Authors:Lela B. Costin, Howard Jacob Karger, David Stoesz,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: child, welfare, policy, research, practice, series, america, politics, abuse
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 1997-02-27
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0195116682
ISBN-13: 9780195116687

Child abuse policy in the United States contains dangerous contradictions, which have only intensified as the public slowly accepted it as a middle class problem. One contradiction is the rapidly expanding child abuse industry (made up of enterprising psychotherapists and attorneys) which is consuming enormous resources, while thousands of poor children are seriously injured or killed, many while being "protected" by public agencies. This "rediscovery" has also led to the frenzied pursuit of offenders, resulting in the sacrifice of some innocent people. Moreover, the media’s focus on the

Author: Howard Karger
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: state, welfare, american, reconstructing
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1991-12-28
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0847677273
ISBN-13: 9780847677276

_. . . the book makes clear that there is a consensus on the need for and desire for change_-PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW

Authors:Howard Padwa, Jacob Cunningham,
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Keywords: encyclopedia, reference, addiction
Number of Pages: 398
Published: 2010-01-18
List price: $136.00
ISBN-10: 1598842293
ISBN-13: 9781598842296

Addiction: A Reference Encyclopedia offers straight talk and clear answers on a topic often sensationalized in the media and politicized during campaigns. Drawing from a wide variety of sources, it provides readers with a concise yet thorough review of what we know about all kinds of addictive behavior.Addiction surveys both the science of addiction and its history in the United States with two main sections: a narrative of the history of addiction as a scientific and public policy issue in the United States followed by a series of alphabetically organized entries focused on organizations, ind

Authors:Herbert Meislich, Howard Nechamkin, Jacob Sharefkin,
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: schaum, outline, series, fourth, organic, chemistry
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2009-08-26
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0071625127
ISBN-13: 9780071625128

Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately for you, there’s Schaum’s Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum’s to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum’s is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum’s Outline gives you: Practice problems with full expla

Author: Karger
Publisher: S. Karger AG (Switzerland)
Keywords: series, thematic, respiration, review, art, fibrosis, state, cystic
Number of Pages: 72
Published: 2001-04
List price: $30.50
ISBN-10: 3805572247
ISBN-13: 9783805572248

Author: Delmar Karger
Publisher: CRC Press
Keywords: management, planning, strategic
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1991-03-29
List price: $146.95
ISBN-10: 0824784901
ISBN-13: 9780824784904

Author: J. Karger-Kocsis
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: composites, blends, structure, copolymers, morphology, polypropylene
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1994-12-31
List price: $348.00
ISBN-10: 0412584301
ISBN-13: 9780412584305

Although polypropylene has been marketed since the 1950s, research and development in this area is still vigorous. The consumption of polypropylene over the years has been relatively high, mainly due to the steady improvement of its property profile. Polypropylene: Structures, Blends and Composites, in three separate volumes, reflects on the key factors which have contributed to the success of polypropylene, dealing with all aspects of structure-performance relationships relevant to thermoplastic polymers and related composites. Volume 1, Structure and Morphology, deals with polymorp