First published in 1973, Wrongful Imprisonment aims to combine the human interest of individual cases of wrongful imprisonment with a general analysis of how and why they occur. It deals in detail with the English system, but also provides comparisons with Scotland, France, and the United States. The authors spent three years collecting material from newspaper reports, trial transcripts, books, lawyers, the Home Office and - most important - interviews with the persons concerned. As a result, they have been able to analyse objectively the existing system of justice; they have isolated and identified the areas in which the system is at fault, and the successive hazards which may confront the innocent man suspected of a criminal offence; they have also revealed the many obstacles which have to be overcome by the wrongfully imprisoned man seeking to establish his innocence and regain his liberty. This topical and convincingly argued book should appeal not only to students of law and sociology, or to lawyers, policemen, criminals, and others involved in the system of criminal justice, but also to the man in the Wormwood Scrubs omnibus.

Multidisciplinary in nature, this work should be of interest to scholars working the anthropology, sociology, folklore, social psychology, linguistics or literature, as well as to historians and philosophers.

In the last half of the twentieth century, a once respectable and religious Britain became a seriously violent and dishonest society, one in which person and property were at risk, family breakdown was ubiquitous, and drug and alcohol abuse was rising. The Strange Death of Moral Britain demonstrates in detail the roots of Britain's decline. It also shows how a society, strongly Protestant in both morality and identity, became one of the most secular societies in the world.The culture wars about abortion, capital punishment, and homosexuality, which have convulsed the United States, have little meaning in Britain where there is neither a moral majority nor any indigenous emphasis on rights. In the period when Britain had a strong national and religious identity, defense of this identity led to legal persecution of male homosexuals. As Britain's identity crumbled, homosexuality ceased to be an important issue for most people. Similarly, all the pressing questions on abortion, capital punishment, and homosexuality were settled permanently on a purely utilitarian basis in Britain, where all sources of moral argument are weak. The ending of the death penalty marked the decline of the influence of the official hierarchies of church and state, the Church of England, the armed forces, and their representative, the Conservative Party.The Strange Death of Moral Britain is a study of moral change, secularization, loss of identity, and the growth of deviant behavior in Britain in the twentieth century. Based on detailed scholarship, it is tightly argued and clearly written with a minimum of jargon. It will be of interest to scholars in religious studies and British social history, and to a general reading public concerned with timely moral controversies.

The Mirth of Nations is a social and historical study of jokes told in the principal English-speaking countries. It is based on use of archives and other primary sources, including old and rare joke books. Davies makes detailed comparisons between the humor of specific pairs of nations and ethnic and regional groups. In this way, he achieves an appreciation of the unique characteristics of the humor of each nation or group.

A tightly argued book, The Mirth of Nations uses the comparative method to undermine existing theories of humor, which are rooted in notions of hostility, conflict, and superiority, and derive ultimately from Hobbes and Freud. Instead Davies argues that humor merely plays with aggression and with rule-breaking, and that the form this play takes is determined by social structures and intellectual traditions. It is not related to actual conflicts between groups. In particular, Davies convincingly argues that Jewish humor and jokes are neither uniquely nor overwhelmingly self-mocking as many writers since Freud have suggested. Rather Jewish jokes, like Scottish humor and jokes are the product of a strong cultural tradition of analytical thinking and intelligent self-awareness.

The volume shows that the forty-year popularity of the Polish joke cycle in America was not a product of any special negative feeling towards Poles. Jokes are not serious and are not a form of determined aggression against others or against one's own group. The Mirth of Nations is readable as well as revisionist. It is written with great clarity and puts forward difficult and complex arguments without jargon in an accessible manner. Its rich use of examples of all kinds of humor entertains the reader, who will enjoy a great variety of jokes while being enlightened by the author's careful explanations of why particular sets of jokes exist and are immensely popular. The book will appeal to general readers as well as those in cultural studies.

In the last half of the twentieth century, a once respectable and religious Britain became a seriously violent and dishonest society, one in which person and property were at risk, family breakdown was ubiquitous, and drug and alcohol abuse was rising. "The Strange Death of Moral Britain" demonstrates in detail the roots of Britain's decline. It also shows how a society, strongly Protestant in both morality and identity, became one of the most secular societies in the world.

The culture wars about abortion, capital punishment, and homosexuality, which have convulsed the United States, have little meaning in Britain where there is neither a moral majority nor any indigenous emphasis on rights. In the period when Britain had a strong national and religious identity, defense of this identity led to legal persecution of male homosexuals. As Britain's identity crumbled, homosexuality ceased to be an important issue for most people. Similarly, all the pressing questions on abortion, capital punishment, and homosexuality were settled permanently on a purely utilitarian basis in Britain, where all sources of moral argument are weak. The ending of the death penalty marked the decline of the influence of the official hierarchies of church and state, the Church of England, the armed forces, and their representative, the Conservative Party.

The Strange Death of Moral Britain is a study of moral change, secularization, loss of identity, and the growth of deviant behavior in Britain in the twentieth century. Based on detailed scholarship, it is tightly argued and clearly written with a minimum of jargon. It will be of interest to scholars in religious studies and British social history, and to a general reading public concerned with timely moral controversies.

Large, diverse, and completely contemporary, this stimulating collection of 188 puzzles is absolutely addictive. Choose from such fun themes as Ancient Egypt, Difficult Words to Spell, Down on the Farm, Green with Envy, Happy New Year, It's All Greek to Me, Letter of the Law, On the Road Again, and You Gonna Eat That? No other word search book comes close

Jokes and Targets takes up an appealing and entertaining topic the social and historical origins of jokes about familiar targets such as rustics, Jewish spouses, used car salesmen, and dumb blondes. Christie Davies explains why political jokes flourished in the Soviet Union, why Europeans tell jokes about American lawyers but not about their own lawyers, and why sex jokes often refer to France rather than to other countries. One of the world s leading experts on the study of humor, Davies provides a wide-ranging and detailed study of the jokes that make up an important part of everyday conversation."

The Mirth of Nations is a social and historical study of jokes told in the principal English-speaking countries. It is based on use of archives and other primary sources, including old and rare joke books. Davies makes detailed comparisons between the humor of specific pairs of nations and ethnic and regional groups. In this way, he achieves an appreciation of the unique characteristics of the humor of each nation or group.

A tightly argued book, The Mirth of Nations uses the comparative method to undermine existing theories of humor, which are rooted in notions of hostility, conflict, and superiority, and derive ultimately from Hobbes and Freud. Instead Davies argues that humor merely plays with aggression and with rule-breaking, and that the form this play takes is determined by social structures and intellectual traditions. It is not related to actual conflicts between groups. In particular, Davies convincingly argues that Jewish humor and jokes are neither uniquely nor overwhelmingly self-mocking as many writers since Freud have suggested. Rather Jewish jokes, like Scottish humor and jokes are the product of a strong cultural tradition of analytical thinking and intelligent self-awareness.

The volume shows that the forty-year popularity of the Polish joke cycle in America was not a product of any special negative feeling towards Poles. Jokes are not serious and are not a form of determined aggression against others or against one's own group. The Mirth of Nations is readable as well as revisionist. It is written with great clarity and puts forward difficult and complex arguments without jargon in an accessible manner. Its rich use of examples of all kinds of humor entertains the reader, who will enjoy a great variety of jokes while being enlightened by the author's careful explanations of why particular sets of jokes exist and are immensely popular. The book will appeal to general readers as well as those in cultural studies.

Love word searches? Then try this super-duper colossal collection of 365 searches--a full year's worth of mind-melting puzzles that will (as a bonus) improve your vocabulary, too. Every page has TWO word searches on it, each with a cool theme, like "File Extensions" and "Fountains" or "Jelly Beans" and "Letter Order."
See how many "Movie Stars" (Damon, Diesel, Streep) catch your eye or fun "Onomatopoeia" words you can circle--boom, buzz, clang, click, gurgle, hiccup, honk. Experts who want something really challenging will find what they want here, too. "Conifer" includes such tree names as bristlecone, loblolly, and tamarack, while "Quantum Mechanics" offers bosons, fermions, and isobar. And for something a little unusual, there's even a "Minnesota Zip Code" puzzle, where you look for groups of numbers. But the truly brain-busting ones come at the end of the book, when the puzzles veer from the standard to the really challenging, and some even have no word list at all. They're hard, they're tough . . . and they're wildly entertaining

This beautiful multi-colored red, white, gray and black paint spattered cover journal contains 400 lined pages. From the Christy Davis Journal Collection.

Inside you will find a mixture of scary stories, strange tales, folklore, poems, legends, myths, rhymes, riddles and all kinds of other strange mumbo jumbo for you to read like scary stories, creepy crawly creatures, vampires, werewolves, zombies, witches, ghosts, goblins, ghouls, monsters, skeletons and other strange creature thingy's.

Writing prompts are used by writers when they can't think of anything to write about, otherwise known as writer's block. For a writer there is nothing worse than writer's block. The way you use this little handy e-book full of story starters, subjects, and word prompts, is to scroll down the list until something catches your eye and sparks your imagination. That's the prompt you should use. Mix and match word prompts, story starters, and anything else you can think of to help you. All writers use prompts of some kind, such as sentences, words, and even pictures. So remember to keep this little ebook handy and use it whenever you're writing and you need a quick idea, a new twist to a story, or a prompt to help you create a story or nudge you out of your writer's block. ChristyDavisBooks.Com 2013

Oogo was a small cave boy. He was seven summers old with long tangled dark brown hair and hazel green eyes. He wore a tiger skin and walked barefooted everywhere he went. Oogo lived with his father and mother in a large cave up on the side of a big mountain. Four other people lived in the cave with them. Oogo was the only child. Everyone helped find food and fight the big animals that came to eat them. They never let Oogo help. Everyone thought that OOGO was too young. There are 3 short stories for kids 2-7.

Scary Funny Jokes and Riddles for Kids contains all kinds of jokes and riddles about Halloween, monsters, ghosts, ghouls, zombies, vampires, mummies, werewolves, bats, and other creepy crawly creatures that come out late at night or on Halloween. There are knock-knock jokes, jokes, rhymes, riddles, sayings, and poems. You will like this book. Remember smiling and laughter is good for the soul, as long as a monster's not chasing you Pleasant dreams Mua-ha-ha-ha

Writing prompts 2 is easy to use. Here's how. You just scroll down through its pages until you see a word or phrase catches your eye, makes you think, or sparks your imagination and you've found it. That is the prompt you should use. You can use a single prompt or mix and match your prompts such as sentence starters, story starters, words, phrases, characters, or even pictures. You can change your prompts as needed such as 'I' to 'You' or visa-versa. Whatever you need to help you create your next masterpiece.

Writing prompts are used by writers when they can't think of anything to write about, otherwise known as writer's block. For a writer there is nothing worse than writer's block. The way you use this little handy e-book full of story starters, subjects, and word prompts, is to scroll down the list until something catches your eye and sparks your imagination. That's the prompt you should use. Mix and match word prompts, story starters, and anything else you can think of to help you. All writers use prompts of some kind, such as sentences, words, and even pictures. So remember to keep this little ebook handy and use it whenever you're writing and you need a quick idea, a new twist to a story, or a prompt to help you create a story or nudge you out of your writer's block.

Do you have a child that loves to laugh, loves Halloween, or just plain loves jokes and riddles? Then 'Halloween Jokes and Riddles for Kids' will be a great addition to their collection. This book is full of knock-knock jokes, jokes, rhymes, poems, and other funny stuff. that is sure to make your child smile.. ChristyDavisBooks.Com 2013

Do you have a child that loves to laugh, needs a bit of holiday spirit, some cheering up, or just plain loves Christmas? If you do this would be a perfect addition to their collection. Christmas Jokes and Riddles for Kids is a book full of funny jokes and riddles about Christmas, Santa Claus, reindeer, and the holiday season.

Jadee has dreamed about becoming a reporter for as long as she can remember. Suddenly at the age of fourteen her dream job lands right in her lap. On one of her assignments for the local hometown newspaper, she and her co-reporter Scott stumble across an old graveyard mystery. In 1942 a fire had completely destroyed a home, taking the entire Bentley family with it. Seven headstones rest in the cemetery, but only six names were ever listed in the paper. Who was Melissa J? Between collecting pieces of this mystery and the everyday adventures of life, Jadee and Scott are determined to find out. Ordinary kids on extraordinary adventures. ChristyDavisBooks.Com 2013 Edition

What would you do if you found a message in a bottle? What if it foretold of treasure and death? Would you be able to figure out where the treasure was? Would you even try? And if you could, would you have the courage to go after it? That's exactly what happens to Jenny and her best friend Laura. Puzzled by the scrap of paper sealed inside a bottle Jenny shows it to her brothers' friend Don. Thus begins the adventure. Was the note real? Who was Gus? Who was after him? What kind of treasure was it? Determined to find out; seven kids ages six through seventeen join together to search for Gus's secret cache. hat would you do if you found a message in a bottle? What if it foretold of treasure and death? Would you be able to figure out where the treasure was? Would you even try? And if you could, would you have the courage to go after it? That's exactly what happens to Jenny and her best friend Laura. Puzzled by the scrap of paper sealed inside a bottle Jenny shows it to her brothers' friend Don. Thus begins the adventure. Was the note real? Who was Gus? Who was after him? What kind of treasure was it? Determined to find out; seven kids ages six through seventeen join together to search for Gus's secret cache. Ordinary kids on extraordinary adventures. ChristyDavisBooks.Com 2013 Edition.

I WISH is a journal for men, women, boys, girls, mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles and kids of all ages. If you or someone you know loves to write, this beautifully designed I Wish journal would make the perfect gift. This Journal is a 7.5 x 9.25 soft cover and has 400 lined pages for you to keep all the things you wish for in life safely inside. This journal is perfect for you or anyone you know who loves to journal, keep diaries, write, jot down notes or just about anything you can think of... and they make wonderful gifts for birthdays, Christmas, Valentines Day, or any other special holiday, event, or occasion. ChristyDavisBooks.Com 2013

For a writer or a blogger there is nothing worse than writer's block. When this happens you need something to help nudge your creative mind back on track. No matter what type of prompt or mixture of prompts you use... they help. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK: Scroll down through its pages until something catches your eye and sparks your imagination and then use it. Use it the way it's written or change it into something you want. It's that easy ChristyDavisBooks.Com 2013

Scary Story 2 by Christy Davis Elyse sat at the kitchen table and glanced down at the long list of things she had planned for the summer. Nowhere on her list did it say anything about hunting down, capturing, and getting rid of a mean ornery cantankerous old flea bitten ghost. NOWHERE Lightning flashed outside the window. Thunder rumbled immediately after, rattling the house and her nerves. It sounded to her as if the war she knew was headed her way had already begun. - Join Sam, Terror, Moxie, Elyse and her friends on another wild adventure Ordinary kids on extraordinary adventures ChristyDavisBooks.Com 2013 Edition