Controversial Issues in Crime and Justice, the first volume in the Studies in Crime, Law and Justice series, addresses many of the current controversial issues in criminology. The contributors look at various stages of the criminal justice system, beginning with types of crime, then focusing on the police, the courts and finally imprisonment and its alternatives.
Detailing the events of the Progressive Era and World War I (1901-20), this book contains the results of research into primary sources a decent scholarship with an emphasis on leading personalities and anecdotes about them. It provides an assessment of the contributions of the titans - political, scientific, and industrial.
Detailing the events of the Progressive Era and World War I (1901-20), this book contains the results of research into primary sources a decent scholarship with an emphasis on leading personalities and anecdotes about them. It provides an assessment of the contributions of the titans - political, scientific, and industrial.
What can black leaders offer African Americans who lack worthy values and are often willfully illiterate? This book places an emphasis on empowerment rather than despair.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which journalist LuciusBeebe once called the "Mother of Railroads," was the brainchild of Baltimorecity planners who hoped to outstrip New York in the race for western trade,wealth, and populace. Although Baltimore lost the race, it gave New York a runfor its money early in the 19th century and certainly achieved ......
... a carefully crafted and important book... a first-class contribution to the literature on modern Europe." -American Historical Review ... valuable... the first historical work to attempt a `synthetic sketch' of the problems indicated in the title." -Journal of Polish Jewish Studies An illuminating study of the demographic, cultural, and ......
In January 1863 over two hundred Shoshoni men, women, and children died on the banks of the Bear River at the hands of volunteer soldiers from California. Bear River was one of the largest Indian massacres in the Trans-Mississippi West, yet the massacre has gone almost unnoticed as it occurred during a time when national attention was focused on ......
A Musical View of the Universe is a study of the relationships between spoken myth and musical ritual in a native Brazilian community, the Carib-speaking Kalpalo of the Upper Xingu Basin. The book focuses on the meanings created and expressed through performance of artistic processes in which sound symbols provide a unifying interpretive matrix. ......
