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The American court system is making increasing use of sociologists as expert witnesses. From toxic torts to religious cults and brainwashing, sociological knowledge is becoming increasingly more commonplace in the legal arena. This edited volume is a collection of the experiences of sociologists who have appeared as expert witnesses in a variety of court cases. Many of the cases covered in this book revolve around central issues of murder, sel...

ôThis volume serves as both a very good translation of medical terms as well as a guide pointing to which aspects of thee findings in a medical examination are significant and which are not. In addition, the book provides extensive bibliographies of a variety of topics associated with child physical and sexual abuse.ö''ùAnne Boydston Park, Cabrini College''''As a health professional working with sexually abused children, your goal is to obtain...

The contributors to this innovative and wide-ranging volume reflect on the philosophical issues surrounding health and ecology. They examine the policy issues involved in health and health ecology, and explore the paths that may eventually lead to a new ecology of health.

Factors that influence a teacher's decision whether or not to use computer technology as an instructional tool are explored in this book. Based on her own research, Melissa Evans-Andris discusses the ways teachers use computers, identifies administrative behaviours that support or inhibit the use of computers in schools, and recommends specific strategies for implementing educational computer use.

A hot topic in organizational science in recent years has been how organizational members conceptualize and make sense of their organizational worlds. The growing interest in cognition has coincided, not accidentally, with the increasing legitimacy of a constructionist point of view among organizational scholars. Bringing together the scholars whose work has fueled these theoretical developments, this volume covers broad ground - from cogniti...

In this volume leading composition scholars consider the ways in which argumentation as an approach to teaching writing remains valuable - in spite of the challenge presented by postmodern theories. The book first explains the traditional approaches to argument - the enthymeme, evidence, Toulmian, Rogerian and classical rhetoric - and illustrates why they are of particular relevance today. The contributors then `redefine' argument by connecti...

Covering US biomedical policy since the 1970s, this work encompasses a range of issues and developments in human genetics, reproduction, neonatal intensive care, organ transplantation, intervention in the brain and medical interventions at the end of life.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1: The Fact of Television: A Theoretical Prologue2: Liberalism, Corporate Liberalism 3: A Revisionist History of Broadcasting, 1900-1934 4: Inside the Beltway as an Interpretive Community: The Politics of Policy5: Postmodern Property: Toward a New Political Economy of Broadcasting 6: "But Not the Ownership Thereof": The Peculiar Property Status of the Broadcast License7: Broadcast Copyright and the Vicissitudes of Au...

A comprehensive overview of leading approaches to social stratification Will be a leading textbook in this field Scott develops an original contribution to the debate elaborating his own synthesis and position. .

Providing a unique combination of perspectives, treatment approaches and expertise, The Practical Handbook of Clinical Gerontology explores issues relevant to practitioners who work with the elderly. In 22 accessible chapters, renowned contributors - representing fields such as psychology, medicine, neuropsychology, nursing and law - examine what is known about specific disorders and discuss treatment techniques and the development of interven...

How do you intervene in abusive and neglectful families, or prevent maltreatment in families at risk? How can you find the answers you need in the overwhelming array of information now available? This volume helps readers focus by evaluating a wealth of references to current published literature and pinpointing the practical applications that put these findings into action. Condensing the explosion of information about child maltreatment into...

African-Americans have a long history of active involvement and interest in international affairs. This study of 20th-century American history analyzes black Americans' engagement with international issues, from the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 to the independence movements of the 1960s.

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These engaging accounts by masters of field research illustrate the synthesis of passionate involvement and objective analysis. An informative and inspiring collection for students and professional social scientists. (Cynthia Fuchs Epstein Distinguished Professor of Sociology City University of New York). This revised, edited volume brings together personal accounts by a group of noted ethnographic researchers to examine the natural history ...

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Provides a biography, detailed overview of Lawrence's works, and full bibliographical information for hundreds of critical works.

Belarus: From Soviet Rule to Nuclear Catastrophe examines the principal effects of Soviet rule on Belarus as the prelude to a detailed analysis of the medical and social consequences of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. It places these problems into the contemporary political context and assesses the ability of the newly-independent state to deal with a disaster of such dimensions.