Criminologists on terrorism and homeland security

Table of Contents: “…(Connecting the dots) Jean-Paul Brodeur; 12. Managing the fear of terrorism Brian Forst; 13. Should profiling be used to prevent terrorism? …”
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Criminologists on terrorism and homeland security

Table of Contents: “…(Connecting the dots) Jean-Paul Brodeur; 12. Managing the fear of terrorism Brian Forst; 13. Should profiling be used to prevent terrorism? …”
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Stuck Rwandan youth and the struggle for adulthood / by Sommers, Marc

Table of Contents: “…Doing research in Rwanda -- Part 2. Fear of failure: rural youth lives: 3. Living in a vertical world: rural youth and the government -- 4. …”
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Stuck Rwandan youth and the struggle for adulthood / by Sommers, Marc

Table of Contents: “…Doing research in Rwanda -- Part 2. Fear of failure: rural youth lives: 3. Living in a vertical world: rural youth and the government -- 4. …”
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Making chastity sexy the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns / by Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969-

Table of Contents: “…From abstinence to purity : the changing tropes of chastity -- Of purity rings and pop stars : using sex to sell abstinence -- "Someday my prince will come" : the fairy-tale narrative and female power -- Disciplining sexuality : how American evangelical youth are committing to abstinence and sticking with it -- The fractured fairy tale : when true love doesn't wait -- Fearing God, not AIDS : abstinence in Africa -- The condom conflict : saving lives or promoting promiscuity? …”
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Making chastity sexy the rhetoric of evangelical abstinence campaigns / by Gardner, Christine J. (Christine Joy), 1969-

Table of Contents: “…From abstinence to purity : the changing tropes of chastity -- Of purity rings and pop stars : using sex to sell abstinence -- "Someday my prince will come" : the fairy-tale narrative and female power -- Disciplining sexuality : how American evangelical youth are committing to abstinence and sticking with it -- The fractured fairy tale : when true love doesn't wait -- Fearing God, not AIDS : abstinence in Africa -- The condom conflict : saving lives or promoting promiscuity? …”
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Gender and risk-taking : economics, evidence and why the answer matters / by Nelson, Julie A., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…chapter Introduction -- part Part I To understand the answer, you first have to have a clear question -- chapter 1 The better ques tion: how much differ ent and how much similar -- chapter 2 Why we get stuck on the bad ques tion -- chapter 3 Statistical tools for analyz ing simil ar ity and differ ence -- chapter 4 Statistical tools for infer ence and the detec tion of bias -- part Part II Evidence about risk behavior: little difference, much similarity -- chapter 5 Difference and simil ar ity in 35 schol arly works -- chapter 6 Difference and simil ar ity in 37 invest ment game studies -- part PART III Evidence about stereo typ ing and confirm a tion bias: rampant -- chapter 7 Stereotyping and research parti cipants -- chapter 8 Confirmation bias among research ers in 35 schol arly works -- chapter 9 Confirmation bias and the review of 37 invest ment game studies -- part Part IV Why it matters -- chapter 10 Presumed timid ity: consequences for women -- chapter 11 Recklessness: the (mascu line) gender ing of commerce and finance -- chapter 12 Fearing fear: the (mascu line) gender ing of econom ics and policy.…”
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Gender and risk-taking : economics, evidence and why the answer matters / by Nelson, Julie A., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…chapter Introduction -- part Part I To understand the answer, you first have to have a clear question -- chapter 1 The better ques tion: how much differ ent and how much similar -- chapter 2 Why we get stuck on the bad ques tion -- chapter 3 Statistical tools for analyz ing simil ar ity and differ ence -- chapter 4 Statistical tools for infer ence and the detec tion of bias -- part Part II Evidence about risk behavior: little difference, much similarity -- chapter 5 Difference and simil ar ity in 35 schol arly works -- chapter 6 Difference and simil ar ity in 37 invest ment game studies -- part PART III Evidence about stereo typ ing and confirm a tion bias: rampant -- chapter 7 Stereotyping and research parti cipants -- chapter 8 Confirmation bias among research ers in 35 schol arly works -- chapter 9 Confirmation bias and the review of 37 invest ment game studies -- part Part IV Why it matters -- chapter 10 Presumed timid ity: consequences for women -- chapter 11 Recklessness: the (mascu line) gender ing of commerce and finance -- chapter 12 Fearing fear: the (mascu line) gender ing of econom ics and policy.…”
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The North American idea a vision of a continental future / by Pastor, Robert A.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword -- Part I: Should We Fear North America? -- Chapter 1: A Piñata for Pandering Pundits -- Chapter 2: North America's Genetic Code -- Chapter 3: Who Speaks for North America? …”
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Bought & sold living and losing the good life in socialist Yugoslavia / by Patterson, Patrick Hyder, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : the good life and the Yugoslav dream -- Introduction : getting it : making sense of socialist consumer culture -- Living it : Yugoslavia's economic miracle -- Making it : building a socialist brand of market culture -- Selling it : legitimizing the appeal of market culture -- Fearing it : the values of Marxism and the contradictions of consumerism -- Taming it : the party-state establishment and the perils of pleasure -- Fighting it : New Left attacks on the consumerist establishment and the Yugoslav dream -- Loving it : ordinary people, everyday life, and the power of consumption -- Needing it : the eclipse of the dream, the collapse of communism, and the death of Yugoslavia -- Epilogue : missing it : Yugo-nostalgia and the good life lost.…”
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The North American idea a vision of a continental future / by Pastor, Robert A.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword -- Part I: Should We Fear North America? -- Chapter 1: A Piñata for Pandering Pundits -- Chapter 2: North America's Genetic Code -- Chapter 3: Who Speaks for North America? …”
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Bought & sold living and losing the good life in socialist Yugoslavia / by Patterson, Patrick Hyder, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : the good life and the Yugoslav dream -- Introduction : getting it : making sense of socialist consumer culture -- Living it : Yugoslavia's economic miracle -- Making it : building a socialist brand of market culture -- Selling it : legitimizing the appeal of market culture -- Fearing it : the values of Marxism and the contradictions of consumerism -- Taming it : the party-state establishment and the perils of pleasure -- Fighting it : New Left attacks on the consumerist establishment and the Yugoslav dream -- Loving it : ordinary people, everyday life, and the power of consumption -- Needing it : the eclipse of the dream, the collapse of communism, and the death of Yugoslavia -- Epilogue : missing it : Yugo-nostalgia and the good life lost.…”
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Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt / by Parry, John Weston, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- Persons with mental disabilities and the American legal system : a history of discrimination, abuse and mistreatment -- Sanism and America's exaggerated fear of violence -- Sanist words and language in the american legal system : "dangerousness", "the right to treatment" and "civil" versus "criminal" -- Predictions of dangerousness in the courtroom : unreliable, inaccurate and misleading -- Accusations based on the unknowable : predictions of dangerousness in civil and criminal proceedings -- Dangerousness and the unconscionable failure to provide humane care and treatment to persons with mental disabilities -- An extremely suspect classification -- A new system of state and federal laws and public health approaches for persons with mental disabilities deemed to be dangerous : initial recommendations -- Bibliography.…”
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Mental disability, violence, and future dangerousness : myths behind the presumption of guilt / by Parry, John Weston, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- Persons with mental disabilities and the American legal system : a history of discrimination, abuse and mistreatment -- Sanism and America's exaggerated fear of violence -- Sanist words and language in the american legal system : "dangerousness", "the right to treatment" and "civil" versus "criminal" -- Predictions of dangerousness in the courtroom : unreliable, inaccurate and misleading -- Accusations based on the unknowable : predictions of dangerousness in civil and criminal proceedings -- Dangerousness and the unconscionable failure to provide humane care and treatment to persons with mental disabilities -- An extremely suspect classification -- A new system of state and federal laws and public health approaches for persons with mental disabilities deemed to be dangerous : initial recommendations -- Bibliography.…”
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Criminology and democratic politics

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Corporate finance : the basics / by Tse, Terence C. M.

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Criminology and democratic politics

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Corporate finance : the basics / by Tse, Terence C. M.

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Terrorism issues, policies and legislation

Table of Contents: “…Sullivan -- The United States lacks comprehensive plan to destroy the terrorist threat and close the safe haven in Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas -- Food terrorism in Nigeria : fears, possibilities, and action / Nwoko Kenneth Chukwuemeka.…”
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Terrorism issues, policies and legislation

Table of Contents: “…Sullivan -- The United States lacks comprehensive plan to destroy the terrorist threat and close the safe haven in Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas -- Food terrorism in Nigeria : fears, possibilities, and action / Nwoko Kenneth Chukwuemeka.…”
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