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Alvin Plantinga, in Warrant: The Current Debate, notes thatthere is a long history in Anglo-American epistemology thattraces back to the classical internalist views of Rene Descartesand John Locke. Internalism is the view that an individualhas special access to that quantity or quality that makes truebelief into knowledge. This internalism, according to Plantinga, is motivated by deontology - or epistemic duty fulfillment.Closely connected wit...

What's a doctor to do when the only way to save her patient is to take life-threatening paragliding lessons from an embittered ex-doc? And will the risk to life and limb be worth the effort? Pediatrician Vickie Marsh is determined to do everything in her power to save five-year-old Orlando Asala's life before he is released from the hospital and sent back to the migrant camp where his parents are living in squalor. With kidney cancer, his fat...

Belfast, 1946 Paddy and Tess are on the road trip from hell. After the war, all Paddy wanted was playing music. Now, he can't even pick up his violin. His muse comes in the form of the mysterious Tess who trades inspiration for his precious blood. Together, they go on a journey to the caves of Cruachan and beyond, the others always on their trail. Will Tess be able to keep Paddy from the horror and betrayal her world holds?

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Paul Rock's intellectual history over the last fifty years has run parallel to and in conversation with the evolution of the discipline of sociological criminology. His classic journal articles brought together here reflect two of his preoccupations, theoretical and empirical, and form part of what has been, in effect, a running series of comparative ethnographies of government decision-making about the role of the victim in and around the cri...

This collection of Michael Tonry's key writings on penal policy and criminal justice brings together three clusters of topics not usually treated together: penal policy trends in western countries, racial and ethnic disparities, and sentencing policies, practices, and theories. Recent research in the past few decades has shown that these topics are inextricably interrelated.

Richard Ericson was one of the most important and widely-cited criminologists of his generation and this volume, edited by three of his colleagues, brings together a selection of his influential research essays and articles. The topics covered include juvenile justice, policing, the courts, the media, the insurance industry and national security. Overall, the collection enables scholars and researchers to develop a greater understanding of the...