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The Penalty of Death
Häftad, 1980
715 kr
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One of the founders of the field of criminology sums up a lifetime of work on the issue of capital punishment. He shows the fallacy of the arguments for the deterrent and retributive value of the death penalty. He argues cogently and passionately for the body of evidence showing that 'abolitionist' …
Sexual Exploitation
Rape, Child Sexual Abuse, and Workplace Harassment
Häftad, 1984
1529 kr
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In every field there are a few conceptual thinkers who are able to compile what is known about a subject in ways that advance us to the next level of knowledge. Diana Russell is such a scholar, and this book represents such a step. By presenting the findings from her own ground-breaking research on …
Altruism in Later Life
Av Elizabeth S. Midlarsky, Eva Kahana
Inbunden, 1994
2798 kr
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Why are the elderly so often perceived as burdensome and unproductive members of our society? Altruism in Later Life explores and refutes this view with cogent, empirical data. Authors Elizabeth Midlarsky and Eva Kahana introduce the results of a series of investigations on assistance offered …
Altruism in Later Life
Av Elizabeth S. Midlarsky, Eva Kahana
Häftad, 1994
2040 kr
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Why are the elderly so often perceived as burdensome and unproductive members of our society? Altruism in Later Life explores and refutes this view with cogent, empirical data. Authors Elizabeth Midlarsky and Eva Kahana introduce the results of a series of investigations on assistance offered …
Duty Bound
Elder Abuse and Family Care
Häftad, 1988
1529 kr
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What impact does caring for an elderly parent have on the lives of middle-aged (and sometimes elderly) caregiving offspring? Does a relationship exist between the stress produced by dependency and the level of abuse toward a given elderly person? Reporting the long-awaited results of an extensive …
Social Change and Development
Modernization, Dependency and World-System Theories
Av Alvin Y. So
Häftad, 1990
709 kr
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During the past four decades, the field of development has been dominated by three schools of research. The 1950s saw the modernization school, the 1960s experienced the dependency school, the 1970s developed the new world-system school, and the 1980s is a convergence of all three schools. Alvin Y. …
Child Sexual Abuse
The Initial Effects
Av Beverly Gomes-Schwartz, Jonathan M. Horowitz m. fl.
Häftad, 1990
1486 kr
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When a child has been sexually abused, where should a parent or guardian turn for treatment? What legal issues are involved when sexual abuse occurs? What impact does child sexual abuse have on family functioning? These are questions all parents, guardians, or counselors encounter during the …
Land Use Planning
The Ballot Box Revolution
Inbunden, 1992
2798 kr
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Increasingly, people are turning to the ballot box to decide questions of land use policy in many parts of the United States. Have the citizens lost faith in the decisions of their elected officials? Are they turning to the ballot box as a last resort or do they simply want to participate more in …
Land Use Planning
The Ballot Box Revolution
Häftad, 1992
2040 kr
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Increasingly, people are turning to the ballot box to decide questions of land use policy in many parts of the United States. Have the citizens lost faith in the decisions of their elected officials? Are they turning to the ballot box as a last resort or do they simply want to participate more in …
The Rape Victim
Clinical and Community Interventions
Av Mary P. Koss, Mary R. Harvey
Häftad, 1991
1982 kr
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Rape--it's an all-too-familiar event in many women's lives. But what is being done to prevent its occurrence? How do victims deal with the trauma of rape? How are local agencies dealing with the increase of victims? How effective are available treatment programs? From the causes of rape to its …
Family Diversity and Well-Being
Häftad, 1994
1623 kr
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This work makes a significant contribution to the literature on family process, structure, and well-being. It is a much-needed comparative analysis across marital status (married, divorced, remarried, and never-married women with children). Early chapters are particularly useful for introducing …
Out of Control
Family Therapy and Domestic Disorder
Inbunden, 1992
2882 kr
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In a unique comparative ethnography of two family therapy programs, Gubrium deftly shows how differing organizational perceptions make visible the social construction of domestic disorder. Contrasting images of home life--one viewing domestic order as a system of authority, the other as a …
Out of Control
Family Therapy and Domestic Disorder
Häftad, 1992
2101 kr
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In a unique comparative ethnography of two family therapy programs, Gubrium deftly shows how differing organizational perceptions make visible the social construction of domestic disorder. Contrasting images of home life--one viewing domestic order as a system of authority, the other as a …
Reexamining Family Stress
New Theory and Research
Av Wesley R. Burr, Shirley Klein
Häftad, 1993
2165 kr
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The study of family stress has been dominated by the ABC-X model developed over several decades by Rueben Hill and other researchers. Now, the distinguished authors of this volume, along with a group of their colleagues and students, reexamine the theoretical literature in search of a better way of …
Openness in Adoption
Exploring Family Connections
Av Harold D. Grotevant, Ruth G. McRoy
Häftad, 1998
2165 kr
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Since the mid-1970s, adoption practices in the United States have changed dramatically, and the confidentiality maintained in the past is no longer the norm. The trend is toward openness in adoption in which either mediated (through an adoption agency) or direct contact occurs between the adoptive …
