Social services & welfare, criminology
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Social services & welfare, criminology
Paperback. Based on intensive fieldwork in Israel during the second intifada, this ethnographic study explores how Israeli Jews experience security in their everyday lives. When Israeli security imprints itself on individual lives, the book argues, security propagates the very fears it claims to prevent. Series: The Ethnography of Political Violence Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 13 illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JHM; JKSW1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222661
- ISBN
- 9780812222661
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Condition: New
€ 34.03
€ 34.03
Paperback. Cathy Lisa Schneider looks at the relationship between racialized police violence and urban upheaval in impoverished neighborhoods of New York and greater Paris, and considers some of the changes that have made American cities less riot-prone today. Num Pages: 312 pages, 6 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBBEY; JFSG; JFSL; JKSW1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812223903
- ISBN
- 9780812223903
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Condition: New
€ 34.03
€ 34.03
Hardback. For many living in U.S. cities, social services come not from the government but from local churches. Based on the first census of congregations ever conducted in any American city, this book provides an authoritative account of the functioning of congregations, their involvement in social services, and their support of other organizations. Series: The City in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 352 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 678.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812239492
- ISBN
- 9780812239492
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Condition: New
€ 91.83
€ 91.83
Paperback. America is getting older. By the year 2010, almost one in five Americans will be 65 years of age or older. This title examines the racial and ethnic diversity among the elderly in the contemporary US in terms of living arrangements, economic well-being, and reliance on formal and family-based sources of support. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814706831
- ISBN
- 9780814706831
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. A history of adoption in the U.S. Editor(s): Cahn, Naomi R.; Hollinger, Joan H. Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; LNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 25. Weight in Grams: 626.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 349
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814715901
- ISBN
- 9780814715901
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.63
€ 33.99
€ 30.63
Paperback. In the annals of American criminal justice, two prisons stand out as icons of institutionalized brutality and deprivation: Alcatraz and Sing Sing. This book takes us on a disturbing and poignant tour of Sing Sing's legendary death house, and introduces us to those whose lives Sing Sing claimed. Num Pages: 200 pages, 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JKVP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 11. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716168
- ISBN
- 9780814716168
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.40
€ 29.99
€ 27.40
Paperback. Reveals many ways in which congregations are already working, beneath the radar, to care for people in need. This title provides empirical data to social scientists, religious studies scholars, and those involved in the debates over the role of faith-based organizations in faith-based services, and to clergy and congregation members themselves. Num Pages: 329 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCX6; HRLP5; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814716182
- ISBN
- 9780814716182
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. A book about paradoxes and mingled yarns - about the bright sides of dark events, the silver linings of sable clouds. It portrays upright citizens who harbor a strange liking for criminal deeds, and criminals who conceive of prison in positive terms: as a nurturing mother, an academy, a matrix of spiritual rebirth, or a refuge from life's trivia. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780814718810
- ISBN
- 9780814718810
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. The first book to provide a critical analysis of the role of victims in the criminal justice system as a whole. It also breaks new ground in focusing not only on the victims of crime, but also on those of the war on victimless crime. Series: Critical America Series. Num Pages: 399 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 399
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719299
- ISBN
- 9780814719299
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.81
€ 33.99
€ 30.81
Paperback. Offers an examination of morally and politically disputed issues of our time: abortion, gay rights, assisted suicide, stem cell research, and legalized gambling. This title covers these issues, looking at the nature of efforts to initiate reforms, to define constituencies, to mobilize resources, to frame debates, and to shape public opinion. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBA; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814719893
- ISBN
- 9780814719893
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardcover. Argues that in order to understand terrorism today, we must come to terms with how prisoners are treated behind bars Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814725443
- ISBN
- 9780814725443
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Condition: New
€ 91.67
€ 91.67
Paperback. American crime novels are often derided for containing misogynistic attitudes. This book argues that such novels are in fact psychologically complex and sophisticated works which demand that readers take responsibility for the images of masculinity that they project on to these works. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814726914
- ISBN
- 9780814726914
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. Sparks a fresh conversation about the war on crime and its consequences Editor(s): Lopez, Ian Haney; Frampton, Mary Louise; Simon, Professor Jonathan. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JKV; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727614
- ISBN
- 9780814727614
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. The intense policing of women's reproductive capacity places women's health and human rights in great peril. This work looks beyond abortion to document how the law and the criminal justice system police women's rights to conceive, to be pregnant, and to raise their children. Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHBK; JKV; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814727911
- ISBN
- 9780814727911
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Series: Perspectives on Political Violence. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BTC; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814729274
- ISBN
- 9780814729274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.90
€ 96.90
Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages, 2 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814730348
- ISBN
- 9780814730348
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
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Paperback. Golash addresses the value of punishment in contemporary society. Num Pages: 219 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814731840
- ISBN
- 9780814731840
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.48
€ 29.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. The colour of clothing, the width of shoe laces, a pierced ear, certain brands of sneakers, the braiding of hair and many other features have long been seen as indicators of gang involvement. This book demonstrates that gang identity is a carefully coordinated performance with many nuanced rules of style and presentation. Series: Alternative Criminology. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKV; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732137
- ISBN
- 9780814732137
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardcover. Provides a sustained examination and analysis of the factors that lead juries to find defendants "not guilty" Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP; LNAA; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732175
- ISBN
- 9780814732175
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Condition: New
€ 43.49
€ 43.49
Paperback. Shows how and why wrongful convictions occur, what steps legal and state advocates took to investigate the convictions, how these prisoners were ultimately freed, and what lessons can be learned from their experiences. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; LNFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814732267
- ISBN
- 9780814732267
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
paperback. Ange-Marie Hancock argues that beliefs about poor African American mothers were the foundation for the contentious 1996 welfare reform debate that effectively "ended welfare as we know it." She shows how stereotypes and politically motivated misperceptions about race, class and gender were effectively used to instigate a politics of disgust. Num Pages: 210 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736708
- ISBN
- 9780814736708
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.53
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€ 27.53
Paperback. There are now more women committing crimes and serving sentences in prison than ever before. At the same time, women are often the victims of abuse, violence, and murder. Composed of contributions by many of the top scholars in criminology, these essays will help to transform our understanding of women's relation to crime. Editor(s): Heimer, Karen; Kruttschnitt, Candace. Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; JKVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814736753
- ISBN
- 9780814736753
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Paperback. Since Prohibition, the Mafia has captivated the media and, indeed, the American imagination. From Al Capone to John Gotti, organized crime bosses have achieved notoriety as anti- heroes in popular culture. This title presents an overview of the forces and events that led in the 1980s to the organized crime control initiatives in American history. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVF; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780814742303
- ISBN
- 9780814742303
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.86
€ 33.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. Jenkins looks at the first amendment and how it should be applied to child pornography on the internet. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFMP; JKVQ; KNT; UDB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 373.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742631
- ISBN
- 9780814742631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31