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  • Sex Trafficking and the Media

    Perspectives from Thailand and the United States

    by Meghan Sobel ...
    Series series Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
    This book explores how sex trafficking has been reported in the media. The book is set in the context of reportage of this human rights abuse in two varying political landscapes – the United States being a developed democracy and Thailand experiencing continued political turmoil including a May 2014 coup d’état and an accompanying crackdown on free expression by the ruling military junta. In doing ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Press Freedom and the (Crooked) Path Toward Democracy

    Lessons from Journalists in East Africa

    by Meghan Sobel Cohen, Karen McIntyre Hopkinson ...
    Series series Journalism and Political Communication Unbound
    Media scholars generally suggest that as people gain access to mass media content, they increasingly support democracy and reject authoritarian rule. Much of the scholarship classifying global media systems has overlooked the world's most developing nations, and among those that have included developing nations, there exists a misguided premise that nations develop in a linear fashion: from non ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Narratives of Storytelling across Cultures

    The Complexities of Intercultural Communication

    by Natalie Hopkinson, Ali Hussain, Karen McIntyre, Shearon Roberts, Meghan Sobel, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Lowery Woodall, Tony R. DeMars, Gabriel B. Tait0, Amanda Nell Edgar1, Lisa M. Paulin2, Indira S. Somani3, Darrell L. Roe4, Raymond D. Anderson5, Jeffrey S. Wilkinson6, Mia Moody7 ...
    Narratives of Storytelling Across Cultures demonstrates how meaning found within interpersonal communication is not universal across all cultures. Miscommunication can occur when the foundations of cultural meaning within stories, as told socially and within media, vary among different cultures. Positioned within the communication and media field, this book connects issues of societal tension and ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

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  • Invisible Chains

    Canada's Underground World Of Human Trafficking

    by Benjamin Perrin ...
    Just outside Toronto, a 14-year-old Canadian girl was auctioned on the internet for men to purchase by the hour. A young woman was taken by slave traders from an African war zone to Edmonton to earn greater profits by exploiting her in prostitution. A gang called Wolfpack recruited teenagers in Quebec and sold them for sex to high-profile men in the community.The global problem of human ... Read more

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  • Police in Canada

    The Real Story

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    What's going on with Canada's police? Once an institution that commanded respect and trust, the police are now widely regarded with skepticism and even suspicion. The dramatic death of Robert Dziekanski at the hands of the RCMP at Vancouver's airport, accusations of racial profiling, and the resistance of police to independent civilian oversight have created the impression of organizations and ... Read more

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  • Captive Genders

    Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, Second Edition

    Edited by Eric A. Stanley, Nat Smith ...
    A Lambda Literary Award finalist, Captive Genders is a powerful tool against the prison industrial complex and for queer liberation. This expanded edition contains four new essays, including a foreword by CeCe McDonald and a new essay by Chelsea Manning.Eric Stanley is a postdoctoral fellow at UCSD. His writings appear in Social Text, American Quarterly, and Women and Performance, as well as ... Read more

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  • "Prisons Make Us Safer"

    And 20 Other Myths about Mass Incarceration

    by Victoria Law ...
    Series Book 9 - Myths Made in America
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  • Sexual Justice

    Supporting Victims, Ensuring Due Process, and Resisting the Conservative Backlash

    by Alexandra Brodsky ...
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  • Real Cost of Prisons Comix

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  • Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman

    Myths and Misconceptions about Trafficking and its Victims

    by Ramona Vijeyarasa ...
    Sex, Slavery and the Trafficked Woman is a go-to text for readers who seek a comprehensive overview of the meaning of ’human trafficking’ and current debates and perspectives on the issue. It presents a more nuanced understanding of human trafficking and its victims by examining - and challenging - the conventional assumptions that sit at the heart of mainstream approaches to the topic.A ... Read more

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  • Policing in the 21St Century

    Community Policing

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    Dr. Lee P. Brown, one of Americas most significant and respected law enforcement practitioners, has harnessed his thirty years of experiences in police work and authored Policing in the 21st Century: Community Policing. Written for students, members of the police community, academicians, elected officials and members of the public, this work comes from the perspective of an individual who devoted ... Read more

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