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The Valley of South Texas is a region of puzzling contradictions.
Despite a booming economy fueled by free trade and rapid population
growth, the Valley typically experiences high unemployment and low
per capita income. The region has the highest rate of drug seizures
in the United States, yet its violent crime rate is well below
national and state averages. The Valley's colonias are home to the
poorest residents in the nation, but their rates of home ownership
and intact two-parent families are among the highest in the country
for low-income residential areas. What explains these apparently
irreconcilable facts?
Since 1982, faculty and students associated with the Borderlife
Research Project at the University of Texas-Pan American have
interviewed thousands of Valley residents to investigate and
describe the cultural and social life along the South
Texas-Northern Mexico border. In this book, Borderlife researchers
clarify why Valley culture presents so many apparent contradictions
as they delve into issues that are "on the edge of the law"--
traditional health care and other cultural beliefs and practices,
displaced and undocumented workers, immigration enforcement, drug
smuggling, property crime, criminal justice, and school dropout
rates. The researchers' findings make it plain that while these
issues present major challenges for the governments of the United
States and Mexico, their effects and contradictions are especially
acute on the border, where residents must daily negotiate between
two very different economies; health care, school, and criminal
justice systems; and worldviews.
Criminology Throughout History: Critical Readings provides students
with a carefully selected set of readings that help them develop a
strong knowledge base in the history of criminology. This
historical perspective supports a holistic understanding of
criminological thought and theory, and helps students situate
themselves within the production of knowledge in the discipline.
The anthology is divided into three parts. Part I focuses on the
historical development of criminological thought, beginning with an
overview of the impact of liberal philosophy. Part II takes a
closer look at the early theories of causation. Part III provides
new directions in criminology, embracing the ideals set by the
liberal philosophers: equality, freedom, and justice. For each
part, students are provided with a timeline that clearly outlines
historical events and demonstrates how the discipline has been
influenced and shaped over time. Criminology Throughout History is
an ideal textbook to use in undergraduate and graduate criminology
and criminal justice programs.
Gender, Crime, and Justice: Critical and Feminist Perspectives
provides feminist and critical perspectives on crime, justice, and
human rights. The readings survey gender socialization as it
pertains to criminality. They examine inequality within the
patriarchal system with the primary focus on the subjugation and
oppression of the gendered body. The anthology introduces students
to concepts associated with gender, ranging from equality to
violence, by engaging them in in-depth examinations of crimes of
sex and the discourse on sexual autonomy. The reader also examines
the socialization of boys and girls, as well as explores various
ways gender affects women and men in a society that values
heteronormative masculinity. Furthermore, it takes a conceptual
approach by addressing topics such as a gendered view of violence,
prostitution as a gendered crime, and traditional gender attitudes
towards violence against women. The second edition features new
readings on sexual health and reproductive rights; human
trafficking as a nexus of exploitation; violence in LGBTQ families;
and the interplay of masculinity, crime, and criminal justice.
Gender, Crime, and Justice is well suited to classes in gender,
women's studies, criminal justice, and sociology.
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