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A compendium of common terms used in multicultural counseling and research.

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This book explores the sources of the problems in the child welfare system, places those problems in their historical, legal, and policy perspectives, and explores the implications of policies for state and national levels.

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Analyzing federal involvement in residential segregation, this book examines how the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) attempted to forge elementary changes in segregated residential patterns by opening up the suburbs to groups historically excluded for racial or economic reasons.

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This unique compilation of essays and entries provides critical insights into the Latino/a experience with the U.S. criminal justice system.

Concerns about immigration's relationship to crime make accurate information and critical analysis of the utmost importance.

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In this interdisciplinary study, Sedgwick first assesses the value of applying economic models to the social problem of crime. He compares economic models to sociological ones and then addresses the question of whether economic models are compatible with the values of a liberal political order.

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Tom Barker examines police homicide and the different behavior patterns that lead to it, ranging from misadventure to intent. This book includes a variety of cases from accidental deaths involving careless, reckless or negligent law enforcement officers to murders committed by LEOs engaged in organized crime or serial sexual homicides.

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A thorough examination of criminal justice and policing practices in England and Wales.

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Covering figures ranging from Catherine Monvoisin to Vlad the Impaler, and describing murders committed in ancient aristocracies to those attributed to vampires, witches, and werewolves, this book documents the historic reality of serial murder.

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This timely book illustrates in convincing detail what needs to be done to prevent crime and keep people out of prison.

Here, Waller shows that hiring public health nurses and investing in helping youth at risk to complete school and get job training is better than hiring more police;

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This book provides an examination of contraceptive social marketing. It includes a description of these programs, documenting a form of international assistance that has attracted over $1 billion from governments and other donors.

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In Europe after World War II, U.S. economic aid helped to ensure economic revival, political stability, and democracy. In the Third World, however, aid has been associated with very different tendencies: uneven political development, violence, political instability, and authoritarian rule in most countries. Despite these differing patterns of poli

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This collection brings together distinguished international authors, who pay tribute to von Hirsch by engaging with topics on which he himself has focussed. Together, they articulate and defend the ideal of a liberal criminal justice system.

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This book explores one of the most significant events in 20th century Anglo-Saxon liberalism: the shift in Britain from the welfare state to the risk society.

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It's all about keeping a family secret. When a newborn is adopted, her cousins are sworn to secrecy about her identity. When she becomes an adult, a serious health problem blows the lid off the family secret. She's forced to cross a line in the sand and soon discovers who her real cousins are.

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Lives at Risk identifies 20 myths about health care as delivered in countries that have national health insurance. These myths have gained the status of fact in both the United States and abroad, even though the evidence shows a far different reality. The authors also explore ...