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“albert j solnit”

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  • Before the Best Interests of the Child

    by Joseph Goldstein, Anna Freund, Albert J. Solnit ...
    The second volume in a classic trilogy of reference works often cited in child custody cases, which introduced the concept of the “least detrimental alternative” when addressing a child’s welfare.The second volume in a classic trilogy of works by Joseph Goldstein, former Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School; Albert J. Solnit, the former director of the Yale Child Study Center, and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    by J. Richard Singleton ...
    An academic essay exploring an unlikely theory as to the creation of sex offenders and serial killers: Sex offenders are more likely to appear normal as to be able to blend in with the general population and facilitate their hunt for victims. Far from always coming from broken homes (the mythic "breakdown of the American family"), they frequently come from apparently normal social environments, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teen Rights (and Responsibilities)

    A Guide for All Teens and the Adults in Their Lives

    by Traci Truly ...
    The six sections that divide this book discuss your rights in areas such as school, home, and work. More than forty chapters contain a spectrum of topics ranging from dress codes and curfews to drug abuse and discrimination. In addition, a state-by-state legal guide provides a quick reference of individual state laws regarding such concerns as your driver's license, age of majority, marriage, and ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Mad Among Us

    by Gerald N. Grob ...
    In the first comprehensive one-volume history of the treatment of the mentally ill, the foremost historian in the field compellingly recounts our various attempts to solve this ever-present dilemma from colonial times to the present.Gerald Grob charts the growth of mental hospitals in response to the escalating numbers of the severely and persistently mentally ill and the deterioration of these ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Shattered Bonds

    The Color Of Child Welfare

    by Dorothy Roberts ...
    The story of foster care in the United States is the story of the failure of the social safety net to aid poor, largely black, parents in their attempt to make a home for their children.Shattered Bonds tells this story as no other book has before -- from the perspective of a prominent black, female legal theoretician. The current state of the child-welfare system in America is a well-known tragedy ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Why I Burned My Book

    by Paul Longmore ...
    Series series American Subjects
    This wide-ranging book shows why Paul Longmore is one of the most respected figures in disability studies today. Understanding disability as a major variety of human experience, he urges us to establish it as a category of social, political, and historical analysis in much the same way that race, gender, and class already have been. The essays here search for the often hidden pattern of systemic ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • The Role of Law in Social Work Practice and Administration

    by Theodore Stein ...
    The strong nexus between law and social work is beyond dispute: the law informs day-to-day social work practice and administration, and social workers are employed by the courts. Moreover, they work collaboratively with attorneys in legal aid offices, public defenders'offices, and other law enforcement settings, interviewing clients, preparing reports for use in court, interpreting social science ... Read more

    $94.49 USD

  • Child Mental and the Law

    by Barry Nurcombe ...
    The legal aspects of child mental health have changed in recent years, yet many who deal professionally with disturbed children are ill informed about the rights and responsibilities of minors. Child Mental Health and the Law addresses the need for a comprehensive, up-to-date text that describes the evolution of child mental health law and the relevance of the law to the child mental health ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Law in the Health and Human Services

    by Donald T. Dickson ...
    Professor Dickson provides students with examples of a legal way of thinking about significant issues in social policy. This book can be used in policy and practice courses in the fields of mental health, child welfare, the family, developmental and physical disabilities, and professional ethics. Provides excellent selection of relevant court decisions along with clearly articulated questions and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Applying Alcoholics Anonymous Principles to the Disease of Racism

    by KENNETH L. RADCLIFFE ...
    The purpose of this book will be threefold. First, it will seek to demonstrate that racism is a disease, a mental illness. Its symptoms are similar to those of the disease of alcoholism. Second, that racism like alcoholism has not been proven curable at this point in time. However, like alcoholism, it is treatable. The symptoms can be arrested! A treatment plan for the victims of racism, primarily ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Life or Death

    A Matter of Choice?

    by Daniel J. Baum ...
    Series Book 4 - Understanding Canadian Law
    A understandable overview of the laws regarding euthanasia, end-of-life treatment, and medication of those who may be unable to decide for themselves if the treatment is necessary.Our bodies are ours to control, free from state interference — or so it appears. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms provides: “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be ... Read more

    $7.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Inside Kinship Care

    Understanding Family Dynamics and Providing Effective Support

    by Lucie Cluver, Sadie Young, Don Operario, Andrew Turnell, James Gleeson, Erica Flegg, Jackie Wyke, Geraldine Crehan, Caroline Kuo, Anna Gough, Elaine Farmer, Nick Banks, Sarah Meakings, Paula Hayden, Tom Hawkins, John Simmonds, Graham Music, Susie Essex, Jeanne Ziminski, Amy O'Donohoe, Marilyn McHugh ...
    Kinship care – the care of children by grandparents, other relatives or friends – is a major part of foster care, yet there are distinct issues that arise in care involving family rather than 'stranger' foster carers.This book takes an in-depth look at what goes on 'inside' kinship care. It explores the dynamics and relationships between family members that are involved in kinship care, including ... Read more

    $40.99 USD