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Vertrauen in Künstliche Intelligenz: Eine multi-perspektivische Betrachtung
by Rainer Hofmann Franz-Josef Schmitt Katrin Böhme Katharina Weitz Derya Gür-Seker Peter Rötzel Ines Langemeyer Daniel Glinz Janne Mesenhöller Johannes Schrumpf Johannes Schleiß Gergana Baeva Benjamin Paaßen Janine Strotherm Anders Madsen Johanna Gröpler Magret MundorfDer vorliegende Band markiert einen initialen Schritt zur umfassenden Erörterung des Themenfelds ‚Vertrauen in KI‘ aus vielfältigen Blickwinkeln. Dabei wird eine Herangehensweise sowohl aus wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftlicher als auch aus informationstechnischer Perspektive gewählt, die zudem interdisziplinäre Aspekte einbezieht. Insgesamt präsentiert der Band fünfzehn Beiträge von 25 renommierten Autorinnen und Autoren, die ihre Expertise aus vierzehn unterschiedlichen Einrichtungen einbringen. Ziel dieser Debatten ist es, Lernende, Lehrende, Forschende sowie Entscheidungsträgerinnen und -träger aus Politik und Wirtschaft dazu zu befähigen, auf Basis von Fakten eine fundierte Meinung zu bilden. Auf dieser Grundlage sollen sie in der Lage sein, gut durchdachte persönliche Entscheidungen im Umgang mit KI zu treffen.
Vertrauen in Zeiten einer Pandemie: Entwicklungsprozesse, Krisenwahrnehmung und Protest im Kontext von COVID-19 (BestMasters)
by Jakob RichterMit der Ausbreitung einer neuartigen Lungenerkrankung und der damit in Verbindung stehenden Pandemie kommt es zu einer grundlegenden Veränderung der Organisation des sozialen Zusammenlebens. Die Veränderungsprozesse betreffen viele Lebensbereiche und führen in Jahren beständig wechselnder Restriktionen und Hygienemaßnahmen zu einem zunehmenden Widerstand innerhalb der Bevölkerung. Vertrauen wird dabei eine bedeutsame Frage für die effektive Umsetzung von Maßnahmen, für die Einhaltungsbereitschaft und für das Protestverhalten während der Pandemie. Vertrauen in andere Menschen, aber auch in die Institutionen der Gesellschaft, ist ein wichtiges Bindeglied für den sozialen Zusammenhalt. Um das Zusammenspiel des Vertrauens mit pandemiebedingten Veränderungsprozessen sowie den darin inbegriffenen Widerstand gegen die Maßnahmen in Österreich aufarbeiten zu können, werden die Daten des „Austria Corona Panel Projects“ herangezogen. Die Paneldaten untersuchen den Zeitraum der Pandemie von März 2020 bis Februar 2022. In diesem Zeitraum kann für das soziale Vertrauen ein signifikanter Anstieg festgestellt werden. Institutionelles Vertrauen verringert sich dahingegen. Protestverhalten wirkt sich mindernd auf das Institutionsvertrauen aus, während soziales Vertrauen davon nicht direkt beeinflusst ist.
Vertrauen in der Beziehung zwischen Lehrenden und Lernenden: Eine theoretische und empirische Studie
by Silke GrinkeDieser Band analysiert im ersten Teil verschiedene ausgewählte theoretische Ansätze zur Vertrauensforschung. Der zweite Teil beschreibt eine qualitative empirische Studie an berufsbildenden mittleren und höheren Schulen sowie allgemeinbildenden höheren Schulen in Österreich. Aus den Ergebnissen der empirischen Untersuchung wurde ein Handlungsmodell zum Vertrauensaufbau als praktische Implikation für Lehrende abgeleitet.
Vertrieb und Marketing in der digitalen Welt: So schaffen Unternehmen die Business Transformation in der Praxis
by Hartmut Biesel Hartmut HameDie Digitalisierung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft ist das Top-Thema in einer zunehmend global agierenden Welt. Diese Entwicklungen haben auch Konsequenzen f#65533;r den Vertrieb und das Marketing in Unternehmen. Das Buch beschreibt den Stand der heutigen digitalen Anwendungen in Vertrieb und Marketing und liefert Ideen, wie Unternehmen sich aufstellen k#65533;nnen, um k#65533;nftig zu den Gewinnern im digitalen Wandel zu z#65533;hlen. Die Autoren sind Experten f#65533;r Markt- und Kundenmanagement sowie f#65533;r digitale Gesch#65533;ftsmodelle und bringen jahrzehntelange Erfahrung in der Wirtschaft und in der Beratung mit. Sie zeigen insbesondere, wie sich kleinere und mittelst#65533;ndische Unternehmen angesichts des digitalen Wandels transformieren k#65533;nnen. So erl#65533;utern sie, wie Unternehmen durch das richtige Datenmanagement gesellschaftliche Trends erkennen, um schneller als bisher M#65533;rkte mit genau darauf abgestimmten Produkten und Dienstleistungen zu begeistern. In weiteren Kapiteln diskutieren sie, inwieweit Vertriebsorganisationen neu ausgerichtet werden m#65533;ssen, um die Mitarbeiter f#65533;r den notwendigen Wandel zu begeistern oder wie Content-Marketing-Strategien aussehen, die Interesse f#65533;r das Unternehmen generieren. Wie sollten Kundenmanagement und Vertriebsstrategie angepasst werden und welche digitalen Werkzeuge stehen daf#65533;r zur Verf#65533;gung? Diese und weitere Themen greifen die Autoren in dem Buch auf und analysieren sie anhand konkreter Beispiele. Checklisten erleichtern Lesern die Umsetzung der Ideen in der Praxis. Das Buch richtet sich an Unternehmer und an Fachkr#65533;fte f#65533;r Marketing und Vertrieb in kleinen und mittelgro#65533;en Unternehmen.
Verwaltete Biografien
by Elisabeth SchillingDas Buch adressiert das zentrale Problem der Postmoderne: die Beziehung zwischen den sich langsam wandelnden Strukturen einerseits und den unbeständigen Subjektivitäten andererseits. Es analysiert Wechselwirkungen zwischen den biografiegestaltenden Aufgaben der Verwaltung und individuellen biografischen Identitätsfindungsprozessen. Mit der fortschreitenden Individualisierung vervielfältigen sich die Lebensentwürfe. Es wird schwerer durchschaubar: Wer strebt wann was und auf welche Weise an? Welche Chancen wofür sollen wem ermöglicht werden? Und welche Verteilung von was kann als legitim, gerecht und kompatibel mit bestehenden Rechtsnormen gelten? Öffentliche Verwaltungen, die ihren Legitimitätsanspruch aus dem Verständnis dieser Fragen und einer adäquaten Reaktion darauf beziehen, sehen sich nun vielfach mit einer gefahrvollen Unsicherheit konfrontiert. Der Band bietet eine Orientierungshilfe in einem expandierenden Feld.
Verwandeltes Leid: Resilienzprozesse in Autobiografien schwieriger Kindheiten (Studien zur Resilienzforschung)
by Margherita ZanderDas Buch trägt zur Erforschung zentraler Mechanismen von Resilienz bei, indem es die autobiografische Perspektive wählt. Das Verfassen autobiografischer oder autofiktionaler Texte – insbesondere über eine schwierige Kindheit – kann für die Autorinnen und Autoren selbst Teil ihres Resilienzprozesses sein. Während sie sich dabei von ihren Altlasten frei schreiben, deuten sie zugleich die Risiken ihrer Kindheit und deren Bewältigung selbst. Das Vermögen, sich mit Hilfe des Schreibtalents über sich selbst und die damalige Situation klar zu werden, erweist sich dabei als wesentlicher personaler Schutzfaktor. Analysiert werden hier äußerst schwierige Kindheiten, die gekennzeichnet sind durch: extreme chronische Armut, den frühen Verlust der Mutter oder des Vaters, Ablehnung durch die leibliche Mutter, Gewalterfahrungen in der Familie, lebensbedrohliche Erkrankungen in Kindheit und Jugend, Stress in Erziehungsheim und Internat, Flucht während und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, Aufwachsen in einem Slum oder Außenseiterviertel. Sieben Analysen von Autobiografien: Christine Lavant, Frank McCourt, Thomas Bernhard, Peter Härtling, Natascha Wodin, John Burnside und Angelika Klüssendorf schreiben über ihre schwierige Kindheit.
Very Brief Cognitive Behavioural Coaching (Coaching Psychology)
by Windy DrydenIn Very Brief Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Windy Dryden presents VBCBC: a unique approach to coaching from a cognitive behavioural perspective which takes place over the course of one to three sessions. The approach is designed to help coachees identify at least one major objective, discuss and select ways to achieve it and, if necessary, deal with obstacles that they experience in pursuing it. The book presents the basic assumptions of the Very Brief Cognitive Behavioural Coaching (VBCBC) approach, how it can be understood from the perspective of working alliance theory and recommendations concerning when it can be used and when not. Dryden begins by defining coaching and explaining the aims of VBCBC, before examining the input factors which can increase its effectiveness and concluding with a seven-stage process view. The book also includes a transcript of a real VBCBC session, with commentary. Written clearly and accessibly, this will be essential reading for coaches of all backgrounds interested in brief approaches, including those in training, coaching psychologists and coach supervisors.
Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
by Ashley MearsA sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of "models and bottles" to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of menMillion-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today's New Gilded Age, the world's moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In Very Important People, sociologist, author, and former fashion model Ashley Mears takes readers inside the exclusive global nightclub and party circuit—from New York City and the Hamptons to Miami and Saint-Tropez—to reveal the intricate economy of beauty, status, and money that lies behind these spectacular displays of wealth and leisure.Mears spent eighteen months in this world of "models and bottles" to write this captivating, sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking narrative. She describes how clubs and restaurants pay promoters to recruit beautiful young women to their venues in order to attract men and get them to spend huge sums in the ritual of bottle service. These "girls" enhance the status of the men and enrich club owners, exchanging their bodily capital for as little as free drinks and a chance to party with men who are rich or aspire to be. Though they are priceless assets in the party circuit, these women are regarded as worthless as long-term relationship prospects, and their bodies are constantly assessed against men's money.A story of extreme gender inequality in a seductive world, Very Important People unveils troubling realities behind moneyed leisure in an age of record economic disparity.
Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. AD 2009) in a Large City
by Choire SichaVery Recent History by Choire Sicha is an idiosyncratic and elegant narrative that follows a handful of young men in New York City as they navigate the ruins of money and power--in search of love and connection. After the Wall Street crash of 2008, the richest man in town is the mayor. Billionaires shed apartments like last seasons fashions, even as the countrys economy turns inside out. The young and careless go on as they always have, getting laid and getting laid off, falling in and out of love, and trying to navigate the strange world they traffic in: the Internet, complex financial markets, credit cards, pop stars, micro-plane cheese graters, and sex apps. A true-life fable of money, sex, and politics, Choire Sichas Very Recent History: An Entirely Factual Account of a Year (c. AD 2009) in a Large City turns our focus to a year in the life of a great city.
Veränderungsintelligenz
by Guido Baltes Antje FreythDas Buch beschreibt die Erfolgsfaktoren von innovations- und veränderungsfähigen Unternehmen und liefert wissenschaftlich fundierte wie praxiserprobte Tools und Fragebögen für die eigene Standortbestimmung. Anhand anschaulicher Praxisfälle erfährt der Leser, wie er notwendige Fähigkeiten für strategische Erneuerung, Innovation und Wachstum gezielt stärken kann. Er erhält praxiserprobte Werkzeuge zur Diagnose und Stärkung von Veränderungs- und Innovationskompetenzen auf Ebene des einzelnen Mitarbeiters, der Führungskraft und der Organisation.
Vespas, Cafes, Singlespeed Bikes, and Urban Hipsters: Gentrification, Urban Mission, and Church Planting
by Sean BeneshGentrification is a complex process that historically has created dividing lines between the haves and have-nots. In urban renewal, there are clear winners and losers as neighborhoods and districts become revitalized. On the plus side, there is a reclamation and preservation of grand historic buildings, homes and edifices alongside renewed economic vitality. On the negative side, gentrification means many minorities and lower-income families, who for years had called the old neighborhood home, are getting pushed to the urban periphery because they cannot afford to live there anymore. In light of these competing if not contradictory values, how should Christians respond? Is there a biblical and theological foundation on which to build such a response? Vespas, Cafes, Singlespeed Bikes, and Urban Hipsters takes a look beneath the surface of this phenomenon to uncover and present a Christian response to this city-changing movement.
Veterans with a Vision: Canada's War Blinded in Peace and War
by Serge Marc DurflingerDurflinger (history, the University of Ottawa, Canada) chronicles advocacy by Canadian servicemen blinded in war, highlighting their efforts to help Canadian veterans and all blind citizens. The book begins with the establishment of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in 1918 by 200 Canadian servicemen blinded in WWI, then continues with the formation of the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of War Blinded, which advocated for government benefits, job retraining, and other social programs. Key figures are profiled, and issues such as physical and psychological rehabilitation are discussed. The book is based on archival material from both organizations.
Veterans' Journeys Home: Life After Afghanistan and Iraq
by Lori HolyfieldVeterans' Journeys Home is a vivid portrayal of military life and its aftermath for US troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Highlighting the challenges US veterans face in today's changing military culture, the book depicts the haunting and visceral memories of returning soldiers, conversations with mental health providers, and offers an alternative approach to healing the emotional wounds of war. For anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the human costs of recent wars this book is invaluable. It combines a moving narrative with a penetrating analysis of the welfare and post-conflict treatment of veterans.
Vi Insegnerò a Diventare Ricchi: Non Cercate Lavoro, Createne Uno!
by Dave McAllenUna guida semplice per fare soldi con la creazione di prodotti digitali per un mercato già esistente. Vi insegnerò a diventare ricchi Le persone non danno quello che non hanno. Dave McAllen ha delle attività. A coloro che lo ascoltano, egli dà lavoro. Dave fa un sacco di soldi dopo aver cercato nelle più profonde insoddisfazioni e sofferenze delle persone e creando dei prodotti specifici non ancora utilizzati per aiutarle a trovare risposte e soluzioni. Quindi, se siete qui, sicuramente otterrete il lavoro dei vostri sogni. Egli vi mostrerà esattamente come guadagna migliaia di dollari ogni settimana grazie a questi prodotti, nella sua coscienza della ricchezza. Vi insegnerò a diventare ricchi, è un libro sui segreti della ricchezza di chi ha successo e su come attingere ad essi. Dave si presenta ai lettori con una guida pratica e collaudata per puntare al reddito richiesto a livello globale, 24/7. Egli vi insegnerà come realizzare questi prodotti che apportano denaro e a creare il vostro lavoro. Con questo libro, non sarete alla ricerca di 50 modi per ottenere un lavoro. Questa è una garanzia di lavoro. Che siate un giovane e vivace uomo o donna, o un 50enne, in cerca di un reddito dopo la pensione, o qualcuno che cerca di creare un reddito secondario, questo sistema di gestione patrimoniale e di rifacimento dei soldi vi metterà sulla strada per arrivare alla ricchezza.
Viability and Sustainability of Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America and The Caribbean (MARE Publication Series #19)
by Ratana Chuenpagdee María José Barragán-Paladines Silvia SalasOne of the main goals in fisheries governance is to promote viability and sustainability in small-scale fishing communities. This is not an easy task given external and internal pressure, including environmental change and competition with other economic sectors searching for development in the coastal region. A comprehensive understanding of small-scale fisheries in their own context, and from a regional perspective, is an important step in supporting the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines). This book contributes to the global effort by offering knowledge, insights and lessons about small-scale fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The 20 case studies included in the book make explicit the various dimensions that are intrinsic to small-scale fisheries in the region, and identify conditions and situations that affect the wellbeing of fishing communities. The book offers insights regarding the challenges faced by small-scale fisheries in the region, and, aligning with the objectives of the SSF Guidelines, provides lessons and experiences about how to make small-scale fishing communities viable while maintaining sustainable fisheries. This important book illustrates the complexity, diversity, and dynamics of small-scale fisheries in the Latin American and Caribbean region and presents experiences, tools, and approaches to lead towards sustainable and viable fisheries. The reader will gain a new understanding on the range of actions, approaches, and information needed for their successful management. John F. Caddy, International Fisheries ExpertThis book, prepared by the Too Big To Ignore partnership, constitutes a very valuable resource for policy makers, fisheries scientists, non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations, and fishing communities interested in putting in place sound management strategies, research, and actions to contribute to the sustainability of small-scale fisheries and food security in Latin America and the Caribbean region. Juan Carlos Seijo, Professor of Fisheries Bioeconomics at Marist University of Merida
Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future: Active and Passive Noise and Vibration Control, Vol. 1
by Terry Brown Sebastian Oberst Benjamin Halkon Jinchen JiThis volume presents the proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference (APVC) 2019, emphasizing work devoted to Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future. The APVC is one of the larger conferences held biannually with the intention to foster scientific and technical research collaboration among Asia-Pacific countries. The APVC provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and students from, but not limited to, areas around the Asia-Pacific countries in a collegial and stimulating environment to present, discuss and disseminate recent advances and new findings on all aspects of vibration and noise, their control and utilization. All aspects of vibration, acoustics, vibration and noise control, vibration utilization, fault diagnosis and monitoring are appropriate for the conference, with the focus this year on the vibration aspects in dynamics and noise & vibration. This 18th edition of the APVC was held in November 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The previous seventeen conferences have been held in Japan (‘85, ’93, ‘07), Korea (’87, ’97, ‘13), China (’89, ’01, ’11, ‘17), Australia (’91, ‘03), Malaysia (’95, ‘05), Singapore (‘99), New Zealand (‘09) and Vietnam (‘15).
Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future: Experiments, Materials and Signal Processing, Vol. 2
by Terry Brown Sebastian Oberst Benjamin Halkon Jinchen JiThis volume presents the proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference (APVC) 2019, "Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future," emphasizing work devoted to numerical simulation and modelling. The APVC is one of the larger conferences held biannually with the intention to foster scientific and technical research collaboration among Asia-Pacific countries. The APVC provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and students from, but not limited to, areas around the Asia-Pacific countries in a collegial and stimulating environment to present, discuss and disseminate recent advances and new findings on all aspects of vibration and noise, their control and utilization. All aspects of vibration, acoustics, vibration and noise control, vibration utilization, fault diagnosis and monitoring are appropriate for the conference, with the focus this year on the vibration aspects in dynamics and noise & vibration. This 18th edition of the APVC was held in November 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The previous seventeen conferences have been held in Japan (‘85, ’93, ‘07), Korea (’87, ’97, ‘13), China (’89, ’01, ’11, ‘17), Australia (’91, ‘03), Malaysia (’95, ‘05), Singapore (‘99), New Zealand (‘09) and Vietnam (‘15).
Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future: Numerical and Analytical Methods to Study Dynamical Systems, Vol. 3
by Terry Brown Sebastian Oberst Benjamin Halkon Jinchen JiThis volume presents the proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Vibration Conference (APVC) 2019, "Vibration Engineering for a Sustainable Future," emphasizing work devoted to experimental methods and verification. The APVC is one of the larger conferences held biannually with the intention to foster scientific and technical research collaboration among Asia-Pacific countries. The APVC provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and students from, but not limited to, areas around the Asia-Pacific countries in a collegial and stimulating environment to present, discuss and disseminate recent advances and new findings on all aspects of vibration and noise, their control and utilization. All aspects of vibration, acoustics, vibration and noise control, vibration utilization, fault diagnosis and monitoring are appropriate for the conference, with the focus this year on the vibration aspects in dynamics and noise & vibration. This 18th edition of the APVC was held in November 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The previous seventeen conferences have been held in Japan (‘85, ’93, ‘07), Korea (’87, ’97, ‘13), China (’89, ’01, ’11, ‘17), Australia (’91, ‘03), Malaysia (’95, ‘05), Singapore (‘99), New Zealand (‘09) and Vietnam (‘15).
Vibrations: A Memoir
by David AmramDavid Amram has played and rambled and galloped and staggered through a remarkably broad sweep of American life, experience, and creative struggle. The Boston Globe has described him as "the Renaissance man of American Music." Amram and Jack Kerouac collaborated on the first-ever jazz poetry reading in New York City in 1957 as well as the subsequent legendary film Pull My Daisy in 1959, combining Amram's music with Kerouac's narration. Amram, honored as the first Composer-in-Residence of the New York Philharmonic, has composed more than 100 orchestral and chamber works, written two operas, and has collaborated with Leonard Bernstein, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Charles Mingus, Dustin Hoffman, Thelonious Monk, Willie Nelson, Nancy Griffith, Johnny Depp, and more. Vibrations is the story of one boy's adventures growing up on a farm in Pennsylvania, working odd jobs, misfitting in the U.S. Army, barnstorming through Europe with the famous Seventh Army Symphony, exiling in Paris, scuffling on the Lower East Side, day-laboring-often down but never out-finally emerging as a major musical force. With its stage-setting foreword by Douglas Brinkley and a new afterword by Kerouac biographer Audrey Sprenger, this new edition is not to be missed.
Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure
by Lynn ComellaIn the 1970s a group of pioneering feminist entrepreneurs launched a movement that ultimately changed the way sex was talked about, had, and enjoyed. Boldly reimagining who sex shops were for and the kinds of spaces they could be, these entrepreneurs opened sex-toy stores like Eve’s Garden, Good Vibrations, and Babeland not just as commercial enterprises, but to provide educational and community resources as well. In Vibrator Nation Lynn Comella tells the fascinating history of how these stores raised sexual consciousness, redefined the adult industry, and changed women's lives. Comella describes a world where sex-positive retailers double as social activists, where products are framed as tools of liberation, and where consumers are willing to pay for the promise of better living—one conversation, vibrator, and orgasm at a time.
Vice Patrol: Cops, Courts, and the Struggle over Urban Gay Life before Stonewall
by Anna LvovskyIn the mid-twentieth century, gay life flourished in American cities even as the state repression of queer communities reached its peak. Liquor investigators infiltrated and shut down gay-friendly bars. Plainclothes decoys enticed men in parks and clubs. Vice officers surveilled public bathrooms through peepholes and two-way mirrors. In Vice Patrol, Anna Lvovsky chronicles this painful story, tracing the tactics used to criminalize, profile, and suppress gay life from the 1930s through the 1960s, and the surprising controversies those tactics often inspired in court. Lvovsky shows that the vice squads’ campaigns stood at the center of live debates about not only the law’s treatment of queer people, but also the limits of ethical policing, the authority of experts, and the nature of sexual difference itself—debates that had often unexpected effects on the gay community’s rights and freedoms. Examining those battles, Vice Patrol enriches understandings of the regulation of queer life in the twentieth century and disputes about police power that continue today.
Vico's New Science of Ancient Signs: A Study of Sematology
by Jürgen TrabantJürgen Trabant reads the profound insights into human semiosis contained in Vico's 'sematology' as both a spirited rejection of Cartesian philosophy and an early critique of enlightened logocentricism. Sean Ward's translation makes this work available to an English-reading audience for the first time.
Victim-Offender Reconciliation in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan (Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia)
by Riccardo BertiThis book examines the conciliatory institutions that operate within criminal law in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. Despite having the same legal traditions, the two countries have taken very different political and social roads over the past century. Taking these important factors into account, the book compares the conciliatory mechanisms that have emerged in the two countries, particularly focusing on the influence of Confucian tradition in current criminal reconciliation practices. By drawing upon in-depth interviews with multiple experts in the area, the role of tradition in the discipline of modern Xingshi Hejie is explored, alongside an analysis of the reasons that lead victims and offenders to choose this conciliatory procedure. The book offers a fascinating account of this feature of criminal justice in China and Taiwan, and will be of particular interest to scholars interested in comparative approaches to criminology and criminal justice.
Victim-Offender Reconciliation in the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan (Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia)
by Riccardo BertiVictim-Offender Reconciliation in the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan
Victimology
by Steven P. Lab William G. DoernerThis book covers the scope of crime victims’ suffering in the U.S., offering a history of victims and the measurement of victimization, an explanation of the victim’s role in the criminal justice process, and a recounting of the issues crime victims face as a result of crime and the criminal justice process. Doerner and Lab, both well-regarded scholars, write compellingly about how the current criminal’s justice system can be transformed into a victim’s justice system. Theory is woven together with the description of each topic, and specific examples illustrate each point. The book goes on to address the full impact of victimization, and a final section details specific types of victimization, ranging from violent crimes, including child and elder abuse, to property crime, to crime in the school and in the workplace. The authors explain how obstacles hinder the pursuit of justice, and provide significant policy and programming suggestions to render the system more victim-friendly. Appropriate for undergraduate as well as early graduate students in Victimology courses in Criminology, Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Justice Studies programs, this book offers rich pedagogical features and online student resources as well as test bank, PowerPoint lecture slides, and sample syllabus for instructors.