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  • Locked In

    The True Causes of Mass Incarceration-and How to Achieve Real Reform

    by John Pfaff ...
    **A groundbreaking reassessment of the American prison system, challenging the widely accepted explanations for our exploding incarceration rates“A must-read for anyone who dreams of an America that is not the world’s most imprisoned nation.” —Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC’s All In**In Locked In, John Pfaff argues that the factors most commonly cited to explain mass incarceration -- the failed War on ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Neuroscience in the 21st Century

    From Basic to Clinical

    Edited by Donald W. Pfaff, Nora D. Volkow, John L. Rubenstein ...
    Series series Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences
    Edited and authored by a wealth of international experts in neuroscience and related disciplines, this key new resource aims to offer medical students and graduate researchers around the world a comprehensive introduction and overview of modern neuroscience.Neuroscience research is certain to prove a vital element in combating mental illness in its various incarnations, a strategic battleground in ... Read more

    $640.39 CAD

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  • The End of Policing

    by Alex S. Vitale ...
    **The best-selling bible of the movement to defund the police in an updated edition"Urgent, provocative, and timely, The End of Policing will make you question most of what you have been taught to believe about crime and how to solve it."—James Forman Jr., author of Locking Up Our Own**The massive uprising that followed the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020— by some estimates ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Core Ideas in Neuroscience, 2nd Edition

    75 Basic Concepts, from Membranes to Human Thought

    by W. R. Klemm ...
    Core Ideas of Neuroscience is the 2nd edition of a complete, hyperlinked, introductory neuroscience textbook (>100,000 words, 354 pdf pages), yet condensed to focus on over 75 core ideas spanning the entire discipline from membranes to human cognition. Each idea is succinctly stated, explained, and illustrated with examples. Related core ideas are identified. References include “citation classics, ... Read more

    $10.92 CAD

  • Principles of Neural Science, Sixth Edition

    by Eric R. Kandel, John D. Koester, Sarah H. Mack, Steven A. Siegelbaum ...
    The gold standard of neuroscience texts―updated with hundreds of brand-new images and fully revised content in every chapterA Doody's Core Title for 2023 & 2026!For more than 40 years, Principles of Neural Science has helped readers understand the link between the human brain and behavior. As the renowned text has shown, all behavior is an expression of neural activity and the future of both ... Read more

    $189.99 CAD

  • Police in Canada

    The Real Story

    by John Sewell ...
    What's going on with Canada's police? Once an institution that commanded respect and trust, the police are now widely regarded with skepticism and even suspicion. The dramatic death of Robert Dziekanski at the hands of the RCMP at Vancouver's airport, accusations of racial profiling, and the resistance of police to independent civilian oversight have created the impression of organizations and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Core Ideas in Neuroscience

    by W. R. Klemm ...
    Everybody needs to know something about their brain. But who wants to wade through a tedious textbook that tells you far more than you want to know? This Core Ideas of Neuroscience also probably tells you more than you want to know too. But it does not cost anywhere near the $100 or more you would spend for a traditional text. Moreover, my book is organized as modules explaining the basic ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The War on Cops

    How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe

    by Heather Mac Donald ...
    Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest 50 cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the “Ferguson effect”: Since the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, officers have been backing ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Fundamental Neuroscience

    Edited by Larry Squire, Nicholas C. Spitzer, Darwin Berg, Floyd E. Bloom, Sascha du Lac, Anirvan Ghosh ...
    The fourth edition of Fundamental Neuroscience reinvents itself as an engrossing and comprehensive presentation of the discipline of neuroscience, from molecules to cognition. Thorough but succinct, and lavishly illustrated, the book builds from an introductory section that includes fundamental neuroanatomy and goes on to cover cellular and molecular neuroscience, development, sensory systems, ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • "Prisons Make Us Safer"

    And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration

    by Victoria Law ...
    Series Book 9 - Myths Made in America
    An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals.The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United States has nearly 25% of the world’s prisoners—a total of over 2 million people. This number continues to ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Stress Science

    Neuroendocrinology

    Edited by George Fink ...
    Stress is a universal phenomenon that impacts adversely on most people. This volume provides a readily accessible compendium that explains the phenomenon of stress, the neural, endocrine and molecular mechanisms involved, the clinical effects, and the impact on individuals and society. Clinical attention focuses on disorders of the stress control system (e.g. Cushing's Syndrome: Addison's Disease) ... Read more

    $141.99 CAD

  • Governing Through Crime

    How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear

    by Jonathan Simon ...
    Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
    Across America today gated communities sprawl out from urban centers, employers enforce mandatory drug testing, and schools screen students with metal detectors. Social problems ranging from welfare dependency to educational inequality have been reconceptualized as crimes, with an attendant focus on assigning fault and imposing consequences. Even before the recent terrorist attacks, non-citizen ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD