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  • Captive Market

    The Politics of Private Prisons in America

    Series series Studies in Postwar American Political Development
    A novel explanation for state prison privatization: that they do so to limit legal and political accountability for inmate lawsuits. One of the most controversial developments in the American criminal justice in the last few decades has been the development of the modern private prison industry. While there are many explanations proffered for the adoption of this policy--including partisanship, ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The Haves and Have-Nots in Supreme Court Representation and Participation, 2016 to 2021

    Series series Elements in American Politics
    Courts are often thought of as protectors of minority rights. What happens when the composition of courts changes such that politically disadvantaged groups expect a less favorable reception? This Element examines whether the increasing conservatism of the US Supreme Court during Donald Trump's presidency changed the behavior of litigants and amicus curiae. The authors test whether membership ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

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    NONPARTICIPANT

    A New Dawn

    Series Audiobook 2 - NONPARTICIPANT

    Unabridged

    5 hours 41 min

    The saga continues...THIS BOOK IS THE 2ND OF 4 BOOKS THAT ARE PART OF THE BOOK SERIES NONPARTICIPANT. (It is a sequel to NONPARTICIPANT the first group.) NONPARTICIPANT IS A 4 BOOK SERIES.As the first group gathers individuals from dismembered sectors there is a potential threat to Green camp when Jeff goes back onto the consumer grids in an attempt to save Megan Gerhardt. Plan B and Solartech are ... Read more

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    Series series Routledge Studies in North American Politics
    What impact do federal courts have on the administrative agencies of the federal government? How do agencies react to the decisions of federal courts? This book answers these questions by examining the responses of federal agencies to the U.S. Courts of Appeals, revealing what happens inside agencies after courts rule against them. Robert J. Hume draws upon dozens of interviews with current and ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • Facing Reality

    Two Truths about Race in America

    The charges of white privilege and systemic racism that are tearing the country apart fIoat free of reality. Two known facts, long since documented beyond reasonable doubt, need to be brought into the open and incorporated into the way we think about public policy: American whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians have different violent crime rates and different means and distributions of cognitive ... Read more

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  • The School-to-Prison Pipeline

    Structuring Legal Reform

    An in-depth analysis of the legal entry points and remedies in the school-to-prison pipelineThe “school-to-prison pipeline” is an emerging trend that pushes large numbers of at-risk youth—particularly children of color—out of classrooms and into the juvenile justice system. The policies and practices that contribute to this trend can be seen as a pipeline with many entry points, from under ... Read more

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  • The Transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada

    An Empirical Examination

    In the last half-century, the Supreme Court of Canada has undergone major upheaval. The most drastic change occurred with the adoption of the Charter of Rights in 1982, which substantially increased the Court's role in resolving controversial political and social issues. The Transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada examines the impact of institutional changes on the proceedings and decisions ... Read more

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  • Locked In

    The True Causes of Mass Incarceration-and How to Achieve Real Reform

    by John Pfaff ...
    **A groundbreaking reassessment of the American prison system, challenging the widely accepted explanations for our exploding incarceration rates“A must-read for anyone who dreams of an America that is not the world’s most imprisoned nation.” —Chris Hayes, host of MSNBC’s All In**In Locked In, John Pfaff argues that the factors most commonly cited to explain mass incarceration -- the failed War on ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • The Behavior of Federal Judges

    a theoretical and empirical study of rational choice

    Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes, yet their behavior is not well understood, even among themselves. Using statistical methods, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making to dispel the mystery of how decisions from district courts to the Supreme Court are made. ... Read more

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  • White-Collar Government

    The Hidden Role of Class in Economic Policy Making

    Eight of the last twelve presidents were millionaires when they took office. Millionaires have a majority on the Supreme Court, and they also make up majorities in Congress, where a background in business or law is the norm and the average member has spent less than two percent of his or her adult life in a working-class job. Why is it that most politicians in America are so much better off than ... Read more

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  • The City That Became Safe

    New York's Lessons for Urban Crime and Its Control

    Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
    The forty-percent drop in crime that occurred across the U.S. from 1991 to 2000 remains largely an unsolved mystery. Even more puzzling is the eighty-percent drop over nineteen years in New York City. Twice as long and twice as large, it is the largest crime decline on record. In The City That Became Safe, Franklin E. Zimring seeks out the New York difference through a comprehensive investigation ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • The Executive Unbound

    After the Madisonian Republic

    Ever since Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. used "imperial presidency" as a book title, the term has become central to the debate about the balance of power in the U.S. government. Since the presidency of George W. Bush, when advocates of executive power such as Dick Cheney gained ascendancy, the argument has blazed hotter than ever. Many argue the Constitution itself is in grave danger. What is to be ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD