Policing Urban Poverty -- by Chris Crowther, Jo Campling (Authors) (Book)
"Policing Urban Poverty demonstrates that since the 19th century, a core task of the police has been crime control and order maintenance, especially in poor communities. This illuminating book focuses...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Kids without Homes -- by Joan Johnson (Author) (Book)
"Examines homelessness in today's society as it affects our nation's youth, their education, upbringing, opportunities for employment, enmeshment with crime, and prospects for ameliorating their...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Maryland Center for Missing Children (Organization - Governmental)
The Maryland Center for Missing Children (MCMC) provides assistance and support to State Police Installations and all law enforcement agencies nationwide in locating a missing child. In specific...
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A Guide to Managed Care Medicine -- by John Boltri, William Tindall, Michael Tindall (Authors) (Book)
"From Book News, Inc. Provides physicians, administrators, and other health professionals with information on managed care, from its history, forms and practices to detailed information on managed...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Adolescent Suicide -- by American Psychiatric Association (Author) (Book - Child)
"The group report admits the extreme difficulty in estimating suicide potential in any client, and focuses on techniques which can aid psychiatrists in the anticipation and intervention of adolescent...
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Age groups: Adolescence (13-21)
The Willow Tree -- by Hubert Selby (Author) (Book)
"Bobby is young and black. He shares a cramped apartment in the south Bronx with his mother, his younger siblings and the ceaselessly scratching rats that infest the walls behind his bed. Barely a...
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Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
No Free Ride: From the Mean Streets to the Mainstream -- by Kweisi Mfume, Ron Stodghill (Authors) (Book)
The story of Kweisi Mfume is a classic American saga. Uprooted from the rural tranquility of Turners Station and thrust upon the gritty streets of West Baltimore, the child born Frizzell Gray seemed...
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Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (Organization - Private, Non-Profit)
*Serves as a clearinghouse of information about missing and exploited children *Operates a CyberTipline that the public may use to report Internet-related child sexual exploitation *Provides...
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The American Medical Ethics Revolution: How the AMA's Code of Ethics Has Transformed Physicians' Relationships to Patients, Professionals, and Society -- by Arthur Caplan, Robert B. Baker, Linda Emanuel, Stephen Latham (Authors) (Book)
"The authors begin with a look at how the medical profession began to consider ethical issues in the 1800s and subsequent developments in the 1900s. They then address the sociological, historical,...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)