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Children and young people in custody

managing the risk

Eds. Maggie Blyth, Robert Newman, Chris Wright. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Over the last decade, the reformed youth justice system has seen increases in the numbers of children and young people in custody, a sharp rise in indeterminate sentences and the continuing deaths of young prisoners. The largest proportion ...

Prevention and youth crime

is early intervention working?

Eds. Maggie Blyth, Enver Soloman. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 2008 UK government "Youth Crime Action Plan" emphasises prevention and early intervention in different aspects of work with young people who offend or are considered to be 'at risk' of offending. Much of this approach includes targeted work with ...

Heraldry for the dead

memory, identity, and the engraved stone plaques of neolithic Iberia

Contents illustrated ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the late 1800s, archaeologists began discovering engraved stone plaques in Neolithic (3500-2500 BC) graves in southwestern Portugal and Spain. About the size of a palm, usually made of slate, and incised with geometric or, more rarely, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic designs, these plaques ...

The new latin american left

utopia reborn

Eds., Patrick Barrett, Daniel Chavez and César Rodríguez-Garavito. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explores the ideologies and workings of Latin America's thriving progressive political parties and social movements. From those in power to those opposing power, this work features experts who survey the scene in Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico ...

On the presidency

teacher, soldier, shaman, pol

In an election year in which everyone seems to be looking for change, Tom Cronin reminds us that it is important to look back at presidential precedents and pitfalls, carrying forward these lessons as we look ahead in the "search for the perfect president." America ...

Las últimas reformas penales

Dir. Javier Gómez Bermúdez. (Estudios de Derecho judicial ; 138-2007). ÍNDICE: - Sobre el fundamento del injusto del delito fiscal desde los principios constitucionales de legalidad y proporcionalidad. JOSÉ ANTONIO CHOCLÁN MONTALVO. - Delitos de seguridad. JOSÉ LUIS GONZÁLEZ CUSSAC. - Protección penal de los derechos del autor en ...

Lessons from Iraq

avoiding the next war

Eds., Miriam Pemberton, William D. Hartun. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If what is shaping up to be the worst foreign policy disaster in U.S. history has an upside, it is that the current war in Iraq should definitively, permanently settle a handful of critical questions about American conduct ...

Preventing genocide

practical steps toward early detection and effective action

Foreword by Elie Wiesel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Genocide has been called 'a problem from hell', and despite vehement declarations of 'never again', it's a problem that continues to plague the world. From the beginning of history to the most recent massacres in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Darfur, genocide ...

Zarathustra and Zoroastrianism

Translated by Margret Preisler-Weller; With a postscript by Anders Hultgard. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This book, first published in German in 2005, offers a compact, concise and accessible survey of Zoroastrianism. This tiny religious community traces its root to Zarathustra who lived some 2,500-3,500 years ago. Chapters ...

Antropología de Asturias. Vol. 1

La cultura tradicional, patrimonio de futuro

Contiene ilustraciones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Uno de los objetivos fundamentales de este estudio es dar una visión de conjunto de la cultura tradicional asturiana, tratando de diseñar un modelo y un método que sean capaces de articular los diversos campos de la misma y destacar aquellos aspectos de ...

Roman britain

a sourcebook

Roman Britain: A Sourcebook has established itself as the only comprehensive collection of source material on the subject. It incorporates literary, numismatic and epigraphic evidence for the history of Britain under Roman rule, as well as translations of major literary sources. This new edition includes ...

En la campaña de Obama

el movimiento que cambió la historia de Estados Unidos

Barak Obama ganó unas elecciones históricas. Es el primer presidente negro de Estados Unidos. Su victoria pone el punto final al poco querido gobierno de George W.Bush. Sus discursos sobre el cambio y la esperanza han levantado grandes expectativas. Esto es lo que nos ...

Tackling prison overcrowding

build more prisons? Sentence fewer offenders?

Eds. Mike Hough, Rob Allen, Enver Solomon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Tackling Prison Overcrowding" is a response to controversial proposals for prisons and sentencing set out in by Lord Patrick Carter's review of prisons, published in 2007. The Carter Review proposed the construction of vast 'Titan' prisons to ...

La imagen de la mujer andaluza en el cine español

Este análisis tiene como principal objetivo observar el recorrido realizado y reconsiderar los rasgos que determinan la concepción que se tiene de este tipo de personaje, y que tanta importancia ha tenido para la configuración de la idea colectiva más extendida acerca de lo andaluz.

The bolsheviks in power

the first year of soviet rule in Petrograd

A major contribution to the historiography of the world in the 20th century, The Bolsheviks in Power focuses on the fateful first year of Soviet rule in Petrograd. It examines events that profoundly shaped the Soviet political system that endured through most of the 20th ...

Renaissance

Content illustrations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A major new study of fifteenth and sixteenth century art in both Italy and northern Europe. Features works by such major artists as Donatello, Botticelli, Bosch, Leonardo da Vinci, Durer, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian and Bruegel. Takes a fresh approach, analysing the artists' principal ...

The dog

5000 years of the dog in art

Content illustrations ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5000 Years of the Dog in Art - From the earliest African rock paintings to the groundbreaking work of contemporary artists. This book features more than 250 illustrations by such major artists as Pisanello, Titian, Velazquez, Rembrandt, Stubbs, Monet, Picasso, Lucian Freud, Andy Warhol ...

Textos básicos de la historia del mundo contemporáneo (1679-2008)

Este libro aborda uno de los pilares fundamentales en la construcción de historias profesionales, el documento.

Telling young lives

portraits of global youth

Eds., Craig Jeffrey and Jane Dyson. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Telling Young Lives presents more than a dozen fascinating, ethnographically informed portraits of young people facing rapid changes in society and politics from different parts of the world. From a young woman engaged in agricultural labor in the High ...

Waves of descolonization

discourses of race and hemispheric citizenship in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States

In Waves of Decolonization, David Luis-Brown reveals how between the 1880s and the 1930s, writer-activists in Cuba, Mexico, and the United States developed narratives and theories of decolonization, of full freedom and equality in the shadow of empire. They did so decades before the decolonization ...