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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Unnatural selection Unnatural selection Mara Hvistendahl "Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in ten years, the skewed se… OL17745657W
Adventures in criminology Adventures in criminology Sir Leon Radzinowicz Sir Leon Radzinowicz is one of the key figures in the development of criminology in the twentieth century, working as an academic criminologist, an adviser to government, and as the founding director… OL1944934W
Criminal law Criminal law Jonathan Herring This text provides a readable, comprehensive and accessible introduction to Criminal Law. Through the media coverage of high profile trials we all feel that we know something about criminal law, and … OL19838601W
From the war on poverty to the war on crime From the war on poverty to the war on crime Elizabeth Kai Hinton "In the United States today, one in every 31 adults is under some form of penal control, including one in eleven African American men. How did the "land of the free" become the home of the world's la… OL20030124W
Punishing Disease Punishing Disease Trevor Hoppe From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment. Calls to punish people living with HIV—mostly stigmatized minorities—began before doctors had even settled on a name for the di… OL20218841W
Criminal law Criminal law Timothy H. Jones,Michael G.A. Christie "Now in its 4th edition, this textbook on Scots criminal law has been fully updated and revised to reflect the onward progress of the law since the last edition in 2003. The subject area has seen con… OL24820276W
Great debates in criminal law Great debates in criminal law Jonathan Herring This is an introduction to some of the more advanced writing on criminal law for a reader with a reasonable grasp of the basic legal principles, illuminated throughout with discussion of the specific… OL27702648W
Misdaad en straf Misdaad en straf Alison Brownlie Informatie in kort bestek over veel aspecten van misdaad en straf in de twintigste eeuw. Informatie in kort bestek over veel aspecten van misdaad en straf in de twintigste eeuw. Met zwart-wit- en … OL27975507W
Criminal Law Criminal Law Timothy H. Jones,Michael G.A. Christie xxxi, 379 pages ; 22 cm OL31315390W