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The 2024 IADLEST Sourcebook contains data compiled from the 50 state criminal justice officer standards and training organizations in the United States on criminal justice officer standards, training, certification, and licensing programs that affect all city, county and state law enforcement officers in the nation.

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Drawing on first-hand reporting from hot war zones around the world - Bosnia, Rwanda, Congo, Kosovo, Sudan and, most recently, Afghanistan - David Rieff shows us what humanitarian aid workers do in the field and the growing gap between their noble ambitions and their actual capabilities for alleviating suffering.

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"Fully revised and updated, this is a must-have text for students and practitioners looking for a concise introduction to social work theory"--

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Provides the history of the death penalty. Incorporating and synthesizing public opinion data and empirical studies, this work compares, across societies, the types of offenses punishable by death, the level of public support for the death penalty, the forms the penalty takes, and the categories of persons exempt from punishment.

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Two uniquely well-informed informed Chinese journalists tell the sordid story behind the downfall of Politburo member Bo Xilai to illuminate its greater significance as a potentially destabilizing turning point in a cataclysmic internal power struggle between factions of the Communist Party

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When Dr Buddhi Lokuge embarked on a $5 million program to eradicate an infectious and debilitating disease, he soon realised the entire program was unworkable. By listening to community elders, he discovered a better way forward, and new hope for children and their communities. An inspiring David and Goliath story from Australia's Top End.

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This book was written to show an adoptive mother's connection to her child. Families come in all shapes and sizes. No matter what the individual components are, the most important thing remains the same... their connection.

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Comprehensive, engaging, and concise, the second edition of A Guide to Writing for Human Service Professionals offers students and professionals practical tools to improve their writing.

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Comprehensive, engaging, and concise, the second edition of A Guide to Writing for Human Service Professionals offers students and professionals practical tools to improve their writing.

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This revised edition features updated research, new developments in technology, recent policy on juvenile delinquency and youth violence, and provides a framework for evidence-informed state juvenile justice systems: The Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders.

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This history of American crime policy at the federal level compiles and examines for the first time the record of recent presidential administrations in the area of crime control--their agendas and the legislation actually enacted by the Congress.

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From the authors of the #1 New York Times best-selling Half the Sky, a unique and essential narrative about making a difference in the world--a road-map to becoming a conscientious global citizen. The basis of a PBS four-hour series.

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This book addresses the idea of justice in order to guide society towards a more effective justice system. The authors trace impoverished and accomplished thinking in criminological and justice discourses and show that when justice and love are seen as synonyms, the historic ills that have plagued humanity tend to evaporate.

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America's grantmaking foundations have grown rapidly over the course of recent decades, even in the face of financial and economic crises. This title offers a comprehensive historical account of what American foundations have done with that independence and power. It focuses on their organization, donors, and leaders, and their intentions.

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