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This title examines the role of political culture and penal populism in the        response to the emotive subject of child-on-child homicide.Green explores the        reasons underlying the vastly differing responses of the English and Norwegian        criminal justice systems to the cases of James Bulger and Silje Redergard        respectively....

Catholic Sisters and the Captured Schools Crisis in New MexicoReligious Lessons tells the story of Zellers v. Huff, which challenged Catholic religious employed in public schools in 1948. The "e;Dixon case,"e; as it was known nationally, was the most famous in a series of midcentury lawsuits, all targeting what opponents provocatively...

This fascinating new title offers an ethnographical investigation of contemporary police culture based on extensive field work across a range of ranks and units in the UK's police force. By drawing on over 600 hours of direct observation of operational policing in urban and rural areas and interviews with over 60 officers, the author assesses...

Bishop, Theologian, Ascetic, FatherA bishop and theologian, an ascetic and a pastoral father, Athanasius of        Alexandria (c.295-373) is one of the greatest and most controversial figures of        early Christian history. This book draws together these diverse yet inseparable        roles that defined Athanasius' life and the influence that he...

Scotland has long had a romantic appeal which has tended to be focused on a few over-dramatized personalities or events, notably Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Highland Clearances-the failures and the sad - though more positively, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce have also got in on the act, because of their heroism in...

This book is intended for students starting, or preparing for, their study of physical science or engineering at university. It introduces physics in the language of mathematics, and provides revision of the mathematical techniques and physical concepts; frequently in the form of 'workshops' - instructive questions with full solutions....