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A Sociology of Shame and Blame: Insiders Versus Outsiders
A Sociology of Shame and Blame: Insiders Versus Outsiders

This book presents a novel approach to framing the concept of stigma, and understanding why and how it functions. 

Graham Scambler extends his analysis beyond common social interactionist understandings of stigma by linking experiences to the larger social structure?the political economy. A Sociology of...

Understanding Criminology: Current Theoretical Debates (Crime and Justice)
Understanding Criminology: Current Theoretical Debates (Crime and Justice)
"Provides a very clear, easily readable introduction to the wide range of criminological theories.". Anne Rees, University of Portsmouth, UK
  • What does contemporary criminological theory look like? .
  • What impact, if any, does it have on policy?
The new edition of this
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Restoring Justice, Fifth Edition: An Introduction to Restorative Justice
Restoring Justice, Fifth Edition: An Introduction to Restorative Justice

Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice, Fifth Edition, offers a clear and convincing explanation of restorative justice, a movement within criminal justice with growing worldwide influence. It explores the broad appeal of this new vision and offers a brief history of its development. The book presents a theoretical...

The Killing of Caroline Byrne: A Journey to Justice
The Killing of Caroline Byrne: A Journey to Justice
On a bleak, moonless winter night in 1995 beautiful Sydney model Caroline Byrne died, her body embedded head-first into a crevice at the bottom of The Gap at the entrance to Sydney Harbor. How did she get out so far, almost 12 meters from the base of the sheer sandstone precipice? Did she jump, as so many had done before at the...
Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance
Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance

Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. Everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands.’

How does politics shape our world, our lives and our perceptions? How
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Computer Security Fundamentals (2nd Edition)
Computer Security Fundamentals (2nd Edition)

It has been more than 6 years since the publication of the original edition of this book. A great deal has happened in the world of computer security since that time. This edition is updated to include newer information, updated issues, and revised content.

The real question is who is this book for. This book is...

Peace-Building by, between, and beyond Muslims and Evangelical Christians
Peace-Building by, between, and beyond Muslims and Evangelical Christians
When Evangelical Christian and Muslim scholars meet to dialogue, to explore the interface between their perspectives, and to deepen the shared understandings, common resources, and relationships, they discover that they have much to talk about.

There is much that is shared in common. Both take their Scriptures seriously. Both care deeply
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Beyond Red and Blue: How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates
Beyond Red and Blue: How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates
On any given night cable TV news will tell us how polarized American politics is: Republicans are from Mars, Democrats are from Canada. But in fact, writes Peter Wenz in Beyond Red and Blue, Americans do not divide neatly into two ideological camps of red/blue, Republican/Democrat, right/left. If they did, what could explain Republicans...
When Law and Medicine Meet: A Cultural View (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine)
When Law and Medicine Meet: A Cultural View (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine)

What happens when two systems, law and medicine, are joined in the arena of the court? This work deals with the structure and the premises of two diverse discourse models; the approach is anthropological.

Several chapters are preponderantly based on legal research, addressing cases requiring testimony by expert witnesses on recent...

Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence in the United States
Why We Are Losing the War on Gun Violence in the United States
This edited collection of data and perspectives takes a fresh approach to gun violence prevention by addressing the question, “why are we losing the war on gun violence in America?” Although successes and failures in the prevention of gun violence are examined, it is a war we are losing, due to restrictions on...
Advances in Digital Government (Advances in Database Systems)
Advances in Digital Government (Advances in Database Systems)
Book Series: THE KLUWER INTERNATIONAL SERIES ON ADVANCES IN DATABASE SYSTEMS : Volume 26

Advances In Digital Government presents a collection of in-depth articles that addresses a representative cross-section of the matrix of issues involved in implementing digital government systems. These articles constitute a survey of both the technical and...

A Young Generation Under Pressure?
A Young Generation Under Pressure?

Justice between generations is still not as prominent on any agenda as justice between rich and poor or men and women. For the first time, this three-part book explores the situation of young people of today in comparison to their direct predecessors. The first part, The Financial Situation of the Young Generation in a Generational...

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