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Explores the victimization of children as well as children who use violence towards others and presents an overview of key developments in research, policy and practice on children and violence in the context of the recent major shift in thinking from 'child protection' towards 'safeguarding' and evidencing better outcomes.

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A collection of essays examining the development and commodification of prostheses in Britain and America that occurred during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, due to the shift to standardized industrial manufacturing and associated market growth. -- .

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This monograph argues that concepts well-established in migration studies such as settlement and integration do not sufficiently capture the features of adaptation and settling of contemporary migrants. The author highlights practical implications to better support individuals facing changes and challenges in new, complex and fluid societies.

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Five philosophical essays debate the difference between infanticide and abortion, the mother's right to choose abortion, and the existence of the fetus as a person. Bibliogs.

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The clear, authoritative chapters describe the declining opportunities available in rural areas--including the social, educational, and political factors that so often pose barriers to economic advancement.

Part One provides a comprehensive description of the poor population and an analysis of rural poverty's underlying dynamics.

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Challenging the belief that the use of animals in biomedical research is necessary for the advancement of human medical knowledge, the authors of this text assert that the use of animals in medical research is unethical because faulty science underpins such experimentation.

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As the tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire has slowly revealed a shadowy background of outsourcing, private finance initiatives and a council turning a blind eye to health and safety concerns, many questions need answers. Stuart Hodkinson has those answers. -- .

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As the tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire has slowly revealed a shadowy background of outsourcing, private finance initiatives and a council turning a blind eye to health and safety concerns, many questions need answers. Stuart Hodkinson has those answers. -- .

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Government supported junk social science-or sanctified snake oil as Sarnoff terms it-exists in all policy arenas along the entire political spectrum, as policy advocates seek to justify the continuation of ineffective programs and to block alternative solutions.

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This book is written in the hopes of helping other children going through or have been in this situation get the help they need. And, knowing that they are not alone.

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This book is designed to examine issues related to schools, violence, and society. The prevalence of crime and violence occurring in our nation's schools has become the concern of policymakers on the national and state levels. This edited volume reviews violence in society, school violence, and crime.

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This book is designed to examine issues related to schools, violence, and society. The prevalence of crime and violence occurring in our nation's schools has become the concern of policymakers on the national and state levels. This edited volume reviews violence in society, school violence, and crime.

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Takes readers into the ritualized world of mainstream American addiction treatment. This book explores the puzzling question: why do addiction counselors dedicate themselves to reconciling drug users' relationship to language in order to reconfigure their relationship to drugs

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On websites like eBay, people sell virtual clothes and rent virtual property for real cash - for a total of 400 million worth each year.

Tim Guest takes us on a revelatory journey through the electronic looking-glass, as he investigates one of the most bizarre phenomena of the 21st century.

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Parts II and III, focusing on Immigrant Women of the Past and Immigrant Women Since 1920, provide empirical and interpretive essays on immigrant women from Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

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Parts II and III, focusing on Immigrant Women of the Past and Immigrant Women Since 1920, provide empirical and interpretive essays on immigrant women from Europe, Latin America, and Asia.

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The expansion of the British Empire created employment opportunities in the colonies for single women who wished to leave their mother country with women's emigration societies supplying a limited means of emigration. This book looks at those who emigrated to Southern Africa between 1820 and 1939.

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The expansion of the British Empire created employment opportunities in the colonies for single women who wished to leave their mother country with women's emigration societies supplying a limited means of emigration. This book looks at those who emigrated to Southern Africa between 1820 and 1939.

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This volume, based on the authors' close and extensive collaboration with New York's Lower East Family Union, affords a substantive, insightful, and effective approach not only to defining the services needed but also to the delivery thereof.