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This vintage text on Understanding Violence, first published in 1978, on the causes, consequences and distribution of violence is as relevant today as it was over 4 decades ago.. Though limited to research of the 1970s, the explanations, exposition and reviews of data and theories of violence are staggeringly similar to the research of the 21st century. The organization of the material is unequaled, and will help any student of violence, or anyone who seeks answers and understanding, with its well organized exposition and clear, down-to-earth style. The new preface by the author of this ...

An acclaimed treatise on the history, philosophy and psychology of punishment. "...read with enormous appreciation for its erudition and method of analysis..." -- Michel Foucault.

Not everyone will agree with this book. Some will say it is a case for torture. It is not. But everyone who reads it, especially those concerned that today's longer, tougher sentences are turning the U.S. into an "inmate nation"-will be forced to rethink exactly what we mean by punishment. And justice. This book Is for everyone outraged by crime-and by the chaos of our criminal justice system. Why, Graeme Newman asks, has reform after reform failed to halt the spread of crime? How can we demand long, mandatory sentences when voters refuse to spend the money to build more and bigger prisons?...

Secrets of The Dark Knight Revealed! It's all about Vengeance! The authors of this landmark book are eminent criminologists who have brought together insights from history, anthropology, sociology, classical and literary studies, and mythology,that greatly enlarge our understanding of the problems of violence, criminal justice, and vigilantism in modern society. Drawing upon such diverse representations of vengeance as Greek mythology, the plays of Shakespeare, Dante's Inferno, the folklore of the Wild West, the Mafia, and contemporary films, the authors examine the historic and cultural ...

Way ahead of its time, in this classic text the authors convincingly introduce social science theory and methods to the field of private security. While they deal with the various approaches to private security including management styles and adaptations of regular policing styles, the significant innovation is the introduction of situational crime prevention -- at the time virtually unknown in the private policing field -- as a major tool of private security. Situational crime prevention today is widely used to solve a broad range of crime problems from car theft to terrorism, so remains ...

This book represents the first systematic attempt to survey public perceptions of deviant behavior cross-culturally: in India. Indonesia. Iran Italy. Yugoslavia and the United States. While it was discovered that there was extensive diversity} in both law and perception concerning such deviances of taking drugs, homosexuality and abortion. yet evidence was found for a basically invariant structure in perception of deviance across all cultures. Within the countries that were studied, it was the strength of religious belief and urban rural background that accounted for major differences in ...

In his provocative, now classic book, Graeme Newman makes a powerful, persuasive argument for restricting prison terms to the hard core of repeat offenders and truly violent criminals. For most crimes and criminals, the temporary physical pain of a carefully controlled electric shock could well be a cheaper, more effective, more meaningful punishment. And it is more humane than years spent facing the random terror and violence of prison.ˇThis is not a call for cruelty or barbarism. Some will disagree with Newman, others will applaud his courage. This is a book of proposals, a manifesto ...

“In Australia, where the language spoken is English (well, sort of, there is the real possibility for the tourist to soak up just a little of the Australian culture,” the authors declare. Graeme Newman, professor at SUNY, Albany and a native of Australia, and his daughter, Tamsin, provide “a personal guide on getting to know Australia and Australians… linking the things tourists like to do (sightseeing, eating and relaxing) with the history and character of the Australian people.” With helpful tips on preparing for your trip, as well as suggestions for background reading before ...

How much should people be punished? Is an egalitarian distribution of punishment possible, or even desirable? Should white collar and corporate criminals be punished more severely? Should disasters caused by corporations be treated as crimes and the executives punished accordingly? Sound modern? This collection of essays written in the 1990s by eminent sociologists, philosophers and political scientists, is even more relevant in the 21st. century. Edited with a new and provocative introduction by leading authority on criminal punishment, Graeme Newman. .