The current emphasis on get tough approaches to crime has had and will continue to have a disastrous impact on society as a whole. Cook, who has worked extensively in various capacities throughout the criminal justice system, argues that the failure to encourage treatment and rehabilitation is extremely shortsighted and serves only to postpone societal ills. He examines the prison experience as a psychological experience and suggests that restructuring the prison environment to focus on changing the behavior of criminals will ultimately be more cost effective and more beneficial to society. Approaching the problem of crime in a coordinated and systematic way will produce more results than the current reliance on political posturing and media sound bites.

Recent formulation of crime policy often seems driven by statistically rare and exceptional events, and the new laws passed in response to sensational events have actually resulted in an ever-growing and increasingly violent criminal underclass. Similarly, the trend toward incarceration and extreme punishment as the primary means of correction has led to unfortunate consequences. Overcrowding, massive prison construction, and the siphoning of funds from the rest of the public sector are all get tough byproducts. This study proposes solutions to current systemic problems aimed at those interested in trying to develop plans or treatment strategies within correctional settings.

John R. Cook was an American original. He witnessed or participated in a string of important events that shaped the nation and sculpted the history of the West. Born in Ohio in 1844, Cook moved with his family to Kansas. He joined the Union Army at sixteen and fought along the Kansas-Missouri border, in Indian Territory, and in Arkansas. After the Civil War, he ventured out to establish a homestead and work cattle. Several hardships forced Cook to try his luck at various enterprises. He became a prospector in New Mexico, a buffalo hunter in Texas and Kansas, and an Indian fighter.
Santa Fe, Adobe Walls, Fort Elliot, and Rath City were among Cook's Great Plains haunts. His accounts of the 1878 Hunters War against Comanche leader Black Horse and the battle of Yellow House Canyon near present-day Lubbock are rare glimpses into the last great effort of the Comanche people to maintain their way of life. He eventually found employment as a government scout and guide with the army.
In later years, Cook recorded his adventures in a modest volume, The Border and the Buffalo, first published in a small edition in 1907. Historians quickly recognized it as one of the most important first- hand accounts about buffalo hunting ever written. The organization of hunts, camp routines, and marketing of the buffalo hides are all described in detail.
Award-winning author and Texas historian James L. Haley provides a new foreword in this reprint edition of this classic of Texana.

This book refutes the 21st-century zeitgeist that views advancing technology as an unambiguous social good, and examines the effects of this uncritical acceptance and dependence. It argues that technology has become the new religion for the digital age, and that elevating technology to the status of deity serves as a mechanism to allow for the denial of problems created by reliance upon machines. From the release of toxins into the environment to the unsustainable energy demands of the modern era, technological dependence and overreach are driving humanity to the brink of extinction. Despite these problems, existential issues such as artificial intelligence, and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, there is an unwavering belief in the ability of technology, particularly any device labeled "smart," to create a perfect future while denying the history of unmet promises and unintended consequences of technological innovation. In this book, the psychological underpinnings of these beliefs are explored from both a clinical and cognitive perspective. In addition, it critiques the social and economic forces that maintain our reliance on, or addiction to, technology, and examines the ethical and security issues associated with the control of advanced technology.

The Bloody Border Of Missouri And Kansas, The Story Of The Slaughter Of The Buffalo, Westward Among The Big Game And Wild Tribes, A Story Of Mountain And Plain.

The Bloody Border Of Missouri And Kansas, The Story Of The Slaughter Of The Buffalo, Westward Among The Big Game And Wild Tribes, A Story Of Mountain And Plain.

The Bloody Border Of Missouri And Kansas, The Story Of The Slaughter Of The Buffalo, Westward Among The Big Game And Wild Tribes, A Story Of Mountain And Plain.

The Bloody Border Of Missouri And Kansas, The Story Of The Slaughter Of The Buffalo, Westward Among The Big Game And Wild Tribes, A Story Of Mountain And Plain.

"Hitchhikers"-This collection is about the joy of being alive. It's about the magic of the shimmering summer sun dancing on the surface of a river. It's about that timeless river of liquid gold that stimulates and illuminates our lives. It is about love, laughter, kudzu, companionship, faith and justice.

John R. Cooke grew up in the rural South during the 1940s and 50s. He closely observed the birth of rock-n-roll and the societal tsunami precipitated by "Brown v the Board of Education." His was a world of gracious tradition, a world of snake and mosquito infested swamps-a world of great pride and great shame. It was a world of countless humming and spinning cotton gins, soul-soothing southern hospitality, a myriad of ramshackled sharecropper shacks, and innumerable little signs saying, ""whites only."" As a young man Cooke was well acquainted with the land of revivals, honky-tonks, fish-camps, dirt roads, horses, dogs, and guns.

"I call this work "Hitchhikers,"" Cooke said, "because I believe that life is a journey. And I believe that we are all here to give one another a lift along the way." Cooke served as a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, and after leaving the army he taught History with the University of Maryland (European Division). And then later he taught at Brunswick Community College in Shallotte, North Carolina. He now resides with his wife, Astrid, in Wilmington, North Carolina. He has also published an historical novel entitled "Voltaire Six " (iUniverse, 2002).