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 Michael Hviid Jacobsen, "Liquid Criminology: Doing imaginative criminological research" English | ISBN: 1472455231 | 2016 | 252 pages | PDF | 11 MB This book explores the ways in which criminological methods can be imaginatively deployed and developed in a world increasingly characterized by the blurred nature of social reality. Whilst recognizing the importance of positivist approaches and research techniques, it advocates a commitment to understanding the ways in which those techniques can be used imaginatively, at times in combination with less conventional methods, discussing the questions concerning risk, ethics and access that arise as a result. Giving voice to cutting edge research practices both in terms of concepts and methods that shift the criminological focus towards the kind of imaginative work that comprised the foundations of the discipline, it calls into question the utility and credentials of mainstream work that fails to serve the discipline itself or the policy questions allied to it. A call not to 'give up on numbers' but also not to be defined by statistics and the methods that produce them, Liquid Criminology sheds light on a way of doing research for criminology that is not only creative but also critical. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, criminology and social policy with interests in research methods and design.  English | 2021 | ISBN: 0367753669 | 437 pages | True PDF | 104.53 MB Research in social and behavioral sciences has benefited from linear regression models (LRMs) for decades to identify and understand the associations among a set of explanatory variables and an outcome variable.Linear Regression Models: Applications in Rprovides you with a comprehensive treatment of these models and indispensable guidance about how to estimate them using the R software environment. After furnishing some background material, the author explains how to estimate simple and multiple LRMs in R, including how to interpret their coefficients and understand their assumptions. Several chapters thoroughly describe these assumptions and explain how to determine whether they are satisfied and how to modify the regression model if they are not. The book also includes chapters on specifying the correct model, adjusting for measurement error, understanding the effects of influential observations, and using the model with multilevel data. The concluding chapter presents an alternative model―logistic regression―designed for binary or two-category outcome variables. The book includes appendices that discuss data management and missing data and provides simulations in R to test model assumptions.  Lean Software Development: Avoiding project mishaps: An introduction by Gary Metcalfe English | October 11, 2018 | ISBN: 1728684684 | 130 pages | EPUB | 0.21 Mb [b]You want a competitive edge in the markets. Gaining an edge however, comes at a price.  Law, Religion and Homosexuality By Paul Johnson, Robert M Vanderbeck 2014 | 231 Pages | ISBN: 1138998850 | PDF | 1 MB Law, Religion and Homosexuality is the first book-length study of how religion has shaped, and continues to shape, legislation that regulates the lives of gay men and lesbians . Through a systematic examination of how religious discourse influences the making of law - in the form of official interventions made by faith communities and organizations, as well as by expressions of faith by individual legislators - the authors argue that religion continues to be central to both enabling and restricting the development of sexual orientation equality. Whilst some claim that faith has been marginalized in the legislative processes of contemporary western societies, Johnson and Vanderbeck show the significant impact of religion in a number of substantive legal areas relating to sexual orientation including: same-sex sexual relations, family life, civil partnership and same-sex marriage, equality in employment and the provision of goods and services, hate speech regulation, and education. Law, Religion and Homosexuality demonstrates the dynamic interplay between law and religion in respect of homosexuality and will be of considerable interest to a wide audience of academics, policy makers and stakeholders.  Law's Political Foundations: Rivers, Rifles, Rice, and Religion By John O. Haley 2016 | 243 Pages | ISBN: 1785368494 | PDF | 1 MB Law's Political Foundations: Rivers, Rifles, Rice and Religion explains the development of the two basic systems of public and private law and their historical transformations. Examining the historical development of law in China, Japan, Western Europe, and Hispanic America, Haley argues that law is a product, rather than a constitutive element, of political systems.Four narrative chapters commence with the development of Chinese legal tradition as a public law order in which regulatory and penal rules were central, compared to the primacy of private law in Western Europe. China was not only among the earliest but also historically the most enduring example of public law order. The European Legal Tradition, in contrast, became the source of the private law structures of legal systems worldwide. The Japanese and Hispanic American experiences are explored as pivotal links that help to identify foundational factors that underpin the historical development of public and private law orders. Also explained in both contexts is the endurance of private ordering both within and beyond the law.These vivid comparisons and analyses in these stories of rivers, rifles, rice, and religion will serve as an excellent critical resource for scholars and academics of comparative law and legal theory.ReviewWith magnificent scope, Law's Political Foundations leads the reader through government structure, political regimes, and law throughout the world. Haley's work deftly explains why China, Japan, Europe, and Latin America developed different forms of public and private legal regimes. Geography, war, agriculture, and belief shaped government and law; this novel framework permits Haley boldly to straddle empires and centuries in this captivating study of legal development. --M.C. Mirow, University of Edinburgh Law School, UK, and Florida International University College of LawIn Law's Political Foundations, John Haley brings a lifetime of thinking about the deep issues of comparative law to this fascinating exploration of the geographical roots, as well as the implications, of the very different regimes of public law, private law, and private ordering that respectively dominated the civilizations of China, Western Europe, and Japan. And although the West still speaks the language of private law, he argues, it is the public law paradigm first perfected in China that is becoming dominant in the modern state. There is much food for thought in this stimulating and provocative book. --Donald C. Clarke, The George Washington UniversityIn this breathtaking account, John Haley gives us a magisterial tour de force. He asks questions of astonishing breadth: when do societies rely on public law regimes, and when on private law regimes? He explores these universal puzzles with a relentless focus on the particular. In exquisite detail, he traces the way legal regimes developed historically across a wide range of countries. And he ties the developments to changes in religion, in economic production, in military extraction, and in transportation and communication facilities. Old questions, new answers - at root, Haley concludes: ''legal institutions develop in conjunction with the capacity of rulers to appropriate wealth and acquire revenue and the demands or needs they confront for the allocation of the material resources they control.'' Haley masterfully traces the interplay of rules, norms, laws, religious injunctions, and the demands of economic production and military extraction. --Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law School  Kanban: Visualize Work and Maximize Efficiency: Beyond the Basics by Gary Metcalfe English | December 8, 2018 | ISBN: 1790955572 | 149 pages | EPUB | 0.44 Mb Efficiency is the key to any project's success. Don't let your project fail by applying incorrect project management principles!  jаvascript: Learn jаvascript in 2 hours and start programming today! by Cooper Alvin English | December 9, 2017 | ISBN: 1981554734 | 120 pages | EPUB | 0.42 Mb Welcome Future Coder! Are You Ready To Learn And Start Programming With jаvascript In 2 Hours?This book is an introductory course on jаvascript that aims to teach you how jаvascript works and can be used for development of web applications and dynamic web pages. We will go about everything you need to know to start coding TODAY. From your first steps as a programmer, to test and achieve perfect flawless code, Everything is included here. This book is PACKED with step-by-step process for you to implement right now, with examples and images to show you the way. We hope this book achieves the objectives that you had set when you decided to pick it up. We wish you happy programming and bug-less coding!  Java: Learn Java In 2 Hours! by Cooper Alvin English | December 4, 2017 | ISBN: 1981399852 | 100 pages | EPUB | 0.59 Mb Welcome Future Coder! Are You Ready To Learn And Start Programming With Java In 2 Hours?Java is a cross-platform, high-level language that was developed by Sun Microsystems under the leadership of James Gosling. The first version of this language was released in 1995 in the form of Java 1.0 [J2SE]. Since then, Java has come a long way and we are presently working on Java 8. Besides this, several versions of Java like J2ME (Java for mobile applications) and J2EE (Java for enterprise applications) have also released. Java was released as open source software under GNU GPL by Sun in 2006. The process of this transformation was completed in 2007. This book is a beginner's course on Java fundamentals. Therefore, it has been created keeping in mind that the reader has little to know background knowledge about Java. However, a little background of programming languages shall be helpful for better understanding. Through this course, we hope to instill the basics of programming in the reader from the perspective and with special focus on Java.  Introduction to Process and Mechanical Modelling of Engineering Composites by Anthony Pickett English | November 4, 2019 | ISBN: 1705480349 | 506 pages | PDF | 31 Mb Engineering fibre reinforced composites offer many advantages compared to isotropic metals, but their versatility also creates difficulties for their effective manufacture and design. Amongst these selection of the right fibre-matrix combination for a specific application must consider performance under static and possibly dynamic impact loading conditions, and selection of the most suitable manufacturing route for the required production volume and final part quality. This book introduces the reader to a wide variety of analysis methods that undertake both process and mechanical analysis of advanced composites to support composites design. Chapters are structured to introduce key topics, including an overview on composites and their analysis, micromechanics, macromechanical laminate analysis and two chapters dedicated to finite element FE theory with a focus on composites. This provides the background for chapters dedicated to process modelling of draping, forming and infusion, followed by mechanical modelling of failure, impact and crash. Throughout the book necessary theory, experimental tests for properties, constitutive modelling and numerical methods are elaborated. With applications and worked examples included to help exemplify the theory and numerical methods applied. The book is intended for graduate and post graduate students requiring a broad understanding of modern numerical methods for engineering FRP composites analysis. It will also provide a comprehensive overview for researchers and practicing engineers in this field. A compendium to this book has also been published (Part 2. Analysis Tutorials) that contains a set of ten structured tutorials covering mechanical, laminate, drape and infusion analysis. One aim of these tutorials is to use freely available software from the web that do not have licensing restrictions, allowing the student to experiment with modern finite element codes.  Introducing Systematic Simplicity to Manage Decisions: How a Systematic Simplicity Approach Builds Clarity about Opportunity, Risk and Uncertainty Essential to All Best Practice Decision Making by Chris Chapman English | July 9, 2021 | ISBN: 1914195450 | 255 pages | EPUB | 1.84 Mb Chris initially developed the systematic simplicity approach explored in this book working as a consultant with BP International for eight years in the 1970s and 80s on offshore North Sea oil projects. When the BP board approved the first project applying this approach, they mandated its use worldwide for all large or sensitive projects. The BP objectives included achieving 'risk efficiency' (a minimum level of risk for any given level of expected reward) in a 'clarity efficient' manner (a maximum level of relevant clarity for any given level of effort/cost) plus the delivery of projects on time and within budget. These objectives were realised for the decade this approach was employed, prior to placing more risk with contractors and a portfolio of other interrelated corporate changes. IBM UK used Chris in a central role for a 1990s culture change programme addressing what is now seen as 'opportunity management', adapting a version of the BP approach to enable all IBM staff to avoid risk of the wrong kind, but take more risk of the right kind, understanding the difference, and understanding the difference between good luck and good management, bad luck and bad management. |
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