Author: Stephen E. Brown File Type: pdf This highly acclaimed criminology text presents an up-to-date review and analysis of criminological theories. It incorporates current examples of deterrence research regarding crimes such as domestic violence, drunk driving, and capital punishment, and features thought-provoking discussion of the relativity of crime. The authors explore the crime problem, its context, and the causes of crime. Extensive discussion of evolving laws is included, and while the prevalence of the scientific method in the field of criminology is highlighted, the impact of ideology on explanations of crime is the cornerstone of the book. This new edition includes extensive revision of Chapter 6, now titled Biosocial Theories of Crime, retaining much of the thoughtful historical discussion of earlier editions, but incorporating a substantial expansion of current biological research integrated with both social and biological variables. In addition, Chapter 10, Recent Developments in Criminological Theory, offers an expanded treatment of life-course criminology.**ReviewWhile the prevalence of the scientific method in the field of criminology is highlighted, the impact of ideology on explanations of crime is the cornerstone of the book. --Evidence Technology Magazine, July-August 2013 The text is updated with recent examples and contains new chapter objectives and discussion questions. The book is illustrated with color photos in a clean layout.-- Reference and Research Book News, December 2012 From the Back CoverThe most balanced and comprehensive review of theoretical perspectives in criminology available. This highly acclaimed criminology text presents an up-to-date review and analysis of criminological theories. The authors explore the crime problem, its context, and the causes of crime, and include thought-provoking discussion of the relativity of crime. While the prevalence of the scientific method in the field of criminology is highlighted, the impact of ideology on explanations of crime is the cornerstone of the book. Material has been updated throughout the text. Special additions includeul l An extensive revision of Chapter 6, now titled Biosocial Theories of Crime, retaining much of the thoughtful historical discussion of earlier editions, but incorporating a substantial expansion of current biological research integrated with both social and biological variables. l l An expanded treatment of the value and growing predominance of developmental and life-course criminology. l l New pedagogical enhancements, including learning objectives and discussion questions to help students understand the text, as well as online resources for both students and professors. l ulhrStephen E. Brown is a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Department Head at Western Carolina University. His areas of research interest have been broad, covering topics such as family violence, deterrence, delinquency, and more.hrFinn-Aage Esbensen is the E. Desmond Lee Professor of Youth Crime and Violence in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and is currently serving as Department Chair. hr Gilbert Geis is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine. He is a former president of the American Society of Criminology and recipient of its Edwin H. Sutherland Award for outstanding research.

Author: Michael Hardt File Type: pdf In their international bestseller Empire, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri presented a grand unified vision of a world in which the old forms of imperialism are no longer effective. But what of Empire in an age of American empire? Has fear become our permanent condition and democracy an impossible dream? Such pessimism is profoundly mistaken, the authors argue. Empire, by interconnecting more areas of life, is actually creating the possibility for a new kind of democracy, allowing different groups to form a multitude, with the power to forge a democratic alternative to the present world order.Exhilarating in its optimism and depth of insight, Multitude consolidates Hardt and Negris stature as two of the most important political philosophers at work in the world today.Amazon.com ReviewComplex, ambitious, disquieting, and ultimately hopeful, Multitude is the work of a couple of writers and thinkers who dare to address the great issues of our time from a truly alternative perspective. The sequel to 2001s equally bold and demanding Empire continues in the vein of the earlier tome. Where Empires central premise was that the time of nation-state power grabs was passing as a new global order made up of a new form of sovereignty consisting of corporations, global-wide institutions, and other command centers is in ascendancy, Multitude focuses on the masses within the empire, except that, where academics Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri are concerned, this body is defined by its diversity rather than its commonalities. The challenge for the multitude in this new era is for the social multiplicity to manage to communicate and act in common while remaining internally different. One may already be rereading that last sentence. Indeed, Empire isnt breezy reading. But for those arent afraid of wadding into a knotty philosophical and political discourse of uncommon breadth, Multitude offers many rewards. --Steven Stolder *From Publishers WeeklyEmpire (2000)the surprise hit that made its term for U.S global hegemony stick and presciently set the agenda for post911 political theory on the leftwas written by this same somewhat unlikely duo Hardt, an American political scientist at Duke University, and Negri, a former Italian parliament member and political exile, trained political scientist and sometime inmate of Romes Rebibbia prison. This book follows up on Empires promise of imagining a full-blown global democracy. Though the authors admit that they cant provide the final means for bringing that entity about (or the forms for maintaining it), the book is rich in ideas and agitational ends. The multitude is Hardt and Negris term for the earths six billion increasingly networked citizens, an enormous potential force for the destruction of sovereignty in favor of democracy. The middle section on the nature of that multitude is bookended by two others. The first describes the situation in which the multitude finds itself permanent war. The last grounds demands for and historical precursors of global democracy. Written for activists to provide a solid goal (with digressions into history and theory) toward which protest actions might move, this timely book brings together myriad loose strands of far left thinking with clarity, measured reasoning and humor, major accomplishments in and of themselves. Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. *

Author: Lennart Lundqvist File Type: pdf International agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol, EU regulation and country-specific national climate policies offer some hope of addressing climate change. But all too often implementation of these high level objectives is derailed at the sub-national, local and - perhaps most important - individual level, by a variety of structural, policy and perceived barriers that result in a failure of effective action.Drawing on original research from Sweden, a world leader in effective environmental solutions, this volume examines the difficulties of aligning climatepolicy from international to national and sub-national levels. The authors address the full range of barriers and complexities, including governance structures, the relationship between experts and the public, political feasibility, tax measures, perceptions of fairness and self-interest, and the importance of environmental values. Also covered are the roles and perceptions of organizations and professions, the place of carbon-free technologies (such as wind power), the relationship between national and EU regulations, and the monumental challenge of governing the climate in a bordered and divided world.This volume is a vital source of information for all those seeking to create effective, coordinated responses to the challenge of climate change.

Author: Susan Herrington File Type: pdf There is no escaping landscape its everywhere and part of everyoneslife. Landscapes have received much less attention in aesthetics than those arts we can choose to ignore, such as painting or music but they can tell us a lot about the ethical and aesthetic values of the societies that produce them. Drawing onexamples from a wide range of landscapes from around the world and throughout history, Susan Herrington considers the ways landscapes can affect our emotions, our imaginations, and our understanding of the passage of time. On Landscapes reveals the design work involved in even the most naturalistic of landscapes, and the ways in which contemporary landscapes are turning the challenges of the industrial past into opportunities for the future. Inviting us to thoughtfully see and experience the landscapes that we encounter in our daily lives, On Landscapes demonstrates that art is all around us.**ReviewHerrington deftly and succinctly draws together a vast range of material on landscape from several disciplines. She writes engagingly without oversimplifying she thinks carefully without losing sight of the lay of the land. Both lay readers and professionals will come away from this small gem looking at and living in the landscape in new ways. Bruce Janz, University of Central Florida, USA[Herringtons] focus on contemporary landscapes is a fresh approach that is commendable in its scope as well as being rich, informative and accessibly written. While it draws on diverse philosophical perspectives it also draws on an impressive range of interdisciplinary sources. On Landscapes is an indispensable starting point for anyone who wants to think seriously about landscapes. -Environmental ValuesAbout the Author Susan Herrington is an Associate Professor of landscape architecture and environmental design at the University of British Columbia. She is also a licensed landscape architect in the United States.