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According to the U.S. State Department, 600, 000 to 800, 000 people are trafficked across international borders every year, of which 80 percent are female and half are children. Prostitution is illegal and yet an American State openly allows it. These facts are evidence of a larger truth, the world of your reader is complicated and confusing. This collection of essays are arranged in a pro versus con format, so that the controversies of prosti...

This unique two-volume set combines selected pairs of documents from Greenhaven's < I>Opposing Viewpoints: American History< /I> Series with other carefully chosen primary source viewpoints to explore the rich history of disputation that has formed and informed American history. The books thus provide a comprehensive reference tool for exploring America's past.

Medical Testing: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"--

The practice of community policing allows police officers to become familiar with a community. The goal is that the community members see the officers as a local, friendly, helpful resources and their presence will deter crime. This collection of essays guides readers through this topic and its controversies. Is community policing effective? Do neighborhood watch groups increase safety? Can social media enhance community policing efforts? Do s...

Provides insight into the feasibility of attaining world peace, various obstacles to it, and the role of the United States in facilitating global harmony"--Introduction.

This compelling collection of essays discusses the topic of sexual violence. Through the use of carefully selected articles, pulled from a variety of sources, this book addresses the issue of sexual violence as a societal problem that must be addressed. As with all large-scale social ills, it can only be effectively addressed after thoughtful examination. Readers are exposed to many sides of each debate, which promotes issue awareness as well ...

Explores the most recent issues related to racial profiling, including: whether racial profiling is a problem, Arab Muslims and profiling in the war on terror, causes and consequences of racial profiling, and what to do about racial profiling"--

Explores the questions of whether or not smoking is a serious problem, how tobacco use can be reduced, how smoking alternatives should be regulated, and how the media affects the choice to smoke or not to smoke.

Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"--

This collection of articles, in a pro and con format, debates several issues relating to school reform. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate the policies that should guide reform, how students, teachers, and schools should be evaluated, the role of school choice in reform, and whether curriculum content should be reformed. Article sources include Marin Gjaja, J. Puckett, Herbert J. Walberg, Matt Ryder and the Council of Chief State Scho...

Examines whether or not alternative energy sources can replace fossil fuels and if the benefits of wind power outweigh its disadvantages. [The] volume also debates the practicality of utility-scale solar power as a practical alternative energy source as well as the advantages and disadvantages of alternative energy in general"--Publisher's website.

The changing political climate in Egypt is explored in this volume of collected pro versus con essays. Across four chapters, readers will evaluate how recent political events should be viewed, what the impact is of political and social upheaval, what policies Egypt should adopt, and what U.S. policy should be on Egypt. Stellar essay sources include Barack Obama, Hafez Ghanem, Sharif Nashashibi, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Mohammad Fadel, Anna Lekas...

Examines controversies and discussions surrounding celebrity, to include the rise of social media, celebrity endorsements, and celebrity reflection of body image, focusing on mainstream celebrities and their place in culture and society.

Individuals, small mom-and-pop shops, corporations, and even cities file for bankruptcy. It becomes an answer to circumvent complete ruin, but is it really the answer? This essential guide presents readers with a sequence of essays that debate subtopics of bankruptcy. Is it wrong to file for bankruptcy? How should different types of debt be dealt with in bankruptcy? What are issues facing cities that declare bankruptcy? When are government bai...

Provides readers with opposing viewpoints on the subject of domestic terrorism.

Discusses issues that have bearing on how scientists work and whether problems not related to the work itself will get in the way of scientists' successs in gaining new knowledge.

Opposing Viewpoints: Government Gridlock: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"--

A look at the controversies surrounding drug legalization.

A compendium of opinion on the severity, effects, constitutionality, and regulation of domestic surveillance.

Discusses some of the most deadly viruses and their economic and social aspects.