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The greengrocer and his TV the culture of communism after the 1968 Prague Spring / by Bren, Paulina

Table of Contents: “…"A criminal comedy but of a revivalist spirit" : the beginning and the end of the Prague Spring -- Purge and the remaking of a socialist citizenry -- Intellectuals, hysterics, and "real men" : the Prague Spring officially remembered -- The quiet life versus a life in truth : writing the script for normalization -- Broadcasting in the age of late communism -- Jaroslav Dietl : normalization's narrator -- The socialist family and its caretakers -- Self-realization and the socialist way of life.…”
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Terrorism as crime from Oklahoma City to Al-Qaeda and beyond / by Hamm, Mark S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The criminology of terrorism -- Criminal stupidity and the age of sacred terrorism : the first World Trade Center bombing -- Vulnerabilities of the Jihad - prelude to 9/11 : the U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania -- The legacy of lost causes : the covenant, the sword, and the arm of the Lord -- Charisma, conflict, and style : the Order -- The seduction of terrorist mythology : the Aryan Republican Army -- Al-Qaeda, the radical right, and beyond : the current terrorist threat.…”
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Contemporary Criminological Issues : Moving Beyond Insecurity and Exclusion /

Table of Contents: “…Contemporary Criminological Issues tackles some of today's most pressing social issues, from the criminalization of Indigenous peoples to interpersonal violence, border control, and armed conflicts. …”
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Contemporary Criminological Issues : Moving Beyond Insecurity and Exclusion /

Table of Contents: “…Contemporary Criminological Issues tackles some of today's most pressing social issues, from the criminalization of Indigenous peoples to interpersonal violence, border control, and armed conflicts. …”
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Law's madness

Table of Contents: “…Madness and law : an introduction / Martha Merrill Umphrey, Austin Sarat, and Lawrence Douglas -- Policing stories / Peter Brooks -- Narrating nymphomania between psychiatry and the law / Elizabeth Lunbeck -- "A situation so unique that it will probably never repeat itself" : madness, youth, and homicide in twentieth-century criminal jurisprudence / Jonathan Simon -- The claims of the dead : history, haunted property, and the law / Cathy Caruth -- Rethinking legal ideals after deconstruction / Drucilla Cornell.…”
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Justice for girls? stability and change in the youth justice systems of the United States and Canada / by Sprott, Jane B.

Table of Contents: “…Criminal girls and girls in youth justice -- Are sugar and spice really evolving into snips and snails and puppy-dog tails? …”
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Domestic law goes global legal traditions and international courts / by Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin

Table of Contents: “…Domestic legal traditions and the creation of the International Criminal Court; 5. Domestic legal traditions and state support for the World Court; 6. …”
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Law's madness

Table of Contents: “…Madness and law : an introduction / Martha Merrill Umphrey, Austin Sarat, and Lawrence Douglas -- Policing stories / Peter Brooks -- Narrating nymphomania between psychiatry and the law / Elizabeth Lunbeck -- "A situation so unique that it will probably never repeat itself" : madness, youth, and homicide in twentieth-century criminal jurisprudence / Jonathan Simon -- The claims of the dead : history, haunted property, and the law / Cathy Caruth -- Rethinking legal ideals after deconstruction / Drucilla Cornell.…”
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Domestic law goes global legal traditions and international courts / by Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin

Table of Contents: “…Domestic legal traditions and the creation of the International Criminal Court; 5. Domestic legal traditions and state support for the World Court; 6. …”
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Justice for girls? stability and change in the youth justice systems of the United States and Canada / by Sprott, Jane B.

Table of Contents: “…Criminal girls and girls in youth justice -- Are sugar and spice really evolving into snips and snails and puppy-dog tails? …”
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The myth of judicial activism making sense of Supreme Court decisions / by Roosevelt, Kermit, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…The plain meaning of the constitution : the fallacy of direct enforcement -- The model : what doctrine is for -- From activism to legitimacy -- Equal protection, criminal procedure, executive detention -- Gay rights : Romer, Lawrence, and Goodridge -- Abortion : Roe and Casey -- Takings : Kelo v. …”
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Remade in Hollywood the global Chinese presence in transnational cinemas / by Chan, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : remaking Chinese cinemas, Hollywood style -- Visualizing Hong Kong : Hollywood's 1997 response to the Hong Kong handover -- The global return of the Wuxia pian (Chinese sword-fighting movie) -- Enter the triads : American cinema's new racialized criminal other -- Hollywood's Sino-chic : Kung fu parody, mimicry, and play in cross-cultural citationality -- Chinese supernaturalism : mythic ethnography and the mystical other -- Coda : global cinematic technologies of ethnic (un)representation.…”
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The myth of judicial activism making sense of Supreme Court decisions / by Roosevelt, Kermit, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…The plain meaning of the constitution : the fallacy of direct enforcement -- The model : what doctrine is for -- From activism to legitimacy -- Equal protection, criminal procedure, executive detention -- Gay rights : Romer, Lawrence, and Goodridge -- Abortion : Roe and Casey -- Takings : Kelo v. …”
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Remade in Hollywood the global Chinese presence in transnational cinemas / by Chan, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : remaking Chinese cinemas, Hollywood style -- Visualizing Hong Kong : Hollywood's 1997 response to the Hong Kong handover -- The global return of the Wuxia pian (Chinese sword-fighting movie) -- Enter the triads : American cinema's new racialized criminal other -- Hollywood's Sino-chic : Kung fu parody, mimicry, and play in cross-cultural citationality -- Chinese supernaturalism : mythic ethnography and the mystical other -- Coda : global cinematic technologies of ethnic (un)representation.…”
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Crime : emerging issues /

Table of Contents: “…--The dilemmas of crime prevention: National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals. A national strategy to reduce crime. …”

Crime : emerging issues /

Table of Contents: “…--The dilemmas of crime prevention: National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals. A national strategy to reduce crime. …”

Imagining legality where law meets popular culture /

Table of Contents: “…What popular culture does for, and to, law : an introduction / Austin Sarat -- Trust us justice : 24, popular culture, and the law / Desmond Manderson -- Law's visual afterlife : violence, popular culture, and translation theory / Naomi Mezey -- Law's screen life : criminal predators and what to do about them : popular imperatives from screen-based reality / Richard K. …”
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Against the profit motive : the salary revolution in American government, 1780-1940 / by Parrillo, Nicholas R.

Table of Contents: “…The old regime : lawful bargaining for public services -- Bargaining outlawed -- A regulatory nightmare : salaries as a remedy for corrupt exchange and official lucre -- A government capable of saying "no" : salaries as a reaction against customer service -- State and local taxation : the tax ferrets -- Federal taxation : the moiety men -- Criminal prosecution : cash for convictions -- Incarceration : jailors' fees and penitentiary profits -- Naval warfare : prize money and blood money -- Epilogue : American state-building and the critique of bureaucracy.…”
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The villainous stage : crime plays on Broadway and in the West End / by Lachman, Marvin

Table of Contents: “…Early days -- Adaptations and sensation -- History and mystery on stage -- Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street on stage -- Series detectives and rogues -- Agatha Christie, playwright -- Crook plays -- The theatre of the mind -- Trial and error: courtrooms on stage -- The stage side of the triangle -- The spy who came onto the stage -- A funny thing happened on the way to the theatre -- Spoofing the mystery -- Social studies I: race, ethnicity, and religion -- Social studies II: criminal justice -- Whodunits -- Just in crime: the musical.…”
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