1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452804603321

Titolo

Lessons from the economics of crime : what reduces offending? / / edited by Philip J. Cook [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-262-31463-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

CESifo seminar series

Altri autori (Persone)

CookPhilip J. <1946->

Disciplina

364.2/5

Soggetti

Crime - Economic aspects

Crime prevention

Criminals - Rehabilitation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; Crime Economics in Its Fifth Decade; Part I: Policy Choice and Normative Framework; 1 COPS and Cuffs; 2 Drug Prohibition and Its Alternatives; 3 Mechanism Experiments for Crime Policy; Part II: Crime as a Rational Choice; 4 What Works in Reducing Re-Offending?; 5 The Young Prisoner's Dilemma; 6 What Works in Reducing Hooliganism?; Part III: Feedback and Interactions; 7 Crime and Immigration: What Do We Know?; 8 Organized Crime, Violence, and the Quality of Politicians; 9 Centralized versus Decentralized Police Hiring in Italy and the United States

10 The "Program of Integration and Management in Public Safety" in Minas Gerais, BrazilContributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reporting on research in the United States, Europe, and South America, this book discusses such topics as a cost-benefit analysis of additional police hiring, the testing of innovative policy interventions through field experiments, imprisonment and recidivism rates, incentives and disincentives for sports hooliganism and much more.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798120203321

Autore

Davis-Secord Jonathan

Titolo

Joinings : Compound Words in Old English Literature / / Jonathan Davis-Secord

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]

©2016

ISBN

1-4426-2526-0

1-4426-2525-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series

Disciplina

829/.09

Soggetti

English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Compound words

English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism

English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Style

English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Grammar

Language and culture - England - To 1500

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Connecting Grammar, Style, and Culture -- 2. Compounds as Translation Tools -- 3. Compound Interest -- 4. Compound Discourses in the Old English Boethius and Juliana -- 5. Controlling Pace in Prose: Wulfstan's Old English Homilies -- 6. Controlling Pace in Poetry: Beowulf -- 7. Conclusion: Ubi Est Aelfric?

Sommario/riassunto

The first comprehensive study of the use of compound words in Old English poetry, homilies, and philosophy, Joinings explores the effect of compounds on style, pace, clarity, and genre in Anglo-Saxon vernacular literature.