Author: Michael Tonry
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195104691
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Tonry focuses on the racial disparities in the criminal justice system, especially apparent discrimination toward black males.
Malign Neglect
Author: Michael Tonry
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195104691
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Tonry focuses on the racial disparities in the criminal justice system, especially apparent discrimination toward black males.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195104691
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Tonry focuses on the racial disparities in the criminal justice system, especially apparent discrimination toward black males.
Malign Neglect
Author: Jennifer R. Wolch
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Many people are only a couple of paychecks away from the streets. This book reveals how homelessness happens and why "blaming the victim" doesn't work or even make sense. Malign Neglect tells the truth about homelessness in America--how we have chosen to ignore it, how our elected officials prefer not to think about it, how homelessness became so widespread, and why even we ourselves could become its next victims--and spells out what professionals and citizens alike can do to make a difference.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Many people are only a couple of paychecks away from the streets. This book reveals how homelessness happens and why "blaming the victim" doesn't work or even make sense. Malign Neglect tells the truth about homelessness in America--how we have chosen to ignore it, how our elected officials prefer not to think about it, how homelessness became so widespread, and why even we ourselves could become its next victims--and spells out what professionals and citizens alike can do to make a difference.
Birthing Justice
Author: Julia Chinyere Oparah
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317277201
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
There is a global crisis in maternal health care for black women. In the United States, black women are over three times more likely to perish from pregnancy-related complications than white women; their babies are half as likely to survive the first year. Many black women experience policing, coercion, and disempowerment during pregnancy and childbirth and are disconnected from alternative birthing traditions. This book places black women's voices at the center of the debate on what should be done to fix the broken maternity system and foregrounds black women's agency in the emerging birth justice movement. Mixing scholarly, activist, and personal perspectives, the book shows readers how they too can change lives, one birth at a time.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317277201
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
There is a global crisis in maternal health care for black women. In the United States, black women are over three times more likely to perish from pregnancy-related complications than white women; their babies are half as likely to survive the first year. Many black women experience policing, coercion, and disempowerment during pregnancy and childbirth and are disconnected from alternative birthing traditions. This book places black women's voices at the center of the debate on what should be done to fix the broken maternity system and foregrounds black women's agency in the emerging birth justice movement. Mixing scholarly, activist, and personal perspectives, the book shows readers how they too can change lives, one birth at a time.
Unilateralism and U.S. Foreign Policy
Author: David Malone
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781588261199
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
The authors explore international reactions to U.S. conduct in world affairs.
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN: 9781588261199
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
The authors explore international reactions to U.S. conduct in world affairs.
Death by Default
Author: Robin Munro
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9781564321633
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
- A New Order
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9781564321633
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
- A New Order
Confronting the Bush Doctrine
Author: Melvin Gurtov
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415355339
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Accessibly written and including satirical cartoons, this remarkable book focuses on the Bush Doctrine in Asia and examines how the Bush initiatives are received and reacted to in Asia.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415355339
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Accessibly written and including satirical cartoons, this remarkable book focuses on the Bush Doctrine in Asia and examines how the Bush initiatives are received and reacted to in Asia.
Ethics and Experience
Author: Lloyd H. Steffen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442216549
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Moral Theory: An Introduction, by Mark Timmons-cloth, R&L 2001, $93.00, 242 pg., 206 net sales ($12,041 net revenue)-paper, R&L 2001, $29.95, 256 pg., 9548 net sales ($185,449 net revenue)Moral Wisdom: Lessons and Texts from the Catholic Tradition, by James F. Keenan, SJ-1e cloth, S&W 2004, $75.00, 208 pg., 216 net sales ($9129 net revenue)-1e paper, S&W 2004, $24.95, 208 pg., 3416 net sales ($42,207 net revenue)-2e cloth, R&L 2010, $75.00, 200 pg., 70 net sales ($4093 net revenue)-2e paper, R&L 2010, $24.95, 200 pg., 1708 net sales ($34,931 net revenue)Happiness and the Christian Moral Life: An Introduction to Christian Ethics, by Paul Wadell-1e cloth, R&L 2007, $79.00, 274 pg., 87 net sales ($4746 net revnue)-1e paper, R&L 2007, $29.95, 274 pg., 2727 net sales ($63,228 net revenue)-2e paper, R&L 2/2012, $29.95, 308 pg.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442216549
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Moral Theory: An Introduction, by Mark Timmons-cloth, R&L 2001, $93.00, 242 pg., 206 net sales ($12,041 net revenue)-paper, R&L 2001, $29.95, 256 pg., 9548 net sales ($185,449 net revenue)Moral Wisdom: Lessons and Texts from the Catholic Tradition, by James F. Keenan, SJ-1e cloth, S&W 2004, $75.00, 208 pg., 216 net sales ($9129 net revenue)-1e paper, S&W 2004, $24.95, 208 pg., 3416 net sales ($42,207 net revenue)-2e cloth, R&L 2010, $75.00, 200 pg., 70 net sales ($4093 net revenue)-2e paper, R&L 2010, $24.95, 200 pg., 1708 net sales ($34,931 net revenue)Happiness and the Christian Moral Life: An Introduction to Christian Ethics, by Paul Wadell-1e cloth, R&L 2007, $79.00, 274 pg., 87 net sales ($4746 net revnue)-1e paper, R&L 2007, $29.95, 274 pg., 2727 net sales ($63,228 net revenue)-2e paper, R&L 2/2012, $29.95, 308 pg.
Race, Wrongs, and Remedies
Author: Amy L. Wax
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 9780742562868
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Black Americans continue to lag behind on many measures of social and economic well-being. Conventional wisdom holds that these inequalities can only be eliminated by eradicating racism and providing well-funded social programs. In Race, Wrongs, and Remedies, Amy L. Wax applies concepts from the law of remedies to show that the conventional wisdom is mistaken. She argues that effectively addressing today's persistent racial disparities requires dispelling the confusion surrounding blacks' own role in achieving equality. The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that discrimination against blacks has dramatically abated. The most important factors now impeding black progress are behavioral: low educational attainment, poor socialization and work habits, drug use, criminality, paternal abandonment, and non-marital childbearing. Although these maladaptive patterns are largely the outgrowth of past discrimination and oppression, they now largely resist correction by government programs or outside interventions. Wax asserts that the black community must solve these problems from within. Self-help, changed habits, and a new cultural outlook are, in fact, the only effective tactics for eliminating the present vestiges of our nation's racist past. Published in cooperation with the Hoover Institution
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 9780742562868
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Black Americans continue to lag behind on many measures of social and economic well-being. Conventional wisdom holds that these inequalities can only be eliminated by eradicating racism and providing well-funded social programs. In Race, Wrongs, and Remedies, Amy L. Wax applies concepts from the law of remedies to show that the conventional wisdom is mistaken. She argues that effectively addressing today's persistent racial disparities requires dispelling the confusion surrounding blacks' own role in achieving equality. The evidence overwhelmingly suggests that discrimination against blacks has dramatically abated. The most important factors now impeding black progress are behavioral: low educational attainment, poor socialization and work habits, drug use, criminality, paternal abandonment, and non-marital childbearing. Although these maladaptive patterns are largely the outgrowth of past discrimination and oppression, they now largely resist correction by government programs or outside interventions. Wax asserts that the black community must solve these problems from within. Self-help, changed habits, and a new cultural outlook are, in fact, the only effective tactics for eliminating the present vestiges of our nation's racist past. Published in cooperation with the Hoover Institution
How Do Judges Decide?
Author: Cassia Spohn
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761987604
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The appropriate amount of punishment for a given crime is an issue that has been debated by scholars, philosophers and legal professionals since the beginning of civilizations. This book seeks to address this issue in all of its complexity by providing a comprehensive overview of the sentencing process in the United States. The book begins by discussing the overall concept of punishment and then proceeds to dissect individual aspects of punishment. Topics include: the sentencing process; responsibility of the judge; disparity and discrimination in sentencing; and sentencing reform. This book is an ideal text for introductory courses on the judicial system, criminal law, law and society. It can be an essential resource to help students understand patterns in the wide discretion and latitude given to judges when determining punishments within the framework of the United States judicial system.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761987604
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
The appropriate amount of punishment for a given crime is an issue that has been debated by scholars, philosophers and legal professionals since the beginning of civilizations. This book seeks to address this issue in all of its complexity by providing a comprehensive overview of the sentencing process in the United States. The book begins by discussing the overall concept of punishment and then proceeds to dissect individual aspects of punishment. Topics include: the sentencing process; responsibility of the judge; disparity and discrimination in sentencing; and sentencing reform. This book is an ideal text for introductory courses on the judicial system, criminal law, law and society. It can be an essential resource to help students understand patterns in the wide discretion and latitude given to judges when determining punishments within the framework of the United States judicial system.
Prison Nation
Author: Paul Wright
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135342563
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Prison Nation is a distant dispatch from a foreign and forbidden place--the world of America's prisons. Written by prisoners, social critics and luminaries of investigative reporting, Prison Nation testifies to the current state of America's prisoners' living conditions and political concerns. These concerns are not normally the concerns of most Americans, but they should be. From substandard medical care the inadequacy of resources for public defenders to the death penalty, the issues covered in this volume grow more urgent every day. Articles by outstanding writers such as Mumia Abu-Jamal, Noam Chomsky, Mark Dow, Judy Green, Tracy Huling and Christian Parenti chronicle the injustices of prison privatization, class and race in the justice system, our quixotic drug war, the rarely discussed prison AIDS crisis and a judicial system that rewards mostly those with significant resources or the desire to name names. Correctional facilities have become a profitable growth industry, for companies like Wackenhut that run them and companies like Boeing that use cheap prison labor. With fascinating narratives, shocking tales and small stories of hope, Prison Nation paints a picture of a world many Americans know little or nothing about.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135342563
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Prison Nation is a distant dispatch from a foreign and forbidden place--the world of America's prisons. Written by prisoners, social critics and luminaries of investigative reporting, Prison Nation testifies to the current state of America's prisoners' living conditions and political concerns. These concerns are not normally the concerns of most Americans, but they should be. From substandard medical care the inadequacy of resources for public defenders to the death penalty, the issues covered in this volume grow more urgent every day. Articles by outstanding writers such as Mumia Abu-Jamal, Noam Chomsky, Mark Dow, Judy Green, Tracy Huling and Christian Parenti chronicle the injustices of prison privatization, class and race in the justice system, our quixotic drug war, the rarely discussed prison AIDS crisis and a judicial system that rewards mostly those with significant resources or the desire to name names. Correctional facilities have become a profitable growth industry, for companies like Wackenhut that run them and companies like Boeing that use cheap prison labor. With fascinating narratives, shocking tales and small stories of hope, Prison Nation paints a picture of a world many Americans know little or nothing about.