Bøger af Ricky Anderson

Presenting the U. S. juvenile justice system in a logical, chronological format, Juvenile Justice provides the most recent and detailed information about a broad range of topics. The balanced presentation gives key insights from political science, public administration, sociology, criminology, and criminal justice as well as the important historical backdrop. Carefully dealing with all the major processing points and agencies, Juvenile Justice covers all the pressing issues that are confronted within the contemporary system. This text is available in ebook format from the VitalSource Store. To download and use the ebook, you will need the free VitalSource Bookshelf software. DOWNLOAD NOW An engaging and realistic vignette opens each chapter to stimulate thinking and classroom discussion, and its implications are woven throughout the chapter. The exceedingly readable narrative explains basic terms and concepts along with valuable historical background. Three themes, woven throughout the materials, given students a solid understanding: the role of theory as a tool to describe, understand, predict and control delinquency; how appreciating the historical background can give insight into future practices; and the importance of globalization in a world increasingly interconnected by the Internet and social media― international perspectives are included in every chapter. Critical thinking questions at the end of each chapter can be used for classroom discussions, small group exercises, or individual review. Key terms, defined in the margins, and a comprehensive glossary help students learn and review terminology. Juvenile Justice is accompanied by an extensive Instructor's Manual, which provides the teacher with ancillary material as well as a perspective on the organization and content of each chapter, with a full Test Bank. Thoroughly updated, the revised Third Edition addresses the latest trends in juvenile justice, supported by the most recent data sources available. The cutting-edge chapter on non-delinquent children in the juvenile justice system (dependent, neglected, and abused children) has been substantially updated. The delinquency prevention chapter has been updated to include a results-based review of programming that works, as well as an expanded treatment of the federal government's role in providing leadership in this critical part of juvenile justice. The notable chapter on gangs has been expanded to a broader discussion of juvenile violence across the board. Hallmark features of Juvenile Justice: Explores U.S. juvenile justice system in a logical, chronological format Provides the most recent and detailed information about the system Deals with all the major processing points, agencies, and issues Explains basic terms and concepts with valuable historical background Compelling vignette opens each chapter stimulates understanding reinforces basic concepts encourages class discussions Three themes engage students throughout: The role of theory to describe, understand, predict and control delinquency Historical background gives insights into future practices in juvenile justice International perspective for people interconnected by the Internet, social media

Basic Contract Drafting Assignments: A Narrative Approach is a unique supplement of contract drafting exercises designed to be used with any contracts or drafting course book. Instructors who want to incorporate drafting exercises into the classroom experience will find an invaluable asset in his supplement, which provides students with the tools necessary to develop skills that can be applied to various types of advanced transactional work. Divided into four interest-catching sequences, this concise paperback takes a narrative approach, and gives students the opportunity to learn by doing: The first assignment in each sequence introduces the clients, their businesses, and their needs. In the second and third assignments those clients evolve and grow, and their business needs change. Each sequence features assignments of varying lengths and types, including gathering information, interviewing the client, outlining the issues that need to be considered from both sides of the table, and drafting the necessary memos, letters, and final contract. The assignments focus on methodologies in four areas: How to conceptualize in writing the parties' rights, duties, risks, and protections. How to organize a contract on both the macro and the micro levels. How to draft for clarity and enforceability. How to express boilerplate terms. Additional resources for students and instructors include: Entertaining and informative appendices, among them What Deal Lawyers Say to Each Other: A Dictionary of Contract Negotiation and Drafting Slang Ten Tips for Interviewing a Client about a Transaction Decoding the Comments on Student Contracts: Some Samples with Illustrations A web-based Teacher's Manual that provides teaching tips, answers to the student exercises, and notes for the characters that the teacher plays. Basic Contract Drafting Assignments will augment and enhance any book you are currently using by providing a wealth exercises that will help students learn real-world drafting techniques and skills.