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The U.S. Constitution calls on the government to ""promote the general welfare."" In this provocative and innovative book, a distinguished roster of political scientists and economists evaluates its ability to carry out this task.

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Aimed at childcare workers, this introductory textbook covers the processes of child protection, the context of child abuse and the legal framework as it affects practising childcare workers.

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This thought-provoking work raises important questions about sex offender laws, drawing from personal stories, research, and data to prove the policies promote fear, destroy lives, and fail to protect children.

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This text examines a variety of psychological intervention strategies used in counselling and therapy to bring about change. It is a handbook of strategies which reviews major forms of interventions, reviews research evidence of effectiveness and challenges existing theoretical boundaries.

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Presents the basic concepts and techniques of counseling with appropriate illustrations. Discusses the effective use of Scripture in counseling. Contains a glossary and a bibliography.

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In this pointed study of serial killers, internationally known Forensic Psychologist Duane Dobbert shows us how - even years before the crimes were commmitted- the perpetrators of lust homicides exhibited behaviors showing certain mental and sexual disorders which grew to fuel the horiffic murders.

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With new investigative techniques that have helped to exonerate some death row inmates, and various other considerations that have come into play in recent cases, the future of the death penalty will continue to be shaped by the media and the public.

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This book offers the first full examination of the legal role of public guardianship in 25 years, comparing current conditions to those when the last study was published in 1981.

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How might we construct a new public services settlement, grounded in the needs, wants and capabilities of contemporary citizens

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Punishing Criminals is about sentencing theory and policy and the attempt to identify punishments other than imprisonment. He sees the need to locate sentencing policy decisions within the wider context of the criminal justice process and presents empirical evidence from ten years study of the California criminal justice system.

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This book brings together criminologists, educationalists, psychologists and philosophers to address important questions on juvenile justice.

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This book addresses the interdependence of the study of punishment and of political theory as well as specific issues that arise in both.

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The kinds of punishment used in a society have been considered an important criterion in judging whether a society is civilized or barbaric, advanced or backward, modern or premodern. This title asks how such distinctions have affected our understanding of the past and contributed to the proliferation of kinds of barbarity in the modern world.

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From the Salem witch trials to death row, this work is a gripping analysis of the evolution of punishment practices, policies, and problems in America.

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One of the country's preeminent experts on charitable giving tells the story of the philanthropic boom, led by a new generation of Silicon Valley billionaires, and their transformative and disruptive potential.

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This annotated bibliography of research citations covers the topic of race and crime in the United States from 1950-1999. This work includes research on all racial groups, including whites and American Indians. It offers crime research on all racial groups, including whites and American Indians, Hispanics, Blacks, and Asian Americans.

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This book offers a different and unique perspective of the disproportionate representation of Blacks in the criminal justice system as offenders and prison inmates. The approach is solution-oriented pragmatically, in that it puts the power to break the vicious cycle of Black disproportionate contact with the criminal justice system in the hands of Blacks.

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This book combines scholarly research with real-life testimonials to explore the nexus of critical race theory and education. It offers a serious and responsible analysis of how racial practices in America impact the effectiveness of education as a reentry tool to reverse recidivism and mass incarceration.

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This book combines scholarly research with real-life testimonials to explore the nexus of Critical Race Theory and education. It offers a serious and responsible analysis of how racial practices in America impact the effectiveness of education as a reentry tool to reverse recidivism and mass incarceration.

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Providing a vigilant reminder that the criminal justice system is not a value-neutral system that operates without regard to ethnicity or race, this book contains critical analyses of aspects of the criminal justice system with regard to African Americans. Free Jr. (author of African Americans and t

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Showing informants in a variety of contexts provides a broader picture of them, and highlights the potential pitfalls associated with their use within our criminal justice system.

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Advises how to identify the telltale signs of child abuse and what actions to take, explaining the procedures endorsed by district attorneys and prosecutors.