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Guides readers through two decades of famous and influential legal cases. This is a first-person account of an elected district attorney and presents key decisions that have shaped legal precedent. The book also demonstrates how citizens can apply legal principles to build community and foster healthier, happier, and safer hometowns.

Provides students with a comprehensive and insightful overview of the policing profession. The text combines scholarly research and real-world accounts from the author's personal experience as a police officer to provide a balanced and authentic look into the everyday realities of the law enforcement profession.

Assists current and future counsellors in the selection and employment of effective intervention and prevention strategies. The text features a collection of compelling and enlightening studies, which serve to provide readers with a sound basis for the design and application of evidence-based solutions.

Provides students with an overview of the laws and policies that govern the US criminal justice system, as well as how they influence approaches to crime and perspectives on punishment within our society.

Covers jazz from its 19th Century forerunners through the 20th century. This jazz journey takes the reader and listener on an historical audio and video tour of some of the great jazz performances of the last hundred years. All of the major styles of jazz, including the forerunners of jazz, Ragtime and Blues, are covered.

Explores the ways in which hormones modulate behaviour and vice versa. The volume focuses on the key principles of the topic and features original readings from classic studies, as well as more recent research, to provide students with a holistic understanding of the interplay of hormones and behaviour.

Provides readers with clear, relevant examples of critical management principles and the ways in which they can be applied within foodservice, clinical nutrition, and community nutrition management. The book demonstrates how leadership in dietetics and nutrition fits into the management structure of organisations.

Written specifically for freshman-level human geography courses, Human Geography: A Serious Introduction gives students a thorough, rigorous grounding in the subject and its historical, economic, political, cultural, and urban dimensions. The book addresses early cultures, languages, religion, the rise of capitalism, and globalization as components of human geographical systems.

Provides students with a real-world approach to courtroom procedure, the presentation of evidence in criminal trials, and scenarios future legal professionals are likely to encounter. Through a collection of case studies and enlightening examples, the text demonstrates how the rules of evidence are applied in actual trial settings.

Uses a simple, innovative, and completely interactive method to teach elementary French. The goal is for students to become comfortable speaking and understanding the target language through a personal, highly engaged learning experience.

Explores the deeply flawed status quo of the social work profession. A rallying cry for social work itself, The End of Social Work is an ideal resource for social work programs and practicing social workers driven to enact meaningful change.

Examines the art of dance within the context of different cultures and demonstrates the connections between dance and academic disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, psychology, and philosophy.

Provides students with a collection of carefully selected, multidisciplinary readings that illuminate the unique history of the Romans. This is an ideal supplementary resource for courses in world history, especially those with concentration on Roman history.

Provides students with a comprehensive exploration of the history of Korea from its origins to present day. Featuring highly focused and accessible content, The Making of Korea in East Asia is an ideal resource for courses in Asian studies and Asian history, especially those with emphasis on Korean history.

Expertly weaves contemporary research on sexual and gender identity with personal narratives of individuals who have navigated social norms and constructs to carve out an understanding of their own sexuality. The text provides readers with an innovative and intimate lens through which they can begin to understand the dynamic nature of sexuality.

Recounts the transformation of a corrupt, dysfunctional prison system into one consistent with the US Constitution and in line with human standards of decency. The text provides students with a detailed, real-world narrative that reveals the opportunities and challenges involved in criminal justice reform.

Bright, eager business students deserve a rigorous, exciting introduction to the fundamentals of business. How Business Works: Making Profits, Taking Risks, and Creating Value in a Global Economy is a dynamic introduction to business textbook that takes a holistic, comprehensive, real-world approach, incorporating both theory and practice.

Features portraits of development at each stage interwoven with the findings of developmental science research on how inequitable resources and opportunities, which are influenced by social, economic, and political factors, can impact development.

Introduces contemporary media and information studies students to the nexus between law and emerging media technology. With a goal to present a clear and succinct overview of communication and media law, this text presents legal doctrines in accessible terms and in the context of current issues and technology.

Helps readers develop critical skills that can be applied in the school environment to foster student achievement. The articles underscore the importance of setting the tone for clear, high expectations in teaching and learning and building a positive culture where academic success can flourish.

Practical in focus, grounded in social interaction, and written in a strong narrative style replete with concrete examples, Intercultural Communication provides readers with an examination of diverse cultural practices that can be used to support successful communication.

Provides students with carefully curated selections within the discipline that foster their philosophical and practical understanding of criminal evidence. Pragmatic in nature, the text focuses on the evidence that is presented within criminal investigations and trials.

Provides students with a comprehensive and illuminating overview of key concepts in public health. Chapters explore examples of health interventions at different social-ecological levels, introduce readers to the first modern psychologists, the concept of radical behaviourism, and the internal and social forces that influence us.

Introduces readers to critical perspectives and methods of biblical interpretation, with emphasis on the New Testament, in a manner that enables them to apply these perspectives and methods to their own work.

Presents students with a refreshing way to study persuasion, communication theory, and human behaviour. Rather than examining different types of persuasion research and reviewing each one at a time, Franklin Boster and Christopher Carpenter explore eight key controversies, as well as research and theory related to each topic.

Explores the inevitable presence of conflict in our lives and the role good communication plays in managing conflict to cultivate a healthier, happier existence. The book explores the ways in which we process and act on conflict, as well as how we can leverage a deeper understanding of our own thoughts and behaviors to reduce conflict in our lives.

Designed to inspire conversation and critical thinking, Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice presents students with a carefully selected collection of readings regarding timely and relevant issues within the criminal justice discipline.

Analyses the challenges social workers face in applying social work values and ethics due to recent significant social, political, cultural, and technological changes. The book provides readers with guidelines for ethical practice based on a philosophic foundation rooted in social justice principles.

Provides readers with a carefully selected collection of articles that introduce them to various dance forms and their respective movements. The anthology features differentiating perspectives on ballet, jazz, and modern dance, as well as explorations about dance as ethnography, production, performance, legacy, and tradition.

Designed to help readers integrate a researcher's perspective and research methodology into their professional practice. Approaching practice as a practitioner-researcher not only facilitates the gathering of data and the drawing of useful conclusions, but also results in more ethical and effective practice decisions.