Recently there has been a revival of interest in the views held by Reformed theologians within the parameters of confessional orthodoxy. For example, the doctrine known as 'hypothetical universalism' - the idea that although Christ died in some sense for every person, his death was intended tobring about the salvation only for those who were predestined for salvation. Michael Lynch focuses on the hypothetical universalism of the English theologian and bishop John Davenant (1572-1641), arguing that it has consistently been misinterpreted and misrepresented as a via media between Arminianand Reformed theology.A close examination of Davenent's De Morte Christi, is the central core of the study. Lynch offers a detailed exposition of Davenant's doctrine of universal redemption in dialogue with his understanding of closely related doctrines such as God's will, predestination, providence, and covenanttheology. He defends the thesis that Davenant's version of hypothetical universalism represents a significant strand of the Augustinian tradition, including the early modern Reformed tradition. The book examines the patristic and medieval periods as they provided the background for the Lutheran,Remonstrant, and Reformed reactions to the so-called Lombardian formula ('Christ died sufficiently for all, effectually for the elect'). It traces how Davenant and his fellow British delegates at the Synod of Dordt shaped the Canons of Dordt in such a way as to allow for their English hypotheticaluniversalism.

John Davenant's Hypothetical Universalism: A Defense of Catholic and Reformed Orthodoxy (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology)

Lynch, Michael J.

Biographies & Memoirs

Oxford University Press

This groundbreaking text provides students with an overview and assessment of green criminology as well as a call to action. Green Criminology draws attention to the ways in which the political-economic organization of capitalism causes ecological destruction and disorganization. Focusing on real-world issues of green crime and environmental justice, chapters examine ecological withdrawals, ecological additions, toxic towns, wildlife poaching and trafficking, environmental laws, and nongovernmental environmental organizations. The book also presents an unintimidating introduction to research from the physical sciences on issues such as climate change, pollution levels, and the ecological footprint of humans, providing a truly interdisciplinary foundation for green criminological analysis. To help students succeed in the course—and to encourage them to see themselves as future green criminology researchers—the end-of-chapter study guides include: • Questions and Activities for Students that review topics students should be able to conceptualize and address. • Lessons for Researchers that suggest additional areas of research in the study of green crime.

Green Criminology: Crime, Justice, and the Environment

Long, Michael A.

Stretesky, Paul B.

Barrett, Kimberly L.

Environmental & Natural Resources Law

University of California Press

Substantially revised and expanded edition of the original text. There is no other in text that explains so clearly and succinctly the essential elements of radical criminology... The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology said of the First Edition: ``...remarkably comprehensive and thorough in its coverage of radical, as well as much 'traditional' literature...'

A primer in radical criminology (A Special edge text)

Criminal Law

Harrow and Heston

Collection of original and authoritative articles covering role and definition of race in criminal justice research, bias crimes, race and policing, juvenile justice, and much more..

Race and Criminal Justice

History

Harrow & Heston

This is a revised and extended edition of the popular Crimes Against Health and Safety, published under a new title. This classic dissects the popular myths promoted by traditional criminology, and uncovers who the real criminals are, and the extent of their dreadful crimes. PUBCOMMENTS If you're fed up with white collar crime, corporate arrogance and greed, then this book is for you. Makes a provocative text for upper division undergraduate courses on the Nature of Crime and its Control. Never fails to invoke animated discussion in graduate classes.

Corporate Crime Corporate Violence: A Primer (A Harrow and Heston Special Edge Supplementary Text)

Frank, Nancy K.

Carlos Larralde has crafted a study of Bert Corona, a California Latino civil rights activist. This alone is a significant accomplishment. As the reader will undoubtedly surmise, hard copy source materials were scant. This is due primarily to the dearth of paperwork and notes available. This, in turn, was due to the fears that primary source materials could be confiscated and used against the people central to the study, Bert Corona and the Latino activists associated with him. These fears arose in conjunction with the very real danger that local, state, and federal government minions would distort and use against these Latino activists, the very records that would have verified and supported their verbal accounts. Thus, in many instances, verbal accounts remain our only source materials for the history of this band of brothers and sisters who stood up to individuals and groups determined to squelch the basic human rights of ethnic and social minorities. The reader, whether liberal or conservative, should find succor in the activities of these Latino activists. For if none stand to restrain the government, we will all become subjects rather than citizens. This is why the following narrative is powerful, and is such a valuable part of history. One of history’s problems remains: just what is history and who has the right to craft historical narratives. There is a somewhat accurate concept that the winners get to write history. Fortunately, this tends to be true in the short run. Over time, a more balanced narrative tends to develop which will incorporate voices not heard in the initial historical monologue. I sincerely believe that the volume you are reading serves history by expanding the existing narrative. The multiple voices resonating in this story enrich the history of California, Latinos, the United States, politics, society, and individual persons. Some of these voices have been heard before and some have been heard by only a minute percentage of us. In developing this narrative, Carlos Larralde has invested his time, talent, and lifeblood in its presentation. The reader is offered a chorus of voices, not a cacophony of noise. This is a difficult endeavor as so many voices and life stories can obfuscate the historical value within multiple lives and personal stories. This work presents many voices and stories. The reader will find it not necessarily an easy read. Please remember that if something is easy, anyone could do it and it usually is not worth much. Easy may be convenient and comfortable, but easy has but limited value. In this vein, please remember to read the endnotes. This may sound strange, but the endnotes contain more than just sources. Within the source material and the ancillary comments attached to several of the notes is a presentation of the broad range of sources utilized by the author. The endnotes should illuminate the reader with a fuller understanding as to why the narrative has been crafted as it has. This narrative is primarily the story of a single person’s life, which has been richly intertwined with the lives of so many other persons, both heroic and base. In this complex tapestry lies a mirror of our own lives and experiences. One history of so many that comprises our individual and communal existence. This is a work of scholarship and love compiled from multiple sources and frequently derived from personal interviews with the individuals who lived through this period. Oral histories are difficult simply by the manner in which they are obtained, recorded, and stored for subsequent retrieval, often years later. This alone affords such narratives substantial value, by their scarcity and by the craftsmanship of an individual who has dedicated his effort to bring these narratives to light.

McCarthyism: Memories of a Blacklisted Bert Corona

Politics & Social Sciences

Larralde, Carlos

Politics & Government

Sentia Publishing

Applying Benford's Law for Assessing the Validity of Social Science Data

Benford's Law is a probability distribution for the likelihood of the leading digit in a set of numbers. This book seeks to improve and systematize the use of Benford's Law in the social sciences to assess the validity of self-reported data. The authors first introduce a new measure of conformity to the Benford distribution that is created using permutation statistical methods and employs the concept of statistical agreement. In a switch from a typical Benford application, this book moves away from using Benford's Law to test whether the data conform to the Benford distribution, to using it to draw conclusions about the validity of the data. The concept of 'Benford validity' is developed, which indicates whether a dataset is valid based on comparisons with the Benford distribution and, in relation to this, diagnostic procedure that assesses the impact of not having Benford validity on data analysis is devised.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Berry, Kenneth J.

Johnston, Janis E.

Psychology & Counseling

Cambridge University Press

Exploring Green Criminology

Few criminologists have drawn attention to the fact that widespread and significant forms of harm such as green or environmental crimes are neglected by criminology. Others have suggested that green crimes present the most important challenge to criminology as a discipline.  This book argues that criminology needs to take green harms more seriously and to be revolutionized so that it forms part of the solution to the large environmental problems currently faced across the world. It asks how criminology should be redesigned to consider green/environmental harm as a key area of study in an era where destruction of the earth and the world’s ecosystem is a major concern and examines why this has remained unaccomplished so far.  The chapters in this book apply an environmental frame of reference underlying a green approach to issues which can be addressed from within criminology and which can encourage criminologists and environmentalists to respond and react differently to environmental crime.

Exploring Green Criminology: Toward a Green Criminological Revolution

Routledge

Few criminologists have drawn attention to the fact that widespread and significant forms of harm such as green or environmental crimes are neglected by criminology. Others have suggested that green crimes present the most important challenge to criminology as a discipline. This book argues that criminology needs to take green harms more seriously and to be revolutionized so that it forms part of the solution to the large environmental problems currently faced across the world. It asks how criminology should be redesigned to consider green/environmental harm as a key area of study in an era where destruction of the earth and the world’s ecosystem is a major concern and examines why this has remained unaccomplished so far. The chapters in this book apply an environmental frame of reference underlying a green approach to issues which can be addressed from within criminology and which can encourage criminologists and environmentalists to respond and react differently to environmental crime.

Environmental Crime: A Sourcebook provides ideas, tools, and data to investigate environmental offenses. Burns and Lynch urge readers to recognize the availability of a wide array of data regarding environmental offenses and provide bibliographic tools to locate this data. They also provide data sets and examples of data available from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state agencies charged with enforcing environmental laws. Specific sections describe EPA resources, accessing and downloading EPA and other environmental law compliance and violation data, methods of compiling EPA data, actual environmental crime data sets, and research that can be performed using these data. Written in a non-technical manner, the book is designed to provide readers from all backgrounds with an understanding of environmental crime and the avenues by which it can be recognized and researched.

Environmental Crime: A Sourcebook

Burns, Ronald G.

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