Policy
New Directions in the Middle East
by Mohammed M. Aman, Edited by Mary Jo Aman
This book presents essays based on papers at the annual Middle East
Dialogue held in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Digest of Middle
East Studies (DOMES) and the Policy Studies Organization (PSO), and
at the Conference of the Association for Middle Eastern Public Policy
and Administration (AMEPPA) held in Ifrane, Morocco.
New Frontiers in Criminology
by Alain Bauer
Inevitably interdisciplinary in nature, criminology has not always been welcome in the university. Despite the prominence of Pierre Paul Broca, Paul
Topinard, and Emile Durkheim in laying foundations that helped to inspire
the development of the theory of the discipline, France has been surprisingly slow in providing tertiary support.
Understanding Internet Policies and Complexities
by Melissa Layne
Melissa Layne, Ed.D., is the Director of Research Methodology and Editor-in-Chief for Internet Learning at American Public University System.
Layne’s research agenda includes topics on student retention, adaptive
and personalized learning, multi-user virtual environments, self-paced instructional design and implementation, text analytics, informal learning, and
quality assurance in online learning at the institutional, program and course
levels.
Middle East Conflicts & Reforms
by Mohammed M. Aman, Edited by Mary Jo Aman
In this book, the events of the Arab Spring and its aftermath are very much on
the writers’ minds. Included are essays based on papers and debate at the Dialogue in Washington, D.C., and the Conference of the Association for Middle
Eastern Public Policy and Administration held in Ifrane, Morocco.
Criminology in a Hostile Environment:
Edited by Alain Bauer
Is using the humanities and social sciences (psychology, sociology, law,
etc.) to understand the crime, the criminal, the victim, criminality, and
society’s reaction to crime a science?
Crime 3.0: The Rise of Global Crime in the XXIst Century
by Alain Bauer, Preface by Paul Rich
Alain Bauer argues that we need, with considerable immediacy, to press
the formal study of crime in the academy, and that more resources need to
be channeled towards that purpose. The approach in universities, if they do
deign to study the subject, is often relegated to adjuncts and regarded by the
more established departments with disdain.
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