Violence and abuse in society

The mafia is the impenetrable and seemingly infallible embodiment of notoriety and criminality.

The percentage of women aged 15-49 in Egypt who have undergone the procedure of female circumcision, or genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) stands at 91%, according to the latest research carried out by UNICEF.

Today Russia and human rights are both high on the international agenda.

In 1945, French political prisoners returning from the concentration camps of Germany coined the phrase 'the concentrationary universe' to describe the camps as a terrible political experiment in the destruction of the human.

The so-called 'Cedar Revolution' in Lebanon, triggered by the assassination of the former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February 2005, brought to an end three decades of Syrian military presence in the country.

In response to the attacks of September 11, 2001 and war in Afghanistan, the Fulbright New Century Scholars program brought together social scientists from around the world to study sectarian, ethnic, and cultural conflict within and across national borders.

The fact is that war comes in many guises and its effects continue to be felt long after peace is proclaimed.

Disorder and instability are matters of continuing public concern.

Using Stories to Build Bridges with Traumatized Children is full of creative ideas for how you can use stories therapeutically with children in counselling, life story work or direct work.

So, you've passed your degree and have started your first job.

Now fully revised and updated, See You in Court is an accessible guide for social workers on being a witness in care proceedings.

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Is it possible to overcome the enduring problem of child maltreatment?

Today's teens are faced with all sorts of decisions, dilemmas and difficulties, from exam worries to friendship and relationship problems.

In this volume, the authors present an overview of the innovative work taking place in relation to domestic violence and child protection.

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This book brings together some of the most interesting and innovative work being done to tackle gender-based violence in various sectors, world regions, and socio-political contexts.

Officer-Involved Shootings and Use of Force: Practical Investigative Techniques, Second Edition continues to provide sound and sober models, protocols, and procedures to handle the highly charged fall-out from officer involved shootings.

In the United States more than thirty thousand deaths each year can be attributed to firearms.

"e;Pence and Paymar are right on target again.

This groundbreaking book on the gender-inclusive treatment of intimate partner abuse has been fully updated to reflect new and refined evidence-based approaches that have evolved since the first edition was published nearly ten years ago.

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There are dozens of ways to be emotionally abusive: unwarranted criticism, sighs, a condescending tone of voice, disgusted looks, and "e;the cold shoulder,"e; to name a few.

This collection of highly acclaimed research articles, published in the peer-reviewed journal Violence and Victims, disseminates state-of-the-art information about sexual violence on campus.

This volume makes a signal contribution to understanding and treating couples' abuse.

This is a somber reminder that sexual aggression, violence, and rape are chronic and serious problems on college campuses today.

The book spells out in practical, concrete terms what it really means to place the pathology outside the battered woman.

This unique, user-friendly text distills essential and up-to-date guidelines for students and practitioners of child and adolescent counseling.

This text provides students of family therapy with a unique opportunity to understand and compare the inner workings of 14 traditional and non-traditional family therapy models.

Practitioners in the social, behavioral, and health fields often work with perpetrators and survivors of interpersonal violence.

Despite the need and the potential for healthcare providers to play an active role in prevention and intervention into domestic violence, there is little evidence that they are doing so in large numbers or systematic ways.

According to the 2000 Census, Latinos accounted for 12.

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Presents 100+ interventions using creative and expressive arts counseling techniques in school settingsExpressive arts therapies are a rich resource for use with children and adolescents, who are often unresponsive to traditional talk therapy, and highly useful to school counselors who must overcome cultural, language, and ability barriers that are increasingly present in diverse and multicultural school settings.

Motivational Interviewing has becoming increasingly widespread among counselors and therapists, but no book to date has focused exclusively on applying Motivational Interviewing to domestic and partner violence.

This clinician's manual and workbook were developed to provide alternatives in the efforts to reduce the national epidemic of spouse/partner maltreatment.

"e;This innovative book examines an important, timely topicOThe content will greatly enhance practitioners' and students' understanding and skills in working with men of color.

This startling analysis of violence within intimate relationships contends that every abusive relationship has, paradoxically, a heart of its own.

This clinician's workbook is designed to accompany and supplement the main volume Ending Spouse/Partner Abuse.

"e;The collected case examples are noteworthy in their diversity of presenting issue, treatment format, and outcome.

This updated edition of the classic book on risk assessment presents the latest research regarding the prediction of interpersonal violence.

"e;This bookOwill help change the paradigm that has gripped the mental health professions for so long and will be a positive boost for those who know there must be a better and more affirmative way to do this important work.

"e;I found this book to be informative, well-researched, and well-thought out.

In this exciting new book John Hamel, author of the ground-breaking Gender-Inclusive Treatment of Intimate Partner Abuse, and Tonia Nicholls go beyond the traditional intervention theories of domestic violence practiced today.

"e;This remarkable volume.

"e;This book harkens a new era of intimate partner violence intervention, one in which we are free to experiment with alternative ways to end intimate partner abuse.

Many survivors of childhood abuse think of themselves as defective, flawed, and worthless.

This timely and accessible volume takes a fresh approach to a question of increasing public concern: whether or not the federal government should regulate media violence.

The Markets for Force examines and compares the markets for private military and security contractors in twelve nations: Argentina, Guatemala, Peru, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, China, Canada, and the United States.

Exceptional Violence is a sophisticated examination of postcolonial state formation in the Caribbean, considered across time and space, from the period of imperial New World expansion to the contemporary neoliberal era, and from neighborhood dynamics in Kingston to transnational socioeconomic and political fields.