Black Shack Alley

This work of compelling lyrical unity tells the story of growing up black in the colonial world of Martinique.

Joseph Zobel

Literature & Fiction

Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.

Peacemaking in Rwanda: The Dynamics (View amazon detail page) ASIN:  158826291X

Peacemaking in Rwanda: The Dynamics

Bruce D. Jones

William Stanley tells the absorbing story of the UN peace operation in Guatemala's ten-year endeavor (1994-2004) to build conditions that would sustain a lasting peace in the country. Unusual among UN peace efforts because of its largely civilian nature, its General Assembly mandate, and its heavy reliance on UN volunteers to staff field offices, the mission (MINUGUA) focused initially on human rights. Beginning in 1997, however, its scope expanded to include verification of the full range of peace accords designed to end nearly four decades of civil war between the government and the revolutionary insurgency. MINUGUA faced a challenging political context. The government that signed the peace accords proved unable or unwilling to implement them, and the progress of successive governments was modest at best. The mission also grappled with uncooperative political elites and persistent state corruption, organized crime, and social inequality. Stanley chronicles a series of strategic―and sometimes experimental―choices from the UN's point of view and provides a cautionary tale about the limits of international benevolence.

Enabling Peace in Guatemala: The Story of MINUGUA

History

Stanley, William

Americas

How are guns used and viewed by criminals? Where do criminals obtain guns? And how do laws make firearms more or less accessible? Confronting these contentious questions, this work offers a comprehensive exploration of the social processes surrounding illegal firearm use and criminal behavior. The authors draw on in-depth interviews with felons convicted of gun-related crimes and previous quantitative studies to offer a fresh look at the key issues of gun violence. Highlighting the overlooked symbolic power of guns in criminal situations, their findings underscore the power of social and cultural forces in affecting gun use. The book takes a comprehensive look at the relationship between guns, violence, and criminal behavior.

Guns, Violence, and Criminal Behavior: The Offender's Perspective

Politics & Social Sciences

Stretesky, Paul B.

Unnithan, N. Prabha

Pogrebin, Mark

Social Sciences

Enabling Peace in Guatemala: The Story of MINUGUA (Histories of Un Peace Operations)

Constitutional Law

The Promise of Restorative Justice: New Approaches for Criminal Justice and Beyond

The increasing popularity of restorative justice has prompted new and varying applications of its core principles. The authors of The Promise of Restorative Justice highlight the ways that these new ideas now spark innovations both throughout the criminal justice system and in arenas as diverse as business, education, athletics, and the aftermath of ethnic conflict. They offer fresh approaches to addressing the problems of crime and other human conflicts in ways that productively incorporate the values of mutual respect, accountability, and ultimately reconciliation between offenders and victims.

Crime has gone global. Conventional explanations point to ways in which criminals have exploited technological innovations, deregulation, and free markets to triumph over state sovereignty. Crime and the Global Political Economy reveals a more complex reality. Taking as a point of departure the fact that state and societal actors are challenged by―and complicit in―the expansion of criminal activities on a global scale, the authors demonstrate that the political, economic, and normative agendas of those actors lead to selective criminalization and diverse patterns of compliance with prohibition regimes. Crime, they convincingly argue, is an integral part of globalization, rather than simply its underside. Their work not only expands our understanding of global crime, but also pushes forward the boundaries of mainstream IPE on issues of globalization, transnational relations, governance, and sovereignty.

Crime and the Global Political Economy (International Political Economy Yearbook, Vol. 16)

Business & Money

Economics

Understanding Revolution

Understanding Revolution concisely, but thoroughly, explains one of the most fundamental sources of political change in the modern world. Designed to be accessible to undergraduate students, the book systematically explores such questions as: What should be defined as a revolution? Is there a typical pattern to the course of a revolution? What are the roles of ideologies, structures (e.g., the state, class structures, the international system), and individuals in shaping evolutions? What causes groups to mobilize behind revolutionary leaders? What happens after a revolutionary group assumes power, or fails? The discussion highlights points of agreement and debate within the social science literature, and brief case studies of revolutions and revolutionary movements bring concepts to life.

Van Inwegen, Patrick

Legal Theory & Systems

In this investigation of some 350 wrongful convictions of African American men, Marvin Free and Mitch Ruesink critically examine how issues of race undercut the larger goals of our criminal justice system. Free and Ruesink expand the focus of wrongful conviction studies to include not only homicide, but also sexual assault, drug dealing, and nonviolent crime. Their careful analysis reveals that black men accused of crimes against white victims account for a disproportionate number of wrongful convictions. They also uncover other disturbing failings on the part of prosecutors, police, witnesses, and informants. Highlighting the systemic role of race, the authors challenge us to move past the "just a few bad apples" explanation and to instead examine what it is about our criminal justice system that allows the innocent to be judged guilty.

Race and Justice: Wrongful Convictions of African American Men

Free, Jr., Marvin D.

Ruesink, Mitch

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Black Shack Alley

Peacemaking in Rwanda: The Dynamics

Enabling Peace in Guatemala: The Story of MINUGUA

Guns, Violence, and Criminal Behavior: The Offender's Perspective

Enabling Peace in Guatemala: The Story of MINUGUA (Histories of Un Peace Operations)

The Promise of Restorative Justice: New Approaches for Criminal Justice and Beyond

Crime and the Global Political Economy (International Political Economy Yearbook, Vol. 16)

Understanding Revolution

Understanding Revolution

Race and Justice: Wrongful Convictions of African American Men