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This book covers historical experiences, contemporary practices, and comparative perspectives of policing and law enforcement in various parts of the world to provide reliable literature on international and comparative policing.

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Sexual offences pose severe violations of human rights that necessitate criminal law intervention in every democratic society. This edited collection analyzes sexual offences throughout multiple jurisdictions in terms of attrition rate.

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Despite various reform efforts, Mexico has experienced economic stability but little growth. Today more than half of all Mexican workers are employed informally, and one out of every four is poor.

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This book argues that some of the most important deviants have been at the forefront of positive social change and the creation of a more just, fair, and humane society.

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This book argues that some of the most important deviants have been at the forefront of positive social change and the creation of a more just, fair, and humane society.

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An unaltered reprint of the 1987 original. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Recognizing that the quality of governance is a crucial factor in the overall development of a country, experts on government ethics and law enforcement examine the principles that need to be applied to create more effective and efficient governments.

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Shows what the Badger State did and how it was done. Wisconsin's welfare reform was the most radical in the country, and it began far earlier than that in most other states. It was the achievement of legislators and administrators who were unusually high-minded and effective by national standards.

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Offers support and guidance for caregivers, clearly defined options for care, and the ways and means for readers to craft their own successful journey through caregiving challenges and heartbreak.

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Written especially for professionals in nonprofit organizations, this is a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to finding funds for programs and writing effective grant proposals.

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Through a new theory called Contextual Anomie/Strain Theory, Matthew Robinson and Daniel Murphy explain why deviance and crime are so widespread in American corporations. Exploring the simultaneous use of legitimate (i.e., legal) and illegitimate (i.e., deviant or illegal) mea...

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This book explores the relationship between growth management and smart growth and affordable housing in depth. It draws from material presented at a symposium on these subjects held at the Brookings Institution in May 2003.

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This comparative study discusses the impact of major events, such as assassinations and shootings, on the gun policymaking in the U.S. and Canada.

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This is a comprehensive and well elaborated review of conceptual frameworks for counseling and therapy in cross-cultural problems.

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In our present planetary crisis, communication across cultural lines has become vitally important. Carl Rogers, Ph.D., Resident Fellow, Center for Studies of the Person

This is a comprehensive and well-elaborated review of conceptual frameworks for counseling and therapy in cross-cultural problems.

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Because housing is a multidisciplinary, fragmented field of research, investigators are faced with the difficult task of pulling together information scattered in a wide variety of narrowly focused sources.

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Internationally known authorities in criminal justice provide one of the most comprehensive and detailed surveys today of the diverse ethnic and racial groups in the criminal underworld and their grave threats to the very fabric of American society.

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Torres has followed his Handbook of Federal Police and Investigtive Agencies with this similarly focused book on state police organizations.