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Report Writing for Criminal Justice Professionals provides students with a comprehensive guide to a primary duty of every peace officer: writing reports. The book posits that the basics of good report writing are universal and introduces readers to essential elements for success, while also encouraging them to develop their unique and natural written voice. The opening chapter discusses the importance of producing well-written, error-free police reports and related documents. Readers learn how a police report serves as an official record of an incident and the first step in the criminal justice process. Additional chapters provide readers with basic dos and don'ts for report writing, guidance on writing the field notes that serve as the structure of a police report, and foundational legal information regarding search and seizure, and interviewing and interrogating. Students learn how to divide reports into various headings for greater readability and organization, as well as how to write professional emails and memoranda. Communicating with the public using press releases and social media posts is discussed, as is the importance of fostering a cooperative relationship with the news media. The closing chapter underscores the importance of correct grammar with topical coverage of punctuation, sentence structure, and word usage. It concludes with tips for effective proofreading. More than simply a how-to guide, Report Writing for Criminal Justice Professionals is a practical resource for future and current peace officers that is ideal for courses and programs in policing, law enforcement, and criminal justice.

Designed to provide readers with an accessible introduction to international relations, Systemist International Relations introduces the systemist method, a visual approach that equips individuals with the ability to transform the key points of any work of scholarship into an easy-to-understand and salient graphic representation of the data. The opening chapters speak to how the world has changed in the new millennium, especially regarding the pace of everyday life, and how the international relations discipline has expanded considerably in step. With this growth comes the increased size and complexity of research in the field. The text posits that the systemist method is an effective way to render the influx of information and study in international relations more accessible to all. Additional chapters introduce systemism and its associated method for graphic representation of analytical arguments. The method is then applied to three key areas of study within international relations: international security studies; foreign policy analysis; and ethnicity, nationalism, and migration. The final chapter reviews what has been accomplished and looks ahead to what might be done in the future to advance research and teaching about international relations. Systemist International Relations is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate-level courses and programs in international relations.

Featuring contributed chapters written by professionals within the field along with in-depth cases written by the editor, Gender-Based Crime: Learning through Experts and Cases provides readers with a diverse and enlightening exploration of the interplay between gender, crime, offending, and victimization. The book also explores how to deal with gender-based crime through criminal justice and alternative approaches. The text is organized into three distinct sections. Part I, Gender and Offending, discusses juvenile sex trafficking in the U.S.; gender and mass shootings; gender, homicide, and suicide; hazing in fraternities and sororities; and LGBTQ perspectives on crime and justice. In Part II, Gender and Victimization, readers learn about violence against transgender people in the U.S.; the experiences of young boys and men of color in urban spaces; separation and divorce violence against women; sexual violence on college campuses; and sexual harassment, gender, and the workplace. The final part, Criminal Justice and Alternatives for Gender-Based Harm, addresses the civil rights approach to gender-based harm, the restorative justice approach, community activism, and problems in the juvenile justice system. Gender-Based Crime is part of the Cognella Series on Family and Gender-Based Violence, an interdisciplinary collection of textbooks edited by Claire Renzetti, Ph.D. The titles feature cross-cultural perspectives, cutting-edge strategies and interventions, and timely research on family and gender-based violence.

Rather than focusing on the mechanics of operations management, Readings in Operations Management: Insights and Experiences presents students with a collection of articles and narratives that cover broadly based principles that are useful in practice and gleaned from real-world experiences. The anthology is organized into five chapters with each including a brief introduction to the topic and a selection of curated readings. The opening chapters address customers and competitors, capability assessment, and the roles of innovation and technology in operations management. Students learn how advancing technologies and/or external factors beyond a company's control can contribute to disruption and risk. The final chapter speaks to growth and globalization. A collection of supplemental case studies are included in the appendix and help students further apply the concepts addressed in the anthology to real-world practice. Designed to well prepare students for their future careers, Readings in Operations Management is ideal for courses and programs in business and operations management.

Culturally Responsive and Equitable Evaluation: Visions and Voices of Emerging Scholars presents an innovative evaluation paradigm that integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion in all phases of evaluation. The book spotlights the scholarly, philosophical, and best practices of emerging Black, Latino/x, Indigenous, and other scholars and practitioners from historically marginalized populations in support of culturally responsive and equitable evaluation (CREE). The book is organized into two major parts with the first presenting the theoretical and conceptual frameworks that provide the foundation of CREE and the second spotlighting practical applications of CREE in various evaluation contexts. Dedicated chapters examine the importance of positionality, reflexivity, and strengthening CREE to foster racial equity; and the ways in which evaluation approaches can empower people and communities. Readers learn about a Matriarchal Kwe Indigenous framework for practicing theoretical, cultural, and practical evaluation; how to embed CREE in the design and evaluation of a Cliff calculator; Communities of Practice best practices; and more. Closing chapters focus on CREE application within diverse communities and feature an overview of modern initiatives that demonstrate the possibilities available through CREE.

Acknowledging that the broad nature of the communication discipline can make it difficult for students to identify and articulate what they want to do after graduation, Making the Most of Your College Experiences: A Guide for Communication Majors equips students with the tools they need to better understand themselves, capitalize upon their educational experiences, and clearly define their career goals. The book shows readers how the communication concepts and practices, transferable skills, and power skills they learn in the classroom can serve as tools to help them chart and build their careers. The text is organized into three parts, focusing on the student's self of sense, the communication industry, and the career. Readers learn about the importance of developing a personal brand, the many careers available in communication, how to develop SMARTE goals, how to find and prepare for an internship, and more. In each chapter, a communication spotlight focuses on a relevant theory, practice, or concept-such as cognitive scripts, the elaboration likelihood model, organizational systems theory, and impression management-as they relate to career readiness and job acquistion. Developed to help students become more confident communication majors and professionals, Making the Most of Your College Experiences is the ideal resource for any introduction to communication course, career preparation course, internship courses, or portfolio course. The book is also a perfect addition to academic advising.

Elementary Korean II Activity Book features a variety of task- and usage-based activities designed to help students improve their communicative skills in Korean. The chapters focus on developing students' conversational abilities. They help readers practice everyday topics of conversation in Korean, including recapping winter break with classmates, giving and receiving presents, making plans for spring break, giving reasons why, making weekend plans, and talking about college life. Students learn how to express gratitude, ask for help and favors, purchase items at a store, order food in a restaurant, discuss travel experiences, and compare items. Featuring a highly practical focus, Elementary Korean II Activity Book is an ideal supplementary text for foundational courses in Korean.

In Her Own Words: A Primary Source Book of Autobiographical Texts by Women Artists in the 19th and 20th Centuries gives voice to sixteen influential women artists, providing students with a highly personal lens through which they can analyze and interpret each artist's visual works. The material progresses chronologically to better situate the artistic and literary works of the featured women within a coherent cultural framework. The Introduction to the book defines the genres of self-narratives and assists the reader in the development of interpretive strategies for comprehending primary sources. Within each chapter, students read about an individual artist/author, learning about her life, the historical significance of her work, and the subject matter and stylistic idiom of her visual art and written texts. Readers then explore autobiographical narratives, journal and diary entries, and letters-works that illuminate each artist's early sense of artistic vocation, her creative process, her position on marriage and motherhood, her attitudes toward recognition, popular success, and the public persona of the artist, and her political beliefs and opinions on contemporary feminist movements. Women artists featured include Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Harriet Hosmer, Rosa Bonheur, Berthe Morisot, Marie Bashkirtseff, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Käthe Kollwitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Louise Nevelson, Elizabeth Catlett, Carolee Schneeman, Alice Neel, Judy Chicago, Faith Ringgold, and Louise Bourgeois. Featuring accessible and engaging narratives that contextualize and bring women artists' works to life, In Her Own Words is an ideal collection for courses in art history, gender studies, women's literature, and creative writing.

Recognizing that counselors are often the primary source of therapeutic care, A Counselor's Guide to Psychopharmacology and Alternative Treatments provides readers with an overview of the fundamentals of psychopharmacology so they can help facilitate medication-based treatment plans and more fully meet their clients' needs. The text bridges the gap between the content-knowledge of psychopharmacology and the intentional incorporation of medication-based interventions into a larger, counseling-driven therapeutic process. The book is organized into three parts, which explore the basics of psychopharmacology, medications, and additional considerations. Opening chapters discuss models of treatment, pharmacotherapy in mental health, the role of the counselor, and foundational information on neurobiology and pharmacology. Additional chapters discuss antidepressant, antianxiety, and antipsychotic medication, mood stabilizers, and the interplay of substance abuse and medication-assisted treatment. Closing chapters provide readers with alternatives to pharmacotherapy, including electroconvulsive therapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, and emerging alternatives, such as herbal supplements and hallucinogens. Medication noncompliance, malingering, and diagnostic considerations are also covered. In addition to critical content, the text features application-based exercises designed to help readers hone skills related to the analysis of complex cases, as well as the navigation of client interactions in a deliberate, empowering, and holistic manner. A Counselor's Guide to Psychopharmacology and Alternative Treatments is a critical resource for future and practicing counselors at all levels.

Digital Health and Public and Community Health provides students with an examination of digital health and its integration in public and community health services. Readers learn how digital health systems and initiatives require engagement from a plethora of stakeholders, individual healthcare providers, and interprofessional teams of healthcare providers, including input from health profession education, communities and government, insurers, health policy, health research, and consumers. The book demonstrates the application of the public health framework to support digital health services, compares different types of digital health services, and discusses the challenges and methods used to ensure the delivery of effective digital services. Students examine the relationship of social determinants of health, health equity, disparities, and vulnerable populations to digital health services. Coverage of the application of digital health services in nursing practice is included, as well as discussion of local, state, and federal government involvement in digital health services. Digital Health and Public and Community Health is part of the Cognella Series on Public and Community Health Nursing, a collection of concise, informative guides that explore critical topical areas, their nursing application, and their relationship to nursing practice.

Euclidean Linear Algebra offers a concise and theoretical introduction to linear algebra with a plethora of examples, a wide variety of problems, and preparation for more advanced mathematics rather than external applications. This text provides purely computational exercises and theoretical problems ranked by difficulty, allowing for a balance between computational practice and the development of critical thinking and theoretical mathematical thought. To support the emphasis on linear maps, linear maps are introduced immediately after the necessary background on linear systems and vectors. Additional chapters explore properties of linear maps, the image and kernel of linear maps, operations on linear maps, subspaces and dimension and their relationships to linear maps, different forms of subspaces and how they allow us to intersect and add subspaces, projection maps, eigenvalues and eigenvectors of linear maps, changing coordinates of linear maps, diagonalizing linear maps, coordinate independence, orthogonality, orthogonal projections, isometries, adjoints of linear maps, and linear algebra with polynomials, sequences, and over the complex numbers. An appendix supports student learning with a definitions reference, an objects chart, an introduction to proof frameworks, and answers to selected exercises. Developed to guide beginner students, Euclidean Linear Algebra is an ideal resource for programs and courses in mathematics. Sheldon Axler's Linear Algebra Done Right is a great follow up for a secondary course in linear algebra.

Voces de Aztlán: A Chicana/o History Reader, Vol. 1 provides students with a selection of primary and secondary sources that explore the rich, influential, and important histories of Chicana/o peoples in the United States. The volume is organized chronologically into nine chapters, beginning with coverage of early Mesoamerican cultures and concluding with a discussion of Mexicans and the American Civil War. Interstitial chapters explore the rise of Aztec civilization, Spanish contact and conflict, and colonial society in New Spain. Students also learn about Franciscan missions as an early form of mass incarceration, slavery along the Texas-Mexico border, and the removal of Indigenous peoples in the U.S. Together, these rich sources provide students with a new, broader perspective on the history of the United States. Voces de Aztlán: A Chicana/o History Reader, Vol. 1 is the first installment in a two-volume reader designed to help students rediscover American history from new viewpoints. It is ideal for courses in American history and Chicana/o history.

From Grad School to Private Practice: A Road Map for Mental Health Clinicians is an essential guidebook for anyone looking to succeed in the mental health profession. Featuring contributed chapters from experts in the field, this comprehensive resource equips readers with the necessary skills and resources to transition from academia to real-world practice. The book covers all aspects of building a successful private psychotherapy practice, including developing job interview skills, choosing a practice setting, deciding on postgraduate training, and making the most of supervision. Readers also learn essential tools for success, such as billing, marketing, and documentation through innovative mental health technologies. With this comprehensive toolbox in hand, mental health clinicians will be equipped to sustain a successful career and thrive as fee-for-service (FFS) clinicians. This invaluable resource is ideal for social work and mental health counseling courses, graduate students, and early career professionals. Whether starting their career or looking to expand their skills, From Grad School to Private Practice provides readers with a roadmap to success in the mental health profession.

Through a collection of curated readings, Social Work in Mental Health introduces students to key issues and concepts related to mental health. The anthology is organized into seven units with each focusing on a fundamental mental health topic. Each unit begins with focus questions to prepare students for reading and engaging with the material. Opening units examine the biopsychosocial model of mental health, the concept of personhood, stigma and stereotypes related to mental health, and the interplay between diagnosis and identity. In additional units, students read about the history of mental health, service delivery systems, medication, the rights of patients, and the responsibilities of healthcare providers. Succinct and informative, Social Work in Mental Health is an exemplary supplemental resource for courses and programs in social work.

This book walks writers through the basics and gives quick tips for APA style, formatting, and citation as well as gender-neutral pronouns and unbiased language. Author Dona J. Young incorporates a reader-friendly approach: students readily connect with the conversational tone and clear examples that ease them into learning APA 7 style and bringing their writing to a higher level. As well as highlighting changes adopted in the 7th edition of APA (2020), this resource also covers essentials of academic, evidence-based writing: as pre-work for writing a literature review, it guides learners through the process of composing an effective thesis, introductory paragraph, annotated bibliography, and abstract. In addition, writers build editing skills by reviewing comma and semicolon usage, pronoun viewpoint, active voice, and capitalization (sentence and title case). Numerous examples of APA use are set off from the narrative to give readers quick access to them. Additional features include sample papers in APA style and a glossary of terms. Each chapter contains a short interactive activity to improve writing process, style, and skills. Designed to get readers on a path to using APA that brings them success, this supplementary text could be used in any course in education, psychology, health care sciences (nursing), and social sciences at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Fixing Broken Meetings: A Manual on Meeting Rotten-osity, Deleterious Decisions, and Ineffective Implementation examines the myriad ways in which meetings regularly fail and how individuals and organizations can improve them through a model of identification, ideation, decision-making, implementation, and evaluation. The collection is organized into eight parts, each featuring an opening description of a cartoon, summaries of articles and books, and links to longer pieces. Opening parts contain humorous material that illustrates the pattern of making fun of meetings and disparaging their utility; discussions related to decision-making; and coping strategies. Readers discover helpful tips for producing efficient meetings and building effective decisions. They learn about decision avoidance psychosis and examine why we, at all levels of the social organization, accept a flawed system that embraces meetings with latent functions. Closing parts cite valuable practices developed by the Meeting Masters and Decision Maestros and consider common issues related to implementation and evaluation. An innovative and essential guide for the modern workplace, Fixing Broken Meetings is an exemplary resource for courses and programs in business and organizational behavior, as well as anyone interested in improving the functionality of meetings within their organization.

Family Stress: Understanding and Helping Families in Diverse Circumstances equips future helping professionals with the knowledge and skillsets they need to assist families in facing a variety of stressors and challenges. The text helps students learn key concepts related to family stress and enhances their abilities to make connections among theory, practice, and diverse family circumstances associated with stress. They explore their own experiences related to stress and trauma, build their personal resilience, and learn to empathize with and empower families from various backgrounds and situations facing stressful circumstances. Opening chapters introduce theoretical, personal, and professional elements of family stress and also familiarize students with contextual influences related to gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age, class, religion, and other characteristics that can distinguish the life experiences of diverse families. Subsequent chapters highlight specific topics that illustrate various foundational and contextual concepts and help prepare students to work with diverse populations in culturally sensitive ways. The book provides students with a deeper understanding of family stress as a result of minority status, economic hardship and poverty, infertility and adoption-related stressors, intimate partner abuse and child maltreatment, family structure complexity, disability, addiction, loss, large-scale disasters, and more. Written to help students better understand the complexities of contemporary family life and its related stressors, Family Stress is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and graduate-level courses in family studies, social work, and other disciplines related to families.

Helping Skills: Basic Techniques for the Active and Engaged Helper provides readers with an introduction to essential counseling techniques, including active listening, paraphrasing, questioning, and managing complex interactions. Through theory, research, and practice suggestions, the text equips future behavioral health clinicians with the skills necessary to engage with clients, gather data, and intervene effectively. The skills outlined in the book well prepare readers to engage actively and authentically in individual, couple, and family treatment settings. Chapters explore observational skills, effectively managing a therapy conversation, and how questions can be mindfully posed to encourage exploration, growth, and insight. Readers learn about framing and reframing, self-disclosure, and systemic enactments. The text discusses constructive confrontation, de-escalation techniques, and psychoeducation. Closing chapters underscore the importance of a strong therapeutic alliance between client and therapist, and summarize the flow and goals of an initial counseling session. Helping Skills is an exemplary resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in counseling skills and helping skills, as well as practicing human services professionals.

Understanding the Essentials of Nursing provides students with a succinct, informative, and fundamental introduction to key concepts within the nursing profession. The book helps readers prepare to care for others with an emphasis on hospitality, respect, continuous learning, professionalism, and cultural competence. The opening chapter challenges readers to examine their own beliefs about health, wellness, and death; better understand how cultural competence feeds into nursing practice; define holistic health; and recognize the role family dynamics play in health care. Additional chapters examine types of nursing and specialty practice, the healthcare delivery system, scopes and standards of nursing practice, and legal principles in nursing. Students explore critical topics, including ethical principles in nursing, evidence-based practice, and the importance of critical thinking in practice. Closing chapters guide readers through the steps of the nursing process and discuss the scientific knowledge and skill competencies needed for nurses to manage patient care in a safe and effective manner. Featuring practical guidance that also reflects current standards and competencies for professional practice, Understanding the Essentials of Nursing is a crucial resource for courses and programs in nursing.

Designed to support current standards and goals for the nursing profession, Public and Community Health Services Requiring Greater Attention provides readers with a view of health services that require an interprofessional team of healthcare providers and others who provide social and community services, while considering the social determinants of health, equity, diversity and disparities, population health, and vulnerable populations. The text examines the population health management (PHM) framework and provides examples of public health needs and services. Readers learn about the importance of community health improvement and various types of public and community health services, including ambulatory services, primary care, nurse-managed health centers, accountable care organizations, urgent care centers, community health centers, mobile health clinics, pharmacies, and more. The book underscores the interplay between public and community health services, social determinants of health, and health equity and disparity. The closing content focuses on local, state, and federal government involvement in public and community health services. Public and Community Health Services Requiring Greater Attention is part of the Cognella Series on Public and Community Health Nursing, a collection of concise, informative guides that explore critical topical areas, their nursing application, and their relationship to nursing practice.

Sex, Society, and Culture: The Quest for Pleasure, Equity, and Freedom in a Complex World is designed to provide students with a collection of readings that reflect a global perspective and diverse voices on topics related to the sociological aspects of sex, especially those that are not typically addressed within the mainstream. Students are encouraged to critically analyze the articles, reflect on their own viewpoints, and expand their understanding of human sexuality. The opening unit provides readers with a historical glimpse of how sex is viewed in society, with focus on ancient, sex-positive Sumerian texts; a history of orgasm; second-wave feminism; and female masturbation. Unit II examines how sex functions both physiologically and relationally, including topics such as human sexual development, desire, how individuals meet and connect, otherness, and more. In Unit III, students read works related to reproductive freedom. They learn about the biological act of menstruation, how and why individuals track their cycles, and various reflections and perspectives on birth and parenthood. Unit IV uses cutting-edge research to examine the little-known mechanisms of traumatic memory as it relates to sexual violence and abuse. It then applies this information to issues in sexuality that some consider liberation and others exploitation, including sex work. The final unit features articles that explore how individuals can expand and infuse their lives with sexuality. A diverse, progressive, and inclusive anthology, Sex, Society, and Culture is an ideal text for courses in the sociology of sex.

Vocal Health in Professional Voice equips readers with the knowledge, training, and practical tips they need to care for their voices, boost performance, and avoid developing preventable voice disorders. The opening chapter discusses normal voice and the physical process of human oral communication. Readers learn about the three individual components of normal voice production-breathing, phonation, and resonance-speech development, the neurophysiological aspects of speech, voicing emotions, and more. Additional chapters explore voice as a professional tool, signs of voice disorders, types of occupational voice disorders, and how to prevent them. Basic vocal hygiene standards, the importance of relaxation, and vocal technique are addressed. The text offers a practical guide to active voice, featuring an approachable and sustainable daily plan of vocal exercises, oral aerobics to promote greater levels of strength and flexibility to articulatory structures, isolated exercises for the tongue, lips, and soft palate, tips for warming up and cooling down, and more. The final chapter connects the material with real-world professions, including teaching, performing, providing speech therapy, broadcasting, telemarketing, coaching, leading a religious organization, and serving as a politician. A brief and informative guide, Vocal Health in Professional Voice is an ideal resource for any student planning to entering a vocation in which they will use their voice frequently or in various capacities.

Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interviewing: Illuminating Culture and Meaning introduces readers to the Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interview (CENI), a user-friendly, engaging, and qualitative way for both narrators and interviewers to have culturally sensitive, trauma-informed, holistic, and beneficial exchanges about clinical experiences, distress, and recovery. The text shows how the CENI is situated within the broader arena of patient-centered narrative approaches and holistic care models. Readers learn how the method meets several contemporary interviewing challenges simultaneously, including: the need to conduct culturally open assessments in an increasingly multicultural world; the need to incorporate trauma-informed interview methods in clinical environments; and the need to provide participants with an experience that enhances their self-understanding and promotes health-seeking and recovery. The book reviews foundational theoretical perspectives about clinical ethnography, narrative, memory, humanistic and meaning-centered assessment, and trauma-informed interviewing approaches. Interview elements of the CENI are discussed, along with background, rationale, challenges, solutions, and patterns of responses. Readers are provided with salient interviewing strategies, such as pacing, containment, holding, reauthoring, and resolution. The book contains detailed accounts from two real-world cases and concludes with guidance for use of the CENI as a research and clinical practice tool. Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interviewing is part of the Cognella Series on Family and Gender-Based Violence, an interdisciplinary collection of textbooks edited by Claire Renzetti, Ph.D. The titles feature cross-cultural perspectives, cutting-edge strategies and interventions, and timely research on family and gender-based violence.

Developing and Managing a Total Compensation System is a brief, student-friendly textbook that provides readers with essential knowledge regarding compensation. It features a coherent overarching model that acts as an organizing framework for the text and helps students readily grasp how to apply key principles and learning in real-world contexts. Opening chapters provide readers with an introduction to total compensation systems and guidelines for developing compensation objectives. Additional chapters address how to create an internal alignment strategy, including how to conduct job analyses and evaluations, and develop a person-based structure. Students learn how to cultivate an external competitiveness strategy via the design of pay mix, levels, and structures, and the administration of employee benefits. Dedicated chapters cover developing an employee contributions strategy, including the design of pay-for-performance plans and performance appraisals. Coverage is also dedicated to developing a comprehensive management strategy. Closing chapters help students understand how to implement and evaluate a compensation system, as well as how to approach special circumstances. Designed to provide readers with a concise yet complete overview, Developing and Managing a Total Compensation System is an ideal textbook for courses and programs in human resource management and industrial-organizational psychology.