Surveillance, Race, and the Future of Law Enforcement
Winner, 2018 Law & Legal Studies PROSE Award The consequences of big data and algorithm-driven policing and its impact on law enforcement In a high-tech command center in downtown Los Angeles, a digital map lights up with 911 calls, television monitors track breaking news stories, surveillance cameras sweep the streets, and rows of networked ......
Surveillance, Race, and the Future of Law Enforcement
Winner, 2018 Law & Legal Studies PROSE Award The consequences of big data and algorithm-driven policing and its impact on law enforcement In a high-tech command center in downtown Los Angeles, a digital map lights up with 911 calls, television monitors track breaking news stories, surveillance cameras sweep the streets, and rows of networked ......
This work traces the Republicanization of the Southern Baptist Convention in the context of the rise of the fundamentalist right and the emergence of a Republican majority in the south.
Describes the growth of the Southern Baptist Convention into the largest Protestant denomination in the US; its cultural shift toward fundamentalism and Republicanism and jettisoning of progressive theologians and moderate voices; the evolution of its political center from Harry Truman and Jimmy Ca
Public Spaces / Private Passions critically examines the growth of private museums in the 21st century, their impact on public institutions and what the future might look like. It is essential reading for museum professionals, art collectors, critics and cultural commentators and anyone working in the art trade.
The Hashemite Kingdom of the Hijaz in Arabia, played a crucial role in modern Middle Eastern history from its founding in 1916 until its demise in 1925. It was the first Arab country to gain independence from the Ottoman Empire, and it's rulers led the Arab Revolt of "Lawrence of Arabia" fame. The holy cities of Mecca and Medina flourished under ......
Originating in 1795, the term Caucasian identifies both the peoples of the Caucasus Mountains region as well as those thought to be Caucasian. The author explores the history of the term and the category of the Caucasian race more broadly in light of the changing politics of racial theory and notions of racial identity.
The definitive account of Synanon. On a fall day in 1978, Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz reached into his mailbox to collect his mail and was nearly killed. He was bitten by the four-foot-long rattlesnake that had been put there by members of a cultlike group called Synanon. Chuck Dederich-a former Alcoholics Anonymous member who coined ......
