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There are many controversial aspects of the US criminal justice system, which are highly relevant to debates about crime and justice globally. This encyclopedia examines the most significant controversies throughout history with emphasis on debates, trends, and issues. The entries include: Boot Camps, Corporal Punishment, and DNA Evidence.

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From ancient times to World War II and the postwar period, Battleships charts the evolution of the vessel that ruled the seas-a vessel that, until the arrival of the aircraft carrier, would be the most expensive and complex human-made moving object in history.

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Becoming a Psychologist is a guide for students contemplating a psychology career. It is designed to give them an overview of the opportunities open to them within the discipline, advice on how to develop a career and strategies for furthering such a career.

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A psychiatrist and award-winning documentarian sheds light on the mental-health-care crisis in the United States.

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This book addresses the dangers of focusing on single-mode approaches in educating individuals with autism spectrum disorders, especially behavior analytic approaches. Shyman presents a sound theoretical and practical argument for comprehensive approaches applying multiple methodologies useful for teachers, practitioners, students, and professors.

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This work examines how preschool teachers construct the preschool teacher identity through everyday practices of teaching and caring. Pruits analysis of preschool teachers talk and interaction addresses pertinent sociological and early childhood education themes, including classroom management, social control, emotions, and identity construction.

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Beyond Biculturalism is a critical analysis of contemporary Mori public policy. Bicultural political theory dominated Mori/Crown relationships during the 1980s and 1990s and OSullivan argues that biculturalism inevitably makes Mori the junior partner.

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Building a bridge between the anthropologies of West and East, the author shows how an intrinsically pathological - marginal - Western culture can be partially reconstructed to go "beyond marginality" by incorporating elements of a more authentic world view.

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Bringing together rhetorical, media studies, organizational communication, ethnographic, pop culture, mass communication, gender studies, and educational technology backgrounds to bear on polymediation, the authors interrogate the language by which we talk about the contemporary media landscape and the impact of the media on peoples lives.

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Despite major advances in medication and treatment, persons with serious mental illness have substantially worse employment outcomes than other disadvantaged groups. This book explains the factors that impact the employment of those with mental illnesses and provides guidance for overcoming obstacles, from both employer and employee perspectives.

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Turn to this giant bank of clip art to jazz up just about anything-and get the school year off to a great start!

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This book critically situates the figure of the black female vampire within literary studies, cultural studies, gender studies, and critical race studies. It invites readers to take a closer look at the black female vampire figure and how that figure shapes and is shaped by cultural narratives about African American womanhood.

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Black Male Violence in Perspective examines the psychosocial dynamic of violence relative to African-American men, as it is inextricably tied to the history of violence in America including colonialism, expansionism, and concepts of manifest destiny. Tony Jackson articulates the need for intervention models based in African cultural paradigms.

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This book provides insight into why Black Mirror has garnered so much attention. Featuring international scholars, the book reverse-engineers Black Mirror episodes and invites readers to consider their own relationships with digital technology through the work of theorists including Foucault, Baudrillard, Debord, McLuhan, and Virilio.

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Reproduces official Admiralty plans of four ships covering the development of the class. Many enlargements and close-ups, with expert commentary, all in full colour.

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This book critically analyzes how the perpetuation of negative racial and gender stereotypes in reality television influences how the U.S. views black women.

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A single father. No love life. And the teaching job from hell Daniel Ken hated school, and school hated him.

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Bestselling author ofIn Praise of Slowinvestigates one of the last taboos - ageing - and the 'age inappropriate' revolution that is taking place across the globe.

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Bestselling author ofIn Praise of Slowinvestigates one of the last taboos - ageing - and the bold revolution that is taking place across the globe.

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This title, by Big Brother's resident psychologist, reveals how readers can read other people's minds - and their own.