Amidst the sensationalist claims about the dangers of the Internet, Virtually Criminal provides an empirically grounded criminological analysis of deviance and regulation within an online community. It integrates theory and empiricism to forge an explanation of cybercrime whilst offering new insights into online regulation.One of the first studies to further our understanding of the causes of cyber deviance, crime and its control, this groundbreaking study from Matthew Wil...

There were more colons used in legislation in 2015 than there were words enacted in 1900. Using analysis from machine readings of all legislation enacted between 1900 and 2015, this book discusses the social impact of increasingly elastic legislative language on the contemporary workings of the British constitution.The hot-button debates of our time — from immigration to European integration, to the creeping power of judges — have, at their core, battles over what policy instructio...

A shady corner in life can be a dark and mysterious place, but in the shady corners of the mind, the mystery and darkness know no bounds!In a struggle with his conscience and haunted by images of murder, David is given a choice to right the wrongs of his past.Can he cheat fate and avoid his future? Or is the evil that dwells within him more than it seems?Only one thing is certain . . .Fate can be cruel, but true evil can be brutal!

In 1629 something visited the parish of Feckenham. The events that followed were so terrifying that they never gained their place in the history books. Now in 2008, something seems to be wrong with Marie Watsons young children. Her father wont believe her and her mother is nearing the end of her tether. Marie feels utterly alone. But is she?

Discover the rich tapestry of the Acoma Pueblo myth cycle in this insightful academic study by Matthew Williams Stirling. Origin Myth of Acoma delves deep into the intricate narratives that have shaped the cultural and spiritual identity of the Acoma people.Placing these myths within the broader context of Native American folklore, Stirling meticulously examines their symbolic meanings and historical significance. The book explores themes of creation, community, and the profound co...

In the past few decades, neuropathology has witnessed a resurgence. The rise of structural and functional imaging techniques has allowed pathological studies to target regions of special interest as revealed by whole-brain techniques, and the development of comprehensive software packages has facilitated cellular and pathological measurements. Furthermore, a new generation of antibodies and improved staining methods has made the field more accessible to researchers and revealed more detail...

This book makes understanding the Bible and God’s ways in our life—simple, clear and logical. How could this be? Easy. God is not arbitrary or capricious in his actions. He always follows a few key spiritual laws in his interactions with us. Understand God’s laws and you will understand him. These spiritual laws that embody God’s character and guide his actions—also show up in nature. When God created our material world—in anticipation of his creating mankind and all of life—he designed it...

For the past few decades, the U.S. anti-sweatshop movement was bolstered by actions from American college students. United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) effectively advanced the cause of workers’ rights in sweatshops around the world. Strategizing against Sweatshops chronicles the evolution of student activism and presents an innovative model of how college campuses are a critical site for the advancement of global social justice.Matthew Williams shows how USAS target...

Let's face it, being a teenager is hard.High school is depressing, your mother's overbearing, the only friend you have in your new school doesn't have any time for you, and your therapist wont get off your back.Oh, and yeah, you might have narcolepsy.Great start to your sophomore year, right?Fifteen-year-old Daniel wants to leave the past alone, but his inner demons keep him up at night. When theyre not keeping him up, though, he is dead asleep in all his cl...

"The steam creeps slowly out of the vents from manhole covers as night consumes the landscape of Tavarus Cove, Delaware. The night does it's best to cover the dirty deeds done dirt cheap by its favorite child, those angels with filthy souls taking to stealth to do their evil acts. I sit here like I always do among the receipts of past transactions, old notes from old jobs, and my cell phone set to silent to get a break from the next job of fixing a mess made by some mod boss, overzealous h...

Humans are unique in their ability to create systematic accounts of the world – theories based on guiding cosmological principles. This book is about the role of cognition in creating cosmologies, and explores this through the ethnography and history of Yijing divination in China. Diviners explain the cosmos in terms of a single substance, qi, unfolding across scales of increasing complexity to create natural phenomena and human experience. Combined with an understanding ...

In recent years solar power has been on the march. Since the millennium global solar power generation capacity has grown from 1GW to 300GW and the growth curve is not linear; the last five years have seen a marked acceleration as technologies become more efficient, manufacturing prices come down and more countries adopt low carbon regulatory policies in which solar power can play a key part. China alone saw an increase of installed solar power capacity of 33GW in 2016 and the China PV Indu...