1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009917480403321

Titolo

Horizons in world physics : volume 277 / Albert Reimer editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : Nova Publisher, 2012

ISBN

978-1-62100-587-2

Descrizione fisica

xii, 317 p. : ill. ; 26 cm

Collana

Horizons in world physics ; 277

Locazione

FI1

Collocazione

26-063

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910154312103321

Autore

Taliaferro Charles

Titolo

The golden cord [[electronic resource] ] : a short book on the secular and the sacred / / Charles Taliaferro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, 2013

ISBN

0-268-15846-0

0-268-09377-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Disciplina

230

Soggetti

God (Christianity)

Life - Religious aspects - Christianity

Self - Religious aspects - Christianity

Redemption - Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Love in the physical world -- Selves and bodies -- Some big pictures -- Some real appearances -- Is God mad, bad, and dangerous to know? -- Redemption and time -- Eternity in time -- Glory and the hallowing of domestic virtue.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790263303321

Autore

Reid Joan A. <1961->

Titolo

A girl's path to prostitution [[electronic resource] ] : linking caregiver adversity to child susceptibility / / Joan A. Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., c2012

ISBN

1-59332-528-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice : recent scholarship

Disciplina

306.740835

Soggetti

Teenage prostitution

Teenage girls - Sexual behavior

Human trafficking - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- Child sex trafficking in the United States -- Developing explanations of victimization in child sex trafficking -- Applying theoretical models : gendered pathways and general strain theory -- A strain-reactive pathway to victimization in child sex trafficking in prostitution -- Exploring vulnerability across multiple types of child maltreatment -- Moving forward with new strategies for prevention and intervention -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Although the Trafficking Victims Protection Act defined girls exploited in prostitution as child sex trafficking victims, these youth are often misidentified and marginalized. Due to victim inaccessibility, emergent research regarding the problem lacks theoretical framing or sufficient data for quantitative analysis. This study assesses an intergenerational path from caregiver adversity to child exploitation in prostitution drawn from Agnew's general strain theory using structural equation modeling. Findings supported the hypotheses, revealing that highly stressed mothers were more likely to a