How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal court-and denies justice to the poor and to working-class people of colorThe number of Americans arrested, brought to court, and incarcerated has skyrocketed in recent decades.
A groundbreaking account of how the welfare state began with early nineteenth-century child labor laws, and how middle-class and elite reformers made it happenThe beginnings of the modern welfare state are often traced to the late nineteenth-century labor movement and to policymakers' efforts to appeal to working-class voters.
Discover how forensic scientists are changing how we solve crime REVISED UPDATED EDITION The most remarkable weapon in the fight against crime, forensic science turns bullet trajectories, bodily fluids, and the very structure of our DNA into damning witnesses of our every act.
A New York Times BestsellerDetroit, mid-1930s: In a city abuzz over its unrivaled sports success, gun-loving baseball fan Dayton Dean became ensnared in the nefarious and deadly Black Legion.
The Revenger: The Life and Times of Wild Bill Hickok examines Wild Bill's life in the context of 19th Century American history, from his birth, through his early manhood, and to his eventual demise.
Bullock and Haddow have set the standard for homeland security textbooks, and they follow up their top-selling second edition with this substantially improved third edition.
Digital Evidence and Computer Crime, Third Edition, provides the knowledge necessary to uncover and use digital evidence effectively in any kind of investigation.
Hospital Emergency Response Teams aims to provide authoritative training for hospital personnel in the emergency department, as well community-level medical service personnel, assisting them in times of disaster and emergency.
Security Science integrates the multi-disciplined practice areas of security into a single structured body of knowledge, where each chapter takes an evidence-based approach to one of the core knowledge categories.
The Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention, 5e, is a trusted resource for physical security professionals, students, and candidates for the coveted Certified Protection Professional (CPP) certification administered by ASIS International.
Contemporary Security Management, Third Edition teaches security professionals how to operate an efficient security department and how to integrate smoothly with other groups inside and outside their own organizations.
Unraveling Environmental Disasters provides scientific explanations of the most threatening current and future environmental disasters, including an analysis of ways that the disaster could have been prevented and how the risk of similar disasters can be minimized in the future.
What to do when you've been called to adopt and practical advice to make it work Mary Ostyn married her sweetheart at nineteen, and the pair had four kids by their eighth anniversary.
Take a ride-along with Sergeant Mark Tappan and his amazing K9 partner Mattis, whose heroic actions will inspire you to live courageously, serve selflessly, and love passionately because every human (and dog) has a purpose.
Mit dem Buch Achtsamkeit als Ressource in der Sozialen Arbeit zeigt Vitus Beck den Ursprung und die Hintergründe von "Achtsamkeit" und welch großen Schatz die Achtsamkeit als Leitfaden für Helfende Berufe darstellen kann.
Los años 70 y 80 fueron épocas doradas para los criminales, la investigación policial y laCriminología no lograban alcanzar la mente del asesino, la falta de huellas y ADN hacían cada vez más impune el obrar delictual.
Un policía colombiano, graduado con honores y nombrado en 1993 como mejor policía en Medellín Antioquia, se ve envuelto en una serie de crímenes, en principio motivado por el asesinato de uno de sus compañeros, por órdenes del capo, Pablo Escobar Gaviria.
Unveiling the Path to Health Equity: A Transformative Guide to Law and Policy Achieving Health Equity: The Role of Law and Policy offers a groundbreaking exploration of how legal and policy frameworks shape health outcomes for marginalized populations, with a particular focus on racial minorities in the United States.
Fachkräfte der Sozialen Arbeit stehen immer wieder vor der Herausforderung, Unterstützungssituationen für Klienten und Klientinnen so zu gestalten, dass sie zielführend und erfolgreich sind.
Für die Soziale Arbeit im deutschsprachigen Raum gab es bislang kein Nachschlagewerk über Personen und Persönlichkeiten, die in Theorie und Praxis maßgeblich zu ihrem Aufbau und heutigen Erscheinungsbild beigetragen haben.
Ein hohes Ausmaß an 'Vielfalt' durchdringt heute alle gesellschaftlichen Bereiche, weshalb das Thema auch auf der Agenda von Wirtschafts- sowie Sozialunternehmen und ihrer Personalarbeit steht, inzwischen auch bei den vermeintlich homogenen Kirchen.
"Según reiterada doctrina del TC español, «la constitucionalidad de cualquier medida restrictiva de derechos fundamentales viene determinada por la estricta observancia del principio de proporcionalidad».
"La imaginación criminológica culmina la trilogía iniciada por Jock Young con La sociedad «excluyente» y continuada por El vértigo de la modernidad tardía.
PART 3 OF 3After taking a few weeks off work, Casey is presented with a new foster child: 14-year-old Elise, whose Mum left her at just five years old.
A state-of-the-art reference, drawing on key contemporary research to provide an in-depth, international, and competencies-based approach to the psychology of coaching and mentoring.
