Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts
By comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and criminal courts, this work finds that prosecuting adolescents in criminal court does not fit with out cultural understandings of youthfulness. It suggests that justice would be better served if adolescents were handled by the system designed to address their special needs.
Looks at the relationship between American immigrants and the popular culture industry in the 20th century. Using case studies, this book shows how specific trends in popular culture have their roots in the complex socio-political nature of immigration in America. It offers an introduction to the major approaches to the study of popular culture.
Offers teachers proven models on how to build positive peer relationships and to support ties between students. This handbook guides educators on assimilating students with disabilities into class activities and enhancing social relationships. It is one of a five-book set designed to help teachers quickly implement inclusive practices.
The Last Place on Earth is a warm, witty celebration of the textures of a life. The vanishing world of a working-class childhood is evoked alongside football in the park and the purposeful calm of ironing; family parties and born-again bikers, jokes about fruit and the silent beauty of Sheffield on a summer night, its shops lit up like deserted ......
Sue Larkey is Director of Autism Consulting & Educational Services in southern Australia. She has taught both as a primary school teacher and as a special education teacher teaching students with ASD in a mainstream and at a specialist autism school. She combines this practical experience with extensive research, having completed a Masters in ......
Nancy J. Whiteman and Linda Roan-Yager are co-founders and Presidents of Shifting View Inc., an organisation set up to provide inspiration, support, and practical strategies for parents of children with special needs. They are both parents of children with special needs.
This book is an accessible guide to dealing with the common problems of stool withholding, soiling and wetting in young children.Using friendly and informal language, Constipation, Withholding and Your Child examines the concerns that often lead to toileting problems including the arrival of siblings and difficulties at school, and outlines ......
In his prime, Vaslav Nijinsky (1889-1950) was the most celebrated man in Western ballet--a virtuoso and a dramatic dancer such as European and American audiences had never seen before. After his triumphs in such works as The Specter of the Rose and Petrouchka, he set out to make ballets of his own, and with his Afternoon of a Faun and The Rite of ......
This book is for everyone who has ever read a romance novel and thought, ''I could write that!'' Considering that over half of all mass-market fiction sold in North America is romance novels, generating more than $1.2 billion per year, writing about love can be big business!From plot and characterization to editing and selling your manuscript, ......