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The Art and Science of Expert Witness Testimony A Multidisciplinary Guide for Professionals

The Art and Science of Expert Witness Testimony A Multidisciplinary Guide for Professionals

Featuring in-depth interviews of attorneys judges and seasoned forensic experts from multiple disciplines including psychology medicine economics history and neuropsychology The Art and Science of Expert Witness Testimony highlights and offers bridges for the areas where the needs and expectations of the courtroom collide with experts’ communication habits developed over years of academic and professional training. Rather than seeing testimony as a one-way download from expert to jurors The Art and Science of Expert Witness Testimony focuses on the direct dynamic unique communication relationship that develops as each juror’s lived experience interacts with the words of experts on the stand. This book expands the academic tradition of methods-centered credibility to also include person-centered credibility where warmth confidence and relentless attention to detail build trust with jurors. Seasoned forensic experts share what they actually say on the stand: their best strategies and techniques for disrupting traditional academic communication and creating access to science and professional opinions with vivid clear language and strong visuals. The difficult but necessary emotional work of the courtroom is addressed with specific techniques to regulate emotions in order to maintain person-centered credibility and keep the needs of jurors front and center through cross-examination. This innovative compilation of research is essential reading for professionals and practitioners such as physicians engineers accountants and scientists that may find themselves experts in a courtroom. The Art and Science of Expert Witness Testimony provides a unique experience for readers akin to being personally mentored by over eighty-five attorneys judges and seasoned experts as they share their observations insights and strategies—not to win as a defense prosecution or plaintiff expert but to be productive in helping jurors and other triers of fact do their difficult intellectual job in deciding a case. | The Art and Science of Expert Witness Testimony A Multidisciplinary Guide for Professionals

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The Audio Expert Everything You Need to Know About Audio

The Audio Expert Everything You Need to Know About Audio

The Audio Expert is a comprehensive reference book covering all aspects of audio with both practical and theoretical explanations. It is written for people who want to understand audio at the deepest most technical level but without needing an engineering degree. The Audio Expert explains how audio really works in much more depth than usual using common sense plain-English explanations and mechanical analogies with minimal math. It uses an easy to read conversational tone and includes more than 400 figures and photos to augment the printed text. However this book goes beyond merely explaining how audio works. It brings together the concepts of audio aural perception musical instrument physics acoustics and basic electronics showing how they’re intimately related. It also describes in great detail many practices and techniques used by recording and mixing engineers including video production and computers. This book is meant for intermediate to advanced recording engineers and audiophiles who want to become experts. There’s plenty for beginners too. One unique feature is explaining how audio devices such as equalizers compressors and A/D converters work internally and how they’re spec’d and tested rather than merely describing how to use them. There’s plenty of myth-busting and consumerism too. The book doesn’t tell readers what brand power amplifier to buy but it explains in great detail what defines a good amplifier so people can choose a first-rate model wisely without over-paying. Most explanations throughout the book are platform-agnostic applying equally to Windows and Mac computers and to most software and hardware. Many audio and video examples are included to enhance the written text. The new edition offers many updates and improvements throughout. New sections on coding an equalizer comparing microphone preamps testing results of loudspeaker isolation devices new online video content on music theory plus incorporated chapters on MIDI basics computers video production plus new myth-busters and much more! | The Audio Expert Everything You Need to Know About Audio

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LatinX Voices Hispanics in Media in the U.S

LatinX Voices Hispanics in Media in the U.S

LatinX Voices is the first undergraduate textbook that includes an overview of Hispanic/LatinX Media in the U. S. and gives readers an understanding of how media in the United States has transformed around this audience. Based on the authors’ professional and research experience and teaching broadcast media courses in the classroom this text covers the evolving industry and offers perspective on topics related to Latin-American areas of interest. With professional testimonials from those who have left their mark in print radio television film and new media this collection of chapters brings together expert voices in Hispanic/LatinX media from across the U. S. and explains the impact of this population on the media industry today. | LatinX Voices Hispanics in Media in the U. S

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George Sand and Frederick Chopin in Majorca

George Sand and Frederick Chopin in Majorca

First published in 2008. In this fascinating book the writer George Sand recounts the story of her 1838 winter in Majorca a winter she passed in the company of Frederick Chopin. In it she describes the natural beauties of Majorca as well as the rumblings of approaching war. A preface by Luis Ripoll an expert on the loves of Chopin and Sand helps the reader to appreciate the significance of this unique work. | George Sand and Frederick Chopin in Majorca

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Professional Uncertainty Knowledge and Relationship in the Classroom A psychosocial perspective

Professional Uncertainty Knowledge and Relationship in the Classroom A psychosocial perspective

The extent to which teachers should make use of theoretical and expert knowledge as opposed to tacit experiential knowledge and how these might be combined is a perennial issue in discussions on pedagogy. This book addresses these debates through a creative development of the concept of productive uncertainty. Using case studies focusing on teachers working with children with autism a particularly fertile crucible for considering uncertainty the book explores how the radical 20th century psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion's epistemological approach to uncertainty can be used to re-frame Donald Schön's concept of reflection in action offering a new perspective on the practice of teachers and other caring professionals. Several areas of potential uncertainty are identified including uncertainty relating to areas of practice including diagnosis the relationship between expert knowledge and practice the implications of autism for autonomy and agency and uncertainties in relation to the understanding of and use of new technologies. A strong argument is made based on both theoretical and empirical grounds that in juggling between theoretical and tacit knowledge in the classroom there is more to be gained by staying with the struggle with uncertainty than by fleeing from it too early into the promise of expert solutions. Consideration is also given to the relative importance of specific theoretical training for teachers both in general and in relation to working with children with special educational needs in the context of international and UK policy developments in this area. This book will be of key value to researchers and postgraduates in the fields of education studies teacher thinking and research psychoanalytically informed psychosocial studies as well as to practitioners working in special educational needs/autism education. | Professional Uncertainty Knowledge and Relationship in the Classroom A psychosocial perspective

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The Handbook of Forensic Mental Health in Africa

The Handbook of Forensic Mental Health in Africa

The Handbook of Forensic Mental Health in Africa traces the history of forensic mental health in Africa discussing the importance of considering cultural differences when implementing Western-validated practices on the continent while establishing state-of-the-art assessment and treatment of justice-involved persons. Experts in the field of forensic mental health throughout Africa explore the current state of forensic mental health policy and service provision as well as the unique ethical challenges which have arisen with the recent growth of interest in the field. The African and international research literature on violence risk assessment competency to stand trial malingering assessment Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) evaluations report writing as an expert witness and mental health legislation in the context of forensic practice are explored throughout. Finally future directions for forensic mental health in Africa are discussed for juvenile female and elderly offenders. This text is ideal for mental health criminal justice and legal professionals working in clinical research and policy contexts.

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Responsible Investment in Fixed Income Markets

Responsible Investment in Fixed Income Markets

This book provides the world’s first comprehensive account of responsible investment for fixed income investors. It enables readers to understand the key characteristics of fixed income investments and the relevance of sustainability-related issues to fixed income markets. The expert contributors to this volume explain how sustainability-related issues can be taken into account in fixed income research and decision-making in portfolio construction and in active ownership (engagement). They provide a series of detailed case-studies from different parts of the fixed income market (corporate investment grade and high yield emerging markets sovereign and municipal debt) from a range of organisations with a variety of investment approaches. The contributors also provide in-depth critical analysis of key issues such as the role and influence of credit rating agencies green bonds data and public policy in shaping investment practice. For investors this book provides practical guidance on how to improve the financial and the sustainability performance of their fixed income investments. For stakeholders such as companies civil society organisations and governments it allows them to understand the role that fixed income might play in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to understand how they might encourage fixed income investors to pay greater attention to sustainability-related issues in their investment practices and processes. | Responsible Investment in Fixed Income Markets

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Banking and Finance Case studies in the development of the UK financial sector

Banking and Finance Case studies in the development of the UK financial sector

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on how the specific field addressed has evolved. The book features contributions on the development of banking regulation in Scotland the role of commercial banking on the functioning of the British corporate economy the impact of British monetary policy on small firm growth and the politics of corporate governance. Of interest to business and economic historians this shortform book also provides analysis that will be valuable reading across the social sciences | Banking and Finance Case studies in the development of the UK financial sector

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Strategies for Compliance Tools Techniques and Challenges in Financial Services

Strategies for Compliance Tools Techniques and Challenges in Financial Services

Compliance is a fundamental control function within regulated industries globally. This book provides an expert introduction to corporate compliance using cases examples and insights from the financial services sector and beyond. The author an experienced compliance practitioner and academic highlights compliance challenges using examples such as Wells Fargo whistleblowing in the financial services and the mis-selling of payment protection insurance in the UK banking sector. The book explores strategies for creating compliant cultures and fostering regulatory trust whilst practical guidance is provided on anticipating regulatory changes. Addressing organisational obstruction and delay the author presents a series of valuable tools and techniques for real-world practice. An essential professional development resource for board directors compliance officers and other senior managers the book also provides a unique learning and development resource for students of corporate compliance globally. | Strategies for Compliance Tools Techniques and Challenges in Financial Services

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Guidelines for Investigating Officer-Involved Shootings Arrest-Related Deaths and Deaths in Custody

Guidelines for Investigating Officer-Involved Shootings Arrest-Related Deaths and Deaths in Custody

As unrest over officer-involved shootings and deaths in custody takes center stage in conversations about policing and the criminal justice system Guidelines for Investigating Officer-Involved Shootings Arrest-Related Deaths and Deaths in Custody addresses critical investigation components from an expert witness perspective providing the insights necessary to ensure a complete investigation. Investigating a custodial death or an officer involved in a shooting presents unique and complex issues: estate community judicial agency involved officer and public policy interests are all at stake. These types of deaths present various emerging medical psychological legal and liability technical and investigatory issues that must be addressed through a comprehensive investigation. This book is ideal for students in criminal investigation death investigation crime scene investigation and special topic courses in custodial deaths and officer-involved shootings as well as for death investigators law enforcement officers police administrators and attorneys.

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The Elements of Ethical Practice Applied Psychology Ethics in Australia

The Elements of Ethical Practice Applied Psychology Ethics in Australia

The Elements of Ethical Dilemmas: Applied Psychology Ethics in Australia is a comprehensive and applied guide to practising psychology in an ethical and professional manner. This book is designed to assist applicants for general registration as a psychologist successfully navigate one of the eight core competencies for general registration set by the Psychology Board of Australia; specifically ethical legal and professional matters. The exploration of ethical dilemmas is a core task for the 4+2 pathway to general registration while related ethical applications require exploration in the 5+1 and higher education pathways to registration as well. This book will teach readers how to identify explore and choose the appropriate professional course of action when confronted by ethical dilemmas in practice. The chapters include personal reflections from expert contributors relating to each of the ethical dilemmas expertly highlighting clients’ and stakeholders’ circumstances ethical codes and guidelines scholarship and research as well as other key elements in the ethical decision-making process. Especially relevant to those applying to become a registered psychologist in Australia this book offers invaluable guidance on responding to ethical dilemmas as required by the Psychology Board of Australia in various pathways to general registration. | The Elements of Ethical Practice Applied Psychology Ethics in Australia

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A History of Forensic Science British beginnings in the twentieth century

A History of Forensic Science British beginnings in the twentieth century

How and when did forensic science originate in the UK? This question demands our attention because our understanding of present-day forensic science is vastly enriched through gaining an appreciation of what went before. A History of Forensic Science is the first book to consider the wide spectrum of influences which went into creating the discipline in Britain in the first part of the twentieth century. This book offers a history of the development of forensic sciences centred on the UK but with consideration of continental and colonial influences from around 1880 to approximately 1940. This period was central to the formation of a separate discipline of forensic science with a distinct professional identity and this book charts the strategies of the new forensic scientists to gain an authoritative voice in the courtroom and to forge a professional identity in the space between forensic medicine scientific policing and independent expert witnessing. In so doing it improves our understanding of how forensic science developed as it did. This book is essential reading for academics and students engaged in the study of criminology the history of forensic science science and technology studies and the history of policing. | A History of Forensic Science British beginnings in the twentieth century

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Knowledge Power and Participation in Environmental Policy Analysis

Knowledge Power and Participation in Environmental Policy Analysis

This volume probes practical dilemmas and competing re- search perspectives in environmental policy analysis. Scholars working in different fields research traditions societies and policy domains offer significant insights into the processes and consequences of environmental policy making. Part 1 Coping with Boundaries describes present-day conflict between experts and greater public participation in environmental policy. It shows that the institutionalization of increasingly complex environmental problems has led to a conflict between technocracy and democracy. Part 2 The Transnational Challenge examines modes of cooperation between grassroots movements scientists and regional authorities in the United States and Canada. These and other modes of cooperation laid the foundations for the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement increased the effectiveness of air pollution treaties and increased climate change. Part 3 Bio-Hazards: Policies and Paralysis deals with environmental prob-lems closest to the everyday concerns of the public at large because they have immediate implications for food safety and other values. Part 4 The Citizens' Perspective focuses on citizen vis-a-vis environmental policy noting that in order to make policies work citizens must be willing and able to participate in policy-making and cooperate in implementing environmental choices. Part 5 Confronting Ordinary and Expert Knowledge explores opportunities and constraints affecting public participation in evaluation of science. Part 6 Developments in Research Programming addresses such questions as whether scientists still have opportunities to do the research they want without being interrupted or disturbed by policy makers and other stakeholders. Part 7 Policy Sciences' Aspirations explores different avenues for improving environmental policy. Volume twelve in the PSRA series should inspire further investigations of the relations among knowledge power and participation in environmental policy. It will be of timely interest to environmentalists policy-makers scholars and the general public. | Knowledge Power and Participation in Environmental Policy Analysis

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Safety Law Legal Aspects in Occupational Safety and Health

Safety Law Legal Aspects in Occupational Safety and Health

Safety professionals must prepare every day to safeguard their employees in the workplace. Additionally part of every safety professional’s responsibility is to safeguard their organization when a compliance inspection is conducted by federal OSHA or a state plan agency. Safety professionals are most organizations’ onsite safety and health expert and should be prepared far in advance of an inspection. They should be prepared during the inspection and ready to defend the organization after the inspection. With the increase in the monetary penalties the impact on an organization as a result of identified violations can be substantial. This text prepares and educates safety professionals to address every phase from strategies to compliance to defenses and provides a one stop location for information to address and prepare the safety professional if/when OSHA knocks at the door. Additionally the safety function does not work in a vacuum. Other potential risks and potential liabilities from other laws such as the ADA which can impact the safety function are also addressed. Safety professionals know that their organizations depend on their experience and expertise in their decision-making process. Provides a legal prospective to prepare safety professionals for OSHA inspection and related potential risks Case studies to enhance learning and state-by-state listing of applicable laws and regulations Demonstrates an understanding of defense preparation and strategies for safety professionals The safety professional’s go to book for compliance and inspections | Safety Law Legal Aspects in Occupational Safety and Health

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Neuropsychological Aspects of Brain Injury Litigation A Medicolegal Handbook for Lawyers and Clinicians

Neuropsychological Aspects of Brain Injury Litigation A Medicolegal Handbook for Lawyers and Clinicians

This accessible handbook focuses on the importance of neuropsychological evidence and the role of the neuropsychologist as expert witness in brain injury litigation. This thorough evidence-based resource fosters discussion between the legal profession and expert neuropsychological witnesses. The chapters reflect collaborations between leading personal injury lawyers and neuropsychologists in the UK. Key issues in brain injury litigation are addressed that are essential to an understanding of the role of the neuropsychologist as expert witness and of neuropsychological evidence for the courts. These include neuropsychological testing assessment of quantum vocational rehabilitation mental capacity forensic outcomes the frontal paradox mild traumatic brain injury and more. Combining the scientific and legal background with practical tips and case examples this book is valuable reading for legal professionals particularly those working in personal injury and clinical negligence as well as trainees students and clinicians in the field of neuropsychology neurorehabilitation and clinical psychology. | Neuropsychological Aspects of Brain Injury Litigation A Medicolegal Handbook for Lawyers and Clinicians

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A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Enhancing Academic Practice

A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Enhancing Academic Practice

Focused on developing professional academic skills for supporting and supervising student learning and effective teaching the fifth edition of A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education recognises the complex demands of teaching research scholarship and academic management in higher education institutions. Fully updated to reflect changes in practice and policy this new edition has been written to enhance excellence in teaching and learning design and support all involved in facilitating a world-class inclusive education. Offering plentiful and rich practical advice this rigorous and sound introduction to the basics of teaching and learning in higher education draws together a large number of expert authors and a range of global case studies. A definitive guide for anyone working in higher education this edition: Offers new chapters covering an inclusive curriculum the importance of student well-being and the scholarship of teaching and learning Considers the impact of technological changes on policy and practice Discusses the use of digital learning environments Explores how best to engage students in their disciplines and embed skills for employability The ultimate guide to support all those involved in providing student learning of the highest quality A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education is essential reading for all new lecturers. It will be particularly useful for anyone taking an accredited course in teaching and learning in higher education as well as more experienced lecturers who wish to improve their teaching practice. | A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Enhancing Academic Practice

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Exploration in Development Issues Selected Articles of Nurul Islam

Exploration in Development Issues Selected Articles of Nurul Islam

This title was first published in 2003. Nurul Islam currently head of economic and social policy at the FAO/UN and a key advisor at the International Food Policy Research Institute has been a renowned expert on economic development for the past thirty years. Over that time he has researched and written about a wide range of economic development issues focussing mainly on policy. For the first time ever his most important writings have been brought together in this volume reflecting not only Professor Islam’s own views on particular issues but also providing a unique overview of the key debates and discussions taking place among academic economist and policy analysts over the past three decades. The collection is divided into three main sections: trade and aid development strategy and food security the section on food security being the most recent. It discusses food security in a broad sense covering issues of availability and growth in food production access or entitlement of individuals or households to basic food and variability in food supplies and prices. In the section on Development Strategy Professor Islam highlights how theoretical argument has veered away from organized ’development planning’ models which proved so important in the 1960s. He questions the role of models and policies throughout the decades and following articles written in the 1970s or 80s he includes articles he has recently completed assessing the previous ones from his current perspective. In the final section on Trade and Aid he follows the academic debate on trade and exchange rate policies in developing countries from the 1960s to the progress of the WTO forums of today. This is a wide-ranging and thought-provoking volume. No matter whether the subject in question was examined in the 1960s or currently Professor Islam provides a challenging and insightful analysis and even the earliest articles retain relevance and will be of continuing interest. | Exploration in Development Issues Selected Articles of Nurul Islam

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Social Work in Health Settings Practice in Context

Social Work in Health Settings Practice in Context

This fully revised and expanded fifth edition of Social Work in Health Settings: Practice in Context maintains its use of the Practice-in-Context (PiC) decision-making framework to explore a wide range of social work services in healthcare settings. The PiC is updated in this edition to attend to social determinants of health and structural conditions. The PiC framework is applied in over 30 case chapters to reflect varied health and social care settings with multiple populations. Fully updated to reflect the landscape of healthcare provision in the US since the Affordable Care Act was reaffirmed in 2020 the cases are grounded by primer chapters to illustrate the necessary decisional and foundational skills for best practices in social work in health settings. The cases cover micro through macro level work with individuals families groups and communities across the life course. The PiC framework helps maintain focus on each of the practice decisions a social worker must make when working with a variety of clients (including military veterans refugees LGBTQ+ clients). The ideal textbook for social work in healthcare and clinical social work classes this thought-provoking volume thoroughly integrates social work theory and practice and provides an excellent opportunity for understanding particular techniques and interventions. | Social Work in Health Settings Practice in Context

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Solitary Waves in Plasmas and in the Atmosphere

Solitary Waves in Plasmas and in the Atmosphere

First Published in 1992. This book arose as a result of the authors work on the review ‘Solitary Vortices in Plasmas’ written for the Soviet Journal of Plasma Physics. With the development of nonlinear wave theory some novel concepts came into use such as solitary waves solitary vortices and solitons. There is still some inconsistency in the use of these terms. The study of solitary waves (solitons) should ultimately lead to a better understanding of the internal structure of elementary particles. That is why solitons are attracting great attention from physicists and mathematicians. The material presented in this book shows that solitons are also of interest in plasma physics and geophysics where these concepts have many important applications. | Solitary Waves in Plasmas and in the Atmosphere

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Education and Research in Public Administration in Africa

Education and Research in Public Administration in Africa

Originally published in 1974 this book is a valuable contribution to the literature about the African context of public administration. The application of research to public administration and the communication of research findings are discussed in depth. All aspects of the subject are presented: non-university based non-academic institutes as well as undergraduate and post-graduate programmes. The book concludes with some non-African comparisons from Australia France the USA and UK. | Education and Research in Public Administration in Africa

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Rural Livelihoods in China Political economy in transition

Rural Livelihoods in China Political economy in transition

In recent decades China has undergone rapid economic growth industrialisation and urbanisation concomitant with deep and extensive structural and social change profoundly reshaping the country’s development landscape and urban-rural relationships. This book applies livelihoods approaches to deepen our understanding of the changes and continuities related to rural livelihoods within the wider context of political economy of development in post-socialist China bridging the urban and rural scenarios and probing the local national and global dynamics that have impacted on livelihood in particular its mobility security and sustainability. Presenting theoretically informed and empirically grounded research by leading scholars from across the world this book offers multidisciplinary perspectives on issues central to rural livelihoods development welfare and well-being. It documents and analyses the processes and consequences of change focusing on social protection of mobile livelihoods particularly rural migrants’ citizenship rights in the city and the environmental social and political aspects of sustainability in the countryside. This book contributes to the current scholarly and policy debates and is among the first attempts to critically reflect on China’s market transition and the associated pathways to change. It will be of interest to students in international development studies China studies social policy public health political science and environmental studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as academics policy makers and practitioners who are concerned with China’s human and social development in general and agriculture and rural livelihoods in particular. | Rural Livelihoods in China Political economy in transition

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Language and Learning in a Post-Colonial Context A Critical Ethnographic Study in Schools in Haiti

Language and Learning in a Post-Colonial Context A Critical Ethnographic Study in Schools in Haiti

This book explores the social political and historical forces that mediate language ideology and practices in post-colonial education and how such ideology and practices influence students’ academic achievement. Jean-Pierre provides empirical evidence that a relationship exists between language practices and school underperformance. He takes Haiti as the focus of study finding that students and teachers experience difficulty constructing knowledge in a setting in which the language they speak at home (Creole) differs from the language of instruction (French). The research is based on ethnographic data collected in classrooms in both private and public school settings in addition to different sectors of the society (e. g. state and private institutions). | Language and Learning in a Post-Colonial Context A Critical Ethnographic Study in Schools in Haiti

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Ethics in Criminal Justice In Search of the Truth

Ethics in Criminal Justice In Search of the Truth

Introducing the fundamentals of ethical theory Ethics in Criminal Justice: In Search of the Truth Seventh Edition exposes the reader to the ways and means of making moral judgments by exploring the teachings of the great philosophers sources of criminal justice ethics and ethical issues in the criminal justice system. It is presented from two perspectives: a thematic perspective that addresses ethical principles common to all components of the discipline and an area-specific perspective that addresses the state of ethics in criminal justice in the fields of policing corrections and probation and parole. The seventh edition features discussion of current critical issues in criminal justice: accusations of racism police shootings stop and frisk policy marijuana laws mass incarceration life sentences prison privatization the swift and certain deterrence model of probation excessive probation fees and the Good Lives Model in corrections. The seventh edition also offers completely revised coverage of capital punishment and the rehabilitation debate and a discussion of how juvenile justice often fails to live up to its ideals. Finally the book features new case studies of recent ethical dilemmas in criminal justice to enhance students’ understanding of real-life ethics decision-making. Suitable for advanced undergraduates or graduate students in criminal justice programs in the US and globally this text offers a classical view of ethical decision-making and is well-grounded in specific case examples. | Ethics in Criminal Justice In Search of the Truth

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Alcoholism in Perspective

Alcoholism in Perspective

In the 1970s an important change of emphasis had occurred in the field of alcoholism. Instead of seeing alcoholism as an ‘all or none phenomenon’ it was now recognised that a continuum of alcohol problems existed so that individual cases could show different degrees of dependence and different degrees of harm. Originally published in 1979 this book examines the implications of this change of emphasis. It looks at definitional aetiological epidemiological and socio-cultural questions and contains contributions from acknowledged experts in all of these areas. The scientific evidence in each area is fully reviewed and made comprehensible to the non-specialist reader and similarities between trends in thinking in different fields are emphasised. In addition the book analyses the implications of the modern view of alcohol problems in terms of their theoretical basis and their practical application. A rational and pragmatic approach to the problems of working with alcoholics is analysed in some detail so that the links between new ideas and their manifestation in clinical practice are made clear. At the time this book represented a multi-disciplinary approach to a complex problem where previous thinking had been clouded by too ready acceptance of untested hypotheses. | Alcoholism in Perspective

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