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Iran's Organization for the Mobilization of the Oppressed (Sazeman-e Basij-e Mostazafan), commonly known as the Basij, is a paramilitary organization used by th

The Society of Captives, first published in 1958, is a classic of modern criminology and one of the most important books ever written about prison. Gresham Syke

"Using a comparative approach, a detailed study of captive-taking in small-scale societies and exploration of the profound impacts that captives had on the soci

Examines the impact fugitive slaves had on the Fugitive Slave Law and the coming of the American Civil War.

This volume uses osteobiography and individual-level analyses of burials retrieved from the La Plata River Valley (New Mexico) to illustrate the variety of role