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UNINA9910452804603321 |
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Lessons from the economics of crime : what reduces offending? / / edited by Philip J. Cook [and three others] |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (251 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Crime - Economic aspects |
Crime prevention |
Criminals - Rehabilitation |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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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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UNINA9910798120203321 |
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Davis-Secord Jonathan |
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Joinings : Compound Words in Old English Literature / / Jonathan Davis-Secord |
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Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , [2017] |
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©2016 |
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1-4426-2526-0 |
1-4426-2525-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series |
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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. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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? |
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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. |
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