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UNINA9910451176403321 |
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Dalley Stephanie |
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Esther's revenge at Susa [[electronic resource] ] : from Sennacherib to Ahasuerus / / Stephanie Dalley |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2007 |
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1-281-14957-8 |
9786611149574 |
0-19-152712-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Jews - History - To 70 A.D |
Electronic books. |
Assyria History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Family Tree of Assyrian Kings; Introduction; PART I. THE BACKGROUND IN ASSYRIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE; 1. Kings Sargon and Sennacherib, Father and Son; 2. Esarhaddon and Ashurbanipal, Son and Grandson of Sennacherib; 3. Troubles in Babylon and Retribution in Susa; 4. Dissemination in Palestine and Egypt; 5. Some Literature and Its Genres; 6. Ishtar-of-Nineveh and her Feasts; PART II. TRANSITION TO A JEWISH STORY; 7. Assyrian Words, Phrases, and Customs in the Hebrew Book of Esther |
8. Links between Seventh-Century Assyria, the Hebrew Story of Esther, and the Kingdom of Adiabene9. From History into Myth: Evolution of a Story; Bibliography; Glossary; Indexes; General Index; Index of Akkadian, Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic words |
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The names of the chief characters in the biblical Book of Esther are those of Mesopotamian deities. Stephanie Dalley argues that the narrative reflects real events in seventh-century Assyria which were `explained' soon after they occurred in a mythologizing cuneiform text and linked to religious festivals comparable to the Jewish rites of Purim. - ;Why are the names of the chief characters in the biblical Book of Esther those of Mesopotamian deities? Stephanie Dalley argues that the |
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narrative reflects real happenings in seventh-century Assyria, where the widespread belief that revenge belongs |
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UNINA9910967063203321 |
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Autore |
Brogden Michael |
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Community policing : national and international models and approaches / / Mike Brogden and Preeti Nijhar |
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Cullompton, UK ; ; Portland, Or., : Willan Pub., 2005 |
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1-134-00910-0 |
1-283-96651-4 |
1-282-07739-2 |
1-134-00903-8 |
9786612077395 |
1-84392-579-6 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (267 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Cover; Community Policing; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Globalizing community-oriented policing; Introduction; Exporting policing; The globalization of COP; Why community policing?; Preliminary doubts about COP; Outline of the text; Part One Community Policing - Models and Critiques; 2 Community-oriented policing - the Anglo-American model; Introduction; Community policing - orthodox origins; A Peelite history; Recent origins; The failure of traditional policing - a conventional view; The research evidence; Police discretion and community policing |
Problem-oriented policingCorporate managerialism and the new policing; The key elements of community policing; Variations in community policing; Crime prevention and community policing; Overview; 3 Anglo-American community-oriented policing: ten myths; Introduction; The ten myths of community policing; The myth of the |
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community; The myth of enhanced local accountability; The myth of professional use of enhanced discretion in problem-solving; The myth of the universal relevance of community policing; The myths of police rhetoric - the legitimation function of local crime surveys |
The myths of a Peelite history, of crime control and of the technological mistakeThe myth of public support for COP; The myth of linking with informal networks of control; The myth of organizational change in COP; The myth of the Anglo-American model - the failure to recognize alternatives; Overview; 4 Community policing on the Pacific Rim; Introduction; Community policing in Japan; An orthodox history; The centrality of the koban as a community policing structure; A revisionist view of the koban; Community policing in Singapore; Community policing in China: mobilizing the masses |
Integration of civil and state structuresSocial change - the rejection of community policing; Overview; 5 Aspects of community policing in the European Union; Introduction; Centralized policing systems - adaptation of the Napoleonic inheritance; France - proximity policing and community safety contracts; Proximity policing; Proximity policing and the local security contract; Belgium - policing facing two masters, central state and locality; Italy and Spain; Decentralized systems: the example of the Netherlands; National police systems and community policing - the Scandinavian countries |
OverviewPart Two Community Policing in Transitional and Failed Societies; 6 South Africa - the failure of community policing; Introduction; The imperative for police reform; Community policing - the first steps; Community Police Forums - contradictory goals; Failure of the Community Police Forums; Evaluating the Community Forums; The problem of crime; The policing impediment to reform; The elevation of crime fighting; Private policing for the business class; Overview; 7 Community policing in other transitional societies; Introduction; The post-colonial appeal in Africa for community policing |
The failure to contextualize community policing |
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Community policing has been a buzzword in Anglo-American policing for the last two decades, somewhat vague in its definition but generally considered to be a good thing. In the UK the notion of community policing conveys a consensual policing style, offering an alternative to past public order and crimefighting styles. In the US community policing represents the dominant ideology of policing as reflected in a myriad of urban schemes and funding practices, the new orthodoxy in North American policing policy-making, strategies and tactic. But it has also become a massive export to non-western |
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