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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 102
Locked In is a revelatory investigation into the root causes of mass incarceration by one of the most exciting scholars in the country. Having spent 15 years studying the data on imprisonment, John Pfaff takes apart the reigning consensus created by Michelle Alexander and other reformers, revealing that the most widely accepted explanations - the failed War on Drugs, draconian sentencing laws, an increasing reliance on private prisons - tell us much less than we think.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The true causes of Mass Incarceration
- De Ekaterinya Vladinakova en 04-17-20
De: John F. Pfaff
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American Psychosis
- How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System
- De: E. Fuller Torrey
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 126
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 126
E. Fuller Torrey's audiobook provides an inside perspective on the birth of the federal mental health program. On staff at the National Institute of Mental Health when the program was being developed and implemented, Torrey draws on his own first-hand account of the creation and launch of the program, extensive research, one-on-one interviews with people involved, and recently unearthed audiotapes of interviews with major figures involved in the legislation. As such, this book provides historical material previously unavailable to the public.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Devastating analysis on US mental health policy!
- De Kevin en 07-13-14
De: E. Fuller Torrey
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American Overdose
- The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
- De: Chris McGreal
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 139
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 123
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 122
The opioid epidemic has been described as "one of the greatest mistakes of modern medicine." But calling it a mistake is a generous rewriting of the history of greed, corruption, and indifference that pushed the US into consuming more than 80 percent of the world's opioid painkillers. Journeying through lives and communities wrecked by the epidemic, Chris McGreal reveals not only how Big Pharma hooked Americans on powerfully addictive drugs but the corrupting of medicine and public institutions that let the opioid makers get away with it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An important read
- De Macmom4 en 02-18-19
De: Chris McGreal
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Policing the Black Man
- Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment
- De: Angela J. Davis - editor
- Narrado por: Robin Miles, Kevin Kenerly
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 90
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 79
Policing the Black Man explores and critiques the many ways the criminal justice system impacts the lives of African American boys and men at every stage of the criminal process, from arrest through sentencing. Essays range from an explication of the historical roots of racism in the criminal justice system to an examination of modern-day police killings of unarmed black men.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Book Every Young White Male Should Read
- De danielwead en 08-04-17
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Automating Inequality
- How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor
- De: Virginia Eubanks
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 129
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 103
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
Since the dawn of the digital age, decision-making in finance, politics, health, and human services has undergone revolutionary change. Today, automated systems control which neighborhoods get policed, which families attain needed resources, and who is investigated for fraud. While we all live under this new regime of data, the most invasive and punitive systems are aimed at the poor. In Automating Inequality, Virginia Eubanks systematically investigates the impacts of data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models on poor and working-class people in America.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Excellent research, sprinkled with person bias
- De Katie en 12-31-19
De: Virginia Eubanks
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This is Your Country on Drugs
- The Secret History of Getting High in America
- De: Ryan Grim
- Narrado por: Milton Bagby
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 42
Past antidrug campaigns actually encouraged drug use. A few years ago, America stopped dropping acid altogether. The meth epidemic peaked a long, long time ago. NAFTA opened the border and created a bonanza for cocaine and meth traffickers just as President Clinton knew it would. President Reagan may have inadvertently caused the crack epidemic. Kids today are doing fewer illegal drugs than kids from any time in the recent past, and for a surprising reason.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A good book but....
- De steve en 10-28-10
De: Ryan Grim
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Unwarranted
- Policing Without Permission
- De: Barry Friedman
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 29
In June 2013, documents leaked by Edward Snowden sparked widespread debate about secret government surveillance of Americans. Just over a year later, the shooting of Michael Brown, a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, set off protests and triggered concern about militarization and discriminatory policing. In Unwarranted, Barry Friedman argues that these two seemingly disparate events are connected - and that the problem is not so much the policing agencies as it is the rest of us.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Insightful book
- De laserpro en 03-02-17
De: Barry Friedman
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The Psychopath Whisperer
- The Science of Those Without Conscience
- De: Kent A. Kiehl
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 11 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 960
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 844
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 845
We know of psychopaths from chilling headlines and stories in the news and movies - from Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy to Hannibal Lecter and Dexter Morgan. As Dr. Kent Kiehl shows, psychopaths can be identified by a checklist of symptoms that includes pathological lying; lack of empathy, guilt, and remorse; grandiose sense of self-worth; manipulation; and failure to accept one’s actions. But why do psychopaths behave the way they do? Is it the result of their environment - how they were raised - or is there a genetic component to their lack of conscience?
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4 out of 5 stars
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An autobiography with splatter of neuropsychology.
- De DORIS H. en 08-16-14
De: Kent A. Kiehl
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Chokehold
- Policing Black Men
- De: Paul Butler
- Narrado por: JD Jackson
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 199
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 196
Cops, politicians, and ordinary people are afraid of black men. The result is the Chokehold: laws and practices that treat every African American man like a thug. In this explosive new book, an African American former federal prosecutor shows that the system is working exactly the way it's supposed to. Black men are always under watch, and police violence is widespread - all with the support of judges and politicians.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good but not amazing
- De Andrew en 12-16-17
De: Paul Butler
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Super Crunchers
- Why Thinking-by-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart
- De: Ian Ayres
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 850
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 273
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 275
Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking new audiobook, economist Ian Ayres shows how today's best and brightest organizations are analyzing massive databases at lightening speed to provide greater insights into human behavior. They are the Super Crunchers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book on
- De Jon en 01-31-08
De: Ian Ayres
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Blind Spots
- Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It
- De: Max H. Bazerman, Ann E. Tenbrunsel
- Narrado por: Kate McQueen
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 80
When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great book
- De Ryan in SF en 11-15-18
De: Max H. Bazerman, y otros
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Locking Up Our Own
- Crime and Punishment in Black America
- De: James Forman Jr.
- Narrado por: Kevin R. Free
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 563
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 495
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 491
Today, Americans are debating our criminal justice system with new urgency. Mass incarceration and aggressive police tactics - and their impact on people of color - are feeding outrage and a consensus that something must be done. But what if we only know half the story? In Locking Up Our Own, the Yale legal scholar and former public defender James Forman Jr. weighs the tragic role that some African Americans themselves played in escalating the war on crime.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding Book
- De Andrew en 12-13-17
De: James Forman Jr.
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Ultimate Punishment
- A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty
- De: Scott Turow
- Narrado por: Scott Turow
- Duración: 3 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
In this vivid account of how his views on the death penalty have evolved, Scott Turow describes his own experiences with capital punishment. Along the way, he provides a brief history of America's relationship with the ultimate punishment, analyzes the potent reasons for and against it, including the role of the victims' survivors, and tells the powerful stories behind the statistics, as he moves from the Governor's Mansion to Illinois' state-of-the art 'super-max' prison and the execution chamber.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought provoking book
- De Susan B. en 11-01-05
De: Scott Turow
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The Panic Virus
- A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
- De: Seth Mnookin
- Narrado por: Dan John Miller
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 279
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 206
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 205
The Panic Virus is a gripping scientific detective story about how grassroots radicals, snake-oil salesmen, and cynical journalists have perpetrated the biggest health-scare hoax of all time. It explores what happens when the media treats all viewpoints as equally valid, regardless of facts, from parents who are convinced that vaccines caused their children's autism to right-wing radicals who believe that climate change is a myth
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible thorough journey
- De Rachel Dewald en 03-22-11
De: Seth Mnookin
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Illusion of Justice
- Inside Making a Murderer and America's Broken System
- De: Jerome F. Buting
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 10 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 181
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 181
Not since The Thin Blue Line has there been a true-crime saga as engrossing as Making a Murderer. Captivating audiences across demographic lines, it made Steven Avery a household name and thrust defense attorney Jerome F. Buting - and his fight against America's dysfunctional criminal justice system - into the spotlight. In Illusion of Justice, Buting uses the Avery case as a springboard to examine the shaky integrity of our law enforcement and legal systems, which he has witnessed firsthand for nearly four decades.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tells it like it is . . .
- De Regan Williams en 11-26-17
De: Jerome F. Buting
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Age of Opportunity
- Lessons from the New Science of Adolescence
- De: Laurence Steinberg Ph.D.
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 106
Adolescence now lasts longer than ever before. And as world-renowned expert on adolescent psychology Dr. Laurence Steinberg argues, this makes these years the key period in determining individuals’ life outcomes, demanding that we change the way we parent, educate, and understand young people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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if you think you know, think again
- De Dk en 12-11-14
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Epic Measures
- One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.
- De: Jeremy N. Smith
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 10 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 49
Moneyball meets medicine in this remarkable chronicle of one of the greatest scientific quests of our time - the groundbreaking program to answer the most essential question for humanity: How do we live and die? - and the visionary mastermind behind it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fabulously insightful read!
- De Dr. Jack E. Fincham en 10-08-15
De: Jeremy N. Smith