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Delinquency and Opportunity

A Study of Delinquent Gangs

By: Richard A. Cloward,L.E. Ohlin

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Delinquency and Opportunity

A Study of Delinquent Gangs

By: Richard A. Cloward,L.E. Ohlin

First published in 1998. This is Volume VI of the twelve in the Sociology of Youth and Adolescence series and focuses on delinquent subcultures and theories around masculine identification, adolescence and lower-class culture, alienation and illegitimate means. This study is an attempt to explore two questions: (l) Why do delinquent norms, or rules of conduct, develop? (2) What are the conditions which account for the distinctive content of various systems of delinquent norms such as those prescribing violence or theft or drug-use?

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Routledge

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1136250077

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9781136250071

Male Criminal Activity from Childhood Through Youth

Multilevel and Developmental Perspectives

By: Marc Le Blanc,Marcel Frechette

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Male Criminal Activity from Childhood Through Youth

Multilevel and Developmental Perspectives

By: Marc Le Blanc,Marcel Frechette

Male Criminal Activity From Childhood Through Youth reports the results of a large longitudinal study from 1972 to 1985 on a sample of delinquents and a comparison sample of the population in Montreal. A clarification emerges from this extensive study: how to describe criminal activity in a comprehensive theory of crime which integrates the offense, offending, and patterns of offending. Using a developmental approach, Drs. Le Blanc and Fréchette observed a gradation of crimes with subjects progressing through five distinct stages of offending. In all, the research investigates the factors that sustain the development of offending and the mechanisms which accelerate, stabilize, and decelerate the commission of crimes. This book represents a significant advance in the understanding of the development of criminal activity.

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240

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461235707

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9781461235705

Managing the City Economy

Challenges and Strategies in Developing Countries

By: Le-Yin Zhang

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Managing the City Economy

Challenges and Strategies in Developing Countries

By: Le-Yin Zhang

In a world increasingly organised as networks of cities, this book offers the first full-length treatment of the subject of managing the city economy. It explores key challenges and strategies, particularly in developing countries, where developmental deficits are greatest and almost all urban growth up to 2050 will take place. Adopting a practitioner’s perspective, theoretically grounded and international in scope, this book is unique in its focus and endeavours to connect theory with practice. Through an interdisciplinary and strategic approach, this book explores the challenges and options in managing the contemporary city economy. It aims to illustrate the extent to which appropriate policy interventions in the city economy could offer effective solutions to some of the most difficult social and environmental challenges facing cities. The book comprises five main parts. Part I sets the scene and examines contemporary processes that affect cities and explains the challenges they pose for city managers. Part II presents a selection of conceptual frameworks commonly used in urban economic analysis. Part III examines the management of sectoral growth, covering manufacturing, exports of services, transport and logistics, and real estate. Part IV addresses urban poverty, low-carbon transition and the informal economy. Part V focuses on laying the foundation for long-term city development, exploring the roles of city development strategies, municipal finance, investment in people and appropriate infrastructure. This book is designed for graduate courses in urban economic development, urban planning, urban policy and public administration, and for professionals who are involved in the management of city economies or/and conducting research, consultancy or policy advocacy for cities. Through critical review of relevant debates and a dozen case studies this book will equip city managers with the knowledge required to strengthen the performance of their city economy while delivering authentic and sustainable development.

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398

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1135102635

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Human Dignity in International Law

By: Ginevra Le Moli

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Human Dignity in International Law

By: Ginevra Le Moli

A theoretical, historical and juridical exegesis of human dignity in international law over two centuries.

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Cambridge University Press

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1316517624

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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty

Vietnam now and beyond

By: Minh Son Le,Tarlok Singh,Duc-Tho Nguyen

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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty

Vietnam now and beyond

By: Minh Son Le,Tarlok Singh,Duc-Tho Nguyen

This book uses Alan Winters’ analytical framework to investigate the effects of trade liberalisation on economic growth and poverty in Vietnam. The country launched a programme of economic and trade reforms, known as Doi Moi, in the mid-1980s which placed the economy on a transitional path from central planning to a market economy. Since then Vietnam has attained a number of remarkable achievements in terms of economic growth and poverty reduction. Although some formidable problems (such as inequality and inflation) remain, it is apparent that trade liberalisation has been associated with a big reduction in poverty. The analysis in the book focuses on the microeconomic (household) level, and there is an emphasis on tracing the effects of trade liberalisation through the four separate channels identified by Winters. Such in-depth and micro-level analyses yield new insights that support important policy lessons and recommendations for Vietnam in particular and, more generally, for similar developing countries.

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1317501527

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Should Britain Leave the EU?

An Economic Analysis of a Troubled Relationship, Second Edition

By: Patrick Minford,Sakshi Gupta,Vo Phuong Mai Le,Vidya Mahambare,Yongdeng Xu

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Should Britain Leave the EU?

An Economic Analysis of a Troubled Relationship, Second Edition

By: Patrick Minford,Sakshi Gupta,Vo Phuong Mai Le,Vidya Mahambare,Yongdeng Xu

Placed in the context of the upcoming referendum, this second edition brings up to date a thorough review of all economic aspects of the UK's membership of the EU. It notes the intention of the EU to move to 'ever closer union' and the nature of the regulatory and general economic philosophy of its dominant members, whose position is enforced by qualified majority voting. The book highlights the UK’s dilemma that, while extending free markets to its local region is attractive, this European philosophy and closer union are substantially at odds with the UK's traditions of free markets and freedom under the common law. This comprehensive examination of the economic costs and benefits of membership uses state-of-the-art modeling methods and includes estimates of its net costs as a percentage of GDP. The book explains how the decision to leave would follow from a judgement on the political economy of the EU as compared with that of the UK. It details the misconceptions involved in much of the debate about trade with the EU, and argues that the key issue is not access to markets but rather the prices at which trade takes place. Covered in careful detail is the economics of the UK’s trade with the EU in the key sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, and services.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1785360337

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A Guide to Simulation

By: P. Bratley,B. L. Fox,L. E. Schrage

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A Guide to Simulation

By: P. Bratley,B. L. Fox,L. E. Schrage

Simulation means driving a model of a system with suitable inputs and observing the corresponding outputs. It is widely applied in engineering, in business, and in the physical and social sciences. Simulation method ology araws on computer. science, statistics, and operations research and is now sufficiently developed and coherent to be called a discipline in its own right. A course in simulation is an essential part of any operations re search or computer science program. A large fraction of applied work in these fields involves simulation; the techniques of simulation, as tools, are as fundamental as those of linear programming or compiler construction, for example. Simulation sometimes appears deceptively easy, but perusal of this book will reveal unexpected depths. Many simulation studies are statistically defective and many simulation programs are inefficient. We hope that our book will help to remedy this situation. It is intended to teach how to simulate effectively. A simulation project has three crucial components, each of which must always be tackled: (1) data gathering, model building, and validation; (2) statistical design and estimation; (3) programming and implementation. Generation of random numbers (Chapters 5 and 6) pervades simulation, but unlike the three components above, random number generators need not be constructed from scratch for each project. Usually random number packages are available. That is one reason why the chapters on random numbers, which contain mainly reference material, follow the ch!lPters deal ing with experimental design and output analysis.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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146840167X

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Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Recent Trends and Policy Challenges

By: Carmen Pag s,Ga lle Le Borgne Pierre,Stefano Scarpetta

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Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Recent Trends and Policy Challenges

By: Carmen Pag s,Ga lle Le Borgne Pierre,Stefano Scarpetta

More than a decade has passed since the introduction of comprehensive macroeconomic stabilization packages and trade, fiscal, and financial market reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, growth prospects remain disappointing; labor markets show lackluster performance, with low participation rates, high and persistent informality, and, in some cases, open unemployment. Creating viable and lasting employment is vital to reduce poverty and spread prosperity in the region. The failure to create more and more productive and rewarding jobs carries substantial political, social, and economic costs. 'Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and Policy Challenges' provides a thorough examination of the labor market trends in the region in recent decades and assesses the role that labor demand and labor supply factors have played in shaping these outcomes.

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World Bank Publications

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0821380257

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9780821380253

The TESOL Research Training Journey

Voices from International PhD Students

By: Shen Chen,Thi Thuy Le

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The TESOL Research Training Journey

Voices from International PhD Students

By: Shen Chen,Thi Thuy Le

Research training is challenging, and the attrition rate of doctoral students has been increasing in Canada, the UK, the USA and Australia. In their book, Chen and Le examine the reasons for these students becoming demotivated, particularly in the context of TESOL. There has been much investigation into research training issues in multiple contexts and multiple disciplines. Yet, the research training process in TESOL for international students has not been explored sufficiently, and their voices have not been heard. This book gives voice to the research trainees, allowing their experiences to be reflected and the implications discussed in order to help create more effective supervision models. By employing the qualitative approach and adopting critical incident as a new technique for data collection, Chen and Le attempt to gain insights into the research training process to reveal different research stages of research trainees—those undertaking PhD degrees—and to put forward a model of supervision to improve the innovation and quality of research. This book tackles the complex nature of research training. It is hoped that findings of this study can provide research supervisors and trainees with theoretical insights and practical references.

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1000370828

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The Development of Antisocial Behavior and Crime

Replication with the Montreal Cross Sectional and Longitudinal Studies

By: Marc Le Blanc

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The Development of Antisocial Behavior and Crime

Replication with the Montreal Cross Sectional and Longitudinal Studies

By: Marc Le Blanc

This innovative and timely work explores how the developmental criminology paradigm can be applied to understandings beyond criminal careers, to the development of more general antisocial behavior. Importantly, the rich data set from 50-years of cross sectional and longitudinal studies provides replication amongst samples, genders, generations and phases in the life span, from cohorts born in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. This work also provides a rich history about the development of the “Developmental Criminology” paradigm, drawing from developmental psychology, and life-course methodologies in Sociology. With a 50-year, multigenerational longitudinal dataset (the Montreal Two Sample Four Generational Cross sectionnal and Longitudinal Studies –MTSFGCLS) the author explores the mechanisms of official and self-reported antisocial behavior. It provides insights into not only criminal behavior, but other types of potentially problematic behavior, including drug and alcohol use, risky sexual behavior, conflict with authority and other forms of antisocial behavior; as well as their decline across the life-course. By examining the developmental mechanisms and trajectories of these behaviors, the author proposes a multidisciplinary theory to explain these phenomenons. This work will be of interested to researchers in Criminology, Sociology and Psychology, particularly within the growing area of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, as well as related fields such as social work, public health and public policy.

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3030684296

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Book's by L.E. Ohlin

Delinquency and Opportunity

Delinquency and Opportunity

Male Criminal Activity from Childhood Through Youth

Male Criminal Activity from Childhood Through Youth

Managing the City Economy

Managing the City Economy

Human Dignity in International Law

Human Dignity in International Law

Trade Liberalisation and Poverty

Trade Liberalisation and Poverty

Should Britain Leave the EU?

Should Britain Leave the EU?

A Guide to Simulation

A Guide to Simulation

Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean

The TESOL Research Training Journey

The TESOL Research Training Journey

The Development of Antisocial Behavior and Crime

The Development of Antisocial Behavior and Crime

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