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Book SynopsisWe hear them on talk radio airwaves bellowing about minorities. We watch them organize anti-immigration demonstrations on the border. We read their opinions regarding the demise of white male privilege. And sometimes, tragically, we witness their aggression through vigilante violence, as in the cases of Wade Michael Page, James Eagan Holmes, Elliot Rodger, George Zimmerman, and many more. They are America's angry white men, including "men's rights" activists who think white men are the victims of discrimination, as well as members of the "white wing" of the rightward fringes of the American political spectrum. Why are they so angry?Sociologist Michael Kimmel, one of the leading writers on men and masculinity in the world today, has spent hundreds of hours in the company of America's angry white men in pursuit of an answer. Raised to expect unparalleled social and economic privilege, white men are suffering today from what Kimmel calls "aggrieved entitlement": a sense that those benefits that white men believed were their due have been snatched away from them. In Angry White Men, Kimmel presents a comprehensive diagnosis of their fears, anxieties, and rage.

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Book SynopsisSpotting danger before it happens is a skill that can be developed and may even save your life. Understand the threat Build situational awareness Develop personal defenses A mother dropping her teenager off at the mall, a young man leaving home for college, a family about to head out on their first trip overseas. What do all of these people have in common? They all have a vested interest in their personal security and the wellbeing of those they love. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, there were an estimated 1.25 million violent crimes committed in the United States in 2018. Make no mistake; in a world filled with crime and violence, you are your own last line of defense. Continuing on the path of The Gift of Fear (Gavin deBecker), Spotting Danger Before It Spots You, author Gary Quesenberry breaks down the basic techniques necessary to help you develop good situational awareness and increase your levels of personal safety. Gary calls upon his extensive background as a Federal Air Marshal and defensive tactics instructor to explain these methods in simple terms that will greatly improve your general understanding of how, when and where violence occurs. He will then take the next critical step—providing you with the tools you need to properly identify and evade danger before it ever has a chance to materialize. You will learn The common traits of predatory behavior How to conduct a personal “safety check” How to develop strong awareness skills What to do when you spot potential trouble Staying safe and living life free of worry and fear “Today more than ever, it is imperative that we pay close attention to our surroundings and learn how to interpret what’s happening around us. Tragic events can often be both predictable and preventable.” — Federal Air Marshal Gary QuesenberryTrade Review"A work that is greater than the sum of its parts, and unlike anything else available on this critical topic. This book stands out because of Gary’s incredibly thorough and comprehensive presentation of situational awareness, a life-saving ability to spot danger in order to protect ourselves and our loved ones. I have read many books on the subject, and I can honestly say that no one has even come close to matching Spotting Danger Before It Spots You when it comes to teaching situational awareness. This fundamental skill is key to surviving and overcoming the array of threats that confront the average citizen in the world today. Armed with the skills taught in this book, you will not need to live in fear; you will live instead in a state of awareness and readiness. —Dave Grossman, Lt. Colonel, US Army (ret.), author of On Killing, On Combat, and Assassination Generation, Director, Killology Research Group A federal air marshal offers a guide to observing and evaluating your surroundings. Quesenberry’s nonfiction debut draws on his 19 years of experience as an air marshal, a job that gives him “a first-class ticket into the world of covert surveillance, surveillance detection, and self-defense.” In hundreds of settings, he has been the person paid and expected to know what’s going on and to anticipate and counter any potential dangers. By contrast, as he quite rightly points out, most people relax themselves into a false sense of security by thinking “nothing will ever happen here” or “that would never happen to me.” But even the author’s cursory listing of some of the 21st century’s worst outbreaks of terrorist violence all over the world should make it clear to readers that they can no longer afford such attitudes—they must take a large part of their safety into their own hands. Quesenberry’s aim in his book is not only to change those attitudes, but also to arm readers with the basic perception shifts that will help them guard their own well-being. The foremost of these is “situational awareness,” which the author describes as “the ability to identify and process environmental cues to accurately predict the actions of others.” The adverb is crucial: Readers are gently admonished to discard their reflexive prejudices and assumptions and “identify and process” what they’re actually seeing in any environment (as the author points out, preset perceptions can sometimes blind a person to reality). In quick, sharply paced chapters full of well-chosen anecdotes and bulleted points, Quesenberry instructs readers on how to expand their awareness of the people and things in their immediate area, how to assume an aggressive mindset in order to anticipate how actual predators think, and even the basics of one-on-one self-defense. Much of what the author relates is elementary in nature—travel advisories all over the world urge some variation of situational awareness—but the clarity of this manual makes it stand out. A vigorous and memorable primer on heightening awareness to prevent or counter danger. —KIRKUS ReviewsTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOREWORD INTRODUCTION PHASE ONE – Understand the threat Chapter 1: The basics of predatory behavior 1.1 How predators choose their targets – The seven-second PROD 1.2 Perception 1.3 Risk 1.4 Observable value 1.5 Defenses 1.6 Think Like a Predator Situational Awareness in Action: The Foiled Millennium Terror Plot Exercise: Target Selection Key Points Chapter 2: Conducting a self-assessment 2.1 Who would target you? 2.2 What do they want? 2.3 When would they strike? 2.4 Where would they strike? 2.5 Start Thinking Like a Protector Situational Awareness in Action: The Attempted Time Square Bombing Exercise: Using the Self-Assessment Key Points PHASE TWO – Build your situational awareness Chapter 3: The basics of awareness 3.1 Defining the threat – Perception vs. Reality 3.2 The levels of awareness 3.3 Understanding the Reactionary Gap Situational Awareness in Action: Joey Grundl’s Big Delivery Exercise: The What-If Game Key Points Chapter 4: The next level of awareness – Comprehend, Identify, and Anticipate 4.1 Comprehend the situation 4.2 Identify what’s important 4.3 Anticipate outcomes 4.4 The Role of Intuition Situational Awareness in Action: Ten-Year-Old Danny DiPietro Exercise: Environmental KIMs Games Key Points PHASE THREE – Develop personal defenses Chapter 5: What comes next 5.1 Establishing a basis for action 5.2 Avoidance – The safest option 5.3 Escape 5.4 De-escalation 5.5 Confrontation Situational Awareness in Action: Lee Parker’s Backpack Exercise: Route Planning Key Points Chapter 6: Reinforcing your defenses 6.1 Improving mindset 6.2 Minimizing distractions 6.3 Controlling fear 6.4 Building Confidence Situational Awareness in Action: Julianne Moore Stops a Kidnapper Exercise: Counting Drills Key Points Chapter 7: Putting It All Together Situational Awareness in Action: Uber Hero Keith Avila Exercise: Six Steps to Spotting Trouble Key Points CONCLUSION APPENDIX ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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____________________‘This book will make you think… it will frighten you, and it will shock you… Frankly I could not read it at night.’ – Ann Rule, author of The Stranger Beside Me: The Inside Story of Serial Killer Ted BundyHOW DO YOU CATCH A SERIAL KILLER?Interpreting the calling cards of the serial murderer, Robert Keppel reveals the answers hidden among the grisly evidence, the common threads that link each devastating act of brutal violence. Explore in unflinching detail the monstrous patterns, sadistic compulsions and depraved motives of the killer, and why they kill again and again. Signature Killers is the ultimate insight into the mind of the serial killer.From The Lonely Hearts Killer who haunted the most desperate of women in 1950s America, to the infamous symbols of evil as Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy and John Gacy, these are the cases – horrifying, graphic and unforgettable – that shed light on the darkest corners of the pathological mind.

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Book SynopsisA collection of chilling stories of murders from Mexico, one of the world's most prolific hunting grounds for serial killers. 'If I was a serial killer looking for new victims, I'd head over the border to Mexico because life is cheap there and the police have got so much other sh*t to investigate, they don't bother with random killings.' - A former FBI agentFor decades, America has been considered to be the natural home of serial killers. Infamous names like Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer are internationally known and feared, and rightly so. But what if, just south of the border, there was a far more active network of serial killers? What if the perfect storm of crime, fuelled by this nation's deadly narco wars, has turned Mexico into an ideal hunting ground for many of the most bizarre and blood thirsty serial killers the world has ever seen?Serial Killers of Mexico delves into this criminal underbelly to tell the stories of the psychopathic loners, professional narco assassins and the overwhelmed law enforcement trying desperately to hunt them down.

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Book Synopsis''Sobering, thought-provoking and action-provoking ... I can''t recommend it highly enough'' Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio Five Live''Thoughtful, empowering and important'' Mishal HusainHave you ever...seen a report on the news about male violence,heard a troubling story from a female friend,or witnessed a woman being treated unfairly...and wondered what men can do about it?In this accessible and inclusive new book, award-winning journalist and campaigner Sophie Gallagher brings men into the conversation and explores how they can help change our society for the better.Looking at everything from the #NotAllMen argument to challenging assumptions about women, and from learning about The Gap to how to act when passing a woman in the street at night, Sophie reveals the biggest issues standing in the way of gender equality and offers practical steps and advice on how to be part of the solution, not the problem.<

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Book SynopsisAmong the ethnic gangs that rule America's inner cities, none has had the impact of the Jamaican posses. Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country.Laurie Gunst's provocative exposé of the Jamaican politicians' role in creating this problem is also a moving and compelling tale of suffering and exploitation. Leone Ross' substantial afterword examines further the issues raised by the book from a British and Jamaican perspectiveTrade ReviewA truly remarkable achievement * * Washington Post * *one of the true classics of the genre...The versatility of her writing, whether from a personal, analytical, historical, creative or academic point of view, is simply outstanding, as is the depth of her research...a recommended read. * * The Voice * *This book is a fine piece of investigative journalism, jettisoning any pretence at objectivity, distilling dispassion and compassion in equal measure. * * The Herald * *Laurie Gunst's reportage brilliantly traces the tangled nexus of Hollywood gangster movies, corrupt party politics, archaic class structures and transglobal cocaine routes that feed into Jamiaca's nomadic criminal posses. A dense and complex analysis of predatory hypercapitalism. * * ID Magazine * *fuelled by a deep empathy * * Independent on Sunday * *

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Book Synopsis'ONE OF THE FIRST POLITICAL CLASSICS OF THE 21st CENTURY'- Observer'EXTRAORDINARILY POWERFUL, POIGNANT AND AFFECTING. I WAS GREATLY MOVED' Michael PalinFOREWORD BY CHRISTINA LAMBJournalist Samar Yazbek was forced into exile by Assad's regime. When the uprising in Syria turned to bloodshed, she was determined to take action and secretly returned several times. The Crossing is her rare, powerful and courageous testament to what she found inside the borders of her homeland.From the first peaceful protests for democracy to the arrival of ISIS, she bears witness to those struggling to survive, to the humanity that can flower amidst annihilation, and why so many are now desperate to flee.Trade ReviewPowerful and moving…bears comparison with George Orwell’s Homage To Catalonia as a work of literature, Yazbek is a superb narrator…it may be that [she] has written one of the first political classics of the 21st century * Observer *Brave, rebellious and passionate…Yazbek is no ordinary Syrian dissident * Financial Times *An eloquent, gripping and harrowing account of the country’s decline into barbarism by an incredibly brave Syrian * Irish Times *Gripping... Does the important job of putting faces to the numbing numbers of Syria’s crisis... * Economist *Sheds valuable light on day-to-day life inside Syria, something of which we know little…a sobering glimpse of the wreckage that will be discovered when the war is over * Sunday Times *

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Book SynopsisWhat makes a man like John, in every respect a cultured and charming man, successful in his career and liked by his friends and acquaintances, behave violently towards a woman he says he loves? Drawing on writings from the men's and women's movements, and from psychoanalytic literature; a view of the issues surrounding this case.

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Book SynopsisThe first dedicated textbook for Criminology students studying homicide. As the authors explain, criminal homicide is but one form of lethal violence victims may suffer, leading them to describe a much broader range of scenarios. Ranging from murder to manslaughter to State killings, genocide and disasters involving victims of public policy, corporate crime or shortcomings in health and safety, Making Sense of Homicide re-positions discussion of the topic for those wishing to see beyond routine media hype and ill-informed popular discourse. The book also contains a special expert contribution by former Police Superintendent Ronald Winch about how the UK police investigate homicide including fundamental requirements and pitfalls. The book ranges in scope from serial killing to mass and spree homicide and across the jurisdictions of the UK, USA and other countries. Also interweaved in this key resource are acutely observed accounts of the Holocaust, capital punishment and homicide within a consumer society. The authors explain the categories within which homicide is conventionally discussed, as well as crimes of the powerful and those made opaque for political, economic or other questionable purposes, making the work one of immense value to anyone wishing to see violence through a new lens.Trade Review'This is an interesting and stimulating read and I would recommend it to anyone studying criminology; I could not put it down. Even if you just have an interest in the subject, this book dismisses media misrepresentations of homicide, offering accurate facts, trends and explanations.'-- Law Society Gazette; 'It is no small feat to offer such robust understandings of homicide ... A judicious and much needed collection at a time in which our existence is evermore enveloped by aspects of death, despair and homicide in all its various malignant forms.'- Professor David Wilson (from the Foreword).Table of ContentsForeword by David Wilson. What is Homicide?; Single Homicide; Explanations of Homicide; Serial Homicide; Mass and Spree Homicide; Genocide; Death at the Hands of the State; The Business of Homicide; Homicide and Consumer Society; Homicide Investigation - The Detective's Perspective; Conclusion; Index.

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Book SynopsisFrom Lucia Osborne-Crowley, author of I Choose Elena, comes an immersive polyphonic memoir exploring the intricacies of abuse, trauma, and shame. Through the voices of women, trans and non-binary people around the world and her own deeply moving testimony, Lucia speaks of vulnerability and acceptance, and the reclaiming of ourselves in a world that repeatedly asks us to carry the weight of the shame of the atrocities committed against us. Widely researched and boldly argued, My Body Keeps Your Secrets reveals the secrets a body keeps — the trauma that can rewrite our biology, our relationship with sex, and how we connect with others, establishing Lucia's credentials as a key intersectional feminist thinker of a new generation.Trade Review‘The most anticipated books of 2021’ ‘Sexuality, gender and bodies continue to dominate, with no shortage in creative non-fiction that blends memoir, essay and cultural history. Look out for...Lucia Osborne-Crowley's My Body Keeps Your Secrets (June, A&U)’ https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/the-most-anticipated-books-of-2021-20201226-p56q8d.html -- Melanie Kembrey * The Sydney Morning Herald *‘What if We Never Recover’ https://meanjin.com.au/blog/what-if-we-never-recover/ -- Lucia Osborne-Crowley * Meanjin Quarterly *Review: My Body Keeps Your Secrets by Lucia Osborne-Crowley ‘Osborne-Crowley begins to explore the intricacies of shame and trauma in a way which doesn’t shy away from the true extent of the impact that this trauma can have on an individual, but at the same time approaches the issues with sensitivity, and with a feeling of hope that we can overcome feelings of shame, and reclaim our bodies.' * The Owl on the Bookshelf *What if, in order to find true love, you need to be alone? -- Lucia Osborne-Crowley * Vogue Australia *Reviewed in short: New books from Carole Hooven, Kristian Shaw, Lucia Osborne-Crowley and Jay Parini ‘In the post-#MeToo era there is plenty of literature on abuse and consent. But it is rare to find a book as powerful as My Body Keeps Your Secrets’ -- Emily Bootle * New Statesman *Author of My Body Keeps Your Secrets, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, on the lessons she learned after a devastating breakup -- Lucia Osborne-Crowley * Stylist *Books Roundup: Small Joys of Real Life, The Things We See in the Light, Lies, Damned Lies, My Body Keeps Your Secrets ‘At the heart of this book is a strong message: It is through the stories of others that we can finally understand our own and render visible the structures of our own oppression.’ -- Emily Clements * Kill Your Darlings *My Body Keeps Your Secrets: Interview with Lucia Osborne-Crowley -- Freya Bennett * Ramona Magazine *I survived rape, but I didn’t understand what trauma would do to me -- Lucy Hall * The Guardian *10 Questions for writer Lucia Osborne-Crowley: The author of ‘My Body Keeps Your Secrets’ on trauma, shame and community -- Jessica Payn * The Arts Desk *Ghislaine Maxwell juror breaks silence to The Independent: ‘This verdict is for all the victims’ -- Lucia Osborne-Crowley * The Independent *

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Book SynopsisIf there was a bomb hidden somewhere in a major city, and you had the person responsible in your custody, would you torture them to get the information needed to stop the bomb exploding, preventing a devastating terrorist attack and saving thousands of lives? This is the ticking bomb scenario — a thought experiment designed to demonstrate that torture can be justified. In How to Justify Torture, cultural critic Alex Adams examines the ticking bomb scenario in-depth, looking at the ways it is presented in films, novels, and TV shows — from Batman Begins and Dirty Harry to French military thrillers and home invasion narratives. By critiquing its argument step by step, this short, provocative book reminds us that, despite what the ticking bomb scenario will have us believe, torture can never be justified.Trade Review"As passionate as it is rigorous... Anyone sickened by the global re-emergence of torture as a “tool of justice” will find resources for resistance here." — Bob Brecher, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Brighton

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Book SynopsisChild to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA) is a much misunderstood problem that affects the lives of millions of families around the world, possibly as many as one in ten. Despite this, and the lasting physical and psychological damage CPVA can cause, it is an underreported issue, and one that presents serious challenges to practitioners and support services - not least because it inverts our normal understanding of abuse within the family. With this book Helen Bonnick shares the knowledge that she has built up over many years specialising in CPVA as a social worker, practice educator and researcher. She brings this complex issue out of the shadows and provides much needed guidance to practitioners. Following an introductory chapter, setting the scene and discussing definitions and language, the book is divided into five sections, which develop an understanding of the main issues before moving on to a more structured approach to work in supporting families. `Five impossible things to believe' sets out five core issues in understanding an issue that many people still find hard to accept, setting the scene for future discussions. The second section, `Four traps to avoid', addresses myths and stereotypes, looking at beliefs and assumptions that can impact on the delivery of a service. The third section, `Three aspects of work with families' looks specifically at assessment and models of intervention, after some important consideration of the power issues at play. This is followed by a section on the difficulties emerging from our tendency to think in binary ways: `Two conflicting paradigms'; and lastly, `One thing that everyone can do'. The book closes with a final chapter for those interested in taking their learning further. Throughout, the easily digestible chapters are illustrated with real-life anecdotes and testimony from families who have faced CPVA. Above all, this is a book which brings the families' lives to the fore, and documents what they say helps, what hinders, and what they want to celebrate or protest. Each chapter includes a section called `What you can do', which may have questions to reflect on, or suggestions of action to continue the work of bringing greater attention and increased resources to this crucial field of family support.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Five impossible things to believe Chapter 1: How much? Chapter 2: It could happen to anyone Chapter 3: The impact on families Chapter 4: Punished for being a victim Chapter 5: Nobody's problem Part 2: Four traps to avoid Chapter 6: The difficult parent Chapter 7: I blame the parents Chapter 8: We need the young person to engage Chapter 9: Just like domestic violence Part 3: Three aspects of work with families Chapter 10: Understanding the issue of power Chapter 11: Full family assessment Chapter 12: Whole family support Part 4: Two conflicting paradigms Chapter 13: Two conflicting paradigms Part 5: One thing everyone can do Chapter 14: One thing everyone can do Chapter 15: Final words Appendix 1: Acronyms used Appendix 2: Programmes of work

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides students across Social Sciences, Humanities, Politics, and International Studies with an in-depth understanding of the issues, policies, and strategies for addressing the symptoms and root causes of violence against women (VAW) in sub-Saharan Africa. This text uses the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) on Women, Peace and Security in Eastern and Southern Africa as a framework to present the causes and impacts of VAW and to trace the journey of sub-Saharan African countries toward gender equality. It also provides an overview of the policy and legislative frameworks that underpin the progress, challenges, and achievements of addressing VAW based on four key pillars: prevention, protection, participation, and relief and recovery. Chapters provide a wealth of knowledge, as the book draws on academic literature; national, regional, and international legislations; and data collected from field research, and makes use of end-of-chapter discussion questions and quick study guides. Students will come away equipped with the tools, resources, and knowledge necessary to address and fix VAW in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond.Table of ContentsSECTION I: FOUNDATIONS OF WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENT Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Born Equal Theory of Change Chapter 3: Women in Contemporary Developmental Thought Chapter 4: Gender Perspectives in Peace and Conflict Chapter 5: Global and Regional Peace and Security Frameworks SECTION II: WOMEN, VIOLENCE AND SOCIETY: CHALLENGES AND ISSUES Chapter 6: Women, Politics and Violence Chapter 7: Masculinity in Congolese Society Chapter 8: Women and Violent Extremism Chapter 9: Implementation of the UNSCR 1325: Critical Reflections SECTION III: STRATEGIES for COMBATING VIOLENCE Chapter 10: Prevention of Violence Against Women Chapter 11: Women’s Participation in Peace Making Processes Chapter 12: Protection of Women from Violence Chapter 13: Gender-Responsive Budgeting as A Strategy Against Violence Chapter 14: Conclusion-What the Future Holds Appendices Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisWomen who are smart enough to have the kind of big ideas that can change the world are also smart enough to understand that the odds are stacked against them.In the past decade, all-female founding teams never received more than 3% of the US venture capital pool. Women seeking capital run up against negative stereotypes, cultural biases, sexual harassment, and discrimination. These factors push some of the most innovative ideas and talents onto the sidelines.And yet, there is a path forward for any woman with a great idea and the passion to succeed.Author Kelley Steven-Waiss, founder and CEO of Hitch Works Inc., a cloud-based skills mapping and intelligence platform, ought to know. She experienced the dynamics of raising capital as a woman founder firsthand. Leaving the safety of a career as CHRO of a major technology company, she dove into the challenging waters of venture capital first as an intrapreneur and then an entrepreneur. What she enco

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses psychological aspects of dehumanization and of the human tendency to dominate, control and potentially murder those considered less than or “other” by the dominant group. It explores how increasingly severe dehumanization resulted in the genocide of six million Jews in the second World War. Psychological and behavioral strategies Nazi aggressors and ordinary citizens used to mislead themselves during this process are described. Understanding the sequence of events from dehumanization to murder has implications for the apparent tendency of human beings to harm and potentially kill those who appear “different”, or who are made into the “other”. Efforts to prevent genocide should actively challenge dehumanization of weaker populations whenever possible, even when dehumanization appears mild, “insignificant,” or “innocuous.”Trade Review“This informative and accessible contribution to the burgeoning literature on dehumanization is the first and only book in the English language focusing specifically on the dehumanization of Jews during the Nazi regime. Highly recommended! “— David Livingstone Smith, author of Making Monsters: Dehumanization and How to Resist It“This volume explores ways in which intolerance and enmity perniciously result in the dehumanization of individuals and groups, setting the stage for nothing less than the mass murder of entire groups and cultures. The author effectively shows ways in which othering and objectification wears away at any empathy and identification, an alienation that allows for nothing less than Genocide, a neologism invented only after the Shoah. The insidious nature of this turn is explored by the author using historical texts and individual stories. A compelling and necessary read for historians, mental health professionals, and students of history, sociology, psychohistory, and Jewish studies.”— Emily Kuriloff, Psy.D., Clinical Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, and author of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Legacy of the Third Reich: History, Memory, Tradition. Routledge, 2014“Dr. Gabel, a child psychiatrist and historian, takes on the inexplicable. He probes what makes for and sustains history’s horrific genocides. ‘Behavior serves a purpose’ helps in understanding motivations, including murder. But Dr. Gabel goes further with his core insight: that ‘dehumanization’ opens intrinsic psychological doors to allow for the progression from violence to murder to genocide. This is a deeply considered and scholarly book about what we have not been able to face.”— Lloyd I. Sederer, MD, Adjunct Professor, Columbia School of Public HealthTable of ContentsIntroduction A Brief History of the Jews from Antiquity through the Middle Ages Antisemitism and Dehumanization of the Jews in the Modern Period. Enlightenment and Emancipation. Political Antisemitism Dehumanization. Research. Definitions. Examples in the Nazi Era The Human Propensity toward Violence, Destruction, and Murder. Prohibitions against Killing Other Humans. Examples of the Tendency toward Violence and Murder in the Nazi Era The Progression from Dehumanization to Murder and Genocide in the Nazi Era Dehumanization of School-Aged Children in Nazi Germany Medical Implementation of Aryan Ideology: Sterilization, Euthanasia, Experimentation Summary and Conclusions. Alternative Approaches. Addressing Dehumanization ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisWith analytical clarity and narrative force, The Feminist and the Sex Offender contends with two problems that are typically siloed in the era of #MeToo and mass incarceration: sexual and gender violence, on the one hand, and the state's unjust, ineffective, and soul-destroying response to it on the other. Is it possible to confront the culture of abuse? Is it possible to hold harm-doers accountable without recourse to a criminal justice system that redoubles injuries, fails survivors, and retrenches the conditions that made such abuse possible?Drawing on interviews, extensive research, reportage, and history, The Feminist and the Sex Offender develops an intersectional feminist approach to ending sexual violence. It maps with considerable detail the unjust sex offender regime while highlighting the alternatives we urgently need.Trade ReviewOne of our most important scholar/activists, Erica Meiners always challenges us to engage critically with the complex and sometimes surprising ideological strategies that bolster the expanding carceral state -- Angela Davis, University of California Santa CruzIn their timely and compelling book, Levine and Meiners ask: How do we, as feminists, address sexual violence without expanding and strengthening the violent carceral state? The Feminist and the Sex Offender dives into the history-and consequences-of relying on policing and prisons to address sexual violence. -- Victoria Law, author of Resistance Behind BarsSystematically dismantling the paradigm of punishment, the authors provide a new lens of hope and political clarity, melding feminism and abolition into a powerful manifesto of liberation. -- James Kilgore, author of Understanding Mass IncarcerationFor all who desire a humane future, The Feminist and the Sex Offender offers a bracing liberationist and abolitionist dream of freedom and throws down a practical and heady challenge. -- JoAnn Wypijewski, author of What We Don’t Talk about when We Talk about #MeTooThis book confirms everything I believe in as a sex crimes expert, restorative justice practitioner, and survivor of sexual violence. -- Alissa R. Ackerman, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, California State University, FullertonLevine and Meiners show how the contingent now called "carceral" feminists (from the same root as incarcerate), spurred by rage and an eagerness for retribution - and by the exhilaration of "at last we're getting the bastards" - has played a large role in expanding the prison industrial complex, along with that cruel sex offender registry, precisely at the time that other feminists and civil rights activists are trying to rein it in. -- Dr. Carol Tavris * Skeptic *Pulls back the curtain on the history of the sex offender registry, its roots and its injustices, and how we can strive for a future with neither sexual harm nor state violence. -- Lyra Walsh Fuchs * Dissent *

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Book SynopsisA critical look at the terrifying ways the police are used to control 'surplus' populations worldwide.Trade Review'Every socialist should read this book' -- Neil Faulkner, historian and archaeologist'A field guide to repression in the 21st century, with its state control and new forms of surveillance and technological manipulation.' -- Christopher McMichael, New Frame'Robinson gives powerful theoretical coherence to everyone's fear that the fascism is being reborn, but adds the important twist that repression itself has grown into an essential engine of accumulation' -- Mike Davis, author of 'Planet of Slums' and co-author of 'Set the Night on Fire: Los Angeles in the Sixties''For the last twenty years, William Robinson has been one of the most important analysts of global capitalism and the dynamics of globalization. In this new work, Robinson turns his attention to the emergence of a 21st century "global police state" that has developed as a corollary to growing inequality, climate collapse, and intensifying migration movements of the dispossessed. As Robinson warns, with great deprivation comes great repression, policing and potentially war. Robinson writes pointedly and with urgency for a broad audience with an interest in mobilizing for a just world' -- Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University and author of 'From #BlackLives Matter to Black Liberation''Karl Marx aspired to a world in which our animal needs would be satisfied and our human needs could be addressed. It is a realistic possibility now, as William Robinson outlines – or the alternative that is taking shape before our eyes: a 'global police state' controlled by narrowly concentrated capital with 'surplus humanity' left to survive somehow on its own. The choice is in our hands. There could hardly be a more compelling one' -- Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and author of 'Who Rules the World?'‘A crucial reflection on power, capitalism and war globally … The Global Police State provides an accessible and compact overview of repression and corporate expansion into policing and surveillance.’ -- ‘ROAR’Table of ContentsA Brief Acknowledgment of Collective Authorship List of Acronyms Introduction: “George Orwell Got It Wrong” 1. Global Capitalism and its Crisis 2. Savage Inequalities: The Imperative of Social Control 3. Militarized Accumulation and Accumulation by Repression 4. The Battle for the Future Notes Index

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Book SynopsisAn academic insider's account of the Islamist social movement Kurdish HizbullahTrade Review'An excellent ethnographic analysis of the impact of Islamism within the Kurdish movement in Turkey, a must read for those especially interested in the interaction of religion and ethnic identity in the Middle East' -- Fatma Müge Göçek, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, The University of Michigan'With deep personal knowledge, Mehmet Kurt offers us an unrivalled insight into the world view of those involved in this important Kurdish Islamic movement. He shows how deeply and broadly embedded Hizbullah is, and how it may well help shape the future' -- David McDowall, author of A Modern History of the Kurds'The first major anthropological study of Turkey's Hizbullah, the most important Kurdish Islamist movement' -- Martin van Bruinessen, Professor of the Comparative Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies, Utrecht UniversityTable of ContentsPreface to the English Translation Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Historical Overview of Hizbullah 2. The 'Grounded' Dimensions of Hizbullah as Islamist Organisation and Social Movement 3. The Construction of Social Memory in the Stories and Novels of Hizbullah Conclusion Appendix: The Text of the Written Interview with Hizbullah Officials Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book brings researchers, writers and policy makers into dialogue in an ambitious volume and moves beyond the juridical definitions of justice, coloniality, exploitation and work and offers knowledge that is immediately implementable into policy making.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Re-imagining sexual harassment - Maja Lundqvist, Angelica Simonsson and Kajsa Widegren Part 1: Cartography of everyday violence in the Nordic region 2. At the AGM - Mads Ananda Lodahl 3. Depleted bodies: intersectional perspectives on workplace violence - Paulina de los Reyes 4. The violently gender-equal Nordic welfare states - Sofia Strid, Anne Laure Humbert and Jeff Hearn 5. On the freshers’ trip - Mads Ananda Lodahl 6. Negotiating sexual harassment and young urban femininities in Helsinki - Heta Mulari 7. Men run academic track; women jump sexist hurdles - Lea Skewes 8. Some ten years ago, I started writing a novel - Sigbjørn Skåden Part 2: Violence, knowledge and imagining justice 9. On the promenade - Mads Ananda Lodahl 10. Sextortion: linking sexual violence and corruption in a Nordic context - Silje Lundgren, Åsa Eldén, Dolores Calvo and Elin Bjarnegård 11. I have always thought a lot about the nature of violence: carceral feminism and sexual violence in the neoliberal state - Silas Aliki 12. Beyond restorative justice: survivors’ calls for innovative practices in Iceland - Hildur Fjóla Antonsdóttir 13. I write to tell myself it wasn’t my fault - Sumaya Jirde Ali 14. One step forward and one step back: sexual harassment in Norwegian equality and non-discrimination law - Anne Hellum 15. In the gents - Mads Ananda Lodahl 16. Conclusion: Re-imaginations and reflections for the future - Maja Lundqvist, Angelica Simonsson and Kajsa Widegren

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Book SynopsisComplicating perspectives on diversity in video gamesGamers have been troublemakers as long as games have existed. As our popular understanding of gamer shifts beyond its historical construction as a white, straight, adolescent, cisgender male, the troubles that emerge both confirm and challenge our understanding of identity politics. In Gamer Trouble, Amanda Phillips excavates the turbulent relationships between surface and depth in contemporary gaming culture, taking readers under the hood of the mechanisms of video games in order to understand the ways that difference gets baked into its technological, ludic, ideological, and social systems. By centering the insights of queer and women of color feminisms in readings of online harassment campaigns, industry animation practices, and popular video games like Portal and Mass Effect, Phillips adds essential analytical tools to our conversations about video games. She embraces the trouble that attends disciplinary crossroads, linking thTrade ReviewGamer Trouble is a much-needed twist on representation, gaming culture, and the technology–human interaction through a feminist lens in gaming studies ... Embracing the generative power of troubling ruptures in gaming conversations, Phillips moves the discussion surrounding gaming studies toward a productive avenue that will change how understand the relationship between games, people, and politics. * The Journal of Popular Culture *Absolutely essential reading for anyone interested in video games or game studies. Inspired by queer (and) women of color feminism, this much-needed, timely, and insightful book troubles the figure of the gamer and boldly shifts how we understand video games and their place in society. -- Bonnie Ruberg, author of Video Games Have Always Been QueerAs Phillips demonstrates, the gaming world is no stranger to the turbulence and struggle over meaning, identity, and culture. But by historicizing both the racism and sexism in the industry, Gamer Trouble demands a different kind of engagement by the user: one that does not shy away from this complexity. Rather, Phillips lifts the hood to understand how these histories are made both part and parcel of gameplay. -- Radhika Gajjala, author of Digital Diasporas: Labor and Affect in Gendered Indian Digital PublicsI learnt a lot from Gamer Trouble, from its feminist citational multiplicity, alternative methods of textual analysis, and inspirational structural flow. All of these will have a lasting influence towards my own approaches to studying and writing about video games. * First Person Scholar *

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Book SynopsisGuangxi, a region on China's southern border with Vietnam, has a large population of ethnic minorities and a history of rebellion and intergroup conflict. In the summer of 1968, during the high tide of the Cultural Revolution, it became notorious as the site of the most severe and extensive violence observed anywhere in China during that period of upheaval. Several cities saw urban combat resembling civil war, while waves of mass killings in rural communities generated enormous death tolls. More than one hundred thousand died in a few short months. These events have been chronicled in sensational accounts that include horrific descriptions of gruesome murders, sexual violence, and even cannibalism. Only recently have scholars tried to explain why Guangxi was so much more violent than other regions. With evidence from a vast collection of classified materials compiled during an investigation by the Chinese government in the 1980s, this book reconsiders explanations that draw parallels with ethnic cleansing in Rwanda, Bosnia, and other settings. It reveals mass killings as the byproduct of an intense top-down mobilization of rural militia against a stubborn factional insurgency, resembling brutal counterinsurgency campaigns in a variety of settings. Moving methodically through the evidence, Andrew Walder provides a groundbreaking new analysis of one the most shocking chapters of the Cultural Revolution.Trade Review"The world's leading expert on China's Cultural Revolution has written another breathtaking book. By examining one of the darkest episodes of human history, Andrew Walder not only provides a new explanation for conflict in China but also advances general theories on violence during civil war."—Yuhua Wang, author of The Rise and Fall of Imperial China"This important and unsettling study of the Cultural Revolution in Guangxi lays bare the dark side of China's authoritarian political system. Through careful analysis of newly available primary sources, Walder convincingly connects the horrific violence of that time and place not to ideological or ethnic differences, but to military-civilian factionalism that permeated all levels of government. A party-state known for exerting control, when pressed, could spawn untold conflict and cruelty."—Elizabeth J. Perry, Harvard University"Andrew Walder is one of the world's most distinguished analysts of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and his new book breaks apart numerous myths. Drawing on extraordinarily rich sources from Guangxi province, Walder shows that violence tore apart the countryside as well as the city, and that factionalism could give way to deeper splits within the party. Above all, he adds analysis of ethnic division to our knowledge of this period. This is disturbing, field-making reading."—Rana Mitter, Oxford University"This work is yet another vital contribution to the study of the Cultural Revolution by the sociologist Andrew Walder.... It will be essential reading for scholars of the People's Republic and an accessible source, for informed lay readers and students, on the horrors of the Cultural Revolution."—Donald S. Sutton, China Quarterly"What is unique about Civil War in Guangxi... is its refreshing emphasis on the geopolitical dimension of the Cultural Revolution's complex twists and turns, concretely tying the tragic unfolding of political processes in China to the war operation in Vietnam. As such, this book is not only of pivotal interest to scholars of collective mobilization, political violence, and Chinese communism, but also firmly places itself in conversation with global and transnational sociology and scholarship on the US empire in the post-war era."—Yueran Zhang, Social ForcesTable of ContentsPrologue 1. Puzzles 2. Origins 3. Spread 4. Stalemate 5. Escalation 6. Suppression 7. Narratives 8. Analysis Epilogue: Epilogue Appendix: The Sources and Dataset

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Book Synopsis''Lizzie has been able to embody the power of hope and compassion in everything she does. Stories like hers keep me inspired every day.'' Michelle Obama''Lizzie is making our culture a kinder one by encouraging people to undermine hate through self-acceptance and everyday acts of empathy. Her heart and humour shine through on every page!'' -Lilly Singh, entertainer, comedian and author of How to Be a BawseCelebrated motivational speaker and YouTube sensation Lizzie Velasquez shows us how we can learn to accept all parts of ourselves and others to create a culture of kindness and a more compassionate world.Born with a rare genetic condition, Lizzie Velasquez always knew she was different, but it wasn''t until she was much older that she understood what that meant to others. At seventeen she came across a viral video entitled ''World''s Ugliest Woman''- only to discover that it featured her. In response, she decided to stand up on behalf of viTrade Review[A] heartfelt and powerful treatise about the importance of being kind, gleaned from first-hand experience. * Publisher's Weekly *Lizzie Velasquez is making our culture a kinder one by encouraging people to undermine hate through self-acceptance and everyday acts of empathy. Her heart and humor shine through on every page! -- Lilly Singh, entertainer, comedian and author of How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering LifeLizzie Velasquez's courage and compassion shine through as she shares her inspirational journey. No matter what challenges you face in life, Dare to Be Kind can help you find the strength to overcome them. -- Amy Morin, author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do[Dare to Be Kind] should be mandatory reading for everyone. It's powerful, inspirational, and will leave you with hope that there is good in this world; Lizzie is leading that movement with her words and passion. -- Justine Ezarik, author of The New York Times bestseller I, Justine: An Analog Memoir

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Book SynopsisSince 1964, Colombia has been embroiled in internal armed conflict among guerrilla groups, paramilitary militias, and the country’s own military. Civilians in Colombia face a range of abuses from all sides, including killings, disappearances and rape—and more than four million have been forced to flee their homes. The oral histories in Throwing Stones at the Moon describe the most widespread of Colombia’s human rights crises: forced displacement. Speakers recount life before displacement, the reasons for their flight, and their struggle to rebuild their lives.NARRATORS INCLUDE:MARIA VICTORIA, whose fight against corruption as a hospital union leader led to a brutal attempt on her life. In 2009, assassins tracked her to her home and stabbed her seven times in the face and chest. Since the attack, Julia has undergone eight facial reconstructive surgeries, and continues to live in hiding.DANNY, who at eighteen joined a right-wing paramilitary’s training camp. Initially lured by the promise of quick money, Danny soon realized his mistake and escaped to Ecuador. He describes his harrowing escape and his struggle to survive as a refugee with two young children to support.Trade Review"Here are the real and unforgettable voices of Colombia’s long nightmare. They tell us of normal lives shattered by trauma, suffering, violence, and redeemed by love, resilience, courage or hard-earned wisdom. I read these oral tales with a knot in my stomach, frightened and moved, and finally amazed by this lesson: when people find the strength to tell us what has happened to them, no matter how horrendous, a terrible yet universal beauty somehow emerges, always casting light on the mystery of being human."—Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name "Outside the U.S. media's lights and whir, the largest crisis in the world of forced displacement from home is taking place in Colombia. Throwing Stones at the Moon makes it personal through these narratives of loved and difficult life, vivid and specific to Colombia's places and to the families torn and struggling amid the long war. Brodzinsky and Schoening convey these people's tender and bitter stories, of resilience and loss, of cruelty and solidarity, in their own full voices. Stories that don't end with an act of violence, but that call out for compassion, and for justice."—John Lindsay-Poland, Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Fellowship for Reconciliation "Poignant."—Kirkus "Human rights journalists Brodzinsky and Schoening geographically organize intimate oral histories from individuals living through pervasive violence among Colombia's drug cartels, military forces, and rebels. Often astonishing quotes double as headings...piquing readers' curiosity and conscience...Readers concerned with human rights and Latin American politics will find this account of violence and survival both sad and inspiring."—Publishers Weekly

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Book SynopsisVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring We regularly encounter appalling wrongdoing, with the media offering a depressing parade of violent assault, rape, and murder. Yet sometimes even the cynical and world-weary amongst us are taken aback. Sometimes we confront a crime so terrible, so horrendous, so deeply wrong, that we reach for the word ''evil''. The 9/11 terrorist attacks were not merely wrong, but evil. A serial killer who tortures his victims is not merely a bad person. He is evil. And as the Holocaust showed us, we must remain vigilant against the threat of evil. But what exactly is evil? If we use the word ''evil'', are we buying into a naive Manichean worldview, in which two cosmic forces of good and evil are pitted against one another? Are we guilty of demonizing our enemies? How does ''evil'' go beyond what is merely bad or wrong? This Very Short Introduction explores the answers that philosophers have offered to these questions. Luke Russell discusses why some philosophers think that evil is a myth or a fantasy, while others think that evil is real, and is a concept which plays an important role in contemporary secular morality. Along the way he asks whether evil is always horrific and incomprehensible, or if it can be banal. Considering if there is a special psychological hallmark that sets the evildoers apart from the rest of us, Russell also engages with ongoing discussions over psychopathy and empathy, analysing the psychology behind evildoing.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewThis is a stark, unequivocal position that forces us to think about where the margin of our ethical relationship with other people lies. But as Russell makes clear from the beginning, evil is by its nature extreme, and it calls us to think about it in the extremity. * Eoghan Smith, Society *Table of Contents1: The philosophical puzzle of evil 2: The horror and incomprehensibility of evil 3: The psychological hallmark of evil 4: The banality of evil 5: An evil person 6: Are you evil? Is anyone evil?

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Book SynopsisThis text reconstructs the conflict between MOVE, a radical black separatist group, and the city of Philadelphia. Against this account, the author develops an analysis of the relation between definition and action, between language and violence.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1: A Framework for Articulating Horror 2: What Is MOVE? 3: The Language of Domesticity 4: Bureaucratic Discourse: The Policy, the Plan, the Operation 5: The Law and Its Apparatus: Speaking Warrants and Weapons 6: Decarcerating Discourse Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCholas and Pishtacos are two provocative characters from South American popular culture. In this book, these two figures become vehicles for an exploration of race, sex, and violence beginning with three forms of social and economic interaction: estrangement, exchange and accumulation.

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Book SynopsisThe product of a conference on gangs, this text brings together the work of academics, activists and community leaders to examine gang organizations. Analysing the spread of gangs from New York to Texas to the west coast, the book covers such topics as women in gangs and the spirituality of gangs.Trade ReviewFrom the Jets to the Bloods to the Latin Kings, gangs have long symbolized the roughest parts of urban America. Still, argues this collection of essays, crime and theft are just a part of what fuels their existence; gangs' roles in communities is far more complex. City Limits A refreshing anthology on gang life in the US. The editors have compiled fascinating, serious, and informative articles concerned with the theoretical and methodological contexts of gang research, women and gangs, links between gangs and politics, the problems of youth and gang life, and the social control of gangs... An excellent, very readable source. Highly recommended. Choice The popular image that depicts gangs as nothing more than criminal enterprises is too restrictive a picture.Gangs and Society moves beyond this tradition and instead represents an important advancement in understanding the role gangs play in some urban communities... this work is certainly a meaningful addition to the existing gang literature. -- Sean P. Varano Contemporary Sociology Finally! A solidly researched book that challenges the conservative academic dogma of gang members as incorrigible superpredators... May this book provoke a great rethinking of all that is amiss in our society today. -- Tom Hayden, professor at Occidental College and former California state senator The book's editors...do a remarkable job of highlighting the economic, political, social and cultural factors that impact the activities of gangs. -- Matthew T. Theriot Journal of Sociology and Social WelfareTable of ContentsIntroduction Theory and Methodology A Note on Social Theory and the American Street Gang, by Sudhir Venkatesh Gangs and Politics Toward a Typology of Contemporary Mexican American Youth Gangs, by Avelardo Valdez Gangs, Agency, and At-risk Youth The Negligible Role of Gangs in Drug Distribution in New York City in the 1990s, by Ric Curtis Women and Gangs Marginal Youth, Personal Identity, and the Contemporary Gang: Reconstructing the Social World?, by Kevin McDonald Gangs and Social Control Gangs and the Contemporary Urban Struggle: An Unappreciated Aspect of Gangs, by Albert DiChiara and Russell Chabot Gangs and Photography Urban Street Activists: Gang and Community Efforts to Bring Justice to Los Angeles Neighborhoods, by Juan Francisco Esteva Martinez 7. The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation and the Spirituality of Resistance: Agency Social Cohesion and Liberating Rituals in the Making of a Street Organization., by Luis Barrios 8. Education in the Reform of Street Organizations in New York City, by David Brotherton Liberating yet Limiting: The Paradox of Female Gang Membership, by Dana Nurge Amor de Reina! The Pushes and Pulls of Group Membership among the Latin Queens, by David Brotherton and Camila Salazar-Atias Gangs and the Law, by Loren Siegel The Gang Crackdown in the Prisons of Massachusetts: Arbitrary and Harsh Treatment Can Only Make Matters Worse, by Phillip Kassel On the Subject of Gang Photography, by Richard Rodriguez From Civil War to Gang War: The Tragedy of Edgar Bolanos, by Donna DeCesare Snapshots of a Movement: The New York Latin Kings and Queens 1996-99, by Steve Hart and David Brotherton

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Book SynopsisA timely and incisive examination of contemporary urban unrest that explains why riots will continue until citizens are equally treated and politically includedTrade Review“Mustafa Dikec begins with the compelling puzzle that in some of the world’s most developed and prosperous cities, in stable democratic societies, we are seeing mass-based violent uprisings [. . .] The book is an enjoyable and enlightening read” —Emma Elfversson, Policing“Urban Rage lays out in compelling detail an argument for understanding urban unrest in the contemporary era. Anyone interested in the fate of cities, and especially the people in them, needs to read this book. Excellent, highly accessible, and at times humorous even as it is always deadly serious.”—Don Mitchell, author of The Right to the City “These comparative case-studies, richly detailed and attentive to local conditions, overthrow the hoary stereotype of the irrational mob. Read carefully and you’ll begin to understand the rationality of urban revolts"—perhaps even their necessity in our gilded world.”—Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles “An excellent transatlantic contextualization of recent urban protest.”—Göran Therborn, University of Cambridge, author of Cities of Power “Brilliantly cutting across the North Atlantic, Mustafa Dikeç repositions the cities of the West within the long histories of colonialism and imperialism and reminds us that these wars are not over. Urban Ragethus raises profoundly important questions about the urgent aspirations of our time: emancipation, justice, and humanity. A beautiful book.”—Ananya Roy, author of Poverty Capital

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Book SynopsisWars are frequently justified ''in our name''. Militarist values and practices co-opt us, permeating our language, invading our dream space, entertaining us at the movies or in front of game consoles. Our taxes pay for those war machines. Our loved ones are killed and maimed.With killing now an integral part of the entertainment industry in video games and Hollywood films, war has become mainstream.With the 100th anniversary of the declaration of the First World War, has come a deluge of books, documentaries, feature films and radio programmes. We will hear a great deal about the horror of the battlefield. Bourke acknowledges wider truths: war is unending and violence is deeply entrenched in our society. But it doesn''t have to be this way. This book equips readers with an understanding of the history, culture and politics of warfare in order to interrogate and resist an increasingly violent world.

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Book SynopsisFeaturing a unique overview of the different forms of extreme violence, this book considers the psychology of extreme violence alongside a variety of contributing factors, such as brain abnormalities in homicide offenders. Featuring several contemporary real-world case studies, this book offers insight into the psychology of serial homicide offenders, mass shooters, school shooters and lone-actor terrorists. The main purpose of this book is not to glorify or condemn the actions of these individuals, but to attempt to explain the motivations and circumstances that inspire such acts of extreme violence. By adopting a detailed case study approach, it aims to increase our understanding of the specific motivations and psychological factors underlying extreme violence. Using nontechnical language, this book is the ideal companion for students, researchers, and forensic practitioners interested in the multidisciplinary nature of extreme violence. This book will Trade Review"The Psychology of Extreme Violence investigates the motivational drivers of those guilty of lone-actor terrorism, school shootings, and serial murder. Through a diverse set of case studies, their mobilisation toward violence is engagingly demonstrated. Collectively, it leaves us with a number of lessons learned for risk assessment and management purposes." —Paul Gill, Professor of Security and Crime Science, University College London, UK"Extreme killers are often analyzed in overly simplistic terms: either they were mentally ill, or they weren't. Fortunately, Allely brings a more nuanced approach by analyzing how neurological factors, mental disorders, psychological tendencies, environmental variables, and more can interact to produce serial killers, terrorists, and mass shooters. In applied case studies, she then demonstrates how the lives of perpetrators spiral out of control—before they take the lives of others."— Adam Lankford, University of Alabama, USATable of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Anatomy of Extreme Violence Chapter 3: Serial Homicide Chapter 4: Mass ShootersChapter 5. Rampage School ShootingsChapter 6: The Psychology of Terrorism and Lone-Actor TerroristsChapter 7: Conclusion: Threat Assessment and Prevention of Extreme ViolenceIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a synthesis of the literature on domestic homicide, covering its history; the theories supporting it; its various forms such as filicide, intimate partner homicide, parricide, siblicide, and familicide; and its prevention. Table of Contents1. Introduction, 2. Understanding Domestic Homicide, 3. The Destruction of Descendants, 4. If I Can’t Have Her No One Can, 5. Strikes at the Very Root, 6. Lethal Rivalry, 7. Removing the Total All, 8. Dyadic Deaths, 9. Prevention

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Book SynopsisThis book offers an analytical review of the state of knowledge on elderly sexual abuse and presents new data that will confront some of the accepted ideas and some of the myths associated with this specific form of sexual violence. Sexual violence research has often considered children to be the most vulnerable population. However, another population just as vulnerable to sexual abuse but often overlooked by researchers, is the elderly. Evidence shows that elderly victims are more likely to be attacked by strangers, most likely to be victimized in their own homes, and are usually less capable of resisting a physical attack. Drawing on a large and representative dataset, Elderly Sexual Abuse offers a full and theoretically informed picture of the offenders and their crimes. In addition to a specific chapter devoted to prevention and criminal investigation, the book also connects research to practice, exploring what the findings mean for professionals working with theseTrade ReviewThis book represents the first attempt ever to study systematically the sexual abuse of elderly persons. The routine activities of elderly persons normally protect them from risks and abuses. Yet, paradoxically, in some settings elderly persons are in a very weak position to protect themselves. That’s why the current book is so useful. —Marcus K. Felson, PhD, Professor, Texas State University – San MarcosDespite the popular rhetoric of old age being the era of "golden years" the fact is that it is an age of higher vulnerability and enhanced susceptibility to various kinds of victimization. COVID-19 pandemic revealed to unsuspecting Canadians the dire and victimizing conditions in residential care homes where a large number of elderly Canadians languish for the remainder of their lives. This book is a laudable effort to draw attention to sexual abuse of the elderly, a neglected type of victimization that surprisingly has not generated much research and only skimpy literature, due apparently to its hidden nature and prohibitive dark figure. The book is a valiant and commendable attempt to fill this glaring gap in what may be called "geronto victimology". Most people usually think of sexual victimization of the elderly as an extremely rare occurence since older individuals do not seem to be ‘attractive’ sexual targets. To them the book’s revelations will come as a surprise. One finding the book reveals is that opportunity and routine activities play a more important role in triggering sexual victimization of the elderly than target sexual attractiveness does.The book takes a phenomenological approach and pays attention to situational opportunities that create, facilitate or precipitate sexual abuse of elderly victims. And instead of the traditional, though futile, emphasis on the causes the authors are to be given credit for directing their attention to offenders’ motives . The authors should also be given credit for not engaging in endless regurgitation of causal factors and for taking instead a more dynamic approach focusing on routine activities, rational choice theories as well as the criminal event perspective.The book ends with useful suggestions pertaining to the prevention of sexual abuse of the elderly in both residential care settings and the community at large and by offering some helpful tips for improving the investigation of elderly sexual victimization.—Ezzat Fattah, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser UniversityElderly Sexual Abuse: Theory, Research, and Practice is a superb comprehensive compendium of current state of the art and science of this increasingly important subspeciality of elder abuse. This substantive textbook is indispensable to the serious practitioner. In addition to being readable and practically useful to law enforcement, academics, and geriatric health professionals, it will be invaluable to everyone who has an interest in the elderly sexual abuse victim, their offenders, and unique attributes of their crimes.—Mark E. Safarik, criminal profiler (Ret.), FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit, author of Spree Killers: Practical Classifications for Law Enforcement and CriminologyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Elderly sexual abuse: Victimization proneness and vulnerability 1.Understanding elderly sexual abuse from a criminological approach 2.Elderly sexual abuse: Description and unusual aspects 3.Elderly victims: A different crime-commission process? 4.Offenders’ types and offenders’ motivations in elderly sexual abuse 5.Lethal outcome in elderly sexual abuse 6.Elderly sexual abuse in residential care 7.Victimological processes of elderly sexual abuse in an extrafamilial context 8.Elderly and child victims: Different age, same issue 9.Prevention and investigation of elderly sexual abuse Conclusion: Where have all the "good old" people gone?

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book argues that the fundamental issues around how victim-survivors of digital gender-sexual violations (DGSVs) are abused can be understood in terms of gender and sexual dynamics, constructions, positioning and logics. The book builds upon Hall and Hearn''s previous work, Revenge Pornography, but has been substantially reworked to examine other forms of DGSV such as upskirting and sexual deepfakes, as well as the latest research and debates in the field. Facilitated by developments in internet and mobile technologies, the non-consensual posting of real or fake sexually explicit images of others for revenge, entertainment, homosocial status or political leverage has become a global phenomenon. Using discourse and thematic analytical approaches, this text examines digital, survey and interview data on gendered sexual violences, abuses, and violations. The words of both the perpetrators and victim-survivors are presented, showing the impact on Trade Review'The book is a key resource for understanding digital spaces as a growing conducive context for sexual violence, the old and new forms of abuse it enables and the challenges in addressing it.'Liz Kelly, Professor of Sexualised Violence, London Metropolitan University, UK'The centrality of gender and sexuality in understanding everyday forms of digital violations are richly described in this book as well as its lucid analysis of the online textual abuse of feminists, upskirting and revenge pornography. It clearly makes the case for addressing digital gender-sexual violations in public spaces, organisations and workplaces while suggesting changes to the legislative frameworks to end such violations. The book is essential reading for understanding how gender, sexuality and violence manifests on the Internet and through digital and mobile technologies.'Professor Deevia Bhana, DSI/NRF South African Research Chair, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 'Providing readers with an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of how online technologies are used to perpetrate digital gender-sexual violations, this book offers valuable empirical insights and suggestions for change. This valuable new book provides a comprehensive analysis of how online tech is being used to perpetrate digital gender-sexual violations. It is a must-read for everyone seeking to understand and challenge these abuses.'Professor Clare McGlynn QC (Hon), Durham Law School, Durham University, UK 'Bringing together the myriad of existing and emerging forms of sexual violations in the digital world is no easy task - the authors of this book expertly bring together the multiple levels of interaction and media to provide a holistic understanding to this important field. Upskirting, revenge pornography, the online abuse of feminists, deepfakes, cyberflashing, spycamming - all forms of sexual violations that have sadly emerged during the first part of the 21st century. This book brings together what we know so far, providing an expert analysis of victim and survivor experiences as well as perpetrator motivations. Difficult but essential reading for those involved in preventing or responding to men’s violences against women in the digital world.'Nicole Westmarland, Professor of Criminology, Durham University, UK 'This volume is an indispensable reading for anyone who would like to understand contemporary forms of Digital Gender-Sexual Violations. As much as social media technologies have been formatting and reconfiguring our lives in so many different respects, they have also been widening the spectrum of how sexual violations can be and how they are performed. The authors take a long history of feminist research on sexual violence up to date as well as show how porn is a driver in online violence and how this is conflated with IRL actions. Based upon a wide range of empirical examples, they are giving us robust evidence why feminist interventions are truly needed.'Ulf Mellström, Editor-in-chief, Norma: International Journal for Masculinity StudiesTable of ContentsPart 1: Framing and theorising DGSV 1. Words and concepts 2. Situating DGSV 3. Online interactions 4. Data and methods of analysis Part 2: Empirical analyses of DGSV 5. Online textual abuse of feminists, with Michael Rowe and Clare Wiper 6. Upskirting, homosociality, and craftmanship 7. Revenge pornography 8. Some further forms of DGSV Part 3: Wider implications and responses 9. Wider implications for workplaces, organisations, and public spaces, with Charlotta Niemistö 10. Socio-legal-technical considerations 11. Afterword: Key issues now and for the future

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Book SynopsisIn this ground-breaking volume, the authors explore two sides of religion: the ways in which it contributes to violence against women and girls (VAWG) and the ways it counters it. Recognising the very real impact of religion on the lives of women and girls, it prioritises experiences and learnings from empirical research and of practitioners, and their activities at grassroots-level, to better understand the nature and root causes of VAWG. Drawing on research done in Christian and Muslim communities in various fragile settings with high religiosity, this book avoids simplistically assigning blame to any one religion, instead engaging with the commonalities of how religion and religious actors influence norms and behaviours that impact VAWG. If the sustainable development goal of ending all forms of VAWG is to be achieved, how should actors in the international development sector engage with religion and religious actors? This book unpacks the nature of religion and religious actors Trade Review"Innovative, evidence-based and thought-provoking. The authors analyse, critique and chart a way forward for both faith-inspired and secular actors working on some of the most pertinent issues of our times. This book is not only a must-read, but a roadmap for women’s dignity."Azza Karam, Secretary General, Religions for Peace"Through an analytical exploration based on stories of agency and wisdom of Christian and Muslim women and religious leaders, this authoritative and insightful book proposes an unmatched view of religion and the imperative to consider the positive role faith can play in ending VAWG."Angelica Pino, Grants Manager, SVRI"This is a nuanced and accessible analysis of the significance of religion in VAWG in two faith traditions, Christianity and Islam. Its focus on women’s religious experiences in the context of violence fills a gap in the literature available for academics, policymakers and practitioners." Brenda Bartelink, University of Groningen, The Netherlands"When working with gender equality in religious societies, I often felt overwhelmed and confused. Having read this book, I feel much better equipped to navigate the complexity. It is clear, pedagogical and full of real voices. I warmly recommend to all." Virginia Manzitti, Head of Sector, European Commission DEVCO/INTPA"A must-read for all practitioners, academics and policymakers committed to ending violence against women and girls. Without shying away from the complexity, le Roux and Pertek state the case and offer essential recommendations for secular and religious actors to more effectively collaborate to end violence."Andrea Kaufmann, World Vision International"This book is for those who want a more nuanced understanding of the ambiguous role of religion in VAWG, based on the authors' own research experience and the projects of various organizations. You will enjoy the differentiated approach based on sound, up-to-date research." Benjamin Kalkum, Development Worker for GIZ ZambiaTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1. Why religion matters in violence against women and girls: an introduction Part II: Religion contributing to violence against women and girls 2. Orientation: The role of religion in contributing to violence against women and girls and its consequences 3. A Christian perspective: religion contributing to violence against women and girls and its consequences 4. A Muslim perspective: religion as intersecting risk in violence against women and girls 5. Joint reflections on religion contributing to violence against women and girls Part III: Religion countering violence against women and girls 6. Orientation: The role of religion in countering violence against women and girls 7. A Christian perspective: drawing on religion to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls 8. A Muslim perspective: religion as protective resource in violence against women and girls 9. Joint reflections on religion countering violence against women and girls Part IV: Looking to the future 10. Now what? Implications for researchers, policy makers and practitioners. Index

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Book SynopsisThis work highlights the existence of non-violent and anti-violent societies, combining theory and case studies of particular groups, to look at how they deal with conflict with a view to distilling lessons about peacemaking in a global context.Trade Review"Out of the thousands of books published about violence, war, and what to do about them, this one will stand out as an exemplar of what we should be doing at the start of a new millennium. Graham Kemp and Douglas Fry have done us all a great service by compiling vital information about how people organize peaceful, collective lives." -- Lester Kurtz, editor-in-chief of The Encyclopedia ofViolence, Peace and Conflict"A wonderful book! Filled with detailed accounts of societies that manage conflict so that they rarely become violent, Keeping the Peace provides grounds for hoping that we too can invent ways to reduce the violence in our culture." -- Joseph de Rivera, co-editor of Believed inImaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality"Well-suited for classroom use, this collection explores peace in a diverse range of human societies. It reveals the values and methods used to forge lives, not without conflict, but where conflict is addressed through non-violent means. The lesson of this book is to stop dreaming of peace, and join together in building a more peaceful world-it can be done." -- R. Brian Ferguson, editor of The State, Identity, and Violence: PoliticalDisintegration in the Post-Cold War WorldTable of ContentsForeword Elise Boulding Preface Introductory Note 1. The Concept of Peaceful Societies Graham Kemp 2. A Positive Concept of Peace Ximena Davies-Vengoechea 3. Contentious But Not Violent: The Hopi of Northern Arizona Alice Schlegel 4. Restraint and Ritual Apology: The Rotumans of the South Pacific Alan Howard 5. Respect For All: The Paliyans of South India Peter M. Gardner 6. Multiple Paths to Peace: The "La Paz" Zapotec of Mexico Douglas P. Fry 7. Resolving Conflict Within the Law: The Mardu Aborigines of Australia Robert Tonkinson 8. Putting a Stone In The Middle: The Nubians of Northern Africa Robert Fernea 9. Keeping the Peace in an Island World: The Sama Dilaut of Southeast Asia Clifford Sather 10. A Model of Peacefulness: Rethinking Peace and Conflict in Norway Kristin Dobinson 11. Cautious, Alert, Polite, and Elusive: The Semai of Central Peninsular Malaysia Robert Knox Dentan 12. Conclusions: Learning from Peaceful Societies Douglas P. Fry Author Biographies Glossary Index

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Book Synopsis"An urgent look at the relationship between the politics of guns, race, and policing in America today"--Trade Review"Co-Winner of the Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association""No one who reads this [book] will doubt that the Second Amendment has particularly deadly dimensions in minority communities." * Kirkus Reviews *"[E]xamines how the National Rifle Association became a driving influence behind American policing for over a century, and emerges with the idea that policing America has not overcome its racially charged beginning."---RJ Young, New York Times Book Review"This book provides a warning to those police scholars who tend to blindly embrace community policing as the panacea of police reform and an answer to racially biased policing."---David E. Barlow, Ethnic and Racial Studies"Chilling and insightful. . . .Carlson succinctly argues that attitudes about race, most specifically attitudes about African Americans, overwhelm rational debates about law gun use, gun ownership, and the 2nd Amendment itself, specifically within the law enforcement community. Importantly, Carlson brings together an academically rigorous analysis with clear and engaging writing accessible to a wide-ranging audience. For those willing to engage in good-faith debates about gun policy, Carlson’s work provides helpful insights and perspectives."---Staci L. Beavers, Law and Politics Book Review

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Book Synopsis"Krueger proves...that terrorists are not desperately poor killers but well-educated politicians using violence to draw attention to their 'market'--violent change."--Hernando de Soto, author of The Mystery of Capital. Features a new Introduction by the author.he author.Trade Review"Pathbreaking."—David Leonhardt, New York Times"The most careful data-driven research ever done in this area."—Steven D. Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics"Full of first-rate empirical work."—Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution"The book provides a valuable service in dispelling the stereotype of the poor, ignorant terrorist."—Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, Science"This book is a model of how academics can contribute to major public policy debates."—Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs"[What Makes a Terrorist] enlists the 'dismal science' to tackle the despicable one. Provocative, dispassionate and accessible, Krueger's book is a breath of fresh air in the stifling climate of empty speculation that dominates the terror dialogue in post-9/11 America."—Ryan Hagen, Brooklyn Rail

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Book SynopsisJonathan Paul goes behind the sensationalist headlines of ''child killers'' to investigate why these crimes happen. He examines child homicide in today''s violent, confusing world and contextualises it against the cruel unforgiving retribution of yesterday.Children are increasingly experimenting with drugs and committing offences, but there are those who commit the worst possible crimes: to end another person''s life before their own could properly have begun. The cases are shocking but sometimes the path towards them is even more so. This is a fascinating exploration of disturbing events aimed at discovering what happens when childhood is trodden underfoot, and when and why kids kill.

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Book SynopsisMelanie Jones was born in Wrexham and grew up in Liverpool. She met Steve at her local Tesco, where they both worked, when she was 17 and they married five years later in 1987. They had their first son, Owen, in 1990 and second son, Rhys, in 1995. Their happy family life was torn apart on 22 August 2007, when eleven-year-old Rhys was shot by a stray bullet fired by gang member Sean Mercer as he walked home from football training. He later died in hospital. After Rhys's murder and the trial, Mel and Steve continued to work at Tesco and have helped in efforts to raise over 300,000 for a local community centre in Rhys's name, which opened in 2013. They also collaborated with Jeff Pope on the recent ITV drama Little Boy Blue.Trade ReviewHeartbreaking account ... Melanie Jones takes readers through the agony of that long wait, the tense trial and its unending aftermath. * Daily Mail *

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Book SynopsisLeila Alikarami is a practicing lawyer and human rights activist who grew up in Tehran, where she completed her legal training with Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi. Since 2001, Alikarami has focused on women's and children's rights and in 2009 she accepted the RAW in War (Reach All Women in War) Anna Politkovskaya Award on behalf of the women of Iran and the One Million Signatures campaign. She has a PhD from SOAS, University of London, UK.Trade ReviewWomen and Equality in Iran has all the hallmarks of a seminal work. Leila Alikarimi has managed to apply scholarship and feminist theory through her personal experience of gender discrimination and command of legal frameworks to produce an insightful and gripping account. The result is a captivating book that examines how the women movement in Iran has campaigned for change, for the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and for adopting legal protection for women by appealing to a less-patriarchal reading of Islam. * British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies *Alikarami’s work is significant, offering as it does a pragmatic strategy for achieving greater gender equality for Iranian women. * Gender & Development *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: The Political and Legal System of the Islamic Republic of Iran Chapter 2: Iranian Women Demanding Equal Rights: The Case of Iran’s Criminal Code Chapter 3: Iranian Women’s Struggle for Gender Equality: The Case of Iran’s Civil Code Chapter 4: The Development of Universal Standards on Gender Equality: CEDAW Chapter 5: The Argument over CEDAW in Iran Chapter 6: The One Million Signatures Campaign: Domestic Discourse on Gender Equality Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn this book, an anthropologist sets his experiences as a teenager fighting in the Vietnam War within the larger sweep of American culture and society. When his daughter is born decades after he returned from war the violence of those experiences, long suppressed, emerges from the shadows.Trade ReviewWhen Sailors gather together to share sea stories, we start with “this is no shit” and tell a whopper of a tale—the most harrowing, the most hilarious, the most absurd experience of our service. Each old tale that is retold, however, is accompanied by the nervous grin, the wink, the subtle nod, the shudder, or the raised hairs on the back of your neck that accompanies memories of the everyday dangers we endured for months on end. These are the tales we do not often tell but are necessary to understanding the experiences of serving in the military. War and the Arc of Human Experience is more than a sea story. It is a detailed exploration of these everyday dangers. More importantly, it is a personal journey through one Sailor’s confrontation with the layering of these war-time experiences and their impact throughout his life after the service. His work is illuminating and provocative for veterans, and instructive to those who live and work with all who served in both peace and war. -- Matthew "TUT" Testerman, United States Naval AcademyRarely does an author demonstrate the fortitude, determination, and curiosity to go where Glenn Petersen takes us in War and the Arc of Human Experience. From escaping a toxic family environment to joining the Navy where, as a young sailor, he was responsible for hundreds of lives in unfathomably dangerous circumstances, Petersen, like so many others, brought back from Vietnam the enduring aftershock of war. As a veteran with PTSD and a renowned anthropologist, Professor Petersen courageously explores his personal experience in the context of its cultural and historical moment. Petersen’s passion, his gift to readers, is to put everything on the line in sharing his story. -- Glenn Albright, Baruch College, CUNYA beautifully written examination of what is carried home from war, the complexities of notions of healing and reconciliation, and establishing a life in anthropology while processing these formative traumas and working towards moments of reconciliation. War and the Arc of Human Experience dives deep into the culture and times that sent Glenn Petersen and a generation to fight in Vietnam, and the legacies of pain that emerged, even as he wrestles with these formative experiences that marked survivors in ways both negative and positive. A powerful work that will be widely read. -- David Price, St. Martin’s UniversityThough set in the Vietnam War, this could be a memoir of all wars. Petersen gives us a gripping introspective work of military psychology that captures what is real about war and the path that leads each of us to it. Reading about him running away from a difficult father straight to Vietnam, then to academia, fatherhood, sobriety, fraught relationships, and treatment, helped me understand myself better and will make the reader understand us a bit better too. -- Mark Zelcer, Queensborough Community CollegePetersen combines autobiography with historical anthropology to puncture the reigning understanding of the Vietnam War in the United States. His deeply moving account both humanizes the history of the war and deepens our understanding of how entrenched narratives of masculinity and class draw young men to sign up for battle and shape our historical memory of the wars they fight. -- Gus Carbonella, Memorial University of NewfoundlandTable of ContentsList of FiguresIntroductionChapter One Why We Fight Chapter TwoBecoming a WarriorChapter ThreeEveryday DangerChapter FourStress and DecompressionChapter FiveThinking I’ve Left WarChapter SixDaddy, Daddy, Daddy!Chapter SevenWar and the Arc of Human ExperienceChapter EightEveryday WarChapter NineWhy We Fought AppendixSERE, Torture, Psychologists, and the CIAGlossaryReferencesIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisThe book is an eminently useful collection of social-scientific articles, journalistic essays and interviews, and first-person stories of violence. It makes a start at documenting the endemic hate and violence against gay men and lesbians in the United States and the need to do something about it. Beyond documenting the extent of the assaults, Hate Crimes explores their social context, the various motivations of the perpetrators and the organizations formed to support victims and help stop the violence. --The Women's Review of Books A first-rate interdisciplinary collection: beautifully organized, highly readable, informative, multicultural, and attentive to feminist concerns. A major source on recent U.S. developments. . . . This volume is a 'must read' for anyone in law enforcement, health care, or social services, as well as for educators, social scientists, and lesbians and gay men everywhere. All levels. --Choice Violence against lesbians and gay men is shamefully pervasive and in dire need of remedy. This pioneering book takes a broad and deep look at this much overlooked problem and points the way for future study and action. I recommend Hate Crimes to anyone who cares about this alarming injustice. --Urvashi Vaid, Former Executive Director, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force This book lays an incontrovertible foundation for the reality, seriousness and adverse effects of anti-lesbian and gay violence and does so within a rich context of social-psychological understandings. . . . Empirical research, theoretical discussions, clinical material, personal accounts and public policy implications are all focused, deftly handled and managed into a coherent whole. . . . Whether one is specifically interested in the topic, or simply interested in seeing the level of sophistication and integration gay and lesbian perspectives are capable of, this volume is highly recommended. --John C. Gonsiorek, APA Division 44 Newsletter A very up-to-the-minute account. . . . Herek and Berrill have compiled a series of essays by women and men who are literally creating a new philosophy of the etymology of anti-lesbian/anti-gay crime. There is provocative new material on the psychological effects of continued harassment and how the fear of violence can lead to violence itself. --Lambda Book Report Anti-gay and -lesbian violence is increasingly coming to the attention of police in cities across the nation. We have a responsibility to the gay citizens in our communities to understand the nature of these insidious crimes and use this understanding to develop model responses to the problem. I recommend this book to all in the police community who are interested in learning more about the problem of antigay and lesbian violence. --Darrel W. Stephens, Executive Director, Police Executive Research Forum The papers collected here represent an important milestone, the first anthology devoted exclusively to serious discussion of what is known about antigay prejudice and violence. It is a most thorough and thoughtful book, one that should be read by all Americans who wish to understand the specific dimensions of antigay violence and the general problem of hate crimes in our society. It will be especially useful to law enforcement personnel, legislators, and policymakers. . . . Whether based on sexual orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity, bigotry and the violence it inspires pose a grave threat to the peace and harmony of our communities. The need to alert Americans to this threat is great. We need especially to educate our youth about tolerance and about appreciating the benefits that we enjoy as a result of our culture's rich diversity of peoples, beliefs, and ways of living. This ground-breaking book sounds an alarm and provides tools for understanding the dimensions of hate violence. It deserves your careful study. --from the Foreword by The Honorable John Conyers Jr., U.S. House of Representatives This collection clearly describes the process and aftermath of victimization in crimes where the victim has been targeted because of her or his sexual orientation. This book is particularly important in the aftermath of the antigay sentiment expressed during the recent 1992 Republican National Convention and in the national campaign. . . . These papers clearly and compellingly describe the victims' fears of antigay violence. The final papers contain an important discussion of strategies that communities and public officials should take to support victims of antigay violence and to deter future antigay hate crimes. . . . It should be read by all those who want to understand the fear of violence that is the constant companion of many gay men and lesbians in our society. --Contemporary Sociology Thousands of antigay crimes have been reported. Many thousands more go unacknowledged every year, the survivors fearing further victimization from a hostile society. A balance of science and advocacy, Hate Crimes seeks to understand this frightening phenomenon. This unique anthology will be indispensable to scientists, practitioners, and policymakers concerned about antigay violence as well as the broader issue of hate crimes against minority groups. Lay readers will find it disturbing and, at times, shocking. Beginning with an overview of antigay violence and victimization, the contributors consider such issues as: the social context of hate crimes; documenting victimization; the social psychology of bigotry and bashing; treatment and service interventions; violence against lesbian and gay male youths; conceptualizing antigay violence; and mental health consequences of antigay violence. Findings from empirical research and professional practice are juxtaposed with devastating first-person accounts by survivors of hate crimes. The editors conclude with implications for public policy. Ending hate crimes is everyone's responsibility. Readable and compelling, Hate Crimes portrays the trauma, viciousness, and horror of antigay violence. A must-read. Table of ContentsForeword - The Honorable John Conyers Jr Introduction Survivor′s Story - Claudia Brenner Eight Bullets PART ONE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROBLEM Anti-Gay Violence and Victimizaton in the United States - Kevin T Berrill An Overview Trends in Violence and Discrimination Against Gay Men in New York City - Laura Dean, Shanyu Wu and John L Martin 1984 to 1990 Violence in the Streets - Beatrice von Schulthess Anti-Lesbian Assault and Harassment in San Francisco Violence Against Lesbian and Gay Male Youths - Joyce Hunter Survivor′s Story - Bob Gravel PART TWO: THE CONTEXT The Social Context of Hate Crimes - Gregory M Herek Notes on Cultural Heterosexism The Ecology of Anti-Gay Violence - Howard J Ehrlich Conceptualizing Anti-Gay Violence - Joseph Harry Thinking More Clearly About Hate-Motivated Crimes - Richard A Berk, Elizabeth A Boyd and Karl M Hamner Survivor′s Story - William Edward Hassel PART THREE: PERPETRATORS Psychological Heterosexism and Anti-Gay Violence - Gregory M Herek The Social Psychology of Bigotry and Bashing Kids Who Attack Gays - Eric Weissman Gay-Bashing - Karl M Hamner A Social Identity Analysis of Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men The Gay Bashers - Michael Collins Survivor′s Story - Kathleen Sarris PART FOUR: SURVIVING AND RESPONDING Violence and Victimization of Lesbians and Gay Men - Linda Garnets, Gregory M Herek and Barrie Levy Mental Health Consequences Treatment and Service Interventions for Lesbian and Gay Male Crime Victims - David M Wertheimer The Community Response to Violence in San Francisco - Gregory M Herek An Interview with Wenny Kusuma, Lester Olmstead-Rose and Jill Tregor Organizing Against Hate on Campus - Kevin T Berrill Strategies for Activists Documenting the Victimization of Lesbians and Gay Men - Gregory M Herek and Kevin T Berrill Methodological Issues PART FIVE: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY Primary and Secondary Victimization in Anti-Gay Hate Crimes - Kevin T Berrill and Gregory M Herek Official Response and Public Policy

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Book SynopsisUrban historian Michael B. Katz traces the collision of urban transformation with the rightward-moving social politics of late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century America.Trade Review"Katz brings together demographic, economic, and political evidence to form a new narrative of the modern city centered on the experience of the urban poor. He not only reveals what happened in inner cities in the last decade but writes convincingly about why it matters. And he gives hope that the long decline of urban places can be reversed, even neighborhoods like North Philadelphia." * American Journal of Sociology *"Katz's work begins to move us away from a story of inevitable urban crisis and decline to a more balanced interpretation that incorporates structural inequities and human agency, as well as policy failures and successes. Indeed, Katz is working toward nothing less than a revision of our understanding of urban America in the late twentieth century." * Journal of American History *"In June 2006, distinguished urban historian Michael Katz served as a juror in a murder trial in his hometown of Philadelphia. That case propelled Katz on a fascinating journey to understand the social conditions that lay behind the fates of murderer, victim, and the city where they both struggled to survive. With Katz as sage guide, we revisit urban America over the last half century as well as the public policy successes and failures that are an inseparable part of that story." * Lizabeth Cohen, author of A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America *"Brilliantly conceived and beautifully written, Why Don't American Cities Burn? is a terrific read that is difficult to put down. Katz considers changes over the past half-century through the lenses of urban geography and population demographics, institutional structures, the public's ossified view of the deserving and undeserving urban poor, and how the zeal for market-based solutions has led towards new poverty technologies that recast the poor as entrepreneurial actors. Most important, Katz introduces his book with a story that humanizes the field of social sciences that-paradoxically-appears at times to have forgotten the people in the sea of quantitative analyses." * Peter Hendee Brown, University of Minnesota *Table of ContentsPrologue: The Death of Shorty Chapter 1. What Is an American City? Chapter 2. The New African American Inequality Chapter 3. Why Don't American Cities Burn Very Often? Chapter 4. From Underclass to Entrepreneur: New Technologies of Poverty Work in Urban America Epilogue: The Existential Problem of Urban Studies Notes Index Acknowledgments

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