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Serial murder cases motivate the media in unfortunate ways, and the result is that even typically respectable media organizations can be involved in such things as document theft, or in interfering with the capture of serial murderers on the run.

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This book brings together experts in the fields of criminology, computer science, sociology, police science, victimology, psychology, oral history, and systems analysis, focussing their eclectic knowledge on the study of serial murder.

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Sex Crimes and Offenders emphasizes the need to focus on individual perpetrators while also stressing the importance of looking at the offenders social and cultural environments, as well as the social and political responses designed to hold perpetrators accountable and help support victims

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Victims and their families will especially benefit from the information in this book, but all readers will gain insight into the crimes, their incidence, their impact on victims, and the way the criminal justice system responds, from the scene of the crime through the capture and incarceration of the perpetrators.

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This book targets sex trafficking within every geographic region and it provides a general profile of the geographic regions in terms of demographic characteristics and political conditions that may support the growth of sex trafficking. It is written on a basic information-supply-level to provide readers with a foundation on human trafficking throughout the world.

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A contemporary, fact-filled resource on the historical, legal, medical, and political aspects of a wide variety of sexual crimes.

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Challenges criminologists to expand their spheres of inquiry through Shakespeare's use of law and justice themes.

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The goals of this section are to provide a broad descriptive analysis of the history, growth, and current issues facing the shared housing movement, to consider both the urban and rural environments as contexts for shared housing programs, and to offer an overview of shared housing research.

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Covers emotional fallout when children who have been separated from their parents by foster care or adoption are also torn away from their siblings. This title addresses the importance of nurturing sibling bonds and mental health strategies to support those relationships, and legal rights of siblings to be together, and issues in adoptions.

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Single Parents offers an overview of this growing phenomenon, the problems faced by single-parent families, and their impact on society.

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In the wake of headline-grabbing mass murders and other controversial crimes, public officials and communities alike are searching for ways to best deal with crime both minor and major. Here, Waller highlights best practices, underscores the need for better preventions, and details the best innovations in the reduction of crime and violence.

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Coming to America to make a better life has long been a dream of many from around the world, even if it means being smuggled into the country to gain entry. This book examines how human smuggling and trafficking activities to the United States are carried out and explores the legal and policy challenges of dealing with these problems.

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From the original 18th-century volunteer force to the New York Firefighter unit in the Union Army, to contemporary issues of diversity and efficiency, this history holds up a mirror for fire-fighters throughout the US. It is the story of the men and women, tragedies and triumphs of the FDNY throughout its history.

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Where other books have discussed selected social practices in China, this volume is unique in its coverage of the entire social control apparatus of that country.

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Social Deviance is a comprehensive textbook that uses real life phenomena and current examples to maintain student interest. Each chapter includes chapter-opening objectives and vignette, end of chapter glossary and discussion questions, and boxed material.

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This book explores new directions in contemporary theorising about the impact of social and cultural dynamics on crime and social control.

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This book presents a review and criticism of all sociological literature on suicide, from Emile Durkheim's influential Suicide (1897) to contemporary writings by sociologists who have patterned their own work on Durkheim's. Douglas points out fundamental weaknesses in the structural-functional study of suicide, and offers an alternative theoretical

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Successful social policies for children are critical to America's future. Yet the status of children in America suggests that the nation's policies may not be serving them well.

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This volume proposes a clearly structured method to study social programs for the elderly in economically developing nations.

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Health care, Social Security, employment programs - are part of ongoing national debates about the future of social policy in the United States. This collection of essays shows how historical understanding, centered on governmental institutions and political alliances, can illuminate the limits and possibilities of American social policymaking.

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This book takes social policy back to its basics. Each chapter systematically breaks down the subject to equip students not only with knowledge of the theoretical themes and perspectives which underpin social policy, but also of the relevance of social policy in everyday life.