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Issues in Corrections
Research, Policy, and Future Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
Since the 1970s, the corrections system has experienced exponential growth. Over the past four decades, the number of inmates held in US prisons and jails has quadrupled. This massive growth is associated with a number of different issues and challenges within prisons and jails, including overcrowding;...
by L.P. Brezny
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
What's new in shotgunning? Everything!
Authored by noted shotgun and ballistics expert L.P. Brezny, Gun Digest Guide to Modern Shotgunning is the definitive volume on getting the most out of today's wide array of premium shotguns and ammunition. This is truly a must-have volume for practiced...
by L.P. Middler
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Intimacy vs. Isolation is the stage of the young adult (ages 20 to mid-30’s), according to Erikson’s “Eight Ages of Man.” During this stage, we are eager to fuse our identities (solidified in the previous stage—Identity vs. Role Confusion) with others. On the other hand, those unsure of...
Chinese Politics Illustrated
The Cultural, Social, and Historical Context
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
This unique book offers the readers a ring-side seat to watch the drama of Chinese politics as it is experienced by the players themselves. It provides an opportunity for non-Chinese readers to get a feel of the intricacies of contemporary Chinese politics as they are played out in real-life situations....
The Naturalness of Belief
New Essays on Theism’s Rationality
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
Despite its name, “naturalism” as a world-view turns out to be rather unnatural in its strict and more consistent form of materialism and determinism. This is why a number of naturalists opt for a broadened version that includes objective moral values, intrinsic human dignity, consciousness, beauty,...
Managing My Anger
Weekly Meditations & Journal Exercises for Growth
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2009
"Ever get tired of being told you are the problem and no one ever listens to you? And no matter how many times you tell them off, they still don't get it?...Mary gets it. She's been there...With a gentle strength she steps right into your world and sits beside you, looking ahead with you, not...
CBT for Panic Attacks
Simple explanations about the causes of anxiety, panic attacks and panic disorder with advice on how to stop panic symptoms using CBT
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
An important question we asked ourselves before writing this book was – Do CBT books for panic that are already available accurately represent what CBT has to offer right now? The answer we arrived at was quite simply NO. Current clinical practice of CBT has developed so rapidly that it has now...
Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century
A Multidimensional Inquiry
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Imagine an America where politicians, governmental institutions, schools, new technologies, and interest groups work together to promote informed, engaged citizens. Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century brings together scholars from various disciplines to show how such a United States is possible...
The Populist Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe
Ideology, impact, and electoral performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Often neglected in the study of far right organisations, post-communist Europe recently witnessed the rise and fall of a number of populist radical right parties. The Populist Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe is the first comparative study to focus on the ideology, impact, and electoral...
by Pál Révész
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
The simplest mathematical model of the Brownian motion of physics is the simple, symmetric random walk. This book collects and compares current results — mostly strong theorems which describe the properties of a random walk. The modern problems of the limit theorems of probability theory are treated...
by Leonard A. Brennan, Damon L. Williford, Bart M. Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Authored by some of the state’s top wildlife scientists, The Upland and Webless Migratory Game Birds of Texas presents the most up-to-date and comprehensive information covering twenty-one species of game birds. Ranging from the most well-known, like the Wild Turkey and Mourning Dove, to the marsh-loving...
Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities
Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Cognitive and Intellectual Disabilities: Historical Perspectives, Current Practices, and Future Directions provides thorough coverage of the causes and characteristics of cognitive and intellectual disabilities (formerly known as mental retardation) as well as detailed discussions of the validated...
Human Resource Management
The Public Service Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Sound HRM practices matter—they are a sine qua non of effective governance in democratic government—equally so at the local, regional, state and national levels of government. The NASPAA (Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration) accreditation standards demand critical...
by László Péter
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
This book presents an ethnographic description and sociological interpretation of the ‘football gatherings’ that evolved out of central Romania in the late twentieth century. In the 1980's, Romanian public television did not broadcast football mega-events for economic and political reasons. In...