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Rick Perry

A Political Life

By: Brandon Rottinghaus

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Rick Perry

A Political Life

By: Brandon Rottinghaus

How Rick Perry navigated and shaped Texas politics as the state's longest serving governor.

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University of Texas Press

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1477328890

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9781477328897

Costs and Benefits of Preventing Crime

By: Brandon Welsh

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Costs and Benefits of Preventing Crime

By: Brandon Welsh

What are the cost savings from preventing a typical burglary, robbery, assault, or even a criminal career? Who benefits from these savings? How often do the benefits from preventing crime or criminal behavior exceed the resources spent on preventing or controlling crime? Is it more cost-effective to invest in early childhood programs or juvenile boot camps to reduce criminal offending? These are some of the important questions that face policymakers in crime and justice today. Answering them is no easy task. Nevertheless, it is important to provide answers in order to ensure that the dollars devoted to crime reduction are spent as efficiently as possible. The principle aim of Costs and Benefits of Preventing Crime is to report on and assess the present state of knowledge on the monetary costs and benefits of crime prevention programs. Remarkably, this crucial topic has rarely been studied up to the present time. This book examines key methodological issues, reports on the most up-to-date research findings, discusses international policy perspectives, and presents an agenda for future research and policy development on the economic analysis of crime prevention. Throughout, it addresses the important question of how governments should be allocating scarce resources to make crime prevention policy and practice more effective and to produce the greatest economic benefits to society. The book brings together research and perspectives from across North America, Europe, and Australia.

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255

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Routledge

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0429980892

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9780429980893

Playing for a Winner

How Baseball Teams' Success Raises Players' Reputations

By: Brandon Isleib

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Playing for a Winner

How Baseball Teams' Success Raises Players' Reputations

By: Brandon Isleib

He never felt like a Hall of Famer." "You can't argue with championships." "If he was so good, why were his teams so bad?" On talk shows and in sports bars, statements like these are often made about both underrated and overrated players. It's generally accepted that being in a bigger market or on a winning team can cause a player to be overrated, while the opposite can leave them underrated. Examining pennant races to show how much attention a team receives and which teams are getting the most attention provides a context to this familiar commentary. This book studies the effects of the sports media spotlight (and its absence) on the fortunes of teams in pennant races and Hall of Fame inductees. Along the way, the author brings to light accomplished players most non-fans have probably never heard of.

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392

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McFarland

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1476627010

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9781476627014

Saving Children from a Life of Crime

Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions

By: David P. Farrington,Brandon C. Welsh

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Saving Children from a Life of Crime

Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions

By: David P. Farrington,Brandon C. Welsh

After decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending. High impulsiveness, low attainment, criminal parents, parental conflict, and growing up in a deprived, high-crime neighborhood are among the most important factors. There is also a growing body of high quality scientific evidence on the effectiveness of early prevention programs designed to prevent children from embarking on a life of crime. Drawing on the latest evidence, Saving Children from a Life of Crime is the first book to assess the early causes of offending and what works best to prevent it. Preschool intellectual enrichment, child skills training, parent management training, and home visiting programs are among the most effective early prevention programs. Criminologists David Farrington and Brandon Welsh also outline a policy strategy--early prevention--that uses this current research knowledge and brings into sharper focus what America's national crime fighting priority ought to be. At a time when unacceptable crime levels in America, rising criminal justice costs, and a punitive crime policy have spurred a growing interest in the early prevention of delinquency, Farrington and Welsh here lay the groundwork for change with a comprehensive national prevention strategy to save children from a life of crime.

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248

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Oxford University Press

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0190207744

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9780190207748

The Oxford Handbook of Crime Prevention

By: Brandon C. Welsh,David P. Farrington

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The Oxford Handbook of Crime Prevention

By: Brandon C. Welsh,David P. Farrington

How can a society prevent-not deter, not punish-but prevent crime? Criminal justice prevention, commonly called crime control, aims to prevent crime after an initial offence has been commited through anything from an arrest to a death penalty sentence. These traditional means have been frequently examined and their efficacy just as frequently questioned. Promising new forms of crime prevention have emerged and expanded as important components of an overall strategy to reduce crime. Crime prevention today has developed along three lines: interventions to improve the life chances of children and prevent them from embarking on a life of crime; programs and policies designed to ameliorate the social conditions and institutions that influence offending; and the modification or manipulation of the physical environment, products, or systems to reduce everyday opportunities for crime. Each strategy aims at preventing crime or criminal offending in the first instance - before the act has been committed. Each, importantly, takes place outside of the formal criminal justice system, representing an alternative, perhaps even socially progressive way to reduce crime. The Oxford Handbook of Crime Prevention is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative review of research on crime prevention. Bringing together top scholars in criminology, public policy, psychology, and sociology, this Handbook includes critical reviews of the main theories that form the basis of crime prevention, evidence-based assessments of the effectiveness of the most important interventions, and cross-cutting essays that examine implementation, evaluation methodology, and public policy. Covering the three major crime prevention strategies active today-developmental, community, and situational-this definitive volume addresses seriously and critically the ways in which the United States and the Western world have attempted, and should continue to strive for the of crime.

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Oxford University Press

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0199908923

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9780199908929

Saving Children from a Life of Crime : Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions

Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions

By: Institute of Criminology Cambridge University David P. Farrington Professor of Psychological Criminology,Department of Criminal Justice University of Massachusetts Brandon C. Welsh Assistant Professor, Lowell

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Saving Children from a Life of Crime : Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions

Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199719624

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9780199719624

The Last Son of Krypton

By: Brandon T. Snider,Jerry Siegel,Joe Shuster

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The Last Son of Krypton

By: Brandon T. Snider,Jerry Siegel,Joe Shuster

It's not easy for Superman to fight crime alone, so join him on his adventure to battle evil and save the day in this page-turning chapter book. The book is inspired by the movie with plot twists, conflicts, and thrilling adventures. Advanced readers will love the chapter format.

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Meredith Corporation

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0696229595

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9780696229596

After Jesus Before Christianity

A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements

By: Erin Vearncombe,Brandon Scott,Hal Taussig,Westar Institute, The

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After Jesus Before Christianity

A Historical Exploration of the First Two Centuries of Jesus Movements

By: Erin Vearncombe,Brandon Scott,Hal Taussig,Westar Institute, The

From the creative minds of the scholarly group behind the groundbreaking Jesus Seminar comes this provocative and eye-opening look at the roots of Christianity that offers a thoughtful reconsideration of the first two centuries of the Jesus movement, transforming our understanding of the religion and its early dissemination. Christianity has endured for more than two millennia and is practiced by billions worldwide today. Yet that longevity has created difficulties for scholars tracing the religion’s roots, distorting much of the historical investigation into the first two centuries of the Jesus movement. But what if Christianity died in the fourth or fifth centuries after it began? How would that change how historians see and understand its first two hundred years? Considering these questions, three Bible scholars from the Westar Institute summarize the work of the Christianity Seminar and its efforts to offer a new way of thinking about Christianity and its roots. Synthesizing the institute’s most recent scholarship—bringing together the many archaeological and textual discoveries over the last twenty years—they have found: There were multiple Jesus movements, not a singular one, before the fourth century There was nothing called Christianity until the third century There was much more flexibility and diversity within Jesus’s movement before it became centralized in Rome, not only regarding the Bible and religious doctrine, but also understandings of gender, sexuality and morality. Exciting and revolutionary, After Jesus Before Christianity provides fresh insights into the real history behind how the Jesus movement became Christianity. After Jesus Before Christianity includes more than a dozen black-and-white images throughout.

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HarperCollins

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0063062178

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9780063062177

A pocket history of the United States

By: Allan Nevins,Henry Steele Commager,Jeffrey Brandon Morris

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A pocket history of the United States

By: Allan Nevins,Henry Steele Commager,Jeffrey Brandon Morris

A broad overview of American history from its beginnings to the 1980s.

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689

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067163268X

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9780671632687

The Last Great Ride

By: Brandon Tartikoff,Charles Leerhsen

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The Last Great Ride

By: Brandon Tartikoff,Charles Leerhsen

The inside story of NBC's wonder decade--told by the successful and popular head of programming who personally engineered it all. Tartikoff's anecdotes, observations, and reflections on the industry provide great entertainment. Contains a new afterword by Tartikoff.

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0385310994

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Rick Perry

Rick Perry

Costs and Benefits of Preventing Crime

Costs and Benefits of Preventing Crime

Playing for a Winner

Playing for a Winner

Saving Children from a Life of Crime

Saving Children from a Life of Crime

The Oxford Handbook of Crime Prevention

The Oxford Handbook of Crime Prevention

Saving Children from a Life of Crime : Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions

Saving Children from a Life of Crime : Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions

The Last Son of Krypton

The Last Son of Krypton

After Jesus Before Christianity

After Jesus Before Christianity

A pocket history of the United States

A pocket history of the United States

The Last Great Ride

The Last Great Ride

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