Oxford University Press

This book is a systematic analysis of the youth gang problem in the United States, focusing on current patterns of gang behaviour, with reference to historical and cross-cultural dimensions. Spergel integrates theory and practice based on his four decades of experience in gang research, as well as extensive analysis of local and national research...

In   Following the Rules, Joseph Heath shows how rule-following can be understood as an essential element of rational action....

The Origins of Thought and LanguageThe title of Mark Turner's bold new book describes not a bookish mind but the        ordinary human mind, in which literary mental powers are the basis of everyday        thought. In The Literary Mind, Turner argues that we have been looking in the wrong        places for answers to basic questions about meaning,...

A collection of essays by leading scholars on the linguistic significance of Greek and Latin papyri from Egypt.   The Language of the Papyri charts a range of productive approaches to this material, and offers new methodologies suitable for its analysis....

Sherman argues that Latin America's Protestant revival is likely to help the prospects for the region's economic growth and democratic development. Focusing on Guatemala's rural poor, she explains how conversion from animism to a Biblically orthodox world-view has improved the domestic welfare and economic status of many families....

The only comparison of EU and US protection against trade mark dilution, this book provides a complete overview of the dilution action, enabling practitioners to better protect trade marks against dilution or to combat dilution claims. Through clear and practical tests for the different types of dilution, this book demonstrates how to prove that a...