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Downsizing Prisons

How to Reduce Crime and End Mass Incarceration

by Michael Jacobson ...

A convincing argument that mass incarceration neither reduces crime nor ensures safetyOver two million people are incarcerated in America’s prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of ... Read more

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A convincing argument that mass incarceration neither reduces crime nor ensures safetyOver two million people are incarcerated in America’s prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of
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Marketing Madness

A Survival Guide For A Consumer Society

by Michael Jacobson ...

In 1983, Reese's Pieces made their debut on the silver screen, gobbled up by that lovable alien ET, and sales of the candy shot up instantly by 66 percent. Reebok has sponsored the U.S. Olympic team-and the Russian team, as well! The British Boy Scouts sell space on their merit badges to advertisers. Michael Jacobson, founder of the Washington, D.C ... Read more

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In 1983, Reese's Pieces made their debut on the silver screen, gobbled up by that lovable alien ET, and sales of the candy shot up instantly by 66 percent. Reebok has sponsored the U.S. Olympic team-and the Russian team, as well! The British Boy Scouts sell space on their merit badges to advertisers. Michael Jacobson, founder of the Washington, D.C
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Earth System Science

From Biogeochemical Cycles to Global Changes

by Michael Jacobson, Robert J. Charlson, Henning Rodhe, Gordon H. Orians ...

Series Book 72 - International Geophysics
Over the last decade, the study of cycles as a model for the earth's changing climate has become a new science. Earth Systems Science is the basis for understanding all aspects of anthropogenic global change, such as chemically forced global climate change. The work is aimed at those students interested in the emerging scientific discipline.Earth Systems Science is an integrated discipline that ... Read more

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Over the last decade, the study of cycles as a model for the earth's changing climate has become a new science. Earth Systems Science is the basis for understanding all aspects of anthropogenic global change, such as chemically forced global climate change. The work is aimed at those students interested in the emerging scientific discipline.Earth Systems Science is an integrated discipline that
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Discretion, Community, and Correctional Ethics

by Heather Barr, Audrey J. Bomse, Derek R. Brookes, Todd R. Clear, William C. Heffernan, Zelma Weston Henriques, Michael Jacobson, Kenneth Kipnis, John P. Pittman, Polly Ashton Smith, Joseph V. Williams, Kevin N. Wright ...

Some two million Americans are in jail or in prison. Except for the occasional exposZ, what happens to them is hidden from the rest of us. Is it possible to develop and instill a professional ethic for prison personnel that, in partnership with formal regulatory constraints, will mediate relations among officers, staff, and inmates, or are the failures of imprisonment as an ethically-constrained ... Read more

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Some two million Americans are in jail or in prison. Except for the occasional exposZ, what happens to them is hidden from the rest of us. Is it possible to develop and instill a professional ethic for prison personnel that, in partnership with formal regulatory constraints, will mediate relations among officers, staff, and inmates, or are the failures of imprisonment as an ethically-constrained
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Introducing the Old Testament

A Historical, Literary, and Theological Survey

by Rolf Jacobson, Michael Chan ...

**"Packed with useful information. It deserves a place on every undergraduate religion major's shelf."--**Christian CenturyThis lively, engaging introduction to the Old Testament is critical and theological, lavishly illustrated, and accompanied by a variety of pedagogical aids. It serves as the Old Testament counterpart to Mark Allan Powell's successful Introducing the New Testament (over 105,000 ... Read more

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**"Packed with useful information. It deserves a place on every undergraduate religion major's shelf."--**Christian CenturyThis lively, engaging introduction to the Old Testament is critical and theological, lavishly illustrated, and accompanied by a variety of pedagogical aids. It serves as the Old Testament counterpart to Mark Allan Powell's successful Introducing the New Testament (over 105,000
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God Meets Us in Our Suffering

Hope and Encouragement for Those Journeying Through Cancer

by Michael Pancoast, Rolf Jacobson, Karl Jacobson ...

A cancer diagnosis changes everything.Fear, uncertainty, and suffering become daily realities in the midst of cancer--not just for patients but also for families, friends, and caregivers. Where is God in this?In God Meets Us in Our Suffering, three pastors who journeyed through cancer together share their deeply personal stories. With honesty, compassion, and humor, they offer theologically rich ... Read more

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A cancer diagnosis changes everything.Fear, uncertainty, and suffering become daily realities in the midst of cancer--not just for patients but also for families, friends, and caregivers. Where is God in this?In God Meets Us in Our Suffering, three pastors who journeyed through cancer together share their deeply personal stories. With honesty, compassion, and humor, they offer theologically rich
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Restaurant Confidential

by Michael F. Jacobson, PhD, Jayne Hurley, Center for Science in the Public Interest ...

In May 2001, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) broke a major pizza story on the ABC television program 20/20 and once again captured front-page headlines, just as it did when it released studies on movie popcorn and take-out Chinese food.In Restaurant Confidential, Dr. Michael F. Jacobson and his CSPI team do for sit-down meals what their Fast-Food Guide--with 247,000 copies in ... Read more

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In May 2001, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) broke a major pizza story on the ABC television program 20/20 and once again captured front-page headlines, just as it did when it released studies on movie popcorn and take-out Chinese food.In Restaurant Confidential, Dr. Michael F. Jacobson and his CSPI team do for sit-down meals what their Fast-Food Guide--with 247,000 copies in
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Salt Wars

The Battle Over the Biggest Killer in the American Diet

by Michael F. Jacobson ...

An exposé on how food industry lobbyists and a small group of scientists have successfully fought government efforts to reduce dangerous levels of sodium in our foodFrom the nutrition crusader and co-founder of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) who’s credited with coining the term "junk food"A high-sodium diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high blood pressure, strokes, ... Read more

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An exposé on how food industry lobbyists and a small group of scientists have successfully fought government efforts to reduce dangerous levels of sodium in our foodFrom the nutrition crusader and co-founder of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) who’s credited with coining the term "junk food"A high-sodium diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high blood pressure, strokes,
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Salt Wars

The Battle Over the Biggest Killer in the American Diet

by Michael F. Jacobson ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

9 hours 22 min

From the crusader credited with popularizing the phrase "junk food," Salt Wars uncovers the group of scientists who worked with food industry lobbyists and fought all efforts to reduce the dangerous levels of sodium in our food.A high-sodium diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high blood pressure, stroke, and heart attacks. It's been estimated that excess sodium in the American diet causes ... Read more

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From the crusader credited with popularizing the phrase "junk food," Salt Wars uncovers the group of scientists who worked with food industry lobbyists and fought all efforts to reduce the dangerous levels of sodium in our food.A high-sodium diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high blood pressure, stroke, and heart attacks. It's been estimated that excess sodium in the American diet causes
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God Meets Us in Our Suffering

Hope and Encouragement for Those Journeying Through Cancer

by Rolf A. Jacobson ...

Narrated by Jim Denison ...

Unabridged

6 hours 11 min

A cancer diagnosis changes everything. Fear, uncertainty, and suffering become daily realities—not just for patients but also for families, friends, and caregivers. Where is God in this?In God Meets Us in Our Suffering, three pastors who journeyed through cancer together share their deeply personal stories. With honesty, compassion, and humor, they offer theologically rich reflections on illness ... Read more

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A cancer diagnosis changes everything. Fear, uncertainty, and suffering become daily realities—not just for patients but also for families, friends, and caregivers. Where is God in this?In God Meets Us in Our Suffering, three pastors who journeyed through cancer together share their deeply personal stories. With honesty, compassion, and humor, they offer theologically rich reflections on illness
... Read more

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Innovations in Science and Mathematics Education

Advanced Designs for Technologies of Learning

Edited by Michael J. Jacobson, Robert B. Kozma ...

The uses of technology in education have kindled great interest in recent years. Currently, considerable resources are being expended to connect schools to the Internet, to purchase powerful (and increasingly affordable) computers, and on other implementations of educational technologies. However, the mere availability of powerful, globally-connected computers is not sufficient to insure that ... Read more

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The uses of technology in education have kindled great interest in recent years. Currently, considerable resources are being expended to connect schools to the Internet, to purchase powerful (and increasingly affordable) computers, and on other implementations of educational technologies. However, the mere availability of powerful, globally-connected computers is not sufficient to insure that
... Read more
Selected Areas in Cryptography

27th International Conference, Halifax, NS, Canada (Virtual Event), October 21-23, 2020, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Orr Dunkelman, Michael J. Jacobson, Jr., Colin O'Flynn ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book contains revised selected papers from the 27th International Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, SAC 2020, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in October 2020.The 27 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. They cover the following research areas: design and analysis of symmetric key primitives and cryptosystems, including ... Read more

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This book contains revised selected papers from the 27th International Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, SAC 2020, held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in October 2020.The 27 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. They cover the following research areas: design and analysis of symmetric key primitives and cryptosystems, including
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