wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Disposable Heroes: The Betrayal of African-American Veterans
ISBN: 9781442217850 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. For many soldiers, the end of military service signals a cruel and new beginning. Disposable Heroes illuminates the challenges facing many veterans, particularly African Americans. Rather than finding military service to be a path to equality and upward mobility, these veterans fight just to survive. The book draws on in-depth interviews and national survey data to show the ways America is failing many black veterans today. Author Benjamin Fleury-Steiner shares the remarkable stories of 30 veterans from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan. Their words illustrate the ongoing impact of explicit...
For many soldiers, the end of military service signals a cruel and new beginning. Disposable Heroes illuminates the challenges facing many veterans, p...
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251,16 zł |
Dying Inside: The Hiv/AIDS Ward at Limestone Prison
ISBN: 9780472114290 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "The HIV+ men incarcerated in Limestone Prison's Dorm 16 were put there to be forgotten. Not only do Benjamin Fleury-Steiner and Carla Crowder bring these men to life, Fleury-Steiner and Crowder also insist on placing these men in the middle of critical conversations about health policy, mass incarceration, and race. Dense with firsthand accounts, Dying Inside is a nimble, far-ranging and unblinking look at the cruelty inherent in our current penal policies." "The looming prison health crisis, documented here at its... "The HIV+ men incarcerated in Limestone Prison's Dorm 16 were put there to be forgotten. Not only do Benjamin Fleury-Steiner and Carla Crowder brin... |
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201,75 zł |
The Pains of Mass Imprisonment
ISBN: 9780415518833 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This concise and engaging book presents a critical perspective on the correctional system and the process of incarceration in the United States. Fleury-Steiner and Longazel emphasize the magnitude of mass imprisonment in the United States, especially of people of color, not by objective statistics and trends, but by the voices and lived experiences of individuals who live their harsh conditions on a daily basis. This is an ideal book for courses in corrections, social problems, criminology, and prisoner re-entry. This concise and engaging book presents a critical perspective on the correctional system and the process of incarceration in the United States. Fl... |
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186,68 zł |
Jurors' Stories of Death: How America's Death Penalty Invests in Inequality
ISBN: 9780472068609 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 199 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "What is most extraordinary about Ben Fleury-Steiner's book is that it seeks to shed light on the 'black box' of capital jury deliberations. Based on a remarkable social science survey of persons who served on capital juries, this volume illuminates the workings of the most closely guarded secret in the criminal justice system."
-David Cole, from the Foreword "Perhaps the most powerful, routinely enacted civic ritual in American public life is that of capital punishment. This state-sanctioned extirpation of human life in the collective pursuit of justice is a searing act of civic... "What is most extraordinary about Ben Fleury-Steiner's book is that it seeks to shed light on the 'black box' of capital jury deliberations. Based on ...
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130,77 zł |
The Pains of Mass Imprisonment
ISBN: 9781138137899 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This concise and engaging book presents a critical perspective on the correctional system and the process of incarceration in the United States. Fleury-Steiner and Longazel emphasize the magnitude of mass imprisonment in the United States, especially of people of color, not by objective statistics and trends, but by the voices and lived experiences of individuals who live their harsh conditions on a daily basis. This is an ideal book for courses in corrections, social problems, criminology, and prisoner re-entry. This concise and engaging book presents a critical perspective on the correctional system and the process of incarceration in the United States. Fl... |
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803,99 zł |
The Elgar Companion to Capital Punishment and Society
ISBN: 9781803929149 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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1092,00 zł |