Bøger af Mary Dodge

The summer's record-breaking heat in St. Lucie County, Florida, gets hotter when the Winthrop boys decide to open a porno movie theater in their old feed store. The Harley-riding evangelical minister, living just up the road with his naive wife and mischievous 3-year-old twins, objects and takes steps to stop it. But the Winthrops forge ahead, hiring carpenter Jed Hart, who has soon moved in with drug-smuggling Junior Winthrop's girlfriend. As the man on the ground, Jed faces off with local smut-smiters, county officials, state attorneys, and the Bible-thumping "Pint-Sized Preacher, the World's Shortest Evangelist." The story is set in 1980, when "Freaky Florida" was at its peak. Author Mary Dodge was a new resident at that time and a reporter for Scripps newspapers. The fictional story is inspired by real events the author covered, and gives a wonderful snapshot of life during the mounting invasion of retirees and families looking for low-cost homes in the sun.

This volume introduces innovative and inspired qualitative methods through topics on crime commission, victimisation and crime control. It highlights how qualitative methods offer significant insights that frame our understanding of the narratives, events, theoretical perspectives, and realities of the social world.This book includes chapters discussing cutting-edge methods, which demonstrate how qualitative research can expand beyond traditional approaches. It offers diversity in research, including gender, race, and geographic sensitivities. The volume addresses a multitude of approaches for using qualitative methodologies, including innovative uses of  technology mediums-such as social media, participatory videos, Zoom interviewing, and photographic visual methods-as means of collecting and co-producing relevant data on meaning. Ultimately, this book illustrates how qualitative criminology allows for deeper and more nuanced understandings of local and regional specificities in a globalized world, and how social interactions are influenced by individual interpretations, social interactions, and collective decision making.This volume is an essential read for graduate students and researchers in criminology and other social science disciplines interested in qualitative empirical research and informed policy making. 

In the mid-19th century, many Dutch immigrants were drawn to the Midwestern United States. Most were farmers, escaping low salaries and high taxes in the Netherlands. My great-grandparents were among these, settling in the south part of Chicago and nearby. This area was called Roseland and South Holland. Families from among these immigrants founded the Dutch or First Reformed Church of Roseland. An important part of their settlement was the Dutch or First Reform Church of Roseland. As it grew so did the families. This is the genealogy of the ancestors of my mother's parents. It was done for our family, but others may find it useful. The main trees included are Vanderbilt, DeVos and VanVuuren. The genealogies within the U.S. are quite solid. The rest may require some verification. The photo on the front is from Kinderdijk, Netherlands.