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Understanding Crime Incidence Statistics
Why the UCR Diverges From the NCS
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The prominence achieved by the novel measure of "households touched by crime" when it was introduced into the National Crime Survey (NCS) in 1981 was responsible for renewed attention to comparisons between the crime rates reported by the NCS and the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). The new...
by Michael D. Rich, Charles Jr. Wolf, John Godges
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
The cover story focuses on nine key issues in the 2012 U.S. presidential election--income inequality, health care costs, immigration reform, energy options, education, al Qaeda, Iraq, democratization in the Middle East, and China--while other stories cover the California court system, calorie counting,...
African American Students’ Career and College Readiness
The Journey Unraveled
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
African American Students’ Career and College Readiness: The Journey Unraveled explores the historical, legal, and socio-political issues of education affecting African American students and their career and college readiness. Each chapter has been written based on the authors’ experience and...
Waves of Protest
Social Movements Since the Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 1999
This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown and changed_from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and...
Healthy Lifestyle
Top Ten Preventable Causes of Premature Death with Real Stories of Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Finding a user-friendly book on the topic of healthy living that is right for you can be challenging. If you want to learn more about the health issues most pertinent to your lifestyle, Healthy Lifestyle: Top Ten Preventable Causes of Premature Death with Real Stories of Change is the book for you....
The ROV Manual
A User Guide for Remotely Operated Vehicles
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
Written by two well-known experts in the field with input from a broad network of industry specialists, The ROV Manual, Second Edition provides a complete training and reference guide to the use of observation class ROVs for surveying, inspection, and research purposes.
This new edition has...
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Prescription for Trouble Bundle #2, Medical Error & Lethal Remedy - eBook [ePub]
Prescription for Trouble
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2013
This bundle contains Medical Error and Lethal Remedy, PLUS bonus chapters from Code Blue and Diagnosis Death. Medical Error Dr. Anna McIntyre’s life was going along just fine until someone else started living it. Her patient died because of an identity mix-up; her medical career is in jeopardy because...
by Elizabeth Monvey, Pelaam, Lilith Duvalier
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
Does the sight of a cop’s badge—or his handcuffs—make your pulse race? Do you drive by your local firehouse just to catch a glimpse of your favorite fireman? Ever peek in the cockpit just to check out the captain?
If you agree the only thing sexier than a man in uniform is a man out of...
by L.D. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
General Daynja Édo is a legend: head of the celebrated Boorhian Empire’s military and possessor of a mask of untold power. She has raised her Shadow Army of seven assassins from childhood. But mounting disillusionment over a life of brutality, a petulant emperor, and prodding from The Artful Djinni...
by L.D. Link
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Suppose an ancient curse was broken and you were to blame for unleashing havoc upon humanity. Somber Cook, a 15-year-old teen, is tricked into breaking an ancient curse—The Seal of Judgement bestowed by an ancient king and implemented by The Guardians of Light. The ongoing war between good and evil...
Understanding Compulsive Gambling
Recovery from Compulsive Gambling
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
A concise overview of addictive gambling. This Understanding Compulsive Gambling pamphlet clearly describes both the emotional progression and the effects of compulsive gambling on our lives, finances, and families. Personal stories demonstrate that change is possible through programs such as Gamblers...
by Margaret Conrad, Kadriye Ercikan, Gerald Friesen
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
What role does history play in contemporary society? Has the frenetic pace of today’s world led people to lose contact with the past? A high-profile team of researchers from across Canada sought to answer these questions by launching an ambitious investigation into how Canadians engage with history...
From War to Peace in 1945 Germany
A GI's Experience
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
As an Official Army Photographer, "Mac" Fleming’s assignment was to take motion pictures of significant wartime events for the US Army. In the pouch intended to carry his first-aid kit on his belt, he instead carried a small personal camera, which he used to take pictures of the people and places...
Perdidas
Histórias para crianças que não têm vez
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Contos e poemas para as meninas e meninos mortos por bala perdida no Rio de Janeiro, por escritores consagrados. Projeto originalmente publicado, de forma anônima, na São Paulo Review. Parte da receita desta edição será revertida para ações de educação e atendimento de jovens em comunidades cariocas.