Legal Perspectives on State Power

Legal Perspectives on State Power
Author: Chris Ashford
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2016-12-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1443857173

The issue of consent and criminal law commonly focuses on consent in sports, sexual activity, and medical treatment. The notion of consent and the influence of state control in this context, however, are pervasive throughout the criminal justice process from the pre-trial stage to rehabilitation. This edited collection charts an important and original pathway to understanding these important issues, pre-, during, and post-trial, from a range of perspectives, including doctrinal, socio-legal, intersectional, medico-legal, feminist, critical legal, and queer theoretical viewpoints. The collection addresses the complex inter-relationship between consent and state control in relation to private authorisation and public censure; sexual behaviour; the age of consent; queering consent; Pro-LGBTI Refugee cases; rape by fraud; male rape; undercover policing; prisons and consent; compulsory treatment for sex offenders; sex offenders with high functioning autism and the suitability of sex offender treatment programmes; and, the criminalisation of HIV transmission. This multi-disciplinary approach draws together a variety of experts from legal and medical academia and practice in order to confront the issues raised by these subjects, which are likely to remain controversial and in need of reform for years to come.

Parental Development

Parental Development
Author: Jack Demick
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2014-02-25
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317782054

This volume seeks to identify and define the parameters of a relatively new problem area -- parental development. Drawing on the grand developmental theories of Sigmund Freud, Lawrence Kohlberg, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Heinz Werner, and their descendants, this book has the potential to generate an area of common concern for those interested in either child/adolescent or adult development through the novel application of developmental principles and considerations to the ecological context of parenting. To that end, this volume brings together theory and research from the subfields of adult and child/adolescent development. Chapter authors place the problem area of parental development in theoretical context and examine selected psychological part-processes implicated by focusing on cognitive and psychosocial development. The authors then deal with a range of issues that are perhaps less traditional and/or more in line with the complex character of everyday life. That is, they utilize either relatively novel comparison groups or treat parents at later stages of development rather than those in young adulthood as is often the case. Finally, the authors uncover both similarities and differences among their theoretical perspectives with an eye toward delineating some possible future research directions.

Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies

Routledge International Handbook of Crime and Gender Studies
Author: Claire M. Renzetti
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2013
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0415782163

This title provides a collection of original, cutting-edge, multidisciplinary essays which provide a thorough overview of the history and development of research on gender and crime. Alongside these essays are boxes which highlight particularly innovative ideas or controversial topics - such as cybercrime and campus crime.

The Hillary Doctrine

The Hillary Doctrine
Author: Valerie M. Hudson
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2015-06-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 023153910X

Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first Secretary of State to declare the subjugation of women worldwide a serious threat to U.S. national security. Known as the Hillary Doctrine, her stance was the impetus behind the 2010 Quadrennial Diplomatic and Development Review of U.S. foreign policy, formally committing America to the proposition that the empowerment of women is a stabilizing force for domestic and international peace. Blending history, fieldwork, theory, and policy analysis while incorporating perspectives from officials and activists on the front lines of implementation, this book is the first to thoroughly investigate the Hillary Doctrine in principle and practice. Does the insecurity of women make nations less secure? How has the doctrine changed the foreign policy of the United States and altered its relationship with other countries such as China and Saudi Arabia? With studies focusing on Guatemala, Afghanistan, and Yemen, this invaluable policy text closes the gap between rhetoric and reality, confronting head-on what the future of fighting such an entrenched enemy entails. The research reports directly on the work being done by U.S. government agencies, including the Office of Global Women's Issues, established by Clinton during her tenure at the State Department, and explores the complexity and pitfalls of attempting to improve the lives of women while safeguarding the national interest.

The Psychology of Men and Masculinities

The Psychology of Men and Masculinities
Author: Ronald F. Levant
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781433826900

This volume synthesizes and evaluates major theories, research, and applications in the psychology of men and masculinities--a thriving, growing field dedicated to the study of how men's lives shape, and are shaped by, sex and gender.

Dancing Boys

Dancing Boys
Author: Zihao Li
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2016-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1442626321

Dancing Boys is one of the few scholarly works that demystify the largely unknown challenges of adolescent males in dance.

Violent Offenders

Violent Offenders
Author: Delisi
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2017-04-06
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1284129012

Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Policy and Practice contains cutting-edge scholarship on the broad category of criminal predators, including homicide offenders, sex offenders, financial predators, and conventional street criminals.

Clinical Men's Health E-Book

Clinical Men's Health E-Book
Author: Joel J. Heidelbaugh
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 623
Release: 2007-10-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1437710751

Here's the first evidence-based guide to focus solely on the various health conditions that unequally affect men. This text provides a biopsychosocial approach to diseases and disorders of male patients from birth through infanthood, childhood, and adolescence, and from early through late adulthood. Replete with current evidence-based guidelines to facilitate clinical decision-making, the framework of each chapter builds upon epidemiological data centered on men. Special attention is given to the circumstances that influence men to either seek or not seek routine medical care. Provides a general overview of the construct of men's health, detailing the organization of preventive healthcare in men, diagnostic bias in men's healthcare, gender disparities on a global level, and the hesitancy of men to seek help. Focuses on pertinent medical disorders and biopsychosocial issues in the developing male from infancy through school-age to adolescence. Highlights a comprehensive review of common system-based disease conditions that unequally impact adult men through an evidence-based approach. Examines special concerns of adolescent and adult males including lifestyle risks, suicide, nutrition, stress, exercise and fitness, integrative medicine, cosmetic plastic surgery, cancer, and end of life issues. Summarizes clinical care guidelines for special populations of men including athletes, executives, prisoners, homosexuals, and transgendered men. Authored by leaders from numerous subspecialties, for well-rounded perspectives on many clinical problems.