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“scott cooney”

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  • Extinct for a Reason

    A Field Guide to Failimals and Evolosers

    by Scott Cooney, Aaron Adler ...
    In the proud tradition of the Center for Failimological Research, an illustrated field guide to animals who’ve become extinct—for good reason—including the Bipolar Bear, Neapolitan Zebra, and Combover Eagle.Before there was Darwin, before there was man’s best friend, there were . . . Failimals.The Royal Failimal Society presents the Unchameleon, Bipolar Bear, Emo Emu, and other Darwin-defiant ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Geometrical Justice

    The Death Penalty in America

    by Scott Phillips, Mark Cooney ...
    Legal decisions continue to mystify: why was this person sentenced to 20 years in prison, but that person to just 10 years for the same crime? Why did one person sue for civil damages, but another let the matter drop? Legal rules are supposed to answer these questions, but their answers are radically incomplete. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a theory that predicted and explained legal decisions ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

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  • The Gender of Crime

    by Dana M. Britton, Shannon K. Jacobsen, Grace E. Howard ...
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    The Gender of Crime introduces readers to how gender shapes our understanding of every aspect of crime—from defining what crime is to governing how crime is punished. The second edition of this award-winning book maintains the accessible, reader-friendly narrative of the first edition with key updates and new material throughout, including increased focus on the intersections of race, class, ... Read more

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  • Is Killing Wrong?

    A Study in Pure Sociology

    by Mark Cooney ...
    Series series Studies in Pure Sociology
    "Thou shalt not kill" is arguably the most basic moral and legal principle in any society. Yet while some killers are pilloried and punished, others are absolved and acquitted, and still others are lauded and lionized. Why? The traditional answer is that how killers are treated depends on the nature of their killing, whether it was aggressive or defensive, intentional or accidental. But those ... Read more

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  • Principles of Criminology

    by Edwin H. Sutherland, Donald R. Cressey, David F. Luckenbill ...
    Series series The Reynolds Series in Sociology
    This classic has been the most authoritative text in the field since 1924. The thoroughly revised Eleventh Edition continues to provide a sound, sophisticated, sociological treatment of the principal issues in criminology. ... Read more

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  • Misdemeanorland

    Criminal Courts and Social Control in an Age of Broken Windows Policing

    by Issa Kohler-Hausmann ...
    An in-depth look at the consequences of New York City’s dramatically expanded policing of low-level offensesFelony conviction and mass incarceration attract considerable media attention these days, yet the most common criminal-justice encounters are for misdemeanors, not felonies, and the most common outcome is not prison. In the early 1990s, New York City launched an initiative under the banner ... Read more

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  • Privilege and Punishment

    How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court

    by Matthew Clair ...
    How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal court—and denies justice to the poor and to working-class people of colorThe number of Americans arrested, brought to court, and incarcerated has skyrocketed in recent decades. Criminal defendants come from all races and economic walks of life, but they experience punishment in vastly different ways. Privilege and Punishment ... Read more

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  • In Doubt

    by Dan Simon ...
    Criminal justice is unavoidably human. Detectives, witnesses, suspects, and victims shape investigations; prosecutors, defense attorneys, jurors, and judges affect the outcome of adjudication. Simon shows how flawed investigations produce erroneous evidence and why well-meaning juries send innocent people to prison and set the guilty free. ... Read more

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  • Just Words

    Law, Language, and Power

    by John M. Conley, William M. O'Barr, Robin Conley Riner ...
    Series series Chicago Series in Law and Society
    Is it "just words" when a lawyer cross-examines a rape victim in the hopes of getting her to admit an interest in her attacker? Is it "just words" when the Supreme Court hands down a decision or when business people draw up a contract? In tackling the question of how an abstract entity exerts concrete power, Just Words focuses on what has become the central issue in law and language research: what ... Read more

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  • Gendered Justice

    Intimate Partner Violence and the Criminal Justice System

    by Venessa Garcia, Patrick McManimon ...
    Series series Issues in Crime and Justice
    Gendered Justice takes a unique, multi-layered look at the various elements that factor into our understanding of domestic violence and how the criminal justice system handles situations of domestic violence. The book focuses primarily on the role of gender, but also considers socio-economic status, race, age, education, and the relationship between the victim and criminal. Illustrated with case ... Read more

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  • Twenty Million Angry Men

    The Case for Including Convicted Felons in Our Jury System

    by James M. Binnall ...
    Today, all but one U.S. jurisdiction restricts a convicted felon’s eligibility for jury service. Are there valid, legal reasons for banishing millions of Americans from the jury process? How do felon-juror exclusion statutes impact convicted felons, jury systems, and jurisdictions that impose them? Twenty Million Angry Men provides the first full account of this pervasive yet invisible form of ... Read more

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  • Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom: Justice and Judgment in American Culture

    by W. Lance Bennett ...
    Coauthored by W. Lance Bennett and Martha S. Feldman, 'Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom' explains what makes stories believable and how ordinary people connect complex legal arguments and evidence presented in trials to assess guilt and innocence. The explanation takes the core elements of narrative—the who, what, where, when, how, why—and shows how average people who hear hundreds of ... Read more

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