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Contemporary Criminological Issues: Moving Beyond Insecurity and Exclusion
by Patrice Corriveau • Kevin Walby • Chris Bruckert • Kathryn Campbell • Jeffrey Monaghan • Baljit Nagra • Tuulia Law • Gwénola Ricordeau • Katrin Hohl • Gillian Balfour • Rachel Faytor • Maritza Felices-Luna • Christine Gervais • Chris Greco • Anouk Guiné • Matthew Johnston • Jennifer Kilty • Sandra Lehalle • Britany Mario • Leslie McGowran • Anna Pratt • Elisa Romano • Irvin Waller • Stephanie Wellman • Carolina Boe • Veronica Martinez • Audrey Monette • Jeffrey Bradley • Serena Dastouri • Jean-Denis DavidContemporary Criminological Issues tackles some of today’s most pressing social issues, from the criminalization of Indigenous peoples to interpersonal violence, border control, and armed conflicts. This book advances cutting-edge theories and methods, with the aim of moving beyond the scholarship ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Preventing Lethal School Violence
Bullying. Gang assaults. Rampage shootings. School violence, especially when it turns deadly, has enduring social and psychological effects on students, faculty, staff, and the community. And though a great deal of research focuses on the significant role children's positive social development p... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Invitation To Asian Religions
Featuring a unique, consistent, and modular chapter structure - "Teachings," "History," and "Way of Life" - and numerous pedagogical features, Invitation to Asian Religions invites students to explore Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Chinese religions (Confucianism and Daoism), and Shintowith r... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Invitation To World Religions
Featuring a unique, consistent, and modular chapter structure--"Teachings," "History," and "Way of Life"--and numerous pedagogical features, Invitation to World Religions, Third Edition, invites students to explore the world's great religions with respect and a sense of wonder. <P><P>This chapter ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Helping Soldiers Leverage Army Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities in Civilian Jobs
by Melissa A. Bradley • Laura Werber • Michael G. Shanley • Cate Yoon • Ellen M. Pint • Eric J. Duckworth • Jeffrey B. Wenger • Jonathan Welch • Nicole H. Curtis • Tepring Piquado • Trinidad BelecheThis report discusses the results of occupation surveys administered to soldiers in selected Army military occupational specialties (MOSs) to assess the level and importance of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed in these MOSs and to develop better crosswalks between military and civilian oc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Stat2: Building models for a World of Data
by George W. Cobb • Allan J. Rossman • Jeffrey A. Witmer • Ann R. Cannon • Bradley A. Hartlaub • Julie M. Legler • Robin H. Lock • Thomas L. MooreSTAT2 offers students who have taken AP Statistics or a typical introductory statistics college level course to learn more sophisticated concepts and the tools with which to apply them. <P> The authors' primary goal is to help students gain facility in the use of common statistical models. The tex... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Health Humanities Reader
by Mark Vonnegut • Audrey Shafer • Martha Stoddard Holmes • Howard Brody • Jeff Nisker • Bradley Lewis • Rosemarie Tong • Ian Williams • Sander L. Gilman • Rafael Campo • Daniel Goldberg • Michael Rowe • Thomas R. Cole • Alice Dreger • Joseph N. Straus • Jonathan M. Metzl • Arthur W. Frank • E. Ann Kaplan • Rebecca Hester • John Lantos • Shelley Wall • Alan Bleakley • Marjorie Levine-Clark • Michael Sappol • Mark Clark • Professor Therese Jones • Professor Delese Wear • Professor Lester D. Friedman • David H. Flood • Rhonda L. Soricelli • Lisa Keränen • Martin F. Norden • Professor Lisa I. Iezzoni • Felicia Cohn • Martha Montello • Amy Haddad • Rebecca Garden • Jack Coulehan • Professor Bernice Hausman • Gretchen A. Case • Allen Peterkin • Susan M. Squier • Sayantani DasGupta • Maren Grainger-Monsen • Benjamin Saxton • Jerald Winakur • Anne Hudson Jones • Tod Chambers • Raymond C. Barfield • Lucy Selman • Jeffrey P. Bishop • Catherine Belling • Paul Root Wolpe • Professor Allison B. Kavey • Julie M. Aultman • Michael Blackie • Erin Gentry Lamb • Jay BaruchOver the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014