One of the main topics in this year's Common Reading is social and racial inequity and the legal system. Here are some current selections from the library's collection on this and other related topics
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Inequality: opposing viewpoints in social problems/Lori Shein, book editor.
HN79.S6 I53 1998
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The Lanahan readings in civil rights and civil liberties / edited by David M. O'Brien Circulating collection, 3rd floor KF 4749.A2 L36 1999 |
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American constitutional law. Volume 1, Governmental powers and democracy essays, cases, and comparative notes / Donald P. Kommers, John E. Finn, Gary J. Jacobsohn.
NetLibrary. Online eBook. Click on Linked Resource KF4550 .K65 2010eb |
The new Jim Crow : mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness / Michelle Alexander Circulating Collection, 3rd floorHV 9950.A437 2012
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Race manners for the 21st century : navigating the minefield between Black and White Americans in an age of fear / Bruce A. Jacobs. |
Class, race, gender, and crime the social realities of justice in America / Gregg Barak, Paul Leighton, and Jeanne Flavin. NetLibrary. Online eBook. Click on Linked Resource |
Search for other titles in WorldCat Discovery using "legal assistance to the poor," "United States--social conditions," "Criminal justice, United States," "race relations," and "Constitutional law" to obtain a good selection. Limit your search to "Shepherd University" in order to find titles within Scarborough Library's collection.
Here are some current titles about capital punishment from the library collection:
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The death penalty : an American history / Stuart Banner Circulating Collection, 3rd floor HV8699.U5 B367 2003
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Just revenge : costs and consequences of the death penalty / Mark Costanzo.
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Stay of execution saving the death penalty from itself / Charles Lane.
HV8699.U5 L366 2010eb |
The death penalty : opposing viewpoints / Diane Andrews Henningfeld, book editor ; Bonnie Szumski, publisher ; Helen Cothran, managing editor. Circulating Collection, 3rd floor HV8694 .D3814 2006 |
Search for other titles in WorldCat Discovery using "capital punishment," and "death penalty" to obtain a good selection.Limit the search to Shepherd University to locate items held at Scarborough Library
Here are two titles that deal with other issues raised in the Common Reading:
Serving mentally ill offenders : challenges and opportunities for mental health professionals / Gerald Landsberg ... [et al.]
Circulating Collection, 3rd floor
RC451.4.P68 S46 2002
Children's rights under the law/Samuel M. Davis.
NetLibrary. Online eBook. Click on Linked Resource
KF479 .D385 2011eb
Search for other titles in WorldCat Discovery using "mentally ill offenders," "children's legal status" and "youth offenders" to obtain a good selection. Limit the search to Shepherd University to locate items held at Scarborough Library
