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Compelled to Crime documents the lives of battered, African American women incarcerated in a New York City correctional facility. Chronicling the lives of women from low-income communities who have been physically battered, sexually assaulted, emotionally abused, and involved in illegal activity, the book illustrates the degree to which these women's devastated and deteriorating circumstances represents a socially constructed position--but one from which there is little escape.

Borrowing the phrase "gender entrapment" from the legal notion of the term--which implies a circumstance whereby an individual is lured into a compromising act--author Beth Richie uses gender entrapment to describe the process whereby African American women who are vulnerable to men's violence in their intimate relationships are penalized for criminal behaviors they engage in when these behaviors are logical extensions of their racialized gender identities, their culturally mediated gender roles, and the violence in their private lives.

The book documents in graphic detail the lives of these women--often marred by drug use, prostitution, and violence culminating in illegal activity. Richie charts the women's gender entrapment by considering a number of factors in their early lives--whether the women were privileged in their homes as girls and how such benefits actually might have handicapped them; their relationships with males; the presence or absence of childhood abuse--and how these factors contributed to their sense of vulnerability and fear of success later in life. Richie then analyzes how the women's circumstantial and emotional vulnerability in the early years sets the stage for the violence in their intimate relationships with men as adults, and how the women's feelings of self-blame, emotional trauma, and desperation lead them--perhaps inexorably--into illegal, often violent activity.

Compelled to Crime also gives special consideration to the complicated set of reasons why some low income African American battered women resort to illegal activity. By contrasting their experiences with two smaller comparison groups, Richie offers important methodological and analytical contributions to the scholarship on gender, race, violence, and crime. In reaching her conclusions, Richie makes the disturbing point that in the end because these women are involved in illegal activity and hence labelled "criminal," they did not have access to services for battered women, sexual assault survivors, or other crime victims..
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The need for a comprehensive resource with easy-to-find information has increased with the addition of nine new syndromes Tunnel Syndromes: Peripheral Nerve Compression Syndromes provides a quick overview of tunnel syndromes including the definition, anatomy, etiology, clinical signs and symptoms, and treatment. It presents a total of 50 tunnel syndromes. Following the tradition of the first two editions, this resource continues to probe the origins of tunnel syndromes and to propose probable causes that lead to them. All existing chapters have been updated and new chapters have been added including: o Spinal accessory nerve syndrome o Intercostobrachial nerve syndrome o Notalgia paresthetica o Medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve syndrome o Distal posterior interosseous nerve syndrome o Medial superior cluneal nerve syndrome o Pudendus nerve syndrome o Lateral plantar nerve syndrome o Medial plantar nerve syndrome New in this Edition: o New syndromes of clinical importance o Improved illustrations, including new magnetic resonance images o Twenty-seven new drawings (graphic designs) and twenty new photos o Updated references with a total of more than 1,650 citations.
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In this book, the author digs up the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) issue to show how the Bank became a victim of a grand entrapment process by the U.S. government and how that process continues till this day..
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Coerced confessions have long been a staple of TV crime dramas, and have also been the subject of recent news stories The complexity of such situations, however, is rarely explored even in the scientific literature.

Now in softcover, Interrogations, Confessions, and Entrapment remains one of the best syntheses of the scientific, legal, and ethical findings in this area, uncovering subtle yet powerful forces that often compromise the integrity of the criminal justice system. Editor G. Daniel Lassiter identifies the exposure of psychological coercion as an emerging frontier in legal psychology, citing its roots in the "third degree" approach of former times, and noting that its techniques carry little scientific validity. A team of psychologists, criminologists, and legal scholars asks—and goes a long way toward answering—important questions such as:

- What forms of psychological coercion are involved in interrogation?

- Are some people more susceptible to falsely confessing than others?

- What are the effects of psychological manipulation on innocent suspects?

- Are coercive tactics ever justified with minors?

- Can jurors recognize psychological coercion and unreliable confessions?

- Can entrapment techniques encourage people to commit crimes?

- What steps can law enforcement take to minimize coercion?

Throughout this progressive volume, readers will find important research-based ideas for educating the courts, changing policy, and implementing reform, from improving police interrogation skills to better methods of evaluating confession evidence. For the expert witness, legal consultant, or student of forensic psychology, this is material whose relevance will only increase with time.

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The new edition of this indispensable reference features the clinical experience of seasoned experts coupled with fresh perspectives from five new authors, providing you with well-rounded, up-to-date coverage on treating all aspects of nerve injuries. Abundant case studies, descriptive examples of major peripheral nerve injuries and other lesions, and outcome analyses help you implement the most appropriate treatment plan for each individual patient. Plus, the all new full-color design throughout offers exceptional visual guidance on surgical techniques.

• Proved approaches to the surgical treatment of major peripheral nerve injuries, entrapments, and tumors of both the upper and lower extremities make it easy to understand and perform every procedure.
  
• In-depth outcome analysesbased on case studiesand discussions on how the available outcome data affect management help you determine the best treatment protocols.

• New chapters on Iatrogenic Nerve Injuries and Anesthetic and Positional Palsies keep you current.
• Expanded coverage on suprascapular nerve injury and entrapment, as well as many other essential updates put the latest knowledge at your disposal.
• Five new authors, well-trained in the field, offer you fresh perspectives.
• Step-by-step surgical techniques now in full color illuminate every detail.

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