"Are lawyers, by their very nature, agents of the state, of capital, of institutions of power? Or are there ways in which they can work constructively or transformatively for the disempowered, the working class, the underprivileged? Lawyers in a Postmodern World explores how lawyers actively create the forms of power which they and others deploy. Through engaging case studies, the book examines how lawyers work within and for powerful i ..."
"The relationship between ageing and crime has been a much neglected issue, the focus rather being on youth. This books aims to redress this imbalance, bringing together a group of leading authorities to address key issues on the subject of crime and ageing, considering older people as both victims and perpetrators of crime, and looking too at conditions faced by older prisoners. The book draws upon both criminology and gerontology, as ..."
"This book of eleven chapters and an Introduction is by and about women, the harms and crimes to which they are subjected as a result of global social processes and their efforts to take control of their own futures. The chapters explore the criminogenic and damaging consequences of the policies of the global financial institutions as well as the effects of growing economic polarisation both in pockets of the developed world and most mar ..."
"Growing Up Good is an international investigation of the ways in which gendered behaviour is imposed on girls through European criminal justice systems. The book successfully combines a feminist critique of criminological theory with in-depth research on girls′ actual experience of court procedures and custodial regimes. Vivid accounts of institutional life and alternative treatment demonstrate the implicit and explicit reinforcement of ..."
"This book of eleven chapters and an Introduction is by and about women, the harms and crimes to which they are subjected as a result of global social processes and their efforts to take control of their own futures. The chapters explore the criminogenic and damaging consequences of the policies of the global financial institutions as well as the effects of growing economic polarisation both in pockets of the developed world and most mar ..."
"Are lawyers, by their very nature, agents of the state, of capital, of institutions of power? Or are there ways in which they can work constructively or transformatively for the disempowered, the working class, the underprivileged? Lawyers in a Postmodern World explores how lawyers actively create the forms of power which they and others deploy. Through engaging case studies, the book examines how lawyers work within and for powerful i ..."
Growing Up Good Policing the Behaviour of Girls in Europe (False) by Editor-MaureenCain, Dr MaureenCain Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1989 by Sage Publications Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-8039-8021-1, ISBN: 0-8039-8021-3
"Azrini Wahidin, Maureen Cain. and private forms of policing and crime prevention . He recently codirected (with Adam Crawford, 2005) a series of linked projects into visible forms of policing, including a ... She has been a trustee of Action on Elder Abuse and chairs the Adult Protection Committee of Hull and the East Riding ..."
"Indifference to the continuing impact of colonisation on the lives of Aboriginal
women today is still very apparent, as Jennifer Neilsen observes: That an
Aboriginal woman may experience discrimination precisely because she is an
Aboriginal woman is beyond the grasp of discrimination laws which do not
recognise that race and gender may have a combined effect on the experience of
an Aboriginal woman (2004: 28). Moreover, not only ar ..."
"Thomas Görgen presents the results of a study of the victimisation of older people
in nursing homes, based on triangulated qualititative and quantitative data
collected from both residents and staff in a wide range of institutions.
Discrepancies ..."
Routledge Revivals Ser. Society and the Policeman's Role by Maureen E. Cain Published 2015 by Routledge 2015-03-26 ISBN-13: 978-1-138-91826-9, ISBN: 1-138-91826-1