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Social services & welfare, criminology

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Social services & welfare, criminology

Hardback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226766096
ISBN
9780226766096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.44
€ 77.43

Paperback. Reveals how modern strategies of punishment - and their failure - relate to political and economic transformations in society at large. The author uses the practice of parole in California as a window to the changing historical understanding of what a corrections system does and how it works. Series: Studies in Crime & Justice. Num Pages: 296 pages, 19 tables, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226758572
ISBN
9780226758572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Drawing on their experience as government insiders, the authors of this book show how economic policy is shaped at the highest levels of government. They reveal the interconnections between economic, social and international policy, covering such issues as the advocacy system. Num Pages: 252 pages, 28 halftones, 4 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFF; JKS; JPA; JPQB; JPS; KCB; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226755991
ISBN
9780226755991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BTC; JFCA; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Paperback edition 2006
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226738697
ISBN
9780226738697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.29

Paperback. In this account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. It shows that the media gangster was less a reflection of reality than a projection created from Americans' values, concerns and ideas about what would sell. Num Pages: 200 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; JFC; JFD; JKVM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226732183
ISBN
9780226732183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.46

Paperback. By analyzing the trial of Charles Guiteau, who assassinated US President Garfield in 1881, this text explores insanity and criminal responsibility in the late-19th century. Although the role of genetics in behaviour had been accepted, the trial debated whether heredity influenced Guiteau's actions. Num Pages: 290 pages, 6 halftones, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JKVC; JMAL; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226727172
ISBN
9780226727172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 30.97

Paperback. The basic shape of American federal policy in housing as in many other areas, was determined during the New Deal - but not without conflict among movements and intellectuals advocating alternatives. One of these was "modern housing" - proposals for a radical rethinking of homes and neighbourhoods. Series: Historical Studies of Urban America. Num Pages: 284 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JKSB; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226702230
ISBN
9780226702230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.85

Paperback. Race is a factor in government efforts to control dangerous drugs, but the precise ways that race affects drug laws remain difficult to pinpoint. Illuminating this relationship, this book lays out how decades of racism helped shape a punitive US drug policy whose onerous impact on racial minorities has been ignored by Congress and the courts. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JKVG; LNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226684628
ISBN
9780226684628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Martin Preib is an officer in the Chicago Police Department - a beat cop whose first assignment as a rookie policeman was working on the wagon that picks up the dead. Inspired by Preib's daily life on the job, this title chronicles the outer and inner lives of both a Chicago cop and the city itself. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; BM; JKSW1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226679822
ISBN
9780226679822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 284 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB; JKSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226672229
ISBN
9780226672229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.86

Paperback. Can governments do anything right? This work argues that federal, state, and local governments can and should do a great deal. It analyzes government programmes that affect Americans' food, housing, health care, education, jobs and wages, incomes and taxes. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 410 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFA; JKS; JPA; JPQB; JPRB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 147 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226644820
ISBN
9780226644820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.23

Paperback. Appalled by the numbers of destitute children on the streets of New York, Charles Loring Brace created the Children's Aid Society and organised a programme of adoption across the US. Between 1854 and 1929 some 250,000 children were found homes in the country. This is his story, and theirs. Num Pages: 362 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226616674
ISBN
9780226616674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226572017
ISBN
9780226572017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.51

Paperback. In her incisive history, Kathleen D. McCarthy explores the impact of philanthropy - both giving and volunteerism - on America from 1700 to 1865. What results is a vital reevaluation of public life during the pivotal decades leading up to the Civil War. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Paperback Ed
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226562018
ISBN
9780226562018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 36.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, xii, 306 p. BIC Classification: JKSW1; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226546339
ISBN
9780226546339
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. Explains how maps can tell where to anticipate certain hazards, but also how maps can be misleading. The text considers that although it is important to predict and prepare for catastrophic natural hazards, more subtle and persistent phenomena such as pollution and crime also pose serious dangers. Num Pages: 378 pages, 2 halftones, 16 line drawings, 97 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFC; JKV; RGV; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534190
ISBN
9780226534190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.79

Paperback. The Obama administration has been criticized for its inability to convey how much it has accomplished for ordinary citizens. This title argues that this difficulty is not merely a failure of communication; rather it is endemic to the formidable presence of the 'submerged state.' Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226521657
ISBN
9780226521657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.15

Hardcover. The Obama administration has been criticized for its inability to convey how much it has accomplished for ordinary citizens. This title argues that this difficulty is not merely a failure of communication; rather it is endemic to the formidable presence of the 'submerged state.' Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics. Num Pages: 176 pages, 19 line drawings, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKS; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226521640
ISBN
9780226521640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.45
€ 88.44

Paperback. DNA profiling is often heralded as unassailable criminal evidence, a veritable "truth machine" that can overturn convictions based on eyewitness testimony, confessions, and other forms of forensic evidence. This book traces the controversial history of DNA fingerprinting by looking at court cases in the US and UK from the mid-1980s onwards. Num Pages: 416 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: JKVF1; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226498072
ISBN
9780226498072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 25 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: JKSR; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226470450
ISBN
9780226470450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

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