."—Jeremy Travis, Senior Fellow at the Justice Lab at Columbia University, President Emeritus, John Jay College of Criminal Justice"Eren's book is a masterful account of how grassroots activism on a cause that very few people really cared about blossomed into a win for not just better treatment of people convicted of certain crimes but a better use of tax dollars. She blends original interviews with major players in the reform movement with great storytelling and a sociological framework that illuminates the complexities of all reform efforts."—Nick Gillespie, ReasonTable of Contents1. The First Step Act Puzzle 2. Mainstreamization and the Movement 3. Billionaires, Philanthropy, and Reform 4. Celebrity Activism and Reform 5. Reform®: Corporate Social Activism and Reform 6. Strange Bedfellows 7. Formerly Incarcerated Activists and the Future of Criminal Justice Reform
£79.20
Stanford University Press Crimesploitation: Crime, Punishment, and Pleasure
Book Synopsis"Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised." Most of us have encountered this warning while watching television at some point. It is typically attached to a brand of reality crime TV that Paul Kaplan and Daniel LaChance call "crimesploitation": spectacles designed to entertain mass audiences by exhibiting "real" criminal behavior and its consequences. This book examines their enduring popularity in American culture. Analyzing the structure and content of several popular crimesploitation shows, including Cops, Dog: The Bounty Hunter, and To Catch a Predator, as well as newer examples like Making a Murderer and Don't F**K with Cats, Kaplan and LaChance highlight the troubling nature of the genre: though it presents itself as ethical and righteous, its entertainment value hinges upon suffering. Viewers can imagine themselves as deviant and ungovernable like the criminals in the show, thereby escaping a law-abiding lifestyle. Alternatively, they can identify with law enforcement officials, exercising violence, control, and "justice" on criminal others. Crimesploitation offers a sobering look at the depictions of criminals, policing, and punishment in modern America. Trade Review"Insisting that the consumption of other people's pain is a defining feature of the neoliberal carceral state, Crimesploitation will not let us meaninglessly 'escape' into our true crime media streaming and listening. Instead, Kaplan and LaChance move us toward a critical reckoning with the exploitative forms of (un)freedom that media's spectacle of crime and punishment have conjured. A powerful dose of thoughtful accountability, this volume points the way to getting truly 'real' about—and intervening in—the suffering that a culture of punishment has produced. I cannot wait to cite, teach, and buy copies of this book for friends and family."—Michelle Brown, The University of Tennessee"Kaplan and LaChance show that crimesploitation programs help to maintain the status quo of the neoliberal carceral state. Crimesploitation's focus on individual pathology as a cause of crime and 'law and order' as the solution to crime steers viewers away from important structural causes of crime and the need for reform in the criminal justice system and society-at-large. They do so while exploiting people in their worst moments, showing a 'reality' of crime that carefully avoids being too real."—Andrew J. Baranauskas, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books"[Crimesploitation] presents a well-grounded, readable argument for rethinking crime and justice reality television. It is unhesitantly recommended."—Ray Surette, Criminal Justice Review"Kaplan and LaChance provide excellent and easily digestible accounts of the politics of reality TV crimesploitation, and their emphasis on connecting media representations of crime and punishment to existing social, political, and economic inequalities in the neoliberal era will provide political scientists, sociologists, and media scholars with abundant resources to continue exploring the relationship between popular culture and the practices and ideologies of policing in America."—Emma Cytrynbaum, Law, Culture, and HumanitiesTable of Contents1. Humiliation, Inc.: Policing the Criminal on Primetime 2. Watching the Night Creatures: Crimesploitation and Boredom 3. Cuffs of Love: Punishment and Redemption in Crimesploitation 4. Middlebrow Crimesploitation Epilogue: W(h)ither Crimesploitation?
£72.00
Stanford University Press Policing Bodies: Law, Sex Work, and Desire in
Book SynopsisSex work occupies a legally gray space in Johannesburg, South Africa, and police attitudes towards it are inconsistent and largely unregulated. As I. India Thusi argues in Policing Bodies, this results in both room for negotiation that can benefit sex workers and also extreme precarity in which the security police officers provide can be offered and taken away at a moment's notice. Sex work straddles the line between formal and informal. Attitudes about beauty and subjective value are manifest in formal tasks, including police activities, which are often conducted in a seemingly ad hoc manner. However, high-level organizational directives intended to regulate police obligations and duties toward sex workers also influence police action and tilt the exercise of discretion to the formal. In this liminal space, this book considers how sex work is policed and how it should be policed. Challenging discourses about sexuality and gender that inform its regulation, Thusi exposes the limitations of dominant feminist arguments regarding the legal treatment of sex work. This in-depth, historically informed ethnography illustrates the tension between enforcing a country's laws and protecting citizens' human rights.Trade Review"Thusi's compelling research provides unprecedented insights into the world of policing sex work, and supports arguments for decriminalizing sex work so that women may pursue options deemed beneficial, including selling sex." —Cathi Albertyn, University of the Witwatersrand"Policing Bodies offers a fascinating, entirely unique analysis of the policing of prostitution within multiple street and indoor venues. A major contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of prostitution and its control."—Ronald Weitzer, George Washington University"In this well-crafted examination of the sex industry in Johannesburg, Thusi heightens our understanding of the complex reality of sex work and the evolving nature of its policing. Not only does the book provide an excellent analysis of the situation, it is a really good read!" —Frances M. Shaver, Concordia University"With its numerous footnoted references and studies providing both support and additional bibliographic research opportunities, Policing Bodies is a unique scholarly consideration that should be considered a mainstay not in just South African libraries, but in any collection strong in social and legal issues in general and sex work and law enforcement in particular."—Diane C. Donovan, Midwest Book Review"What [Policing Bodies] clearly shows is the complexity of relationships between sex workers and law enforcement, and how criminalizing sex work is counterproductive. It makes an important and novel contribution to our understanding of the thorny issues around policing and sex work, as well as the state's obligation to protect the rights of sex workers while at the same time regulating their behavior."—Amanda Gouws, Signs: Journal of Women in Culutre and SocietyTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION 1. POLICING AND SEX WORK IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 2. MAPPING THE POLICING OF SEX WORK 3. INFORMAL POLICING IN ROSEBANK 4. POLICING BEAUTY 5. SEX WORK, FEMINISM, AND POLICY CONCLUSION
£79.20
Stanford University Press Policing Bodies: Law, Sex Work, and Desire in
Book SynopsisSex work occupies a legally gray space in Johannesburg, South Africa, and police attitudes towards it are inconsistent and largely unregulated. As I. India Thusi argues in Policing Bodies, this results in both room for negotiation that can benefit sex workers and also extreme precarity in which the security police officers provide can be offered and taken away at a moment's notice. Sex work straddles the line between formal and informal. Attitudes about beauty and subjective value are manifest in formal tasks, including police activities, which are often conducted in a seemingly ad hoc manner. However, high-level organizational directives intended to regulate police obligations and duties toward sex workers also influence police action and tilt the exercise of discretion to the formal. In this liminal space, this book considers how sex work is policed and how it should be policed. Challenging discourses about sexuality and gender that inform its regulation, Thusi exposes the limitations of dominant feminist arguments regarding the legal treatment of sex work. This in-depth, historically informed ethnography illustrates the tension between enforcing a country's laws and protecting citizens' human rights.Trade Review"Thusi's compelling research provides unprecedented insights into the world of policing sex work, and supports arguments for decriminalizing sex work so that women may pursue options deemed beneficial, including selling sex." —Cathi Albertyn, University of the Witwatersrand"Policing Bodies offers a fascinating, entirely unique analysis of the policing of prostitution within multiple street and indoor venues. A major contribution to our understanding of the dynamics of prostitution and its control."—Ronald Weitzer, George Washington University"In this well-crafted examination of the sex industry in Johannesburg, Thusi heightens our understanding of the complex reality of sex work and the evolving nature of its policing. Not only does the book provide an excellent analysis of the situation, it is a really good read!" —Frances M. Shaver, Concordia University"With its numerous footnoted references and studies providing both support and additional bibliographic research opportunities, Policing Bodies is a unique scholarly consideration that should be considered a mainstay not in just South African libraries, but in any collection strong in social and legal issues in general and sex work and law enforcement in particular."—Diane C. Donovan, Midwest Book Review"What [Policing Bodies] clearly shows is the complexity of relationships between sex workers and law enforcement, and how criminalizing sex work is counterproductive. It makes an important and novel contribution to our understanding of the thorny issues around policing and sex work, as well as the state's obligation to protect the rights of sex workers while at the same time regulating their behavior."—Amanda Gouws, Signs: Journal of Women in Culutre and SocietyTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION 1. POLICING AND SEX WORK IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 2. MAPPING THE POLICING OF SEX WORK 3. INFORMAL POLICING IN ROSEBANK 4. POLICING BEAUTY 5. SEX WORK, FEMINISM, AND POLICY CONCLUSION
£21.59
Stanford University Press Judging Insanity, Punishing Difference: A History
Book SynopsisIn Judging Insanity, Punishing Difference, Chloé Deambrogio explores how developments in the field of forensic psychiatry shaped American courts' assessments of defendants' mental health and criminal responsibility over the course of the twentieth century. During this period, new psychiatric notions of the mind and its readability, legal doctrines of insanity and diminished culpability, and cultural stereotypes about race and gender shaped the ways in which legal professionals, mental health experts, and lay witnesses approached mental disability evidence, especially in cases carrying the death penalty. Using Texas as a case study, Deambrogio examines how these medical, legal, and cultural trends shaped psycho-legal debates in state criminal courts, while shedding light on the ways in which experts and lay actors' interpretations of "pathological" mental states influenced trial verdicts in capital cases. She shows that despite mounting pressures from advocates of the "rehabilitative penology," Texas courts maintained a punitive approach towards defendants allegedly affected by severe mental disabilities, while allowing for moralized views about personalities, habits, and lifestyle to influence psycho-legal assessments, in potentially prejudicial ways. Trade Review"Judging Insanity, Punishing Difference powerfully explores how legal, economic, and cultural forces in Texas have undermined criminal defense attorneys' efforts to save their mentally ill clients from execution. Surveying over one hundred years of cases, Chloé Deambrogio offers a vital and harrowing account of why jurists, lay people, and even psychiatrists themselves have made mercy for the mentally ill the exception rather than the rule."—Daniel LaChance, Emory University"Chloe Deambrogio's engaging and insightful account sheds new light on the ways in which changing paradigms in psychiatry and law influenced outcomes in Texas trial courts in capital cases over the course of the twentieth century. Among its many strengths is its careful exposure of underlying assumptions about race, gender and sexuality in diagnostic and trial processes."—Nicola Lacey, The London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of ContentsIntroduction: Introduction 1. Heredity, Environment, and the Doctrine of Civilization 2. Biology, Insanity, and the Criminal Courts 3. Psychoanalysis, the Insanity Defense, and the Family-Centered Ideology 4. Psychoanalysis and the Construction of the Criminal Psychopath 5. The "New" Scientific Psychiatry, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Future Dangerousness 6. The Abused and Neglected as a "Continuing Threat to Society" Epilogue: Forensic Psychiatry and Trial Practices in the Twenty-First Century
£50.40
Stanford University Press Rules of the Road: The Automobile and the
Book SynopsisA thorough and engaging look at an unexpected driver of changes in the American criminal justice system Driving is an unavoidable part of life in the United States. Even those who don't drive much likely know someone who does. More than just a simple method of getting from point A to point B, however, driving has been a significant influence on the United States' culture, economy, politics – and its criminal justice system. Rules of the Road tracks the history of the car alongside the history of crime and criminal justice in the United States, demonstrating how the quick and numerous developments in criminal law corresponded to the steadily rising prominence, and now established supremacy, of the automobile. Spencer Headworth brings together research from sociology, psychology, criminology, political science, legal studies, and histories of technology and law in illustrating legal responses to changing technological and social circumstances. Rules of the Road opens by exploring the early 20th-century beginnings of the relationship between criminal law and automobility, before moving to the direct impact of the automobile on prosecutorial and criminal justice practices in the latter half of the 20th century. Finally, Headworth looks to recent debates and issues in modern-day criminal justice to consider what this might presage for the future. Using a seemingly mundane aspect of daily life as its investigative lens, this creative, imaginative, and thoroughly researched book provides a fresh perspective on the transformations of the U.S. criminal justice system.Trade Review"Rules of the Road provides a comprehensive, and necessary, account of the automobile's inextricable connection to the U.S. criminal legal system. It also challenges us to reimagine that relationship and our society's car dependence. This book is an essential read for anyone who cares about transforming policing, criminal laws, and American justice."—Sarah Seo, Columbia Law School"This deeply researched book elegantly lays out how cars and roads reflect broader social and legal choices about belonging, governance, punishment, and surveillance. After reading Rules of the Road, you will see the automobile everywhere and at every stage in the criminal legal system – even though it's always been hiding in plain sight."—Sarah Lageson, Rutgers University-Newark"Drawing on a wide array of secondary literature, the book's provocative discussion of the automobile's pervasive and profound impacts on the United States will likely appeal to readers interested in any of the interconnected issues of crime and punishment, individual independence, equality of opportunity, mobility, public health and spaces, the environment, and social justice."—Thomas J. Davis, Library JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Revolutions per Minute: The Automobile and a National Transformation 2. Calling All Cars: Police Modernization and Communication 3. Fifths and the Fourth: Prohibition and Searches 4. The Automotive Age of Majority: Youth, Driver's Licenses, and Legal Responsibility 5. City Planning, Suburbanization, and Vehicle Patrol 6. Discretion and Disparities in Car-Based Criminal Justice 7. Interstate Crime: Federalism, Highways, and Criminal Justice 8. MADD Prosecutors? Drunk Driving and Prosecutorial Discretion 9. Roadblocks: Collateral Consequences and Driving Privileges 10. Civil Asset Forfeiture and the Limits of the Criminal Law 11. Watching the Wheels 12. Monitoring Mobility Conclusion: Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear
£64.80
Stanford University Press Crimesploitation: Crime, Punishment, and Pleasure
Book Synopsis"Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised." Most of us have encountered this warning while watching television at some point. It is typically attached to a brand of reality crime TV that Paul Kaplan and Daniel LaChance call "crimesploitation": spectacles designed to entertain mass audiences by exhibiting "real" criminal behavior and its consequences. This book examines their enduring popularity in American culture. Analyzing the structure and content of several popular crimesploitation shows, including Cops, Dog: The Bounty Hunter, and To Catch a Predator, as well as newer examples like Making a Murderer and Don't F**K with Cats, Kaplan and LaChance highlight the troubling nature of the genre: though it presents itself as ethical and righteous, its entertainment value hinges upon suffering. Viewers can imagine themselves as deviant and ungovernable like the criminals in the show, thereby escaping a law-abiding lifestyle. Alternatively, they can identify with law enforcement officials, exercising violence, control, and "justice" on criminal others. Crimesploitation offers a sobering look at the depictions of criminals, policing, and punishment in modern America. Trade Review"Insisting that the consumption of other people's pain is a defining feature of the neoliberal carceral state, Crimesploitation will not let us meaninglessly 'escape' into our true crime media streaming and listening. Instead, Kaplan and LaChance move us toward a critical reckoning with the exploitative forms of (un)freedom that media's spectacle of crime and punishment have conjured. A powerful dose of thoughtful accountability, this volume points the way to getting truly 'real' about—and intervening in—the suffering that a culture of punishment has produced. I cannot wait to cite, teach, and buy copies of this book for friends and family."—Michelle Brown, The University of Tennessee"Kaplan and LaChance show that crimesploitation programs help to maintain the status quo of the neoliberal carceral state. Crimesploitation's focus on individual pathology as a cause of crime and 'law and order' as the solution to crime steers viewers away from important structural causes of crime and the need for reform in the criminal justice system and society-at-large. They do so while exploiting people in their worst moments, showing a 'reality' of crime that carefully avoids being too real."—Andrew J. Baranauskas, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books"[Crimesploitation] presents a well-grounded, readable argument for rethinking crime and justice reality television. It is unhesitantly recommended."—Ray Surette, Criminal Justice Review"Kaplan and LaChance provide excellent and easily digestible accounts of the politics of reality TV crimesploitation, and their emphasis on connecting media representations of crime and punishment to existing social, political, and economic inequalities in the neoliberal era will provide political scientists, sociologists, and media scholars with abundant resources to continue exploring the relationship between popular culture and the practices and ideologies of policing in America."—Emma Cytrynbaum, Law, Culture, and HumanitiesTable of Contents1. Humiliation, Inc.: Policing the Criminal on Primetime 2. Watching the Night Creatures: Crimesploitation and Boredom 3. Cuffs of Love: Punishment and Redemption in Crimesploitation 4. Middlebrow Crimesploitation Epilogue: W(h)ither Crimesploitation?
£19.79
Stanford University Press Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane
Book SynopsisWith a history marked by incompetence, political maneuvering, and secrecy, America's "most humane" execution method is anything but. From the beginning of the Republic, this country has struggled to reconcile its use of capital punishment with the Constitution's prohibition of cruel punishment. Death penalty proponents argue both that it is justifiable as a response to particularly heinous crimes, and that it serves to deter others from committing them in the future. However, since the earliest executions, abolitionists have fought against this state-sanctioned killing, arguing, among other things, that the methods of execution have frequently been just as gruesome as the crimes meriting their use. Lethal injection was first introduced in order to quell such objections, but, as Austin Sarat shows in this brief history, its supporters' commitment to painless and humane death has never been certain. This book tells the story of lethal injection's earliest iterations in the United States, starting with New York state's rejection of that execution method almost a century and half ago. Sarat recounts lethal injection's return in the late 1970s, and offers novel and insightful scrutiny of the new drug protocols that went into effect between 2010 and 2020. Drawing on rare data, he makes the case that lethal injections during this time only became more unreliable, inefficient, and more frequently botched. Beyond his stirring narrative history, Sarat mounts a comprehensive condemnation of the state-level maneuvering in response to such mishaps, whereby death penalty states adopted secrecy statutes and adjusted their execution protocols to make it harder to identify and observe lethal injection's flaws. What was once touted as America's most humane execution method is now its most unreliable one. What was once a model of efficiency in the grim business of state killing is now marked by mayhem. The book concludes by critically examining the place of lethal injection, and the death penalty writ large, today. Trade Review"This book does more to unmask lethal injection's everyday cruelty than any other book that I know. Sarat writes with clarity and compassion, and anyone interested in justice would be well advised to read his words."—Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking"Macabre and painstakingly detailed, this book puts to rest any illusions that lethal injection is clean, safe or painless. This little book doesn't let us get away with abstract debates and intellectual complacency. It lands like a gut punch."—Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-8),"This enormously readable book uncovers the troubled history and failed promise of lethal injection, and is sure to help change our national conversation about capital punishment."—Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times-bestselling author"Sarat vividly delineates the historical, social, legal, and ideological forces governing capital punishment and their implications and ramifications for individuals, the criminal justice system, and society. In a highly charged political era, this book is a timely education in capital punishment, executions, law, race relations, and social and legal reform—a must-read for all people interested in better understanding the application of the death penalty and those vested in positive transformation. Highly recommended."—M. G. Urbina, CHOICE"Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Executionchronicles a significant, comprehensive, and insightful analysis of the history and evolutionary process of lethal injection executions in the United States, as well as the false promise of the perceived humanity of this method of execution. This ground-breaking book provides a thoughtful analysis including: the origins of lethal injection in this country, collapse of the original protocol of three-drugs (at issue in theBaze v. Reescase), a decade of botched executions from 2010-2020, state responses to these flagrant errors, and implications for futile reform and the future of capital punishment itself."—Talia Roitberg Harmon, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice BooksTable of Contents1. One Week in the World of Lethal Injection 2. The Origins of Lethal Injection 3. The Collapse of the Original Paradigm 4. A Decade of Mishaps 5. State Responses 6. Failure, Reform, and the Future
£13.94
Stanford University Press Rules of the Road: The Automobile and the
Book SynopsisA thorough and engaging look at an unexpected driver of changes in the American criminal justice system Driving is an unavoidable part of life in the United States. Even those who don't drive much likely know someone who does. More than just a simple method of getting from point A to point B, however, driving has been a significant influence on the United States' culture, economy, politics – and its criminal justice system. Rules of the Road tracks the history of the car alongside the history of crime and criminal justice in the United States, demonstrating how the quick and numerous developments in criminal law corresponded to the steadily rising prominence, and now established supremacy, of the automobile. Spencer Headworth brings together research from sociology, psychology, criminology, political science, legal studies, and histories of technology and law in illustrating legal responses to changing technological and social circumstances. Rules of the Road opens by exploring the early 20th-century beginnings of the relationship between criminal law and automobility, before moving to the direct impact of the automobile on prosecutorial and criminal justice practices in the latter half of the 20th century. Finally, Headworth looks to recent debates and issues in modern-day criminal justice to consider what this might presage for the future. Using a seemingly mundane aspect of daily life as its investigative lens, this creative, imaginative, and thoroughly researched book provides a fresh perspective on the transformations of the U.S. criminal justice system.Trade Review"Rules of the Road provides a comprehensive, and necessary, account of the automobile's inextricable connection to the U.S. criminal legal system. It also challenges us to reimagine that relationship and our society's car dependence. This book is an essential read for anyone who cares about transforming policing, criminal laws, and American justice."—Sarah Seo, Columbia Law School"This deeply researched book elegantly lays out how cars and roads reflect broader social and legal choices about belonging, governance, punishment, and surveillance. After reading Rules of the Road, you will see the automobile everywhere and at every stage in the criminal legal system – even though it's always been hiding in plain sight."—Sarah Lageson, Rutgers University-Newark"Drawing on a wide array of secondary literature, the book's provocative discussion of the automobile's pervasive and profound impacts on the United States will likely appeal to readers interested in any of the interconnected issues of crime and punishment, individual independence, equality of opportunity, mobility, public health and spaces, the environment, and social justice."—Thomas J. Davis, Library JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Revolutions per Minute: The Automobile and a National Transformation 2. Calling All Cars: Police Modernization and Communication 3. Fifths and the Fourth: Prohibition and Searches 4. The Automotive Age of Majority: Youth, Driver's Licenses, and Legal Responsibility 5. City Planning, Suburbanization, and Vehicle Patrol 6. Discretion and Disparities in Car-Based Criminal Justice 7. Interstate Crime: Federalism, Highways, and Criminal Justice 8. MADD Prosecutors? Drunk Driving and Prosecutorial Discretion 9. Roadblocks: Collateral Consequences and Driving Privileges 10. Civil Asset Forfeiture and the Limits of the Criminal Law 11. Watching the Wheels 12. Monitoring Mobility Conclusion: Objects in Mirror Are Closer than They Appear
£23.39
Stanford University Press Proud to Punish: The Global Landscapes of Rough
Book SynopsisA magisterial comparative study, Proud to Punish recenters our understanding of modern punishment through a sweeping analysis of the global phenomenon of "rough justice": the use of force to settle accounts and enforce legal and moral norms outside the formal framework of the law. While taking many forms, including vigilantism, lynch mobs, people's courts, and death squads, all seekers of rough justice thrive on the deliberate blurring of lines between law enforcers and troublemakers. Digital networks have provided a profitable arena for vigilantes, who use social media to build a following and publicize their work, as they debase the bodies of the accused for purposes of edification and entertainment. It is this unabashed pride to punish, and the new punitive celebrations that actualize, publicize, and commercialize it, that this book brings into focus. Recounted in lively prose, Proud to Punish is both a global map of rough justice today and an insight into the deeper nature of punishment as a social and political phenomenon.Trade Review"Proud to Punish offers a brilliant, compelling analysis of contemporary vigilantism and the politics of extrajudicial punishment. The authors offer innovative insights into crimefighting discourses, retributive violence, its public reception, and responses from law enforcement authorities; and vividly illustrate how these factors become implicated in local and global vigilante configurations."—Atreyee Sen, co-editor of Global Vigilantes: Perspectives on Violence and Justice"Gilles Favarel-Garrigues and Laurent Gayer lead us on a visceral journey across the globe to understand contemporary vigilantism. With a rare blend of theoretical sophistication and empirical grounding, Proud to Punish asks us to confront the fact that vigilantism is neither a relic of the past, nor a product of failed states, but rather a broadly embraced force of the present."—Harel Shapira, The University of Texas at Austin"Proud to Punish is a must-read for all interested in global vigilantism and lynching. Admirably capacious in ranging across space and time, the book offers significant insights on the rough justice impulse in a wide variety of contemporary and historical contexts."—Michael J. Pfeifer, author of The Roots of Rough Justice: Origins of American Lynching
£79.20
