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by Viggo Boserup, Brian Parmelee, Jerry P. Roscoe
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Alternative dispute resolution, or ADR, is the practice of resolving disputes through processes other than litigation. The most common forms of ADR are mediation and arbitration, but many other forms exist in the Health Care arena to address specific types of disputes and their need for tailored processes...
Caught in the Web of the Criminal Justice System
Autism, Developmental Disabilities, and Sex Offenses
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017
Increasing numbers of people with autism and other developmental disabilities are being convicted of sex offences, resulting in draconian and public punishment. Yet even when evidence shows that people with these conditions often pose little threat to society, or lack a core understanding as to why...
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;...
Raoul Peck
Power, Politics, and the Cinematic Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
This comprehensive collection of essays dedicated to the work of filmmaker Raoul Peck is the first of its kind. The essays, interview, and keynote addresses collected in Raoul Peck: Power, Politics, and the Cinematic Imagination focus on the ways in which power and politics traverse the work of Peck...
by Doug Achterman, Marlene Asselin, Steven M. Baule
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
This collection of enlightening and stimulating articles, written by some of the most important figures in school librarianship, demonstrates how teacher-librarians, classroom teachers, and administrators can work together to create a 21st century school library media program. With topics that emphasize...
by Jay M. Shafritz, E. W. Russell, Christopher P. Borick
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Now in an extensively revised 9th edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. Known for its lively and witty writing style, this beloved textbook examines the most important issues...
by Mark P. Zanna, James M. Olson
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Advances in Experimental Social Psychology continues to be one of the most sought after and most often cited series in this field. Containing contributions of major empirical and theoretical interest, this series represents the best and the brightest in new research, theory, and practice in social...
by Richard T. Callaghan, Michael P. Pateman, Daniel Torres Etayo
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
Heritage preservation is a broad term that can include the protection of a wide range of human-mediated material and cultural processes ranging from specific artifacts, ancient rock art, and features of the built environment and modified landscapes. As a region of multiple independent nations and...
An Economic History of Organized Crime
A National and Transnational Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011
This book is a comparative study of organized crime groups from five different parts of the world: Europe; North America; Central America/South America/Caribbean basin; Africa; and Asia/Western Pacific. Each part contains two case studies and a shorter essay, a vignette. From Europe the case studies...
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...
Urban Neighborhoods in a New Era
Revitalization Politics in the Postindustrial City
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2015
For decades, North American cities racked by deindustrialization and population loss have followed one primary path in their attempts at revitalization: a focus on economic growth in downtown and business areas. Neighborhoods, meanwhile, have often been left severely underserved. There are, however,...
by M.D. Joseph P. Pecoraro, Rhonda Pecoraro, M.D. Vilma Vega
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
The gospel command is to “go” into the world, to minister to the sick and the poor, and to bring the good news of Christ and His work on the cross to those who have not heard of Him. Ten people from many different walks of life did just this through Hearts Afire ministry, traveling more than 30,000...
Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 3
Animal health and welfare
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
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The Portuguese in Canada
Diasporic Challenges and Adjustment
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2009
Even though the Portuguese are relatively new to Canada, they have made major contributions to the cultural mosaic of the country. Containing many new essays, this second edition of The Portuguese in Canada updates the work that filled a gap in the scholarly literature of multiculturalism in Canada.
The...