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Macho Paradoxby
Sourcebooks, Inc. 2006; US$ 19.99Violence against women is every man's issue. more...
Promoting Community Resilience in Disastersby Kevin Ronan; David Johnston
Springer-Verlag New York Inc 2006; US$ 89.95Discussing trauma and adjustment to trauma, this title focuses on schools and other related community-based networks as gateways to assisting children and families to prepare for a large scale disaster. It assesses risk, and offers education programs for schools, children, and families, the public, and organizations and government. more...
Fast Livesby Claire Sterk
Temple University Press 2008; US$ 26.95Providing insight into drug use from the point of view of female users, this book tells of the complex lives, challenges, and choices of women who use crack cocaine. While popular images of these women present them simply as unreliable individuals, unfit mothers, and women who will do almost anything for crack, Claire Sterk's years of ethnographic research reveal the nature and meaning of crack cocaine use in the larger context of their lives -- including the impact of such issues as gender, class, and race. Focusing on active crack users, Fast Lives compiles information from participant observation, informal conversations, individual interviews, and group discussions. Sterk details the ways in which use affects the lives of these crack... more...
The Sixteenth Roundby Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Lawrence Hill Books 2011; US$ 13.95The survivor of a difficult childhood and youth, Rubin Carter rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. But his career crashed to a halt on May 26, 1967, when he and another man were found guilty of the murder of three white people in a New Jersey bar. While in prison, Carter chronicled the events that led him from the ring to three consecutive life sentences and 10 years in solitary confinement. His story was a cry for help to the public, an attempt to set the record straight and force a new trial. Bob Dylan wrote a classic anthem for Carter's struggle; and Joan Baez, Muhammad Ali, Roberta Flack, and thousands more took up the cause as well. Originally published in 1974, this account is an eye-opening examination of... more...
Drugs in Societyby Michael D. Lyman
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 62.95This work focuses on the many critical areas of America?s drug problem, providing a foundation for rational decisionmaking within this complex and multi-disciplinary field. Broken into three sections: Understanding the Problem, Gangs and Drugs, and Fighting Back, topics covered include the business of drugs and the role of organized crime in the drug trade, drug legalization and decriminalization, legal and law enforcement strategies, an analysis of the socialization process of drug use and abuse, and a historical discussion of drug abuse that puts the contemporary drug problem into perspective. Thoughtful analysis of the diverse perspectives on dealing with the impact of drug use and drug trafficking on American society A close look... more...
Comprehending Drug Useby J. Bryan Page; Merrill Singer
Rutgers University Press 2010; US$ 25.95Comprehending Drug Use , the first full-length critical overview of the use of ethnographic methods in drug research, synthesizes more than one hundred years of study on the human encounter with psychotropic drugs. J. Bryan Page and Merrill Singer create a comprehensive examination of the whole field of drug ethnography-methodology that involves access to the hidden world of drug users, the social spaces they frequent, and the larger structural forces that help construct their worlds. They explore the important intersections of drug ethnography with globalization, criminalization, public health (including the HIV/AIDS epidemic, hepatitis, and other diseases), and gender, and also provide a practical guide of the methods and career... more...
Will They Do it Again?by Herschel Prins
Routledge 1999; US$ 42.50Considers the issue of risks to ordinary people particularly those posed by the mentally ill. Prins considers public protection within a broad context and, of risk in society in general. more...
Drug Diplomacy in the Twentieth Centuryby William B. McAllister
Routledge 1999; US$ 42.95This is the first comprehensive historical account of the evolution of the global drugs control regime. It analyzes how the rules and regulations that encompass the drug question came to be framed and examines the historical aspects of the issue. more...
Handbook of Residential Careby John Burton
Routledge 1993; US$ 59.95Residential care is under a national spotlight. This handbook addresses the particular problems experienced by residential staff and offers real examples, case studies, analysis and guidance to those working both with the elderly and children. more...
Psychology in Prisonsby David Cooke; Pamela Baldwin; Jacqueline Howison
Routledge 1993; US$ 29.95Psychology in Prisons illustrates how a knowledge of psychological principles can lead to a better understanding of the prison environment and the problems that occur within it. more...