[applause] it afternoon. Everyones well fed, i hope. Joining us at lunch today is philip carter, senior fellow and director of military veterans and the Society Program at the center for a new american security. His research focuses on issues that face veterans and military personnel, force structure and readiness issues and several military relations. His most recentat article, what america owes its veterans is published in this Current Issue of Foreign Affairs magazine. Serving in iraq from 2005 until 2006 as an advisor to the state Department Reconstruction team, mr. Carter then returned home to increasing involvement in veterans and national affairs. As a civilian he worked in the private sector as a business advisor and he is currently teaching as anan adjunct professor of law at georgetown university. Today he is with us as a moderator and friend of our keynote speaker. So while mr. Carter makes his way to the stage, it is my pleasure to introduce the captain. [applause] never a
Booktv on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you, two us twitter. Com booktv or post a comment on our facebook page, facebook. Com will snap all booktv. [inaudible conversations] we are going to go ahead and begin to begin. Thanks for being out here today, an awesome crowd. My name is emily, im a manager at politics and prose. On behalf of the staff thanks and welcome. If you could take a minute and silence your cell phone so we are not interrupted, that would be great. The event, we will have a brief talk, questions, we are filming and recording the event, you will have this human urge to shout your question but we have a microphone here and if you could ask the question, it gets recorded and everyone get the other question and answer. Thank you in advance for that and two more events today, sometimes we ask you to fold up your chairs but if you cannot fold up your chairs today that would be awesome. If you enjoy this event we have 500 other author events a year so check ou
I as a society and as a culture, we protect harassers. If someone can tell me why. That is the 20 milliondollar question. Why do we do that. Its because were protecting our own job . Is it because were protecting a person in power . I think those are the two top reasons. Now that the floodgates have been open, i give so much credit to the women. Will. That doesnt mean theyre only eight people that were held assaulted or raped, there were other people who were raped who have come forward who have not reached settlements. Rape is a crime so that is a longer statute of limitations. With regard to Sexual Harassment, you dont have a lot of time to file a claim. Different in every state in the depends if its a federal violation or state violation. There are so many ways we should look into the law to help women come forward but especially with the issue of Sexual Harassment where you dont really switch on a light and say hey ill come forward. You dont have a lot of time. Its less than two ye
Good evening and welcome to st. Thomas moore university church. Our program tonight will be a presentation and discussion of a new book entitled a country called prison. This is being recorded by cspan for later broadcast on booktv, so we ask that you take this moment to silence your cell phones. When we get to the questions and comments portion of the program, please wait for the microphone so that you may be heard and recorded. Following the presentation, there will be book sales and signing in the atrium of our chapel, and a wine and cheese reception will also follow. Our authors tonight are dr. John carl, and dr. Mary looman. Dr. Contractor is assistant professor at the university of oklahoma, where he teaches a variety of courses, including criminology, and criminal justice. His social Work Experience includes the prison context, and a variety of medical settings. He is the author of, think, sociology, think social problems, and, a short introduction to the u. S. Census. Dr. Looma