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Constructivism is based on the principle that our personalities, behaviour and society are organized by the ways in which we attribute meanings to events and act upon these meanings. This work explains constructivism as an epistemology and demonstrates its practical relevance for social work.

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' ... everyone should read this book and experience the reality of how some of our children are raised. Our children are our future - give them one, as this author has.

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A practicing analyst combines broad training and research and hands-on experience in this first comprehensive reference/text assessing criminal, investigative, and strategic analysis techniques and reports, while showing how they support every facet of law enforcement today.

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A practicing analyst combines broad training and research and hands-on experience in this first comprehensive reference/text assessing criminal, investigative, and strategic analysis techniques and reports, while showing how they support every facet of law enforcement today.

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Focuses on one of the most innovative aspects of Irish social partnership, the Community and Voluntary Pillar. It is the most thorough account of the dynamics of the Pillar to date and tackles the weaknesses in existing perspectives -- .

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Blending current trends with history, Atlas of Crime stands out for its coverage of critical topics such as school violence, hate crimes, domestic terrorism, rape, capital punishment, and more.

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Martin Alan Greenberg explores the origins of the two major types of citizen volunteer police--auxiliary and reserve--and examines the history and current practices of volunteer policing.

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He then examines stereotypes about the participants in a crime, which are illustrated by references to popular fiction as well as scholarly analysis, to the media, to public opinion surveys, and to statements of public officials.

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Based upon nearly 20 years of research and theoretical analysis of selected rural and urban communities in the Philippines, this work describes and critiques a variety of justice-related issues, including terrorism, vigilante activity, corruption, and juvenile deliquency.

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Did the police lose control of themselves in dealing with demonstrators during the 1968 Democratic National Convention

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"Beach Nights and Blue Lights" chronicles the amusing adventures of law enforcement in a 1970s eastern North Carolina beach town. From beach brawls to baffling burglaries, these stories highlight the comedic side of keeping peace in a place where anything could happen and usually did.

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Offers students a comparative analytical framework for ways of thinking about fatherhood and new insights into why some welfare states have 'father-friendly' social policies and why others don't. -- .

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Drawing on the experiences of innovative police departments that have tried new approaches to policing in cities as diverse as Los Angeles, Newport News, Virginia, and London, this important book assesses what can be done by enterprising police chiefs and progressive communities to combat the crime and violence that currently engulf our cities.

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America's three most recent wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq have raised profound questions about when to use military force, for what purpose, and who should make the decision whether to go to war.

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This book is a comprehensive inquiry into the rehabilitation of criminal offenders and is based on extensive cross-cultural research on legal, ethical, philosophical, psychological, and sociological aspects of rehabilitation.

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