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This international reference guide analyzes the role and structure of care of the elderly and describes available services in 32 representative countries around the world.

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This is a survey of the state of social work education in over 23 countries and regions around the world. This reference guide also considers social work education from a comparative and global perspective in terms of current problems and programmes and future prospects.

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This handbook covers the five continents of the globe by presenting the state of the art theory and practice of social work within selected countries which have a legacy of social work, either imported from the west or indigenously developed within the country.

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the problem of Internet child pornography that spotlights the connection between technology and behavior, presenting practical suggestions for reducing this pervasive problem.

The role of the Internet in fueling the problem of child pornography is enormous.

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Pulling together researchers, practitioners, and educators from around the world, this book addresses the various practices and efforts different countries use to protect children and prevent interpersonal violence.

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Concepts such as cultural competence, multicultural practice, and ethnosensitivity have taken root in the literature.

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Ben-Arieh and Gal draw together a collection of original essays by leading researchers on issues of major importance to all welfare states, alongside a special focus on developments in the Israeli welfare state.

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Explaining cybercrime in a highly networked world, this book provides a comprehensive yet accessible summary of the history, modern developments, and efforts to combat cybercrime in various forms at all levels of government-international, national, state, and local.

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Explaining cybercrime in a highly networked world, this book provides a comprehensive yet accessible summary of the history, modern developments, and efforts to combat cybercrime in various forms at all levels of government-international, national, state, and local.

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Describes how Christa Worthington, a critically acclaimed fashion writer, sought refuge and a simpler life as a single mother on Cape Cod, only to become the victim of a brutal, still unsolved murder on January 6, 2002, in Truro, Massachusetts, in a close-up look at the victim's life, the crime tha

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An excellent, well-written study. . . . Unique in its sociological focus and its emphasis on young widows. Choice

[In] this intelligent and emotionally gripping book, [the author] peels away both the cultural-symbolic layer of heroism in war and the psychological layer of individual grief.

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This book explores in depth the main issues surrounding current topics in institutional corrections. Issues in Corrections includes chapters written by correctional researchers and scholars on prison behavior (including gangs and misconduct), solitary confinement, prison programming, and rehabilitation.

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This book explores in depth the main issues surrounding current topics in institutional corrections. Issues in Corrections includes chapters written by correctional researchers and scholars on prison behavior (including gangs and misconduct), solitary confinement, prison programming, and rehabilitation.

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This volume seeks to draw together the current thinking on these issues, analyze them, and project areas for further analysis.

Written by leading scholars in social work, this volume will be of value to social work educators, practitioners, students, and others in the social policy arena.

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A detailed and meticulously researched encyclopedia on all aspects of Jack the Ripper, one of the world's most famous, and mysterious, serial killers.

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Its success is rooted in Japanese culture and dependent on the Japanese psyche.

Without competition, this comparative volume provides the first overall view of the Japanese criminal justice system.

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Looks at the origins of crime in New Zealand, the way offenders are punished, the effectiveness of prison, for both men and women, parental responsibility, the role of drugs, where education comes in, the role of state institutions.

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Donna Price Cofer addresses the tensions between the administrative law judges (ALJ) of the Social Security Administration and their management and examines a common dilemma in the distribution of public social benefits: the desire to meet the needs of eligible claimants and the reality of a diminishing trust fund.

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As her parent's slept on Friday 13, 1973, 17-month old Diedre Kennedy was snatched from her cot. Dressed in women's underwear her chubby thigh showed bruising from bite marks, she had been bashed, sexually assaulted and strangled.

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With an emphasis on the importance of theory and practice, Juvenile Delinquency is a timely and comprehensive introduction to crime, justice, and young people. Updated throughout, the third edition features new information about gangs and prevention, the impact of race and gender on crime and justice, and more comparative/international examples.

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With an emphasis on the importance of theory and practice, Juvenile Delinquency is a timely and comprehensive introduction to crime, justice, and young people. Updated throughout, the third edition features new information about gangs and prevention, the impact of race and gender on crime and justice, and more comparative/international examples.

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A study of juvenile delinquency and the treatment practice of the courts in different areas of England and Wales.