Livingston D Sutro
Biographic Data
| ID | 6101479 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Livingston D Sutro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Livingston D |
| FAMILY NAME | Sutro |
| SIGNATURE | SUTRO L D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arizona |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Anthropology and the Criminal Justice System
The criminal justice system, generally defined as the police, courts, and prisons, cries out for the attention of anthropology. The numbers of people involved are staggering. According to Bureau of Justice Statistics, the number of prisoners under federal or state correctional authorities in 1990 was more than 800,000 (a 134 percent increase over the past ten years). In July, 1990, Bureau of Justice Statistics indicated that the 245,562 offenders…
The Criminal Justice Process as a Rite of Passage
Crime in the 1990s continues to be a massive problem in the United States. Federal, state, and local authorities expend tremendous resources to combat crime and punish criminals, but nothing seems to stem the tide. Psychologists and sociologists have identified what they consider to be the sources of crime, and some measures have been taken to implement their suggestions, yet crime is no less prevalent
Material Culture and Mass Consumption
Alcoholics Anonymous in a Mexican Peasant-Indian Village
The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program has had some success in combatting alcoholism not only at home, but world-wide, despite barriers of culture and language. This paper discusses reasons why AA might be able to cross cultural lines and tests these assertions using data from a functioning AA group in a peasant-Indian village in southern Mexico. In the paper, the social science literature concerning AA is reviewed for relevant concepts, the cultu…
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Alcoholics Anonymous in a Mexican Peasant-Indian Village
The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program has had some success in combatting alcoholism not only at home, but world-wide, despite barriers of culture and language. This paper discusses reasons why AA might be able to cross cultural lines and tests these assertions using data from a functioning AA group in a peasant-Indian village in southern Mexico. In the paper, the social science literature concerning AA is reviewed for relevant concepts, the cultu…
Anthropology and the Criminal Justice System
The criminal justice system, generally defined as the police, courts, and prisons, cries out for the attention of anthropology. The numbers of people involved are staggering. According to Bureau of Justice Statistics, the number of prisoners under federal or state correctional authorities in 1990 was more than 800,000 (a 134 percent increase over the past ten years). In July, 1990, Bureau of Justice Statistics indicated that the 245,562 offenders…
The Criminal Justice Process as a Rite of Passage
Crime in the 1990s continues to be a massive problem in the United States. Federal, state, and local authorities expend tremendous resources to combat crime and punish criminals, but nothing seems to stem the tide. Psychologists and sociologists have identified what they consider to be the sources of crime, and some measures have been taken to implement their suggestions, yet crime is no less prevalent
Material Culture and Mass Consumption
Sociology (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Criminal justice (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)