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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The need to stop rape
is pressing and, since it is the outcome of a wide range of
practices and institutions in society, so too must the policies be
to stop it This important book offers a comprehensive guide to the
international policies developed to stop rape , together with case
study examples on how they work. The book engages with the law and
criminal justice system, health services, specialised services for
victim-survivors, educational and cultural interventions, as well
as how they can best be coordinated. It is informed by theory and
evidence drawn from scholarship and practice from around the world.
The book will be of interest to a global readership of students,
practitioners and policy makers as well as anyone who wants to know
how rape can be stopped.
This volume presents the published Proceedings of the joint meeting
of GUM92 and the 7th International Workshop on Statistical
Modelling, held in Munich, Germany from 13 to 17 July 1992. The
meeting aimed to bring together researchers interested in the
development and applications of generalized linear modelling in GUM
and those interested in statistical modelling in its widest sense.
This joint meeting built upon the success of previous workshops and
GUM conferences. Previous GUM conferences were held in London and
Lancaster, and a joint GUM Conference/4th Modelling Workshop was
held in Trento. (The Proceedings of previous GUM
conferences/Statistical Modelling Workshops are available as
numbers 14 , 32 and 57 of the Springer Verlag series of Lecture
Notes in Statistics). Workshops have been organized in Innsbruck,
Perugia, Vienna, Toulouse and Utrecht. (Proceedings of the Toulouse
Workshop appear as numbers 3 and 4 of volume 13 of the journal
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis). Much statistical
modelling is carried out using GUM, as is apparent from many of the
papers in these Proceedings. Thus the Programme Committee were also
keen on encouraging papers which addressed problems which are not
only of practical importance but which are also relevant to GUM or
other software development. The Programme Committee requested both
theoretical and applied papers. Thus there are papers in a wide
range of practical areas, such as ecology, breast cancer remission
and diabetes mortality, banking and insurance, quality control,
social mobility, organizational behaviour.
This volume consists of the published proceedings of the GLIM 95
Conference, held at Lancaster University, UK, from 16-19 September
1995. This is the second of such proceedings, the first of which
was published as No 14 of the Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in
Statistics (Gilchrist, ed,1992). Since the 1992 conference there
has been a modest update of the GLIM system, called GLIM 3.77. This
incorporates some minor but pleasant enhancements and these are
outlined in these proceedings by payne and Webb. With the
completion of GLIM 3.77, future developments of the GLIM system are
again under active review. Aitkin surveys possible directions for
GLIM. one sOlMlWhat different avenue for analysing generalized
linear models is provided by the GENSTAT system; Lane and payne
discuss the new interactive facilities p ided by version 5 of
GENSTAT. On the theory Side, NeIder extends the concept and use of
quasi-likelihood, giving useful forms of variance function and a
method of introducing a random element into the linear predictor.
Longford discusses one approach to the analysis of clustered
observations (subjects within groups). Green and Yandell introduce
'semi-parametric modelling', allowing a compromise between
parametriC and non-parametriC modelling. They modify the linear
predictor by the addition of a ( smooth) curve, and estimate
parameters by maximising a penalised log-likelihood. Hastie and
Tibshirani introduce generalized additive models, introducing a
linear predictor of the form 11 = (X + Efj(xj), with the fj
estimated from the data by a weighted average of neighbouring
observations.
In 1968 two boys are born into a large family, both named for their
grandfather, Peter Henry Hightower. One boy--Peter--grows up in
Africa and ends up a journalist in Granada. The
other--Petey--becomes a minor criminal, first in Cleveland and then
in Kiev. In 1995, Petey runs afoul of his associates and
disappears. But the criminals, bent on revenge, track down the
wrong cousin, and the Peter in Granada finds himself on the run. He
bounces from one family member to the next, piecing together his
cousin's involvement in international crime while learning the
truth about his family's complicated history. Along the way the
original Peter Henry Hightower's story is revealed, until it
catches up with that of his children, revealing how Peter and Petey
have been living in their grandfather's shadow all along.
The novel takes a look at capitalism and organized crime in the
20th century, the legend of the self-made man, and what money can
do to people. Like Jeffrey Eugenides' "Middlesex, The Family
Hightower" stretches across both generations and continents,
bearing the weight of family secrets and the inevitable personal
toll they take on loved ones despite our best intentions.
The study of criminal careers is of increasing interest in
criminology. It is now generally recognised that it is important to
try to understand criminal behaviour across the life-course rather
than focusing on fragmented incidents which provide only a partial
picture. This is an accessible text which clarifies the crucial
theoretical and methodological debates surrounding the study of
criminal careers.
It focuses on some major longitudinal studies discussing the
onset, persistence, desistance and the duration of a criminal
career. The important topics of prediction, risk and specialisation
are addressed. The challenging question of 'When do ex-offenders
become like non-offenders?' points a way forward. The book
concludes by proposing an even more ambitious approach to the topic
of criminal careers.
The study of criminal careers is of increasing interest in
criminology. It is now generally recognised that it is important to
try to understand criminal behaviour across the life-course rather
than focusing on fragmented incidents which provide only a partial
picture. This is an accessible text which clarifies the crucial
theoretical and methodological debates surrounding the study of
criminal careers.
It focuses on some major longitudinal studies discussing the
onset, persistence, desistance and the duration of a criminal
career. The important topics of prediction, risk and specialisation
are addressed. The challenging question of 'When do ex-offenders
become like non-offenders?' points a way forward. The book
concludes by proposing an even more ambitious approach to the topic
of criminal careers.
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The extent of
violence against women is currently hidden. How should violence be
measured? How should research and new ways of thinking about
violence improve its measurement? Could improved measurement change
policy? The book is a guide to how the measurement of violence can
be best achieved. It shows how to make femicide, rape, domestic
violence, and FGM visible in official statistics. It offers
practical guidance on definitions, indicators and coordination
mechanisms. It reflects on theoretical debates on 'what is gender',
'what is violence', and 'the concept of coercive control'. and
introduces the concept of 'gender saturated context'. Analysing the
socially constructed nature of statistics and the links between
knowledge and power, it sets new standards and guidelines to
influence the measurement of violence in the coming decades.
The election of Donald Trump was a shattering moment to the
political sensibilities of America; immediately sending the country
into a frenzy of commentary, critique, and a never-ending media
coverage that has bordered on the absurd. But the question still
remains: what does it all mean? The Meaning of Trump is an
ideological critique that sees the election of Donald Trump as a
completely natural progression to the general trajectory of
digitized technologies, neoliberalism, and a new breed of
financialized capitalism; destructive global forces that know no
party affiliation or national boundary. Although Donald Trump is
undoubtedly the symptom that has exploded to the surface after
nearly four decades of failed policies and broken promises by both
Republicans and Democrats alike, his election can also be seen as
an existential fork in the road for both the United States and even
humanity itself. What path is taken still remains to be seen.
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A deeply emotional and well-crafted historical fiction set in the
Second World War, 'Oradour' follows the journey of a seemingly
disparate group of people who find themselves lost in the war
damage of Europe, in the midst of the military action as both
soldiers and innocent victims. They fight for the family life they
have left behind, and against the war crimes ordered by the small
man in the bunker, their lives intricately entwined by what might
be Fate to witness one of the greatest tragedies of the War: the
massacre of the village of Oradour. An older man, Georges saw
military action as a soldier in the Great War, and now it has come
again to take away everything he loves, to tear his family apart.
He can sit by and do nothing, or he can fight back and take
revenge. An upcoming Waffen SS officer, Heinz does his duty for his
country, leaving behind his young wife, Hannah, in Dresden and the
family life he yearns to come home to. As the war crimes
perpetrated by his country grow, he can continue to follow the
orders of his superiors, or he can disobey and return home, knowing
what the consequences of such an action will be. Frank is an
infantryman on the long road back to Dunkirk, determined to not let
the war damage his sense of honour or the wounded Polish airman on
the stretcher he carries. When a bomb explodes on the road next to
him, he can choose to abandon the only other survivor, or to save
her. As the lives of these people and those they touch intertwine,
the full horrors of the Second World War become shockingly real for
those on both sides, but the looming threat of death and
destruction is nothing compared to what they will face in the
village of Oradour. And what is left after history has crushed its
victims and torn families apart? Seldom does a work of Second World
War historical fiction weave such lyricism into the experiences of
those on both sides of the divide of Europe, or encompass such
scope in the morality of the soldiers and civilians caught up in
the fighting. The sophistication of 'Oradour' brings to light the
suffering brought to so many by one man, and shows how even in the
middle of a war, compassion, bravery and understanding can alter
the lives of many.
The sequel to 'Barefoot and Lost, ' A story of love, adventure and
the trials and tribulations of adolescence. A plea for help in a
letter from the Northern Territory but the letter is almost a year
old. Is Rachel still being held captive, has she escaped, is she
dead? Authority's records show that Rachel doesn't exist, is it a
hoax? Phillip knows better, his belief leads him and his adopted
family through an investigation by the police and the department of
immigration and eventually a journey to the outback of Australia.
Is Phillip's journey in vain?
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