Demystifying The Big House

Author : Katherine A Foss
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809336588
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demystifying the Big House written by Katherine A Foss and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays in this volume illustrate how shows such as Orange Is the New Black and Oz impact the public’s perception of crime rates, the criminal justice system, and imprisonment. Contributors look at prison wives on reality television series, portrayals of death row, breastfeeding while in prison, transgender prisoners, and black masculinity. They also examine the ways in which media messages ignore an individual’s struggle against an all too frequently biased system and instead dehumanize the incarcerated as violent and overwhelmingly masculine. Together these essays argue media reform is necessary for penal reform, proposing that more accurate media representations of prison life could improve public support for programs dealing with poverty, abuse, and drug addiction—factors that increase the likelihood of criminal activity and incarceration. Scholars from cultural and critical studies, feminist studies, queer studies, African American studies, media studies, sociology, and psychology offer critical analysis of media depictions of prison, bridging the media’s portrayals of incarcerated lives with actual experiences and bringing to light forgotten voices in prison narratives.

Author : John M. Eason
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022641034X
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big House on the Prairie written by John M. Eason and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now more than ever, we need to understand the social, political, and economic shifts that have driven the United States to triple its prison construction in just over three decades. John Eason goes a very considerable distance here in fulfilling this need, not by detailing the aftereffects of building huge numbers of prisons, but by vividly showing the process by which a community seeks to get a prison built in their area. What prompted him to embark on this inquiry was the insistent question of why the rapid expansion of prisons in America, why now, and why so many. He quickly learned that the prison boom is best understood from the perspective of the rural, southern towns where they tend to be placed (North Carolina has twice as many prisons as New Jersey, though both states have the same number of prisoners). And so he sets up shop, as it were, in Forrest City, Arkansas, where he moved with his family to begin the splendid fieldwork that led to this book. A major part of his story deals with the emergence of the rural ghetto, abetted by white flight, de-industrialization, the emergence of public housing, and higher proportions of blacks and Latinos. How did Forrest City become a site for its prison? Eason takes us behind the decision-making scenes, tracking the impact of stigma (a prison in my backyard-not a likely desideratum), economic development, poverty, and race, while showing power-sharing among opposed groups of elite whites vs. black race leaders. Eason situates the prison within the dynamic shifts rural economies are undergoing, and shows how racially diverse communities can achieve the siting and building of prisons in their rural ghetto. The result is a full understanding of the ways in which a prison economy takes shape and operates."

Author : Keshav Kaushik
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000936880
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demystifying Big Data Analytics for Industries and Smart Societies written by Keshav Kaushik and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to provide readers with a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of big data analytics and its applications in various industries and smart societies. What sets this book apart is its in-depth coverage of different aspects of big data analytics, including machine learning algorithms, spatial data analytics, and IoT-based smart systems for precision agriculture. The book also delves into the use of big data analytics in healthcare, energy management, and agricultural development, among others. The authors have used clear and concise language, along with relevant examples and case studies, to help readers understand the complex concepts involved in big data analytics. Key Features: Comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of big data analytics In-depth discussion of different aspects of big data analytics, including machine learning algorithms, spatial data analytics, and IoT-based smart systems. Practical examples and case studies to help readers understand complex concepts. Coverage of the use of big data analytics in various industries, including healthcare, energy management, and agriculture Discussion of challenges and legal frameworks involved in big data analytics. Clear and concise language that is easy to understand. This book is a valuable resource for business owners, data analysts, students, and anyone interested in the field of big data analytics. It provides readers with the tools they need to leverage the power of big data and make informed decisions that can help their organizations succeed. Whether you are new to the field or an experienced practitioner, "Demystifying Big Data Analytics for Industries and Smart Societies" is must-read.

Author : George Howe Colt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743249645
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big House written by George Howe Colt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dual history of the Colt family and their summer house on Cape Cod recounts the house's construction one hundred years earlier, including five generations of family events and the family's last month in the house.

Author : Karen J. Clayton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 153811495X
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demystifying Hospice written by Karen J. Clayton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hospice care helps make the end of life the best it can be, yet the experience can be both rewarding and stressful to those involved. Karen Clayton’s stories address end-of-life choices, palliative care, mixed feelings about hospice, care for the caregivers, managing dramatic incidents and fear, social isolation, saying goodbye, and remembering.

Author : Tony Grundy
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0749465697
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demystifying Strategy written by Tony Grundy and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demystifying Strategy provides you with not only the basic strategic tools and techniques but also a thorough understanding of the entire process of strategic thinking and management. Using tips, guidelines and exercises it helps you to assess your own strategic mind and covers key topics such as: the different perspectives on strategy, economic analysis, dynamic competitive positioning, designing and evaluating options, implementation, managing the strategy process and how to nurture your strategic mind. Aimed at executives, entrepreneurs and also students of management, it enables you to assess the teaching of strategy 'gurus', construct your own strategy audit and challenge thinking styles by assessing the cognitive processes involved in developing successful strategies.

Author : Jamie Bennett
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030609499
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prisoners on Prison Films written by Jamie Bennett and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how an audience of men serving sentences in an English prison responded to viewing five contemporary British prison films. It examines how media representations of prison vary in style and content, how film can influence public attitudes, and how this affects people in prison. The book explains the ways in which film acts as a power resource, presenting an ideological vision of criminal justice. The audience used these films to map the social terrain of prison, including issues of power and resistance; race and racism; corruption and the illicit economy; and staff-prisoner relationships, themes which are explored in the films screened. The authors argue that media consumption is one of the ways in which people in prison construct and maintain an ideal of the prisoner culture and what it is to be a ‘prisoner’. The book also reveals the ways in which audience members’ media choices and readings are part of the ongoing process of constructing their self-identity. This book illuminates the complex ways in which media consumption is an integral part of social power, cultural formation and identity construction. Recognising and engaging with audiencehood offers one potential route for supporting more progressive penal practice. This book speaks to those interested in prisons, crime, media and culture, and film studies.

Author : David Alan Sklansky
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674248902
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Pattern of Violence written by David Alan Sklansky and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A law professor and former prosecutor reveals how inconsistent ideas about violence, enshrined in law, are at the root of the problems that plague our entire criminal justice system—from mass incarceration to police brutality. We take for granted that some crimes are violent and others aren’t. But how do we decide what counts as a violent act? David Alan Sklansky argues that legal notions about violence—its definition, causes, and moral significance—are functions of political choices, not eternal truths. And these choices are central to failures of our criminal justice system. The common distinction between violent and nonviolent acts, for example, played virtually no role in criminal law before the latter half of the twentieth century. Yet to this day, with more crimes than ever called “violent,” this distinction determines how we judge the seriousness of an offense, as well as the perpetrator’s debt and danger to society. Similarly, criminal law today treats violence as a pathology of individual character. But in other areas of law, including the procedural law that covers police conduct, the situational context of violence carries more weight. The result of these inconsistencies, and of society’s unique fear of violence since the 1960s, has been an application of law that reinforces inequities of race and class, undermining law’s legitimacy. A Pattern of Violence shows that novel legal philosophies of violence have motivated mass incarceration, blunted efforts to hold police accountable, constrained responses to sexual assault and domestic abuse, pushed juvenile offenders into adult prisons, encouraged toleration of prison violence, and limited responses to mass shootings. Reforming legal notions of violence is therefore an essential step toward justice.

Author : Prashant Natarajan
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315389304
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demystifying Big Data and Machine Learning for Healthcare written by Prashant Natarajan and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthcare transformation requires us to continually look at new and better ways to manage insights – both within and outside the organization today. Increasingly, the ability to glean and operationalize new insights efficiently as a byproduct of an organization’s day-to-day operations is becoming vital to hospitals and health systems ability to survive and prosper. One of the long-standing challenges in healthcare informatics has been the ability to deal with the sheer variety and volume of disparate healthcare data and the increasing need to derive veracity and value out of it. Demystifying Big Data and Machine Learning for Healthcare investigates how healthcare organizations can leverage this tapestry of big data to discover new business value, use cases, and knowledge as well as how big data can be woven into pre-existing business intelligence and analytics efforts. This book focuses on teaching you how to: Develop skills needed to identify and demolish big-data myths Become an expert in separating hype from reality Understand the V’s that matter in healthcare and why Harmonize the 4 C’s across little and big data Choose data fi delity over data quality Learn how to apply the NRF Framework Master applied machine learning for healthcare Conduct a guided tour of learning algorithms Recognize and be prepared for the future of artificial intelligence in healthcare via best practices, feedback loops, and contextually intelligent agents (CIAs) The variety of data in healthcare spans multiple business workflows, formats (structured, un-, and semi-structured), integration at point of care/need, and integration with existing knowledge. In order to deal with these realities, the authors propose new approaches to creating a knowledge-driven learning organization-based on new and existing strategies, methods and technologies. This book will address the long-standing challenges in healthcare informatics and provide pragmatic recommendations on how to deal with them.

Author : Lizzie Seal
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030874885
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender, Crime and Justice written by Lizzie Seal and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook takes a gender inclusive and intersectional feminist approach to examining key topics related to gender, crime and justice. It provides an overview and critical discussion of contemporary issues and research in this area suitable for use in undergraduate and postgraduate degree modules. A key feature of the book is its use of films, television series and documentaries to illustrate the concepts and findings from criminological research on gender, crime and justice. After outlining the meaning of gender and the perspective of intersectional feminism, it has chapters focused on interpersonal and sexual violence, sex work and the night-time economy, street crime, crimes of the powerful, policing and the courts, prison and community penalties and a final chapter on extreme punishment and abolitionist futures. It speaks to students and academics in criminology, sociology and gender studies.