A history of the development of the science of penology in the West. Foucault, a celebrated French scholar and former professor at the College de France, examines the shift in Western attitudes towards criminal justice and punishment, tracing their shift from an emphasis upon divine justice and retribution in the Middle Ages to the faith in ...
In 1982, a Roman Catholic nun became the spiritual advisor to a condemned murderer who was soon executed. Powerfully and persuasively, with a compassion that embraces not only the terrified killer but the families of his victims and the men who executed him, Prejean narrates Patrick Sonnier's walk to the electric chair.
Gives the Vatican's position on abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, and biological engineering. In this letter, the Pope confronts ethical issues at the root of all of these topics concerning the way we live and the way we die, and urges readers to honor the sacred value and inviolability of human life.
For undergraduate Introduction to Criminal Justice, Administration of Justice, and Criminal Justice courses. The most experienced author team of any introduction to criminal justice textbook brings the world of criminal justice to life in Crime and Justice in America: A Human Perspective 6e. Reflecting the authors' decades of experience as police ...
Two bestselling authors--who are also sisters--are about to discover that their fantasy-fufilling alpha-male heroes are more real than their creators could ever imagine. Fearing they're about to be written off, the heroes kidnap the authors and spirit them off to the worlds they write about.
It's not easy being the boss's son at a large law firm. To stem whispers of nepotism, Peter Hale proceeds as head attorney on an important case despite the ailing senior Hale's request for a mistrial. After losing everything--his job and his father--Peter starts over as a public defender in a small town and ends up defending an accused murderer ...
A history of the development of the science of penology in the West. Foucault, a celebrated French scholar and former professor at the College de France, examines the shift in Western attitudes towards criminal justice and punishment, tracing their shift from an emphasis upon divine justice and retribution in the Middle Ages to the faith in ...
In the third book of the Inda quartet, Inda is at last coming home. His best friend from his academy days, Evred, is now king. Evred puts Inda in charge of defending the kingdom. In saving his homeland from attack, Inda must prove himself--or lose everything he holds dear.
Turow is known to millions as the author of peerless novels about the regions where law and reality intersect. In this vivid account of how his views on the death penalty have evolved, Turow describes his own experiences with capital punishment. (Legal Reference/Law Profession)
A criminologist lays out a range of proven alternatives to mass incarceration that will deal effectively and compassionately with one of America's greatest social ills and failings.
Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking," now takes readers to the new moral edge of the debate on capital punishment: What if we're killing the wrong man? Prejean implores readers to reflect on what is perhaps the core moral issue of the death penalty debate: can anyone argue about the injustice of executing the innocent?
Deep in the Northern Kingdoms, Nyra and the Striga join forces to conjure an ancient evil. When word of this growing malevolence reaches the Great Tree, the young king gathers his allies.
The Striga, former dragon owl from the Middle Kingdom beyond the Unnamed Sea, has come to stay at the great tree. He has earned the trust of all by saving Bell, Soren's owlet, from Nyra, and he grows daily closer to the young king Coryn, with whom he seems to share a strange bond. The Striga senses the power of the ember hidden in Bubo's forge and ...
The narrator of this historical novel is marooned on an island where he is able to indulge his fascination with the scarab beetle--but where he is also in mortal danger from an active volcano. The novel is presented as an anonymous manuscript found on the island, a work which influenced Darwin in devising his theory of natural selection.
An early work by Victor Hugo about a condemned prisoner--providing Hugo with an opportunity to preach against death by guillotine, a subject about which he was passionate.
Based on principles from A Course in Miracles--an irresistible invitation to accept the unconditional love of God! Writing with great simplicity about our unbreakable union with God, Raub maintains that it is only because we deny this union that we judge and condemn ourselves--and others. And he shows how it is only our belief in the God who loves ...
Crime victims have many needs, most of which our criminal justice system ignores. In fact, the justice system often increases the injury. Offenders are less ignored by this system, but their real needs -- for accountability, for closure, for healing -- are also left unaddressed. Such failures are not accidental, but are inherent in the very ...
On May 3, 1946, a seventeen-year-old boy was scheduled to die by the electric chair inside of a tiny red brick jail in picturesque St. Martinsville, Louisiana. Young Willie Francis had been charged with the murder of a local pharmacist. The electric chair-three hundred pounds of oak and metal- had been dubbed Gruesome Gertie and was moved from ...
In this classic guide, an eminent child psychiatrist provides creative and flexible strategies for dealing with every key problem parent and child will encounter. Based on a commonsense program of discipline and love, this remarkable book outlines practical guidelines for teaching children that with freedom comes responsibility. Parents will learn ...
Covers the contemporary world of corrections by linking theory and practice, highlighting the importance of policy, and integrating diversity. Corrections: A Contemporary Introduction examines the nature and application of corrections and punishment and provides an overview of criminological, historical, legal, and policy-oriented works. This text ...
"Mr. Manza and Mr. Uggen...wade into one of the most contested empirical debates in political science: How many (if any) recent American elections would have gone differently if all former felons had been allowed to vote?"--The Chronicle of Higher Education. Jeff Manza and Christopher Uggen, who understand the vastness of the jailers' reach, ...
Patty Jane's parents say she is in her room because she hit her brother on the head. She says she only touched him hard. Either way, now Patty Jane is in her room--maybe forever. Her elaborate plan for life from this moment on is hilaariously depicted in full-color cartoons.
In 1982, a Roman Catholic nun became the spiritual advisor to a condemned murderer who was soon executed. Powerfully and persuasively, with a compassion that embraces not only the terrified killer but the families of his victims and the men who executed him, Prejean narrates Patrick Sonnier's walk to the electric chair.
"An Odyssey classic.""A Newbery honor book"--Cover.A handful of Minnipins, a sober and sedate people, rise up against the Periods, the leading family of an isolated mountain valley, and are exiled to a mountain where they discover that the ancient enemies of their people are preparing to attack.
Thirteen girls, relate their filthy experiences with spanking fanatic Percy Ottershawm, from his headnmaster's daughter to Penny herself. From 1950 to 2000, his life was dedicated to getting his girlfriends across his knee, pulling sown their tight white cotton knickers and spanking their bare bottoms. Otherwise, he is polite, considerate and ...
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