1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791430403321

Autore

Spalek Basia

Titolo

Communities, identities and crime / / Basia Spalek [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK : , : Policy, , 2008

ISBN

1-4473-0189-7

1-282-98577-9

9786612985775

1-84742-958-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 241 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

364.08

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of

Discrimination in criminal justice administration

Criminal psychology

Crime prevention - Citizen participation

Community policing

Hate crimes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Sep 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Social identites in late modernity: offender and victim identity constructions -- Equality and diversity agendas in criminal justice -- Researching identitles and communities: key epistemological, methodological and ethical dilemmas -- Communities and criminal justice: engaging legitimised, project and resistance identities -- Gender, crime, victimisation and criminal justice -- Race, crime and criminal justice -- Faith identities, crime and criminal justice -- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, crime, victimisation and criminal justice -- Ageing, disability, criminology and criminal justice.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a critical exploration of the importance of social identities when considering crime, victimisation and criminal justice and offers a refreshing perspective on the most significant developments in relation to equality and diversity issues that feature in policies and practices of criminal justice agencies.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791023403321

Autore

O'Byrne Darren J.

Titolo

Human rights : an introduction / / Darren J. O'Byrne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-87397-1

1-138-12847-3

1-315-83747-1

1-317-87398-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (469 p.)

Classificazione

323 OBY

Disciplina

323

Soggetti

Human rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2003 by Pearson Education Limited"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Human Rights ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Thinking about human rights""; ""Human rights abuses in the world today""; ""The scope of human rights research""; ""Human rights and theoretical traditions""; ""Chapter One Theorising human rights ""; ""What are human rights?""; ""A brief history of human rights theory ""; ""Are human rights universal?""; ""Are human rights incontrovertible?""; ""Are human rights subjective?""; ""Ethics and social practice ""; ""Modernity and democratisation""

""The state and human rights theory""""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Two Regulating human rights ""; ""Who protects human rights?""; ""A brief history of human rights regulation""; ""Human rights and world politics""; ""The United Nations""; ""Human rights and the law""; ""Human rights and social movements ""; ""The state and human rights regulation""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Three Censorship ""; ""What is censorship?""; ""A brief history of censorship""; ""Censorship and democracy""

""The theoretical discourse on censorship""""Pornography and



obscenity""; ""The state, censorship and human rights""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Four Political prisoners ""; ""What is a political prisoner?""; ""A brief history of political prisoners""; ""Political policing""; ""Political prisoners and just punishment""; ""Exile and house arrest""; ""'Disappearances' and extra-judiclal executions ""; ""The state, political prisoners and human rights""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter Five Torture ""; ""What is torture?""

""A brief history of torture """"Torture methods ""; ""The theoretical discourse on torture""; ""Understanding torturers""; ""Medical involvement in torture""; ""The trade in torture equipment""; ""The state, torture and human rights""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Six The death penalty ""; ""What is the death penalty?""; ""A brief history of the death penalty ""; ""Execution methods""; ""Understanding the death penalty""; ""The theoretical discourse on the death penalty""; ""'Race', class and the death penalty ""; ""The experience of Death Row""

""Medical involvement in the death penalty""""The state, the death penalty and human rights""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Seven Apartheid ""; ""What is apartheid?""; ""A brief history of apartheid""; ""Understanding apartheid""; ""Apartheid, caste and social stratification""; ""Gender and apartheid""; ""The state, apartheid and human rights""; ""Essay questions""; ""Notes""; ""Further information""; ""Chapter Eight Slavery ""; ""What is slavery?""; ""A brief history of slavery""; ""'Race', citizenship and slavery""; ""Understanding slavery""

""The experience of enslavement""

Sommario/riassunto

Human Rights: An Introduction is an important and particularly timely text that provides a comprehensive overview of human rights and related issues from a social science perspective. First, this book does more than discuss theory, it uses case studies and personal testimonies in the debate. Human rights as an area of academic interest cannot be easily divorced from human rights struggles and the reality of contemporary conditions.Second, the book is aimed at what is an emerging and growing cross-disciplinary field of study. Human rights issues are increasingly coming to the fore in a number o