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The Philosophy of Punishment

by Anthony Ellis ...

Series Book 20 - St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
The series, St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Life originates in the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews and is under the general editorship of John Haldane. The series includes monographs, collections of essays and occasional anthologies of source material representing study in those areas of philosophy most relevant to topics of public importance, ... Read more

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The series, St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Life originates in the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews and is under the general editorship of John Haldane. The series includes monographs, collections of essays and occasional anthologies of source material representing study in those areas of philosophy most relevant to topics of public importance,
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Old Age, Masculinity, and Early Modern Drama

Comic Elders on the Italian and Shakespearean Stage

by Anthony Ellis ...

Series series Anglo-Italian Renaissance Studies
This first book-length study to trace the evolution of the comic old man in Italian and English Renaissance comedy shows how English dramatists adopted and reimagined an Italian model to reflect native concerns about and attitudes toward growing old. Anthony Ellis provides an in-depth study of the comic old man in the erudite comedy of sixteenth-century Florence; the character's parallel ... Read more

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This first book-length study to trace the evolution of the comic old man in Italian and English Renaissance comedy shows how English dramatists adopted and reimagined an Italian model to reflect native concerns about and attitudes toward growing old. Anthony Ellis provides an in-depth study of the comic old man in the erudite comedy of sixteenth-century Florence; the character's parallel
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Men, Masculinities and Violence

An Ethnographic Study

by Anthony Ellis ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
The BSC Critical Criminology Network’s Book of the Year 2016Why do some men use physical violence against others? How do some men come to value physical violence as a resource? Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research conducted with men involved in serious violence and crime over a period of two years in the North of England, Anthony Ellis addresses these questions and the complex relationship ... Read more

$70.99 USD

The BSC Critical Criminology Network’s Book of the Year 2016Why do some men use physical violence against others? How do some men come to value physical violence as a resource? Drawing on in-depth ethnographic research conducted with men involved in serious violence and crime over a period of two years in the North of England, Anthony Ellis addresses these questions and the complex relationship
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Thug Criminology

A Call to Action

Edited by Adam Ellis, Olga Marques, Anthony Gunter ...

Thug Criminology combines the urgent and as yet silenced voices of former gang/street-involved peoples turned academics, alongside their allies, in order to challenge and disrupt mainstream and academic knowledge about urban youth gangs specifically, and the "streets" more broadly.The book questions how the "streets" – and the racialized and marginalized urban communities who inhabit them – are ... Read more

$26.99 USD

Thug Criminology combines the urgent and as yet silenced voices of former gang/street-involved peoples turned academics, alongside their allies, in order to challenge and disrupt mainstream and academic knowledge about urban youth gangs specifically, and the "streets" more broadly.The book questions how the "streets" – and the racialized and marginalized urban communities who inhabit them – are
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Critical Literacy and Its Impact on Black Boys' Reading Readiness

Edited by Shawn Anthony Robinson, Antonio L. Ellis ...

Academic success for African American boys’ in Special Education is frequently elusive as the United States continues to endure the legacy of academic discrimination (Blanchett, 2010; Skiba et al., 2008). Consequently, educational policies have not fully protected the equal rights or adequately responded to the learning needs of students’ academic shortcomings or taken advantage of their strengths ... Read more

$39.99 USD

Academic success for African American boys’ in Special Education is frequently elusive as the United States continues to endure the legacy of academic discrimination (Blanchett, 2010; Skiba et al., 2008). Consequently, educational policies have not fully protected the equal rights or adequately responded to the learning needs of students’ academic shortcomings or taken advantage of their strengths
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The New Futures of Exclusion

Life in the Covid-19 Aftermath

by Daniel Briggs, Luke Telford, Anthony Lloyd, Anthony Ellis ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
Based upon global data and following on from Lockdown: Social Harm in the COVID-19 Era, this book discusses the rise of surveillance capitalism and new forms of control and exclusion throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. It particularly addresses the use of vaccine passports, mandates and the new forms of capital extraction and political control that emerged throughout the pandemic. The book also ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Based upon global data and following on from Lockdown: Social Harm in the COVID-19 Era, this book discusses the rise of surveillance capitalism and new forms of control and exclusion throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. It particularly addresses the use of vaccine passports, mandates and the new forms of capital extraction and political control that emerged throughout the pandemic. The book also
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Lockdown

Social Harm in the Covid-19 Era

by Daniel Briggs, Luke Telford, Anthony Lloyd, Anthony Ellis, Justin Kotzé ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book asks whether the decision to lock down the world was justified in proportion to the potential harms and risks generated by the Covid-19 virus. Drawing on global, empirical data, it explores and exposes the social harms induced by lockdowns, many of which are 'hidden', including joblessness, mental health problems and an intensification of societal inequalities and divisions. It offers ... Read more

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This book asks whether the decision to lock down the world was justified in proportion to the potential harms and risks generated by the Covid-19 virus. Drawing on global, empirical data, it explores and exposes the social harms induced by lockdowns, many of which are 'hidden', including joblessness, mental health problems and an intensification of societal inequalities and divisions. It offers
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50 Facts Everyone Should Know About Crime and Punishment in Britain

The truth behind the myths

by Adam Lynes, Pravanjot Kapil Singh Uppal, Elizabeth Yardley, Keith Spiller, Craig Jackson, Morag Claire Kennedy, Dionne Taylor, Daniel McCulloch, Saabirah Osman, Anthony Ellis0, John Bahadur Lamb1, Dr Victoria Silverwood2, Kate Williams3, Mohammed Rahman4, David J Wilson5, Charlene Crossley6, Joanna Large7, Loukas Ntanos8, Craig Kelly9, Kevin Hoffin0, Charlotte Stevens1, Sarah Page2, Mark Horsley3, Cristiana Viana Cardoso4, Katie Brooker5, Shona Robinson-Edwards6, Susie Atherton7, Nicola Harding8, Sophie Rowe9, Emma Murray0, Kate Gooch1, David Sheldon2, Claire Davis3, Kelly J Stockdale4, Jonathan Jackson5, Melindy Brown6, Aidan O'Sullivan7, Laura Riley8, Emma Kelly9, Dan Rusu0, Haydn Davies1, Tammy Ayres2, Matt Hopkins3, Liam Brolan4, Jo Turner5, Em Temple Malt6, Duncan John Frankis7, Simon Winlow8, Stevie-Jade Hardy0 ...

Are you the kind of person who watches crime drama and real-life crime documentaries on television? Are you fascinated by the twists and turns of justice and the law? But how much do you really know about key issues in crime, crime control, policing and punishment in the UK?This exciting, dynamic and accessible book, written by leading experts, presents 50 key facts related to crime and criminal ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Are you the kind of person who watches crime drama and real-life crime documentaries on television? Are you fascinated by the twists and turns of justice and the law? But how much do you really know about key issues in crime, crime control, policing and punishment in the UK?This exciting, dynamic and accessible book, written by leading experts, presents 50 key facts related to crime and criminal
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Researching the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Critical Blueprint for the Social Sciences

by Daniel Briggs, Anthony Ellis, Anthony Lloyd, Luke Telford ...

In challenging social science’s established orthodoxies, this first in a series of books is a call for its disciplines to embrace new theoretical paradigms and research methods to better understand the reality of life in a post-COVID world.By offering a detailed insight into the harmful effects of neoliberalism before the pandemic, as well as the intervallic period the world is currently living ... Read more

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In challenging social science’s established orthodoxies, this first in a series of books is a call for its disciplines to embrace new theoretical paradigms and research methods to better understand the reality of life in a post-COVID world.By offering a detailed insight into the harmful effects of neoliberalism before the pandemic, as well as the intervallic period the world is currently living
... Read more
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GUNSMOKE SEASON 1

by Walter B. Newman, Les Crutchfield, Norman Macdonnell, Joel Murcott, John Meston, Herb Purdum, Anthony Ellis, Kathleen Hate, William Conrad, David Ellis0 ...

Narrated by William Conrad, Parley Baer1, Howard McNear2, Georgia Ellis3, George Walsh4 ...

Unabridged

29 hours 27 min

Set in Dodge City, Kansas, during the thriving cattle days of the 1870s, the Gunsmoke radio show was routinely called by radio drama enthusiasts “the best show of any kind and any time”. For nine years from 1952 to 1961, Gunsmoke dominated the airwaves as it portrayed the epic legend of the American West. The lead character of Marshall Matt Dillon, as played by William Conrad, was called the ... Read more

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Set in Dodge City, Kansas, during the thriving cattle days of the 1870s, the Gunsmoke radio show was routinely called by radio drama enthusiasts “the best show of any kind and any time”. For nine years from 1952 to 1961, Gunsmoke dominated the airwaves as it portrayed the epic legend of the American West. The lead character of Marshall Matt Dillon, as played by William Conrad, was called the
... Read more
Building Better Societies

Promoting Social Justice in a World Falling Apart

by Michael Orton, Sophie Body-Gendrot, Sam Burgum, Alan Walker, Steve Corbett, Paul Ward, Kate Pahl, Richard Williams, Gretel Taylor, Deborah Joy-Warr, Martin Coward, Anthony Ellis, Keith Jacobs, Iain Wilkinson ...

What would it take to make society better? For the majority, conditions are getting worse and this will continue unless strong action is taken. This book offers a wide range of expert contributors outlining what might help to make better societies and which mechanisms, interventions and evidence are needed when we think about a better society.The book looks at what is needed to prevent the ... Read more

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What would it take to make society better? For the majority, conditions are getting worse and this will continue unless strong action is taken. This book offers a wide range of expert contributors outlining what might help to make better societies and which mechanisms, interventions and evidence are needed when we think about a better society.The book looks at what is needed to prevent the
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Immortal Mentor

by Kirk Anthony Ford ...

Narrated by Max Ellis ...

Unabridged

3 hours 21 min

"In "Immortal Mentor," Kirk Anthony delves into the profound influence of Jesus Christ as the ultimate guide to eternal life. Through a compelling narrative, Kirk Anthony portrays Jesus not just as a historical figure, but as the embodiment of immortality itself. The book explores how Jesus’ teachings and sacrifices resonate through time, providing a pathway for humanity to transcend the temporal ... Read more

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"In "Immortal Mentor," Kirk Anthony delves into the profound influence of Jesus Christ as the ultimate guide to eternal life. Through a compelling narrative, Kirk Anthony portrays Jesus not just as a historical figure, but as the embodiment of immortality itself. The book explores how Jesus’ teachings and sacrifices resonate through time, providing a pathway for humanity to transcend the temporal
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