Rita Simon: 16 books
Human Trafficking Around the World
Hidden in Plain Sight
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
This unprecedented study of sex trafficking, forced labor, organ trafficking, and sex tourism across twenty-four nations highlights the experiences of the victims, perpetrators, and anti-traffickers involved in this brutal trade. Combining statistical data with intimate accounts and interviews, journalist...
In Their Parents' Voices
Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories shared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners,...
In Their Siblings’ Voices
White Non-Adopted Siblings Talk About Their Experiences Being Raised with Black and Biracial Brothers and Sisters
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2009
In Their Siblings' Voices shares the stories of twenty white non-adopted siblings who grew up with black or biracial brothers and sisters in the late 1960s and 1970s. Belonging to the same families profiled in Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their...
by Rita Simon, Alison Brooks
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
In this eleventh volume in The World Over series, Simon and Brooks examine and compare the rights and responsibilities of citizenship across twenty-one countries. The countries included are Canada, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Poland,...
In Their Own Voices
Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2000
Nearly forty years after researchers first sought to determine the effects, if any, on children adopted by families whose racial or ethnic background differed from their own, the debate over transracial adoption continues. In this collection of interviews conducted with black and biracial young adults...
by Rita Simon
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single...
by Rita J. Simon
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Thirty years after it was first published, the issues raised in The Jury and the Defense of Insanity remain pertinent. Rita James Simon examines how motivated and competent juries are, how well jurors understand and follow judges' instructions, their understand-ing of expert testimony, and the extent...
by Rita J. Simon
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
The obstacles to assimilation and treatment of immigrant women are major issues confronting the leading immigrant-receiving nations today-the United States, Canada, and Australia. This volume provides a range of perspectives on the concerns, the sources of problems, how issues might be addressed,...
by Rita J. Simon, Sarah Hernandez
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories presents twenty interviews with Native American adoptees raised in non-Native homes. Through the in-depth interviews they conduct with each participant, the authors explore complex questions of cultural identity formation. The participants of...
Technology Tools for Students With Autism
Innovations that Enhance Independence and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Technology holds great promise for helping students with autism learn, communicate, and function effectively in the modern world. Start leveraging that power today with this forward-thinking book, your in-depth guided tour of technologies that support learners with autism and help them fully participate...
by Rita J. Simon, Mohamed Alaa Abdel-Moneim
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
This book focuses on military conscription in 22 countries that represent the world's regions. The purpose is to shed light on the history, politics, and main events that led to the choice of conscription or professional military forces in the countries under study. While we acknowledge that practical...
by Rita J. Simon, Alison M. Brooks
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009
Gay and Lesbian Communities the World Over examines the treatment and status of gays and lesbians in 21 countries around the world. The countries included are Canada, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Israel, Egypt, Iran,...
Immigration the World Over
Statutes, Policies, and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2004
With the opening of borders and the aging of populations in industrialized states immigration takes on new importance. More younger workers are needed to support the social contract established with the baby boom generation, and immigration offers one practical solution. Many countries, however, have...
Public Opinion in the United States
Studies of Race, Religion, Gender, and Issues That Matter
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Public Opinion in the United States tracks developments in American society since World War II through the lens of public opinion. The authors assess national public opinion poll data from 1945 to 2008, targeting opinions about African Americans, Jews, Muslim Americans, gays and lesbians, immigration,...
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