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    Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era

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    The Culture of Urban Control: Jail Overcrowding in the Crime Control Era explores and analyzes the growth and expansion of the United States’ largest single-site urban jail system. Through an analysis of a United States Federal Court initiated consent decree this research provides a narrative of criminal justice policy, politics and legal maneuvering between the years of 1993 and 2003 associated ... Read more

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  • Contemporary Issues in Victimology

    Identifying Patterns and Trends

    Contemporary Issues in Victimology: Identifying Patterns and Trends examines current topics in victimology and explores the main issues surrounding them. Key topics include: intimate partner violence and dating violence, rape and sexual assault on the college campus, Internet victimization, elder abuse, victimization of inmates, repeat and poly-victimization, fear of crime and perceived risk of ... Read more

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  • Raoul Peck

    Power, Politics, and the Cinematic Imagination

    This comprehensive collection of essays dedicated to the work of filmmaker Raoul Peck is the first of its kind. The essays, interview, and keynote addresses collected in Raoul Peck: Power, Politics, and the Cinematic Imagination focus on the ways in which power and politics traverse the work of Peck and are central to his cinematic vision. At the heart of this project is the wish to gather diverse ... Read more

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  • Issues in Corrections

    Research, Policy, and Future Prospects

    Since the 1970s, the corrections system has experienced exponential growth. Over the past four decades, the number of inmates held in US prisons and jails has quadrupled. This massive growth is associated with a number of different issues and challenges within prisons and jails, including overcrowding; gang activity and misconduct; a shift away from rehabilitation and programming; expanded use of ... Read more

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  • Mapping Crime in Its Community Setting

    Event Geography Analysis

    Gathering accurate data probably constitutes one of the most important aspects of crime investigation and prevention. How do we put the data to use? How can we improve our methods of handling the information we collect? By describing a project for the development and implementation of a computerized crime-mapping system in the Chicago area, this book makes a significant contribution toward a more ... Read more

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  • The Art of Storytelling

    Easy Steps to Presenting an Unforgettable Story

    by John Walsh ...
    Can you captivate an audience with your story?Many of us would love to hold the attention of a crowd, a classroom, or just a group of our friends by telling them a great story. We have felt the pressure of a public presentation or the disappointment of telling a story that others ignore. We are ready to be heard, ready to captivate.In The Art of Storytelling, John Walsh takes us through the steps ... Read more

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  • Great Arabian Physicians

    and the Old-Time Makers of Medicine

    This work examines the place of the Arabs in the evolution of medicine and in science during the Middle Ages.“In order to understand the place of the Arabs in medicine and in science, a few words as to the rise of this people to political power, and then to the cultivation of literature and of science, are necessary. We hear of the Arabs as hireling soldiers fighting for others during the ... Read more

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  • Brainology - The Curious Science of Our Minds

    Brainology: The Curious Science of Our Minds is a fast‑moving popular science collection that takes you inside the most mysterious place you'll ever live: your own brain.Why can pain feel unbearable even when tests show "nothing wrong"? How can a simple mirror calm phantom limb pain? What does neuroscience reveal about the interpreter's brain when thoughts become speech in real time? Why do dark ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Art of Storytelling, The

    Easy Steps to Presenting an Unforgettable Story

    by John Walsh ...
    Narrated by John Walsh ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 10 min

    Many of us would love to hold the attention of a crowd, a classroom, or just a group of our friends by telling them a great story. We have felt the pressure of a public presentation or the disappointment of a story that is ignored and we are ready for more.In The Art of Storytelling, John Walsh talks through the steps to presenting a compelling story, outlining the strategies that helped him move ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Dr. Who & The Daleks: The Official Story of the Films

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    The definitive guide to the making of the classic 1960s Dr. Who movies, lavishly illustrated and packed with insights into these beloved films.Dr. Who and the Daleks: The Official Story of the Films is the definitive guide to the making of Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. The first and only big-screen adaptations of the long-running TV series, the films, starring Peter ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Globalist

    Peter Sutherland – His Life and Legacy

    by John Walsh ...
    THE GLOBALIST is the first in-depth biography of an international power-broker who was instrumental in shaping the global economy that we know today.PETER SUTHERLAND played a defining role in world history over the past 25 years and was arguably the most influential Irish person ever to have lived. He was Ireland’s youngest ever attorney general; the youngest ever European Commissioner; UN special ... Read more

    $6.49 USD

  • Moonlight

    Abraham Lincoln and the Almanac Trial

    On August 29, 1857, in the light of a three-quarter moon, James Metzger was savagely beaten by two assailants in a grove not far from his home. Two days later he died and his assailants, James Norris and William Armstrong, were arrested and charged with his murder. Norris was tried and convicted first. As William "Duff" Armstrong waited for his trial, his own father died. James Armstrong's ... Read more

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