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Human Trafficking Around the World
Hidden in Plain Sight
Av Stephanie Hepburn, Rita J. Simon
Inbunden, 2013
1033 kr
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This unprecedented study of sex trafficking, forced labor, organ trafficking, and sex tourism across twenty-four nations highlights the experiences of the victims, perpetrators, and anti-traffickers involved in this brutal trade. Combining statistical data with intimate accounts and interviews, …
Human Trafficking Around the World
Hidden in Plain Sight
Av Stephanie Hepburn, Rita J. Simon
Häftad, 2013
267 kr
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This unprecedented study of sex trafficking, forced labor, organ trafficking, and sex tourism across twenty-four nations highlights the experiences of the victims, perpetrators, and anti-traffickers involved in this brutal trade. Combining statistical data with intimate accounts and interviews, …
Use of Social Science Data in Supreme Court Decisions
Av Rosemary J Erickson, Rita J Simon
Häftad, 1997
338 kr
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The legal community traditionally has drawn unsystematically and at will on the findings of social science, sometimes with unfortunate results. The authors of this study explore this issue by focusing on the way the United States Supreme Court uses social science data in reaching its decisions. …
Transracial Adoptees and Their Families
A Study of Identity and Commitment
Av Howard Altstein, Rita J. Simon
Inbunden, 1987
1067 kr
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Transracial adoption is a controversial area of research and practice in child welfare. The authors, a sociologist and a social worker, have contributed much to its understanding through a series of studies that began in 1972 of white families that have adopted nonwhite (mostly black) children. …
Insanity Defense
A Critical Assessment of Law and Policy in the Post-Hinckley Era
Av Rita J. Simon, David E. Aaronson
Inbunden, 1988
981 kr
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No area of criminal law has been the subject of more controversy than the insanity defense. The Insanity Defense is a clear assessment of this issue as it exists in the 1980s. It provides the reader with a basis for understanding and evaluating the legislative and judicial responses to the factors …
Intercountry Adoption
A Multinational Perspective
Av Howard Altstein, Rita J. Simon m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
1063 kr
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Howard Altstein and Rita Simon are the editors of this volume which describes the experiences of foreign born adoptees and their families. Countries discussed include the United States, Canada, Norway, West Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Israel. Agency sponsored intercountry adoption (ICA) …
Adoption, Race, and Identity
From Infancy through Adolescence
Av Howard Altstein, Rita J. Simon
Inbunden, 1992
1063 kr
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Adoption, Race, and Identity examines the innovative placement of nonwhite (predominantly black) adoptees with white parents. In addition to reviewing recent court decisions involving race as a factor in child custody, authors Rita Simon and Howard Altstein examine the research to date on this …
Women's Movements in America
Their Successes, Disappointments, and Aspirations
Av Gloria Helen Danziger-Signer, Rita J. Simon
Inbunden, 1991
852 kr
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This work is a survey of the efforts through which women have changed their place in American society from the nation's founding to the present. Examining the historical struggle for suffrage, legal and property rights, and rights in the work place, the authors show how these experiences have …
Women's Movements in America
Their Successes, Disappointments, and Aspirations
Av Gloria Helen Danziger-Signer, Rita J. Simon
Häftad, 1991
387 kr
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This work is a survey of the efforts through which women have changed their place in American society from the nation's founding to the present. Examining the historical struggle for suffrage, legal and property rights, and rights in the work place, the authors show how these experiences have …
Rabbis, Lawyers, Immigrants, Thieves
Exploring Women's Roles
Inbunden, 1993
1067 kr
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Simon explores the diverse and changing roles of women over twenty-five years. Part I includes several chapters that examine the experiences and performances of women in various traditionally male-dominated professional roles: as scholars, attorneys, corrections officers, rabbis and ministers. Part …
Ambivalent Welcome
Print Media, Public Opinion and Immigration
Av Susan H. Alexander, Rita J. Simon
Inbunden, 1993
1067 kr
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The Ambivalent Welcome describes how leading magazines and the New York Times covered and interpreted U.S. immigration policy, and public attitudes about the impact of immigrants on the American economy and social fabric. Rita J. Simon and Susan H. Alexander examine print media coverage of …
In the Golden Land
A Century of Russian and Soviet Jewish Immigration in America
Inbunden, 1997
880 kr
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From 1870 to 1900, over a half million Russian Jews came to the United States. Russian Jewish emigration had ceased by the 1920s due to the effects of the First World War, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Quota Acts, but a century later, Jews from the former Soviet Union began to emigrate in large …
Abortion
Statutes, Policies, and Public Attitudes the World Over
Inbunden, 1998
851 kr
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Abortion is one of the most compelling public policy issues facing government and the public in the United States today. Most societies have enacted laws and statutes regarding abortion, and most societies have strong feelings regarding birth control and abortion. But the legal statutes and …
Abortion
Statutes, Policies, and Public Attitudes the World Over
Häftad, 1998
370 kr
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Abortion is one of the most compelling public policy issues facing government and the public in the United States today. Most societies have enacted laws and statutes regarding abortion, and most societies have strong feelings regarding birth control and abortion. But the legal statutes and …
Transracial Adoptees and Their Families
A Study of Identity and Commitment
Av Howard Altstein, Rita J. Simon
E-bok, 1987
1169 kr
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Transracial adoption is a controversial area of research and practice in child welfare. The authors, a sociologist and a social worker, have contributed much to its understanding through a series of studies that began in 1972 of white families that have adopted nonwhite (mostly black) children. …
Immigration the World Over
Statutes, Policies, and Practices
Av James P. Lynch, Rita J. Simon
E-bok, 2004
860 kr
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With the opening of borders and the aging of populations in industrialized states immigration takes on new importance. More younger workers are needed to support the social contract established with the baby boom generation, and immigration offers one practical solution. Many countries, however, …
Global Perspectives on Social Issues: Pornography
Av Richard Procida, Rita J. Simon
Inbunden, 2003
1102 kr
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Pornography is a volatile issue in the United States_depending on the source of opinion, it can be viewed as either demeaning or empowering. Global Perspectives on Social Issues: Pornography asks whether the issue is similarly contentious around the world. Richard Procida and Rita Simon collect in …
Global Perspectives on Social Issues: Marriage and Divorce
Av Rita J. Simon, Howard Altstein
Inbunden, 2003
1134 kr
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Global Perspectives on Social Issues: Marriage and Divorce examines the history of marriage and divorce and the role played by both institutions in the lives of citizens around the world. Using a broad range of detailed information and statistics from twenty-five countries, Rita J. Simon and Howard …
Global Perspectives on Social Issues: Education
Av Rita J. Simon, Lisa Banks m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1170 kr
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In Global Perspectives on Social Issues: Education, Rita J. Simon and Lisa Banks provide a broad perspective on education in twenty countries. This work examines and compares the system of education, literacy rates, enrollment rates, types of public and private schools, years of compulsory …
Global Perspectives on Social Issues
Juvenile Justice Systems
Av Paola Zalkind, Rita J. Simon
Inbunden, 2004
1275 kr
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"On November 20, 1959, the United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The Charter was meant to safeguard the rights of children all over the world, and protect the most vulnerable members of society from mistreatment at the hands of their parents, the government, the …
Illicit Drug Policies, Trafficking, and Use the World Over
Av Caterina Gouvis Roman, Heather Ahn-Redding m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1345 kr
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Have the nations of the world begun to converge with respect to drug policy? Which countries have remained apart from the international dialogue? Which have taken steps to forge new, more liberal policies stressing education, treatment, and alternative community-based intervention? Focusing …
Crimes Women Commit
The Punishments They Receive
Av Rita J. Simon, Heather Ahn-Redding
Häftad, 2005
613 kr
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In the past thirty years, women and crime has become a major intellectual and professional specialty. The Crimes Women Commit: The Punishments They Receive represents the third edition of Women in Crime, a classic in the field by Rita J. Simon first published in 1975. This revised and updated …
Women's Roles and Statuses the World Over
Av Stephanie Hepburn, Rita J. Simon
Inbunden, 2006
1275 kr
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Women's Roles and Statuses the World Over stands alone in the unique contribution it makes to the field of women's rights. Based solely on statistics and empirical data as opposed to opinion, authors Stephanie Hepburn and Rita Simon have crafted an important contribution to the study of women in …
Women's Roles and Statuses the World Over
Av Stephanie Hepburn, Rita J. Simon
Häftad, 2007
711 kr
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Women's Roles and Statuses the World Over stands alone in the unique contribution it makes to the field of women's rights. Based solely on statistics and empirical data as opposed to opinion, authors Stephanie Hepburn and Rita Simon have crafted an important contribution to the study of women in …
Insanity Defense the World Over
Av Rita J. Simon, Heather Ahn-Redding
Inbunden, 2006
1173 kr
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The Defense of Insanity, The World Over is the 10th in a series of books that examines and compares social issues or social problems from an explicitly comparative perspective. This volume examines and compares the criteria and procedures surrounding the defense of insanity across twenty-two …
Insanity Defense the World Over
Av Rita J. Simon, Heather Ahn-Redding
Häftad, 2008
654 kr
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The Defense of Insanity, The World Over is the 10th in a series of books that examines and compares social issues or social problems from an explicitly comparative perspective. This volume examines and compares the criteria and procedures surrounding the defense of insanity across twenty-two …
Intercountry Adoptees Tell Their Stories
Av Heather Ahn-Redding, Rita J. Simon
Häftad, 2007
782 kr
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Intercountry Adoptees Tell Their Stories reflects the thoughts and experiences of adult transracial adoptees. The authors conducted in-depth interviews in order to understand and examine the adoptees. The authors conducted in-depth interviews in order to understand and examine the adoptees' …
Illicit Drug Policies, Trafficking, and Use the World Over
Av Caterina Gouvis Roman, Heather Ahn-Redding m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
711 kr
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Have the nations of the world begun to converge with respect to drug policy? Which countries have remained apart from the international dialogue? Which have taken steps to forge new, more liberal policies stressing education, treatment, and alternative community-based intervention? Focusing …
Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment
Statutes, Policies, Frequencies, and Public Attitudes the World Over
Av Rita J. Simon, Dagny A. Blaskovich
Häftad, 2007
660 kr
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A Comparative Analysis of Capital Punishment provides a concise and detailed history of the death penalty. Incorporating and synthesizing public opinion data and empirical studies, Simon and Blaskovich's work compares, across societies, the offense types punishable by death, the level of public …
Global Perspectives on Social Issues: Pornography
Av Richard Procida, Rita J. Simon
Häftad, 2007
595 kr
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Pornography is a volatile issue in the United States_depending on the source of opinion, it can be viewed as either demeaning or empowering. Global Perspectives on Social Issues: Pornography asks whether the issue is similarly contentious around the world. Richard Procida and Rita Simon collect in …
