1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451176403321

Autore

Dalley Stephanie

Titolo

Esther's revenge at Susa [[electronic resource] ] : from Sennacherib to Ahasuerus / / Stephanie Dalley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-14957-8

9786611149574

0-19-152712-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

222.9067

Soggetti

Jews - History - To 70 A.D

Electronic books.

Assyria History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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



narrative reflects real happenings in seventh-century Assyria, where the widespread belief that revenge belongs

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967063203321

Autore

Brogden Michael

Titolo

Community policing : national and international models and approaches / / Mike Brogden and Preeti Nijhar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cullompton, UK  ; ; Portland, Or., : Willan Pub., 2005

ISBN

1-134-00910-0

1-283-96651-4

1-282-07739-2

1-134-00903-8

9786612077395

1-84392-579-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NijharPreeti

Disciplina

363.2

Soggetti

Community policing

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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



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

Sommario/riassunto

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