Voodoo science : the road from foolishness to fraud / / Robert L. Park [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Park Robert L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 230 p. ) |
Disciplina | 509/.73 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects - United States
Fraud in science - United States Natural Science Disciplines Crime Criminology Social Sciences Fraud Science Physical Sciences & Mathematics Sciences - General |
ISBN |
0-19-976085-3
0-19-988121-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789980203321 |
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Voodoo science : the road from foolishness to fraud / / Robert L. Park |
Autore | Park Robert L |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 230 p. ) |
Disciplina | 509/.73 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects - United States
Fraud in science - United States Natural Science Disciplines Crime Criminology Social Sciences Fraud Science Physical Sciences & Mathematics Sciences - General |
ISBN |
0-19-976085-3
0-19-988121-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 It's Not News, It's Entertainment: In which the media covers Voodoo Science -- 2 The Belief Gene: In which science offers a strategy for sorting out the truth -- 3 Placebos Have Side Effects: In which people turn to "natural" medicine -- 4 The Virtual Astronaut: In which people dream of artificial worlds -- 5 There Ought to Be a Law: In which Congress seeks to repeal the laws of thermodynamics -- 6 Perpetuum Mobile: In which people dream of infinite free energy -- 7 Currents of Fear: In which power lines are suspected of causing cancer -- 8 Judgment Day: In which the courts confront "Junk Science -- 9 Only Mushrooms Grow in the Dark: In which Voodoo Science is protected by official secrecy -- 10 How Strange Is the Universe?: In which ancient superstitions reappear as pseudoscience -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
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The War Against Civilians : Victims of the “War on Terror” in Afghanistan and Pakistan / / by Vasja Badalič |
Autore | Badalič Vasja |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (281 pages) |
Disciplina |
973.931
958.1047 |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology |
Soggetto topico |
Victimology
War Crimes Human rights Criminology Public safety Terrorism Political violence Human Rights and Crime Crime Control and Security Terrorism and Political Violence |
ISBN | 3-030-12406-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction: Creating A Reign Of Terror -- 2. Inherently Imprecise Killings: Civilian Victims In U.S. Drone Strikes In Afghanistan And Pakistan -- 3. Death Comes At Night: Civilian Victims In U.S. Kill-Or-Capture Missions In Afghanistan -- 4. The War On Due Process: Civilian Victims Of The U.S. Arbitrary Detention Program In Afghanistan -- 5. Systemic Torture, The New Normal: Civilian Victims Of “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques” In Afghan Detention Facilities. - 6. In Militias We Trust: Civilian Victims Of Targeted Killings By Pro-Government Armed Groups In Afghanistan -- 7. The “White Detainees”: Civilian Victims Of Arbitrary Detentions In Pakistan -- 8. The “Disappeared”: Civilian Victims Of Enforced Disappearances In Pakistan -- 9. Death Sentences On Twitter: Civilian Victims Of Secret Military Courts In Pakistan -- 10. The Reverse Exodus: The Forced Repatriation Of Afghan Refugees In Pakistan -- 11. Eliminating “Pernicious Individuals”: Civilian Victims Of The Afghan Taliban’s Targeted Killing Program -- 12. Executions, Amputations, And Lashings: Civilian Victims Of The Afghan Taliban’s Parallel Justice System -- 13. Taking “Civilian Criminals” As Hostages: Civilian Victims Of Abductions By The Afghan Taliban. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910392738103321 |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019 | ||
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Washington Crime News Services' organized crime digest |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Annandale, Va., : The Services, [1980]- |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 364.1/06/073 |
Soggetto topico |
Organized crime - United States
White collar crimes - United States Organized crime investigation - United States White collar crime investigation - United States Criminology Criminal investigation - United States Criminal investigation Organized crime Organized crime investigation White collar crime investigation White collar crimes |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996336101903316 |
Annandale, Va., : The Services, [1980]- | ||
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The Western Codification of Criminal Law : A Revision of the Myth of its Predominant French Influence / / edited by Aniceto Masferrer |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (427 pages) |
Disciplina | 345.0072 |
Collana | Studies in the History of Law and Justice |
Soggetto topico |
Criminal law
Criminology Law - History Private international law Conflict of laws International law Comparative law Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law Legal History Private International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law |
ISBN | 3-319-71912-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I -- Tradition and Foreign Influences in the 19th century Codification of Criminal Law by Aniceto Masferrer -- Part II -- The Influence of the Napoleonic Penal Code on the Development of Criminal Law in Germany by Karl Härter -- Ignoring France? Possible French Influences on the Development of Austrian Penal Law in the 19th century by Martin Paul Schennach -- The influence of the French Penal Code of 1810 on the Belgian Penal Code of 1867 by Yves Cartuyvels -- The Influence of the French Penal Code of 1810 over the ‘General Part’ of the Portuguese Penal Code of 1852 by Frederico de Lacerda da Costa Pinto -- An Autonomous Path for the Italian Penal Code of 1889 by Stefano Vinci -- The Roots of Italian Penal Codification by Michele Pifferi -- The Myth of French Influence over Spanish Codification by Aniceto Masferrer -- The Influence exerted by the 1819 Criminal Code of the Two Sicilies upon nineteenth-century Spanish Criminal Law Codification and its Projection in Latin America by Emilia Iñesta-Pastor -- Part III -- The ‘Code Pénal’ in the Itinerary of the Criminal Codification in America and Europe by Diego Nunes -- Codifying the Criminal Law in Argentina by Alejandro Agüero -- From Free Will to Social Defense (or from Cesare Beccaria to Cesare Lombroso) by Jorge Núñez -- The 1830 Criminal Code of the Brazilian Empire and its Originality by Ignacio María Poveda Velasco -- The Mexican Codification of Criminal Law by Oscar Cruz Barney -- Part IV -- European and US Influences on the 19th century Prison Reform by Isabel Ramos Vázquez. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300050203321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
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Western criminology review |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rohnert Park, Calif., : Western Society of Criminology |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 364 |
Soggetto topico |
Criminology
Criminal justice, Administration of Administration de la justice Criminologie Justice pénale |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Soggetto non controllato | Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | WCR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136172103321 |
Rohnert Park, Calif., : Western Society of Criminology | ||
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Western criminology review |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rohnert Park, Calif., : Western Society of Criminology |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 364 |
Soggetto topico |
Criminology
Criminal justice, Administration of Administration de la justice Criminologie Justice pénale |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
Soggetto non controllato | Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | WCR |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996215277403316 |
Rohnert Park, Calif., : Western Society of Criminology | ||
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What is to Be Done About Crime and Punishment? [[electronic resource] ] : Towards a 'Public Criminology' / / edited by Roger Matthews |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XV, 324 p.) |
Disciplina | 364.01 |
Soggetto topico |
Criminology
Critical criminology Crime—Sociological aspects Computer crimes Organized crime Corrections Punishment Criminological Theory Critical Criminology Crime and Society Cybercrime Organized Crime Prison and Punishment |
ISBN | 1-137-57228-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction: Towards a Public Criminology; Roger Matthews -- Chapter 2. The Violence Divide: Taking 'Ordinary' Crime Seriously in a Volatile World; Elliott Currie -- Chapter 3. Domestic Violence: The Increasing Tensions Between Experience, Theory, Research, Policy and Practice; Nicole Westmarland and Liz Kelly -- Chapter 4. Critical Realism and Gang Violence; John Pitts -- Chapter 5. Middle Range Critical Realism for Crime Prevention; Nick Tilley -- Chapter 6. Policing; Past, Present and Future; Ben Bowling, Shruti Iyer, Robert Reiner and James Sheptycki -- Chapter 7. Seven Ways to Make Prisons Work; Francis Cullen, Cheryl Jonson, Daniel Mears and Angela Thielo -- Chapter 8. Five Steps Towards a More Effective Global Drugs Policy; Caroline Chatwin -- Chapter 9. Taming Business? Understanding Effectiveness in the Control of Corporate and White Collar Crime; Fiona Haines -- Chapter 10. Cybercrime 4.0: Now What is to be Done?; Mike McGuire -- Chapter 11. Addressing Prostitution: The Nordic Model and Beyond; Helen Johnson and Roger Matthews. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253352303321 |
London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
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What Transparency Can Do When Incentives Fail : : An Analysis of Rent Capture / / Elisabeth Paul, Era Dabla-Norris |
Autore | Paul Elisabeth |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (35 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) | Dabla-NorrisEra |
Collana | IMF Working Papers |
Soggetto topico |
Corruption - Developing countries - Prevention - Econometric models
Rent (Economic theory) - Econometric models Transparency in government - Econometric models Labor Taxation Criminology Demography Bureaucracy Administrative Processes in Public Organizations Corruption Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General Employment Unemployment Wages Intergenerational Income Distribution Aggregate Human Capital Aggregate Labor Productivity Demographic Economics: General Corporate crime white-collar crime Labour income economics Public finance & taxation Civil service & public sector Population & demography Tax incentives Civil service Population and demographics Population |
ISBN |
1-4623-9722-0
1-4519-9339-0 1-282-47425-1 1-4527-0241-1 9786613821782 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. A STYLIZED MODEL""; ""III. RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS""; ""IV. THE ROLE OF TRANSPARENCY""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788525903321 |
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What Transparency Can Do When Incentives Fail : : An Analysis of Rent Capture / / Elisabeth Paul, Era Dabla-Norris |
Autore | Paul Elisabeth |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (35 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) | Dabla-NorrisEra |
Collana | IMF Working Papers |
Soggetto topico |
Corruption - Developing countries - Prevention - Econometric models
Rent (Economic theory) - Econometric models Transparency in government - Econometric models Labor Taxation Criminology Demography Bureaucracy Administrative Processes in Public Organizations Corruption Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General Employment Unemployment Wages Intergenerational Income Distribution Aggregate Human Capital Aggregate Labor Productivity Demographic Economics: General Corporate crime white-collar crime Labour income economics Public finance & taxation Civil service & public sector Population & demography Tax incentives Civil service Population and demographics Population |
ISBN |
1-4623-9722-0
1-4519-9339-0 1-282-47425-1 1-4527-0241-1 9786613821782 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. A STYLIZED MODEL""; ""III. RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS""; ""IV. THE ROLE OF TRANSPARENCY""; ""V. CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814669903321 |
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