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Book The Perp Walk

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jim Ray Daniels
  • Publisher : MSU Press
  • Release : 2019-05-01
  • ISBN : 1628953616
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book The Perp Walk written by Jim Ray Daniels and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Perp Walk, his latest collection of linked stories, Daniels maps out the emotional capitals and potholes of coming of age in a blue-collar town in the Great Lakes State, though it could be any state where people work hard, play hard, and aren’t paid nearly enough for their efforts. Alternating flash fiction pieces with longer narratives, Daniels captures both the shooting stars and the constellations that build into earned insights and honest reflections. Sometimes we need both the long version of the short version and the short version of the long version, he suggests. Daniels invites his readers to settle on some truth in between the versions. Humor and heartbreak. Coming to terms, coming of age, or just plain aging. U-Haul trucks full of bad behavior and messy goodbyes. In Daniels’s work, the check is always in the mail but somehow never arrives, and honor is more than a certificate—it’s something we strive for, even while doing our various perp walks through life. Compromises are made, as they must be. Sometimes we get what we want for just a second or two, but for these characters, that has to be enough happiness to live on.

Book Perp Walk

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Anthony Moccia
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2023-11-17
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Perp Walk written by John Anthony Moccia and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PERP WALK "It was the first Monday, the longest day of the month. Reporting Week had commenced and the afternoon rolled on ever so slowly. Participants on both sides of the desk met each interview with joyless anticipation. The convicted-wave upon wave of the District's federal offenders-trooped into the obscure suite of offices known almost only to them, buried down a back hallway on the first floor of the U.S. Courthouse. It was the monthly march of the felons. Known internally as the Perp Walk." Corey Sullivan is a U.S. Probation Officer. It is his job to act as confidante, confessor and controller to his assigned caseload of gang members, racketeers, embezzlers, drug and gun traffickers, counterfeiters, bank robbers and corrupt former public officials-convicted federal criminals great and small. When Manu Salaber comes up for supervised release from the U.S. Penitentiary at Terre Haute, Corey lobbies his boss for that assignment. Manu is both a career challenge and a career changer-a hyper-violent sadistic opportunist turned organized crime kingpin with a reputation for eliminating his competitors. He previously held much of the District's power elite in his pocket through bribery or blackmail. If Corey can control Manu, he can handle anyone. If only he can survive the experience.

Book Pilloried in the Press

Download or read book Pilloried in the Press written by Palma Paciocco and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Handbook of Emergent Methods

Download or read book Handbook of Emergent Methods written by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2010-11-03 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social researchers increasinly find themselves looking beyond conventional methods to address complex research questions. The Handbook of Emergent Methods is the first book to comprehensively examine emergent qualitative and quantitative theories and methods across the social and behavioral sciences. Providing scholars and students with a way to retool their research choices, the volume presents cutting-edge approaches to data collection, analysis, and representation. Leading researchers describe alternative uses of traditionnal quantitative and qualitative tools, innovative hybrid or mixed methods; and new techniques facilitated by technological advances. Consistently formatted chapters explore the strengths and limitations of each method for studying different types of research questions and offer practical, in-depth examples.

Book An Expressive Theory of Punishment

Download or read book An Expressive Theory of Punishment written by William Wringe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that punishment's function is to communicate a message about an offenders' wrongdoing to society at large. It discusses both 'paradigmatic' cases of punishment, where a state punishes its own citizens, and non-paradigmatic cases such as the punishment of corporations and the punishment of war criminals by international tribunals.

Book White collar Crime

Download or read book White collar Crime written by John E. Ferguson and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each book in this series offers all the statutes, legal opinions, and studies students need to structure a cohesive argument on a given controversial topic. Issues are presented from multiple points of view; sidebars cite laws and opinions to aid in critical analysis; appendixes help students conduct legal research; and, all sources are fully documented.

Book Your Financial  PERP  Walk

Download or read book Your Financial PERP Walk written by Prester Khan and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Financial 'PERP' Walk: Millennial-Friendly Personal Finance By: Prester Khan Many personal finance books concentrate on turning the average person into a professional investor or turning their financial lives around, giving as much information as possible. But success depends on how well you learn and implement what you have learned. It’s not guaranteed! Prester Khan’s blueprint for personal financial success is written for the average person to instantly understand and be able to execute. Instead of turning the average person into a professional investor, Khan tailors finance for the average investor, creating a guide short enough to memorize and read several times. The success rate of a reader who commits to this blueprint will be high—just look inside and see.

Book Sociology

    Book Details:
  • Author : David M. Newman
  • Publisher : Pine Forge Press
  • Release : 2008-01-09
  • ISBN : 1412961521
  • Pages : 577 pages

Download or read book Sociology written by David M. Newman and published by Pine Forge Press. This book was released on 2008-01-09 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DISCOUNTED BUNDLE SAVES YOUR STUDENTS MONEY!This book is available bundled with Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life Readings, Seventh Edition (bundle ISBN: 978-1-4129-6151-6) The Seventh Edition of David NewmanÆs Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life invites students to delve into the fascinating world of sociological thought. Encouraging students to think more about how sociology applies to their everyday lives, this edition features updated coverage and fresh examples, including revamped micro-macro connections to help students understand the link between individual lives and the structure of society. New to the Seventh Edition Presents new and updated coverage throughout, including new sections on Muslim-Americans, global warming, and sexual orientationFeatures NewmanÆs signature compelling writing style with slightly briefer chapters and integrated global content in each for a better fit with todayÆs courses Provides a more robust research methods section with innovative discussions of spuriousness in research, reading a research article correctly, and more, plus a new ôDoing Social Researchö feature Offers new examples from the myriad U.S. subcultures to engage students with examples that are relevant to their lives Features new and updated Micro-Macro Connections, including technology and erosion of privacy, the global health divide, and more, to help students make the link between their daily lives and the architecture of society Includes fresh examples and updated statistical information throughout the text, along with new exhibits and impactful visual essays Ancillaries InstructorÆs Resources on CD-Rom are available to qualified instructors. Contact SAGE at [email protected] or 1.800.818.7243 to request a copy.Student study site û COMING SOON - at www.pineforge.com/newman7study Intended AudienceThis core text is designed for students enrolled in Introduction to Sociology and Principles of Sociology courses in departments of sociology.

Book Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement written by Larry E Sullivan and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 1 and 2 cover U.S. law enforcement. Vol. 3 contains articles on individual foreign nations, together with topical articles on international law enforcement.

Book The Job

Download or read book The Job written by Steve Osborne and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A nice quiet night.” During his two decades on the force, if you asked NYPD officer Steve Osborne how things were going, that’s what he’d tell you. On a stakeout? Nice quiet night. Drive by shooting? Nice quiet night. Now, with The Job he’s ready to talk, and does he have some stories to tell. Most civilians get their information about police work from television shows, which are pure fantasy. Here, Osborne takes us into his world, the gritty and not so glamorous life of real street cops. And along the way he finds humor and soul searching humanity in the most unlikely places. For anyone interested in knowing what a cop’s life is all about, this is a must read.

Book Killing McVeigh

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jody Lyneé Madeira
  • Publisher : NYU Press
  • Release : 2012-06-11
  • ISBN : 0814724558
  • Pages : 351 pages

Download or read book Killing McVeigh written by Jody Lyneé Madeira and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-06-11 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh detonated a two-ton truck bomb that felled the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people. On June 11, 2001, an unprecedented 242 witnesses watched him die by lethal injection. In the aftermath of the bombings, American public commentary almost immediately turned to “closure” rhetoric. Reporters and audiences alike speculated about whether victim’s family members and survivors could get closure from memorial services, funerals, legislation, monuments, trials, and executions. But what does “closure” really mean for those who survive—or lose loved ones in—traumatic acts? In the wake of such terrifying events, is closure a realistic or appropriate expectation? In Killing McVeigh, Jody Lyneé Madeira uses the Oklahoma City bombing as a case study to explore how family members and other survivors come to terms with mass murder. The book demonstrates the importance of understanding what closure really is before naively asserting it can or has been reached.

Book Identifying the Culprit

    Book Details:
  • Author : National Research Council
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Release : 2015-01-16
  • ISBN : 0309310628
  • Pages : 212 pages

Download or read book Identifying the Culprit written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification makes the case that better data collection and research on eyewitness identification, new law enforcement training protocols, standardized procedures for administering line-ups, and improvements in the handling of eyewitness identification in court can increase the chances that accurate identifications are made. This report explains the science that has emerged during the past 30 years on eyewitness identifications and identifies best practices in eyewitness procedures for the law enforcement community and in the presentation of eyewitness evidence in the courtroom. In order to continue the advancement of eyewitness identification research, the report recommends a focused research agenda.

Book Media Control

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robert E. Gutsche, Jr.
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2017-04-20
  • ISBN : 1501320130
  • Pages : 397 pages

Download or read book Media Control written by Robert E. Gutsche, Jr. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media Control: News as an Institution of Power and Social Control challenges traditional (and even some radical) perceptions of how the news works. While it's clear that journalists don't operate objectively ? reporters don't just cover news, but they make it ? Media Control goes a step further by arguing that the cultural institution of news approaches and presents everyday information from particular and dominant cultural positions that benefit the power elite. From analysing how the press operate as police agents by conducting surveillance and instituting social order through its coverage of crime and police action to bolstering private business and neoliberal principles by covering the news through notions of boosterism, Media Control presents the news through a cultural lens. Robert E. Gutsche, Jr. introduces or advances readers' applications of critical race theory and cultural studies scholarship to explore cultural meanings within news coverage of police action, the criminal justice system, and embedding into the news democratic values that are later used by the power elite to oppress and repress portions of the citizenry. Media Control helps the reader explicate how the power elite use the press and the veil of the Fourth Estate to further white ideologies and American Imperialism.

Book Detroit Tales

Download or read book Detroit Tales written by Jim Daniels and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in Detroit Tales are tales about urban, working- class America. People struggle both to remain in the city and to escape the city. The three central motifs of this collection are the city, the workplace, and the automobile. If these stories have one unifying theme, it is that escape is not the answer. When the pulls of friendship and love and personal responsibility draw us back to our ordinary homes and our ordinary jobs, we must trust those pulls, and we must lead those lives with as much dignity as we can muster.

Book Crime and Punishment in America  2 volumes

Download or read book Crime and Punishment in America 2 volumes written by Laura L. Finley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering some of the most hotly contested topics in crime and criminal justice, including proposed sentencing and prison reforms, controversial developments like Stand Your Ground laws, and Supreme Court decisions, this work supplies essential background, current data, and a range of viewpoints on these important issues. Should people be able to use lethal force before retreating? What are the arguments for and against executing mentally ill inmates? Should police always need warrants to search individuals or their property? How can we best hold accountable white collar offenders? Why do men perpetrate crime at higher rates than women? This two-volume set grapples with the answers to these complex questions and many more, enabling readers to better understand current crime/punishment issues within the context of America's ever-evolving culture, economy, and politics. This multidisciplinary reference work offers a current and thorough compilation of the most important and hotly contested topics related to crime and criminal justice. Organized alphabetically, each entry presents scholarly research and authoritative sources to inform readers about the subject.

Book A Shortcut in Time

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Dickinson
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2004-01-17
  • ISBN : 9780765306395
  • Pages : 292 pages

Download or read book A Shortcut in Time written by Charles Dickinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-01-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Dickinson's novels and short stories have won widespread acclaim for their deft characterization, humanity, and humor. Newsday described him as "a writer thoroughly in command of his art," while the Chicago Tribune wrote "he can surprise us at almost every turn." Now Dickinson slips beyond the bounds of mundane realism to create a poignant fantasy that bears comparison to the work of Jack Finney and Jonathan Carroll. Euclid, Illinois, is a town of many shortcuts, between houses, through orchards, and across fields. Josh Winkler, a local artist and longtime resident, knows these irregular pathways well, but is thoroughly taken aback when a hasty dash down a familiar walk deposits him fifteen minutes in the past--literally. At first, Josh is more intrigued than alarmed by this accidental time travel. Then a lost young woman appears, claiming to be from 1908 . . . . As his life, his family, his town, and even history itself begin to unravel, Josh gradually realizes that his only salvation may lie in A Shortcut Time. Charles Dickinson has written a moving and unforgettable book about the way the past can affect the present as well as, sometimes, the other way around.

Book Predators Live Among us

    Book Details:
  • Author : Diane Roblin Lee
  • Publisher : Castle Quay Books
  • Release : 2012-06-01
  • ISBN : 192735501X
  • Pages : 237 pages

Download or read book Predators Live Among us written by Diane Roblin Lee and published by Castle Quay Books. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child molestation is epidemic in our society. We have to find new ways to protect our kids! In the time it took for Ward Cleaver and Fonzie to morph into Homer Simpson and his South Park neighbors, the fiber of humanity changed. Once-safe sidewalks, filled with active children, emptied into avenues where anxious parents now drive their children to school...GET ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE! Out of personal heartbreak, award-winning author Diane Roblin-Lee shares her extensive research in the field of child sexual abuse. Having written and co-written over 20 books on a variety of subjects, her passion for the strengthening of families, pro¬tection of children, prevention of abuse and res¬toration for broken people, is presently focused through her work with Winning Kids Inc.® / Plan to ProtectTM and the Heart to Heart Marriage and Family InstituteTM.