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Exonerated: A History of the Innocence Movement
Robert J Norris · NYU Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story behind the innocence movement's quest for justice.Documentaries like Making a Murderer, the first season of Serial, and the cause célèbre that was the West Memphis Three captured the attention of millions and focused the national discussion on wrongful convictions.... |
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The Death Penalty in the United States: A Complete Guide to Federal and State Laws, 2d ed.
Louis J Palmer Jr. · McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers,
Pages: 390
Format: Paperback
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The death penalty landscape has changed considerably since the 1998 first edition of this book. For example, six states that had the death penalty--Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico and New York--no longer impose the punishment. Some of the changes set out in this... |
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The Good Lawyer: Seeking Quality in the Practice of Law
Douglas O. Linder · Oxford University Press
Format: Book
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Every lawyer wants to be a good lawyer. They want to do right by their clients, contribute to the professional community, become good colleagues, interact effectively with people of all persuasions, and choose the right cases. All of these skills and behaviors are important, but they spring... |
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Aspiring Adults Adrift: Tentative Transitions of College Graduates
Richard Arum · University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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Few books have ever made their presence felt on college campuses—and newspaper opinion pages—as quickly and thoroughly as Richard Arum and Josipa Roksas 2011 landmark study of undergraduates learning, socialization, and study habits, Academically Adrift Limited Learning on College Campuses.... |
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Decarcerating America: From Mass Punishment to Public Health
Ernest M Drucker · New Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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An all-star team of criminal justice experts present timely, innovative, and humane ways to end the mass incarceration Mass incarceration will end--there is an emerging consensus that we've been locking up too many people for too long. But with more than 2. 2 million Americans behind bars... |
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Charter Schools at the Crossroads: Predicaments, Paradoxes, Possibilities
Chester E Finn Jr. · Harvard Education Press
Pages: 278
Format: Print book
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Charter Schools at the Crossroads offers a frank and nuanced analysis of the successes and shortcomings of the charter movement, and outlines possible directions for the future. Few observers present at the creation of the first charter schools a quarter-century ago could have predicted... |
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Machines of Loving Grace: The Quest for Common Ground Between Humans and Robots
John Markoff · ECCO
Pages: 378
Format: Print book
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As robots are increasingly integrated into modern society - on the battlefield and the road, in business, education, and health - Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times science writer John Markoff searches for an answer to one of the most important questions of our age: will these machines... |
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Atari Age: The Emergence of Video Games in America
Michael Z Newman · MIT Press
Pages: 264
Format: Print book
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Beginning with the release of the Magnavox Odyssey and Pong in 1972, video games, whether played in arcades and taverns or in family rec rooms, became part of popular culture, like television. In fact, video games were sometimes seen as an improvement on television because they spurred... |
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Free Speech Beyond Words: The Surprising Reach of the First Amendment
Mark V Tushnet · New York University Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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The Supreme Court has unanimously held that Jackson Pollock's paintings, Arnold Schoenberg's music, and Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" are "unquestionably shielded" by the First Amendment. Nonrepresentational art, instrumental music, and nonsense: all receive... |
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More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing
Diane Ravitch · Haymarket Books
Format: Book
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For too long so-called education reformers, mostly billionaires, politicians, and others with little or no background in teaching, have gotten away with using standardized testing to punish our nations youth and educators. Now, across the country, students are walking out, parents are opting... |
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Home Business Tax Deductions: Keep What You Earn
Stephen Fishman JD · NOLO; Eleventh edition
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Completely updated for 2014 returns! For any home business, claiming all the tax deductions you are entitled to is essential to your business's financial success. Don't miss out on the many valuable deductions you can claim. Here, you'll find out how to deduct: start-up... |
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You Can Do This: Hope and Help for New Teachers
Robyn R. Jackson · Jossey-Bass; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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HOPE IS ON THE WAY! “I firmly believe that what will make you a master teacher is not the advice I give you; what will make you a master teacher is that you figure out how to solve those challenges on your own, in your own way.” —From the Preface As a new teacher you face... |
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