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08
Feb

Are We Still Cheap on Crime?

This guest post is published around the Law and Society Association Conference in Washington, D.C. and from May 30 – June 2 and  Western Society of Criminology Conference in Honolulu from February 7 …

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07
Feb

The Bail Industry Blocks Reform—Again

This guest post is published during the Western Society of Criminology conference, occurring in Honolulu from February 7-9. #WSC2019  By Christine S. Scott-Hayward, coauthor of Punishing Poverty: How Bail and Pretrial Detention …

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05
Feb

Meet Our Authors at WSC 2019

While at Western Society of Criminology conference in Honolulu, HI from February 7 – 9, hear  from our authors by attending their sessions. And save on all Criminology titles by using discount code 18E2639 at checkout. Sessions Featuring UC …

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03
Feb

Award Winning Authors at WSC 2019

UC Press is honored to have several authors as award winners for the Western Society of Criminology, whose conference is occurring on this February 7 -9 in Honolulu, HI. Please join us …

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29
Jan

Classroom Techniques: Reclaiming the Lecture

Preparing for the start of spring semester ultimately includes prepping lectures. In Learning from Each Other: Refining the Practice of Teaching in Higher Education editors Michele Lee Kozimor-King and Jeffrey Chin share a …

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16
Jan

How Community Can Help End Gender-Based Violence

On Saturday, January 19th at the Society for Social Work Research conference in San Francisco, law professor Leigh Goodmark will speak on a multi-faceted policy approach needed to decriminalize domestic violence. In Goodmark’s book, …

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10
Dec

10 Vital Books on the Fight for Human Rights

Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10th—the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, 70 years ago today, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A milestone document, it proclaimed the inalienable …

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20
Nov

Award-Winning Authors at ASC 2018

UC Press is honored to have several authors as award winners at the 2018 American Society of Criminology conference in Atlanta (November 14-17). Please join us in congratulating these authors for works that inspire …

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16
Nov

Gang Specters and the Politics of Fear

This post is published in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in San Jose. Check for other posts from the conference. By Anthony W. Fontes, author of Mortal Doubt: Transnational Gangs and Social Order in Guatemala …

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