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The impact of legal & extralegal factors on the court processing of 498 defendants accused of driving while intoxicated (DWI) is gauged, using data from court records in a suburban Md county. Extralegal considerations -- ie, the gender, income, & race of defendants -- are found to matter most when the determination of guilt is at issue, but legal considerations -- ie, number of prior convictions & the severity of the offense -- have more substantial effects when sentence is decided. Consistent with the predictions of Clarice S. Stoll (see SA 17:7/69E0572), extralegal factors are found to predict court outcomes best when judges have the most influence over a DWI outcome, but extralegal factors tend to be disregarded when probation officers are more influential. 3 Tables, 43 References. Modified HA

How natural is religion? Is it a phenomenon written in our genes or brains, naturally developing with the development of the human race? The book considers the findings of evolutionary psychology from scientific, philosophical and theological perspectives and critically examines the relation between empirical, epistemological and theological notions. Chapters in the book deal with the aturalness of religion and religious experiences as based on genetics, biology and social psychology. Other authors examine the relationship between religion, science and theology with regard to the naturalness o

This book offers a penetrating analysis of issues raised by the perennial question, "Are we special?". It brings together scholars from a variety of disciplines, from astronomy and palaeontology to philosophy and theology, to explore this question. Contributors cover a wide variety of issues, including what makes humans distinct from other animals, the possibilities of artificial life and artificial intelligence, the likelihood of life on other planets, and the role of religious behavior. A variety of religious and scientific perspectives are brought to bear on these matters. As a whole, the book addresses whether the issue of human uniqueness is one to which sciences and religions necessarily offer differing responses