Sociology 2016 Newslette

SOCIOLOGY NEWSLETTER | Issue #1 15 Contact Us: Department of Sociology Oklahoma State University 431 Murray Stillwater, OK 74078-4062 (405) 744-6105 Office (405) 744-5780 FAX Visit us on the web at sociology.okstate.edu Like us on Facebook! OKStateSociology China's death penalty practices and the incremental changes that indicate reform. They then compare the Chi- nese experience to other countries throughout Asia and the world. *Andrew Scobell, coauthor of China’s Search for Security, writes that “The Death Penalty in China is required reading for anyone desiring to keep abreast of China’s evolving legal land- scape, criminal justice reform, and perplexing human rights environ- ment.” Indigenous Adolescent Devel- opment: Psychological, Social and Historical Contexts By Les B. Whitbeck, Kelley J. Sittner and Melissa L. Walls (Rutgers: Psychology Press, October 2015) This volume explores the first four waves of a longitudinal diag- nostic study of Indig- enous adolescents and their families. The first study of its kind, it calls attention to culturally specific risk factors that affect Indigenous (American Indian and Canadian First Nations) adoles- cent development and describe the historical and social contexts in which Indigenous adolescents come of age. It provides unique information on ethical research and development within In- digenous communities, psychiatric diagnosis at early and mid- adolescence, and suggestions for put- ting the findings into action through empirically-based interventions Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives Edited by Riley E. Dunlap and Robert J. Brulle (Oxford University Press, Sep- tember 2015) Climate Change and Society is a com- prehensive volume that shifts the cli- mate change debate away from a nar- row natural science perspective to a more inclusive social science perspec- tive that provides multidisciplinary analyses of the inherently societal dimensions of cli- mate change. The collec- tion offers insights for fu- ture engagement with the social forces driving climate change and hampering mit- igation. *Recognized by Past Presi- dent of the American Socio- logical Association, Erik Olin Wright, as a superb overview of our knowledge of the social causes and consequences of climate change, and of the social obstacles to an effective response. It is essential reading." Sociology Faculty Books !