| Jeff Manza, Christopher Uggen - Social Science - 2006 - 376 pages
5.4 million Americans--1 in every 40 voting age adults-- are denied the right to participate in democratic elections because of a past or current felony conviction. In several ... | |
| Marie Gottschalk - Political Science - 2006 - 265 pages
The United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history. Nearly one in 50 people, excluding children and the elderly, is ... | |
| Nancy Berns - Social Science - 2004 - 206 pages
This book unabashedly examines not only domestic violence, but also the larger picture of how politics and processes shape our responses to social problems. It also ... | |
| Vincent Sacco - Law - 2005 - 228 pages
A critical examination of crime waves aimed at an undergraduate audience. Historical & contemporary examples are drawn primarily from the US, but international examples are ... | |
| A. David Napier - Philosophy - 2010 - 344 pages
In this fascinating and inventive work, A. David Napier argues that the central assumption of immunology—that we survive through the recognition and elimination of non-self ... | |
| Alessandro De Giorgi - Law - 2006 - 190 pages
Examining the political economy of punishment, this book debates the view that the evolution of punitive systems should be connected to the transformations of capitalist ... | |
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