Emergencies are extreme events which threaten to cause massive disruption to society and negatively affect the physical and psychological well-being of its members.
Emergencies are extreme events which threaten to cause massive disruption to society and negatively affect the physical and psychological well-being of its members.
Bringing together unique international research from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Europe, this book presents a detailed examination of the violence perpetrated by males and females within the context of childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
Bringing together unique international research from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Europe, this book presents a detailed examination of the violence perpetrated by males and females within the context of childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
Deterrence is a theory which claims that punishment is justified through preventing future crimes, and is one of the oldest and most powerful theories about punishment.
Deterrence is a theory which claims that punishment is justified through preventing future crimes, and is one of the oldest and most powerful theories about punishment.
There is great diversity of definitions, causes and consequences of discrimination against persons with disabilities, yet there are fundamental themes uniting countries in their pursuit of human rights policies to improve the social and economic status of those with disabilities.
There is great diversity of definitions, causes and consequences of discrimination against persons with disabilities, yet there are fundamental themes uniting countries in their pursuit of human rights policies to improve the social and economic status of those with disabilities.
This volume examines general driving offences, concentrating on those which punish risk-taking whilst driving, with the primary goal of increasing road safety.
This volume examines general driving offences, concentrating on those which punish risk-taking whilst driving, with the primary goal of increasing road safety.
Crossing the usual boundaries of abstract legal theory, this book considers actual charter systems - legal systems with explicitly posited moral-political rights, such as those of Canada and the United States - as well as cases in constitutional adjudication.
Crossing the usual boundaries of abstract legal theory, this book considers actual charter systems - legal systems with explicitly posited moral-political rights, such as those of Canada and the United States - as well as cases in constitutional adjudication.
Police Studies constitute an important area of academic inquiry and policing raises a large number of ethical questions, yet to date there has been a paucity of research on the subject.
Police Studies constitute an important area of academic inquiry and policing raises a large number of ethical questions, yet to date there has been a paucity of research on the subject.
This volume deals with questions of political and constitutional principle and theory that affect the law and regulation of content in new media that are based on digital technology.
This volume deals with questions of political and constitutional principle and theory that affect the law and regulation of content in new media that are based on digital technology.
This important volume brings together a range of material in different areas of law and the social sciences that address questions concerning the rights of minorities.
This important volume brings together a range of material in different areas of law and the social sciences that address questions concerning the rights of minorities.
Within contemporary society the themes of globalization, health and regulation interlock in complex patterns, changing in response to the mix of cultural differences, regulatory preferences and available resources.
Within contemporary society the themes of globalization, health and regulation interlock in complex patterns, changing in response to the mix of cultural differences, regulatory preferences and available resources.
Genetics and Gene Therapy shows the wide range of the debate and the very real significance that genetics and its associated developments have for human beings, individually and collectively.
Genetics and Gene Therapy shows the wide range of the debate and the very real significance that genetics and its associated developments have for human beings, individually and collectively.
Human trafficking captured the attention of the global community well over a decade ago, inspiring multifarious international, national, regional and local responses.
Human trafficking captured the attention of the global community well over a decade ago, inspiring multifarious international, national, regional and local responses.
Whilst immigration policy is a highly controversial topic in the West, states continue to receive people who settle, whether as asylum-seekers or refugees, or as family members of existing migrants or labour migrants.
Whilst immigration policy is a highly controversial topic in the West, states continue to receive people who settle, whether as asylum-seekers or refugees, or as family members of existing migrants or labour migrants.
Over the past two decades or so, legal literature has devoted much attention to various human rights issues at both the national and international levels.
Over the past two decades or so, legal literature has devoted much attention to various human rights issues at both the national and international levels.
