In the Senate of the United States. February 4, 1865. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Sumner submitted the following resolutions. Concurrent resolutions declaring the rule in ascertaining the three-fourths of the several states required in the ratification of a constitutional amendment

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911078188603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : [publisher not identified], , 1865
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (2 pages)
• Collana: Mis. doc. / 38th Congress, 2nd session. Senate ; ; no. 23; [United States congressional serial set] ; ; [serial set no. 1210]
• Altri autori (Persone): SumnerCharles <1811-1874> (Republican (MA))
• Soggetti: Constitutional amendments; Enslaved persons - Emancipation; Constitutional amendments - Ratification; Slavery; Legislative materials.; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title taken from opening lines of text.; Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.; Electronic resource.

People and their opinions : thinking critically about public opinion / / Eric Shiraev, Richard Sobel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911097280803321
• Autore: Shiraev Eric <1960->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2016; ©2006
• ISBN: 1-315-66335-X; 1-317-34585-1; 9781315663357
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.3/8; 303.38
• Soggetti: Public opinion; Public opinion - United States; Political socialization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Restrictions on access to electronic version: access available to SOAS staff and students only, using SOAS id and password.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover ""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: The Nature of Public Opinion""; ""What Is Public Opinion?""; ""Types of Public Opinion""; ""A Case in Point 1.1: Elitist Commentators or Next-Door Neighbors?""; ""Public Opinion and Society""; ""Social Value of Opinion Polls""; ""Practical Value""; ""Comparative Value""; ""A Case in Point 1.2: Specific Opinions on Particular Policies""; ""A Case in Point 1.3: When Pollsters and Their Sponsors "Go Wrong"""; ""Political and Ideological Value""; ""Overall Resistance to Polling""""Government: Does Public Opinion Matter?""; ""Two Views on Government and Polls""; ""A Topic for Class Discussion: Factors Mediating Public Opinion's Influence on Policy""; ""Political Structure: Institutions and Communications""; ""Political Landscape and Elections""; ""Political Participation""; ""Assignment 1.1: Proliferating Information Sources""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 2 Measurement of Opinion""; ""Measurement ; and Human Expression""; ""Steps in Survey Research""; ""Sample Selection""; ""Types of Sampling""; ""Sampling Error""""Sampling and Accuracy of Polls""; ""A Case in Point 2.1: The 1948 Polling Disaster""; ""A Case in Point 2.2: The Use of Nonrepresentative Samples""; ""Looking for Linkages""; ""Surveys""; ""Survey Questions""; ""Structure and Order of Questions""; ""A Case in Point 2.3: The Way Questions Are Asked""; ""Hazy, Knotty, Corny, and Other Bad Questions""; ""Question Translation""; ""Non-Survey Methods""; ""Experiment""; ""Content Analysis""; ""Focus Groups""; ""Meta-Analysis: Research on Research""; ""Qualitative Approaches""; ""A Case in Point 2.4: Culture-Bound Surveys""; ""Assignment 2.1: Problems with Questions""""Assignment 2.2: Errors in Sampling""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 3 Thinking Critically About People's Opinions""; ""Critical Thinking about Polls""; ""Thinking About a Survey's Context""; ""Circumstances Surrounding a Survey""; ""The Way the Question Is Asked""; ""Thinking About Bias in Survey Interpretation""; ""Be Aware of Your Own Prejudgments""; ""Be Aware of Respondents' Assumptions""; ""A Topic for Class Discussion: "Right" and "Wrong" Issues""; ""Wording: Look Critically at Descriptions""; ""Pay Attention to Labels""""Question Secondary Sources""; ""Be Aware of Dichotomous and Continuous Variables""; ""A Case in Point 3.1: Headlines About Survey Results""; ""Explanations: Understanding Sources of Opinions""; ""Know How to Interpret Correlations and Co-appearances""; ""Look for Many Causes""; ""A Case in Point 3.2: What the "Average" American Thinks About Correlation and Causation""; ""Assignment 3.1: Similarities and Differences""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 4 Attitudes and Opinions""; ""The Nature of Attitudes""; ""A Case in Point 4.1: Culture and Attitudes""
• Sommario/riassunto: Utilizing both a critical thinking approach and a comparative perspective throughout the text, Sobel and Shiraev provide comprehensive coverage of public opinion while also teaching students the basic skills necessary for measurement, understanding, and interpreting. Written in an accessible and engaging manner, this text provides a unique and practical introduction to the field of public opinion. The book begins by schooling the reader in how to think critically and then helps students apply those techniques as they encounter the concepts of public opinion. The text also employs a comparative perspective, demonstrating the effect and nature of public opinion in other countries while also placing American public opinion in context.

Child pornography : crime, computers and society / / Ian O'Donnell and Claire Milner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911145509603321
• Autore: O'Donnell Ian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cullompton, UK, : Willan Publishing, c2007; Cullompton, UK : , : Willan Publishing, , 2007
• ISBN: 0-203-72237-X; 1-135-84628-6; 1-281-33153-8; 9786611331535; 1-84392-428-5; 9780203722374
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MilnerClaire
• Disciplina: 364.147
• Soggetti: Child pornography - Europe; Internet and children - Europe; Poor children - Abuse of - Europe; Internet pornography - Europe; Enfants dans la pornographie; Pornographie sur Internet; Pedophilie; Enfants dans la pornographie - Irlande
• 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 (p. 237-248) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Child Pornography Crime, computers and society; Copyright; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of boxes; Acknowledgements; Part I Understanding the Context; Chapter 1The enduring appeal of child pornography; Liberalisation and mass production; Paedophiles start networking; Recognising the problem; A cottage industry emerges; International developments; Law enforcement trumped by new technologies; Chapter 2 The role of the Internet; The Internet-using population; Illegal content and Internet misuse; How does the Internet facilitate child sexual exploitation?; Scale of the problem; How has the Internet changed the nature and use of child pornography?Evolution of the Internet; Chapter 3 Why does it matter?; The problem of definition; Harmful effects; Who are the child pornographers?; Why the attraction?; Features of contemporary child pornography; A psychological perspective; Part II A National Case Study; Chapter 4 Ireland in focus; A legacy of ill treatment; Acknowledging child sexual abuse; Concern about commercial sexual exploitation; Closing legal loopholes; Operation Amethyst and its aftermath; Police investigations; Prosecutorial discretion; Outcomes; Judicial perspectivesAggravating and mitigating factors; Making the punishment fit the crime; Closing observation; Part III Formulating a Response; Chapter 5 Policing: challenges and consequences; Police operations; Difficulties in policing child pornography; Lessons from a national case study; The limits of traditional policing; Chapter 6 Prosecuting and punishing; Why prosecutions failed; Potential challenges to successful prosecutions; Choosing an appropriate penalty; Eroding disparities; Concluding comment; Chapter 7 Where to from here?; A modern malaise and an unforgiving response; Mixed messagesA dangerous distraction?; The fear factor; And finally ...; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the enduring appeal of child pornography and its ramifications for criminal justice systems around the world. It is based on an extensive review of academic literature and newspaper coverage, a trawl of websites frequented by those with a sexual interest in children, a survey of how police investigate these offences, examination of prosecutors' decisions, and interviews with judges. It provides a framework for understanding the contemporary nature of this problem, especially the harms it causes, its intimate relationship with new technologies and the challenges it

Breadmaking : improving quality / / edited by Stanley P. Cauvain

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911149644203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, Pa, : Woodhead Pub., 2012
• ISBN: 0-85709-569-2; 0-85709-060-7
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xxviii, 802 p. : ill
• Collana: Woodhead Publishing series in food science, technology and nutrition, , 2042-8049 ; ; no. 229
• Altri autori (Persone): CauvainStanley P
• Disciplina: 664.7523
• Soggetti: Bread; Baking; Bread industry
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Wheat and flour quality -- pt. 2. Dough development and particular bread ingredients -- pt. 3. Bread sensory quality, shelf life and safety -- pt. 4. Particular bread products.
• Sommario/riassunto: The first edition of Breadmaking: Improving quality quickly established itself as an essential purchase for baking professionals and researchers in this area. With comprehensively updated and revised coverage, including six new chapters, the second edition helps readers to understand the latest developments in bread making science and practice. The book opens with two introductory chapters providing an overview of the breadmaking process. Part one focuses on the impacts of wheat and flour quality on bread, covering topics such as wheat chemistry, wheat starch structure, grain quality assessment, milling and wheat breeding. Part two covers dough development and bread ingredients, with chapters on dough aeration and rheology, the use of redox agents and enzymes in breadmaking and water control, among other topics. In part three, the focus shifts to bread sensory quality, shelf life and safety. Topics covered include bread aroma, staling and contamination. Finally, part four looks at particular bread products such as high fibre breads, those made from partially baked and frozen dough and those made from non-wheat flours. With its distinguished ; editor and international team of contributors, the second edition of Breadmaking: Improving quality is a standard reference for researchers and professionals in the bread industry and all those involved in academic research on breadmaking science and practice. With comprehensively updated and revised coverage, this second edition outlines the latest developments in breadmaking science and practice Covers topics such as wheat chemistry, wheat starch structure, grain quality assessment, milling and wheat breeding Discusses dough development and bread ingredients, with chapters on dough aeration and rheology.