How philanthropy has shaped America in the twentieth centuryAmerican philanthropy today expands knowledge, champions social movements, defines active citizenship, influences policymaking, and addresses humanitarian crises.
When Sarah Taylor suspected that her four-year-old daughter, Nadia, had been kidnapped by Fawzi, her abusive ex-husband, Sarah's whole world was turned upside down.
How Americans came to fear street crime too much-and corporate crime too littleHow did the United States go from being a country that tries to rehabilitate street criminals and prevent white-collar crime to one that harshly punishes common lawbreakers while at the same time encouraging corporate crime through a massive deregulation of business?
Whether kids love or hate the food served there, the American school lunchroom is the stage for one of the most popular yet flawed social welfare programs in our nation's history.
An inside look at how community service organizations really workVolunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime.
The first comprehensive history of American Jewish philanthropy and its influence on democracy and capitalismFor years, American Jewish philanthropy has been celebrated as the proudest product of Jewish endeavors in the United States, its virtues extending from the local to the global, the Jewish to the non-Jewish, and modest donations to vast endowments.
How cutting-edge economics can improve decision-making methods for doctorsAlthough uncertainty is a common element of patient care, it has largely been overlooked in research on evidence-based medicine.
Legendary FBI undercover agent Thomas McShane is one of the worlds foremost authorities on the billion-dollar art theft business, and here he presents a unique memoir that provides a thrilling ride through the underworld of stolen art and historical artifacts.
A compelling introduction to the global impact of organized crimeRuthless, cruel, and irresistibly cool: the Mafia has always appealed to the darker side of the imagination.
Hospital and Healthcare Security, Fifth Edition, examines the issues inherent to healthcare and hospital security, including licensing, regulatory requirements, litigation, and accreditation standards.
In his heyday as a top television news broadcaster, Ed Mitchell interviewed high-profile politicians such as Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair.
Warum wir mit dieser Polizei den Klimawandel nicht stoppen können und was sich ändern muss»All Cops Are Bastards«: Auf diesen Post von Klimaaktivistin Hannah antwortet Polizistin Chiara und ahnt nichts von den Folgen.
Das Lehrbuch bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über polizeirelevante Inhalte der Psychologie, die sowohl für die Ausbildung als auch für die Berufspraxis von Polizistinnen und Polizisten von Bedeutung sind.
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.
Blinded in one eye by a childhood incident, his tormentors called him 'One Eye' or 'Cyclops'; it could have instilled a victim mentality in him, but instead he became a fighter.
In ihrem Grundlagenwerk «Kompetenzorientierte Methodiken» hat Kitty Cassée einen innovativen und wegweisenden Ansatz zum Umgang mit problembelasteten Kindern, Jugendlichen und deren Eltern in verschiedenen Handlungsfeldern der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe umfassend dargestellt.
Hubrettungsfahrzeuge können neben ihrer originären Funktion, der Sicherstellung eines zweiten Rettungsweges, auch sinnvoll Maßnahmen zur Brandbekämpfung einleiten oder diese wirkungsvoll unterstützen.
Vulnerabilität als existenzielles Grunddatum menschlichen Daseins wird von Hanna Braun mit einem inklusiven Verständnis von Gottebenbildlichkeit in einer Weise zusammengedacht, dass freiheitstheoretisch und im Rahmen einer relationalen Ontologie die Rede vom vulnerablen Menschen als Ebenbild Gottes fundamentaltheologisch plausibel wird.
Se ha reunido a profesionales en Psicología Jurídica Forense de Latinoamérica y especialmente de Colombia, para ofrecer al colega perito una variedad de modelos de informes psicológicos en derecho penal y familiar, y diversas situaciones jurídicas, con el propósito de plantear distintas formas de abordar cada casoEl motivo del libro es abarcar diferentes aspectos relacionados con un informe pericial psicológico, que pueden ser determinantes e inclinar la balanza hacia uno u otro lado en el duro proceso de la decisión judicial.
Diese Ausgabe enthält den Text des Sozialgesetzbuches Zwölftes Buch – Sozialhilfe – (SGB XII) sowie weitere Gesetze und Verordnungen in der jeweils aktuellen Fassung.
Wissenschaftstheorie thematisiert die grundlegenden Unterschiede wissenschaftlicher Vorgehensweisen und ist damit auch für die Sozialarbeitswissenschaft und ihre Bezugswissenschaften höchst relevant.
Assuming that "e;marginal"e; citizens cannot govern their own lives, proponents of the therapeutic state urge casework intervention to reshape the attitudes and behaviors of those who live outside the social mainstream.
Through a series of candid personal interviews with nearly one hundred donors, Why the Wealthy Give offers an in-depth look at the world of elite philanthropy.
Will to Live tells how Brazil, against all odds, became the first developing country to universalize access to life-saving AIDS therapies--a breakthrough made possible by an unexpected alliance of activists, government reformers, development agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry.
A distinctive feature of the conflict in Northern Ireland over the past forty years has been the way Catholic and Protestant paramilitaries have policed their own communities.
Das Buch befasst sich mit dem ressourcenorientierten Pflegekonzept der Aktivierend-therapeutischen Pflege, das geriatrische Patientinnen und Patienten bei ihrer Alltags- und Lebensgestaltung unterstützt.
Bullock, Haddow, and Coppola have set the standard for homeland security textbooks, and they follow up their #1-selling third edition with this substantially improved version.
Forensic Criminology gives students of criminology and criminal justice an introduction to the forensic realm and the applied forensic issues they will face when working cases within the justice system.
Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "SSCS0208 - ATENCIÓN SOCIOSANITARIA A PERSONAS DEPENDIENTES EN INSTITUCIONES SOCIALES".
Investigating Child Exploitation and Pornography provides the historical, legal, technical, and social background for the laws prohibiting child exploitation, in particular, child pornography.
Introduction to Criminalistics covers the basics of Criminalistics in a textbook for a one or two semester course, with the intention of preparing the student for a future in forensic science.
