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This book is about these new American & Chinese families that are being formed through the mechanism of international adoption.

The first survey of bicultural Chinese-American children, based on personal experience and rigorous research, both documents these adoptions and examines their implications for American society.

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Since the crime explosion of the 1960s, the prison population in the United States has multiplied fivefold, to one prisoner for every hundred adults - a rate unprecedented in American history and unmatched anywhere in the world. This book explains how we got into the trap and how we can get out of it: to cut both crime and the prison population.

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Accounts for the origins of Social Security as we know it. This book tells the story of the Townsend Plan - a political organization that sought to alleviate poverty and end the Great Depression through a government-provided retirement stipend of $200 a month for every American over the age of sixty.

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Arguing that the capital punishment must be stopped, this book exposes us to the realities of state killing and examines its foundations in ideas about revenge and retribution. It takes us inside the courtroom of a capital trial, and presents interviews with jurors and lawyers who make decisions about life and death.

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Damian Marrett's penetrating yet darkly comic insights into undercover work reveal a style of policing that is often shrouded in secrecy.

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This reference guide documents white-collar crimes by individuals and businesses over the past 150 years, offering the most comprehensive array of documents and interpretations available.

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In the white-collar world, from government corruption and financial fraud to malpractice, upper-class misconduct has become an obsession. The third edition of this text has been updated to include details of fraud in science, murder in the workplace and the media's portrayal of white-collar crime.

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Increasing numbers of the old and disabled depend on paid workers to care for them in their own homes. This book documents the conditions in the home care industry and asks what can be done to improve job satisfaction, reduce staff turnover and ultimately build a more professional workforce.

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Surprising proof that conservatives really are more compassionate--and more generous--than liberals

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The first history of the Irish juvenile justice system -- .

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Everybody in the unlicensed fight game knows that only one man has the honour of being titled 'Guv'nor' - and that man is Lew 'Wild Thing' Yates.

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Drawing on government data and interdisciplinary expertise, this timely book seeks to explain why the changing economic and legal status of women has not reduced the gender gap in criminal offending.

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The significance of the historical treatment of women is also examined, in addition to the women's movement, the rise in women's crime and victimization, theoretical and statistical approaches, and prominent literature in the field.

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Challenging traditional beliefs about gender, Gerber develops a new model for understanding gender--the status model of gender stereotyping. According to Gerber's status model, instrumental traits are associated with high status, and expressive traits are associated with low status;

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An historical examination of women and the death penalty in the United States from 1900 to 1998. It considers the penal codes in the various states regarding the death penalty, and the personal stories of women who have been executed or who are currently on death row.

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Women and Violence stirs the reader to consider the impact of violence in her life and on a global scale

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From the Foreword by George Henderson: Perhaps nothing captures the debilitating effects of sexism more vividly than [this] in-depth study of women incarcerated in our correctional institutions.

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Whatever your area of study or work an understanding of childhood is essential for effective practice and integrative working. This book introduces the child's world, from policy that affects them to influences on their development. It alsointroduces key areas of practice, considering ethics, safeguarding and also diversity and difference.

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