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Geis, Gilbert Lawrence was born on January 10, 1925 in Brooklyn. Son of Joseph and Ida (List) Geis.
(When three whistle-blowers informed the authorities and t...)
When three whistle-blowers informed the authorities and the media in 1995 that doctors at the prestigious and lucrative Center for Reproductive Health - a fertility clinic operated by the University of California, Irvine (UCI) - were taking eggs from some women and implanting them into others without donor consent, a scandal unfolded that ended careers, destroyed reputations, and forever altered the lives of many families. The first incident of egg and embryo theft, as well as claims of insurance fraud, research misconduct and misappropriation of funds, grabbed headlines around the world and was featured on television programmes from "Primetime" to "The Oprah Winfrey Show". By the time the scandal had subsided several years later, two of the clinic's pre-eminent physicians had fled the country to avoid prosecution, one doctor was convicted on criminal charges in a highly controversial trial, and UCI had paid over 20 million dollars to settle law suits filed by former patients. The full story behind the much-publicized case is unveiled here. The authors untangle an intricate web of repeated cover-ups, scapegoats, evasions, self-interest, nastiness and injustice. They scrutinize how a complex interplay of circumstances set the stage for wrongdoing at the clinic, reveal how the dramatic events were played out on both the public and legal battlefields, and examine how the personal histories, motivations and actions of the major players - the physicians, the whistle-blowers, the claimants, the lawyers, the various investigatory committees, the overzealous media, and UCI administrators. "Stealing Dreams" provides an absorbing, even-handed look at the evolution of the fertility clinic scandal and illuminates the complex ethical, medical and legal issues surrounding the largely unregulated field of reproductive medicine.
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(This text addresses the following two questions: "What ki...)
This text addresses the following two questions: "What kinds of problems can the law solve? " and "What kinds of problems does the law create? " Using these questions as starting points, Meier and Geis evenhandedly explore the role and function of law relating to six major issues that often divide Americans today: prostitution, drug use, homosexuality, abortion, pornography, and gambling. Statutes and public opinion have shifted dramatically over recent decades in regard to these behaviors. The book details these developments and offers explanations of why they have occurred. Some people view all or some of these behaviors as acts that ought to be permitted, as part of individual freedom. Others find one, some, or all of them to be genuine threats to the country's social and moral fiber and believe that they ought to be criminalized. Still others maintain that action ought to be taken to limit some of the behaviors, but that using the criminal justice system is not the best way to proceed.Meier and Geis' provocative book offers sophisticated, in-depth discussions of these issues, then reviews the conflicting opinions about the proper role of criminal law in dealing with them. It is written in straightforward, jargon-free language, providing an ideal background for exploring the facts and views regarding what are often contentious concerns. Criminal Justice and Moral Issues increases student understanding through the abundant use of relevant illustrations, examples, and case studies.
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In this explosive exposé of our health care system, Paul Jesilow, Henry N. Pontell, and Gilbert Geis uncover the dark side of physician practice. Using interviews with doctors and federal, state, and private officials and extensive investigation of case files, they tell the stories of doctors who profit from abortions on women who aren't pregnant, of needless surgery, overcharging for services, and excessive testing. How can doctors, recipients of a sacred trust and sworn to the Hippocratic Oath, violate Medicaid so egregiously? The authors trace patterns of abuse to the program's inauguration in the mid 1960s, when government authorities, not individual patients, were entrusted with responsibility for payments. Determining fees and regulating treatment also became the job of government agencies, thus limiting the doctors' traditional role. Physicians continue to disagree with Medicare and Medicaid policies that infringe on their autonomy and judgment. The medical profession has not accepted the gravity or extent of some members' illegal behavior, and individual doctors continue to blame violations on subordinates and patients. In the meantime, program guidelines have grown more confusing, hamstringing efforts to detect, apprehend, and prosecute Medicaid defrauders. Failure to institute a coherent policy for fraud control in the medical benefit program has allowed self-serving and greedy practitioners to violate the law with impunity. Prescription for Profit is a shocking revelation of abuse within a once-hallowed profession. It is a book that every doctor, and every patient, needs to read this year.
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Presents the stories, musings, advice and conclusions of well-known criminologists about their research and their careers. Provides readers with suggestions about how to manage their professional lives. Contributors include Frank Cullen, Julius Debro, Don Gibbons, John Irwin, Mac Klein, Gary Marx, Joan McCord, Richard Quinney, Frank Scarpitti, Jim Short, Rita Simon, Charles Tuttle and Jackson Toby.
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In compelling narrative, the authors probe the sensational cases of Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Richard A. Loeb, the Scottsboro "boys," Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Alger Hiss, and O.J. Simpson, highlighting significant lessons about criminal behavior and the administration of criminal justice. Each case study details the crime, the police investigation, and the court proceedings, profiles the major players, and examines the outcome and aftermath of the trial. The authors untangle the perplexities surrounding the cases and illuminate the many mysteries that remain unsolved today. These celebrated trials reveal issues of overzealous prosecution, sloppy police work, judicial bias, race, class, and ethnic struggles, and the role of wealth in securing a competent defense. They also show how the temper of the times and frenzied media coverage heightened the intensity of drama in the cases.
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Geis, Gilbert Lawrence was born on January 10, 1925 in Brooklyn. Son of Joseph and Ida (List) Geis.
AB, Colgate University, 1947. Postgraduate, University Stockholm, 1947. Master of Science, Brigham Young University, 1949.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1953.
Instructor, then assistant professor sociology, U. Oklahoma, 1952-1957;
faculty, California State University, Los Angeles, 1957-1971;
professor sociology, California State University, Los Angeles, 1963-1971;
fellow law and sociology Law School, Harvard University, 1964-1965;
visiting professor criminal justice, State University of New York, Albany, 1969-1970;
professor social ecology, University of California, Irvine, 1971-1987;
professor emeritus, University of California, Irvine, since 1987. Visiting fellow Institute Criminology, Cambridge (England) University, 1976-1977. Visiting professor Institute Criminology, Sydney, Australia, 1978-1979.
Distinguished visiting professor.Pa. State University, 1981. Consultant Ministry of Justice, Lisbon, Portugal, 1987.
Distinguished visiting professor John Jay College Criminal Justice, CUNY, 1996.
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Advisory President's Committee on Narcotic and Drug Abuse, 1963-1964. Consultant President's Commision on Law Enforcement and Administration Justice, 1966-1967, Joint Commision on Correctional Manpower and Training, 1967-1969, National Commision on Causes and Prevention Violence, 1968-1970. Member narcotic addiction and drug abuse review committee National Institute Mental Health, 1970-1974.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Sociol Society (chairman of the section criminology 1970-1971), Pacific Sociological Society, Society Study Social Problems (chairman criminal and delinquency section 1964-1966), American Society Criminology (president 1975-1976, Edwin H. Sutherland award 1986).
Married Ruth Steinberg, April 4, 1948. Children: Ellen Dagney, Jean Marit. Married Robley Huston, December 17, 1966.
Married Dolores Tuttle, January 30, 1993.