1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466094403321

Autore

Callanan Liam

Titolo

Listen : & other stories / / Liam Callanan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tribeca : , : Four Way Books, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-935536-82-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Disciplina

813/.6

Soggetti

Short stories, American - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Swimmers; The Bear Hunter; Bedtime Story; When the Lights Go Down; Mr. Fantastic; Flush; Exhibit A; Listen; Called; This Last Thing; 140 Characters; Paper War

Sommario/riassunto

The stories in Listen demand readers do just that, as the book crosses the country-and decades-to uncover secrets characters never thought they'd share



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480733303321

Autore

Beckett Katherine <1964->

Titolo

The politics of injustice [[electronic resource] ] : crime and punishment in America / / Katherine Beckett, Theodore Sasson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c2004

ISBN

1-5063-1890-8

1-4522-2961-9

1-4522-6291-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SassonTheodore <1965->

Disciplina

364.973

Soggetti

Crime - United States

Crime prevention - United States

Criminal justice, Administration of - United States

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 (p. 217-242) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 - Criminal Justice Expansion; 2 - Crime in the United States; 3 - Murder, American Style; 4 - The Politics of Crime; 5 - Crime in the Media; 6 - Crime and Public Opinion; 7 - Activism and the Politics of Crime; 8 - Crime and Public Policy; 9 - Alternatives; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Examining the role of crime in American politics and culture this edition provides a better understanding of the nature of crime and punishment in America, as well as the cultural and political contexts in which they occur. The book will be of interest to criminology students.