Author: Jim Redden Publisher: ISBN: Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
Welcome to 'Snitch Culture,' a detailed analysis of how the growing surveillance of individuals has created a society far more insidious and pervasive than anything George Orwell ever imagined. Based primarily on the experience in the United States, but equally relevant to the United Kingdom and Europe, the book reveals the enormous energy, effort and money that is being put into creating a vast domestic intelligence network to track every man, woman and child. A fascinating insight into the world of 'big brother'.
Author: Alexandra Natapoff Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 1479807710 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 361
Book Description
Reveals the secretive, inaccurate, and often violent ways that the American criminal system really works Curtis Flowers spent twenty-three years on death row for a murder he did not commit. Atlanta police killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a misguided raid on her home. Rachel Hoffman was murdered at age twenty-three while working for Florida police. Such tragedies are consequences of snitching. Although it is nearly invisible to the public, the massive informant market shapes the American legal system in risky and sometimes shocking ways. Police rely on criminal suspects to obtain warrants, to perform surveillance, and to justify arrests. Prosecutors negotiate with defendants for information and cooperation, offering to drop charges or lighten sentences in exchange. In this book, Alexandra Natapoff provides a comprehensive analysis of this powerful and problematic practice. She shows how informant deals generate unreliable evidence, allow serious criminals to escape punishment, endanger the innocent, and exacerbate distrust between police and poor communities of color. First published over ten years ago, Snitching has become known as the “informant bible,” a leading text for advocates, attorneys, journalists, and scholars. This influential book has helped free the innocent, it has fueled reform at the state and federal level, and it is frequently featured in high-profile media coverage of snitching debacles. This updated edition contains a decade worth of new stories, new data, new legislation and legal developments, much of it generated by the book itself and by Natapoff’s own work. In clear, accessible language, the book exposes the social destruction that snitching can cause in heavily-policed Black neighborhoods, and how using criminal informants renders our entire penal process more secretive and less fair. By delving into the secretive world of criminal informants, Snitching reveals deep and often disturbing truths about the way American justice really works.
Author: Allison van Diepen Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 144248165X Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 321
Book Description
Julia DiVino tries hard not to get mixed-up with the gangs at South Bay High School, but when Eric Valienté enters into her life, everything changes.
Author: Christopher Goffard Publisher: Random House ISBN: 0099501392 Category : Murder for hire Languages : en Pages : 274
Book Description
Benny Bunt is an ex-speed freak, a helplessly dominated husband, a misfit on the sun-bleached, fog-drenched streets of Southern California, and a barfly who makes pocket money snitching on his friends. You will like him.'Everybody knows that California sunshine is the world's loneliest light,' says Benny, who inhabits an underworld of desperados and grotesques and spends much of his free time at the Greasy Tuesday, a squalid neighbourhood dive teeming with legends.One night, one of these legends walks through the door- Gus 'Mad Dog' Miller, a huge, tattoo-laden Vietnam vet who sports a necklace of severed ears and is said to have lobotomised a gang of Viet Cong with a single chopstick. Benny soon finds himself entranced by this twisted Falstaffian personality. Six months later, Benny is arrested on suspicion of double murder after attending the freak 'Howling Head' festival in the Mojave Desert.Goffard, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, now lends his considerable talent to fiction, bringing to life the darker side of west coast counter-culture through a colourful array of bizarre, ribald characters. Snitch Jacket will be a delight for fans of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen and Hunter S Thompson, and Benny Bunt will definitely give the Coen brothers' The Dude a run for his money.
Author: Donn Short Publisher: UBC Press ISBN: 0774823267 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 318
Book Description
Drawing on interviews with queer youth and their allies in the Toronto area, the author considers the effectiveness of safe school legislation and concludes that the current legislation is often more responsive than proactive.
Author: Donn Short Publisher: On Point Press ISBN: 0774890231 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 160
Book Description
“Am I safe here?” LGBTQ students ask this question every day within the school system. In this book, Donn Short treats students as the experts, asking them to shine a light on the marginalization and bullying faced by LGBTQ youth. They insightfully identify that safety comes from a culture that values equity and social justice, not just security cameras, and they envision a future in which LGBTQ youth are an expected, respected, and celebrated part of school life. Am I Safe Here? offers a path to creating equitable and inclusive schools, drawing on the spontaneous and timely words of LGBTQ students to show that nothing less than a total culture change is needed.
Author: Warner Bros. Consumer Products, Inc. Publisher: Running Press Miniature Editions ISBN: 9780762471850 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
This ultra-deluxe, winged levitating Golden Snitch and illustrated book is a one-of-a-kind collectible set for Harry Potter fans. About this item: SPECIFICATIONS: This levitating collectible features a glimmering electro-plated Golden Snitch, measuring approximately 2 inches in diameter and 6 inches across, from wing tip to wing tip. Operates with 6 AA batteries, or keep your snitch levitating indefinitely by using an AC adapter.* DELUXE PACKAGING: Metallic printed gift box with front flap that opens to a display window revealing the Golden Snitch. BONUS BASE: Features Harry Potter logo in sparkling gold foil. BOOK INCLUDED: 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 inch, 48-page book, featuring behind-the-scenes stories from the Harry Potter filmmakers, movie quotes, and full-color illustrations and photos throughout. PERFECT PRESENT: This iconic Golden Snitch is a perfect gift or self-purchase for Harry Potter fans everywhere. OFFICIALLY LICENSED: Authentic Harry Potter collectible. * *Batteries and AC adapter not included with this set. **This is a fine adult collectible. Not intended for children.
Author: S. Clara Kim Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476679207 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 401
Book Description
Presenting an analysis of modern-day extremism, this book explores how any group of people or participants in a movement--political, ideological, racial, ethnonational, religious, or issue-driven--can adopt extremist mindsets if they believe their existence or interests are threatened. Looking beyond "fringe" resistance groups already labeled as terrorists or subversives, the author examines conventional organizations--political parties, religious groups, corporations, interest groups, nation-states, police, and the military--that deploy extremist strategies to further their agendas. Dynamics of mutual causation process between dominant and resistant extremist groups are explored, including how resistant extremisms surface in response to oppressive and abusive measures advanced by the dominant groups to further their interests and maintain supremacy through systemic injustices, as happens in slavery, caste systems, patriarchy, colonialism, autocracy, exploitive capitalism, and discrimination against minorities.
Author: Jim Redden
Author: Alexandra Natapoff
Author: Allison van Diepen
Author: Christopher Goffard
Author: Donn Short
Author: Donn Short
Author: Warner Bros. Consumer Products, Inc.
Author: S. Clara Kim
Author: Ahmariah Jackson
Author: Andrew Cesare Miller