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Liberia / / Noah Berlatsky, book editor ; Frank Chalk, consulting editor
| Liberia / / Noah Berlatsky, book editor ; Frank Chalk, consulting editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (207 pages) : color illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 966.6203 |
| Collana | Genocide and persecution |
| Soggetto topico |
Political violence - Liberia
Crimes against humanity - Liberia Child soldiers - Liberia Human rights - Liberia |
| ISBN | 0-7377-7014-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Historical background on Liberia -- Overview of the Liberian civil wars / Daniel Elwood Dunn -- Samuel K. Doe's regime struggles to rule Liberia after the assassination of Tolbert / Gregory Jaynes -- Child soldiers are used routinely in the Liberian conflict / Human Rights Watch -- Diamonds fuel violence in Liberia and surrounding countries / Lansana Gberie -- A peace agreement ends the conflict in Liberia -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission states its findings -- Charles Taylor is convicted of war crimes / Associated Press -- Liberian refugees must decide whether to return to Liberia / Chris Stein -- Controversies surrounding Liberia -- The Liberian war was fueled by ethnic tensions / Veronica Nmoma-Hilliard -- The Liberian war was motivated by political factors, not ethnicity / Isabelle Duyvesteyn -- The Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict was fueled by the diamond trade / James Rupert -- Diamonds did not directly cause the Sierra Leone/Liberian conflict / Se Young Jang -- Child soldiers should not be prosecuted for war crimes / David M. Crane -- There are legal and moral difficulties with refusing to prosecute child soldiers / IRIN -- ECOWAS peacekeeping efforts in Liberia were beneficial / Natalie E. Brown -- ECOWAS peacekeeping efforts prolonged the Liberian conflict / Luca Renda -- Refugees, like those from Liberia, tend to spread conflict and violence / Sarah Kenyon Lischer -- Refugees, like those from Liberia, have benefited the countries they entered / Karen Jacobson -- The Truth and Reconciliation report has helped Liberians heal / Glenna Gordon -- The Truth and Reconciliation report has caused dangerous divisions in Liberia / Semantics King, Jr -- Personal narratives -- A Liberian woman remembers her chilhood and the 1980 coup in Liberia / Helene Cooper -- A Liberian woman remembers fleeing Liberia as a refugee / Louise G'esedeh Barton -- A Sierra Leone man remembers being a child soldier / Ishmael Beah -- A Liberian woman remembers being a rebel soldier / Diane Taylor -- Liberians in Minnesota tell stories of abuse and torture / Toni Randolph. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162721703321 |
| Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Minorities and the law / / Noel Merino, book editor
| Minorities and the law / / Noel Merino, book editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (115 pages) |
| Disciplina | 323.11 |
| Collana | At issue |
| Soggetto topico |
Minorities - United States - Social conditions
Justice, Administration of - United States Human rights - United States |
| ISBN | 0-7377-7644-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Prison's dilemma / Glenn C. Loury -- 2. The criminal justice system is not unfair to minorities / John Perazzo -- 3. The war on marijuana in black and white / American Civil Liberties Union -- 4. The policy of stop-and-frisk targets young men of color / Scott Stringer -- 5. Stop-and-frisk protects minorities / Michael Barone -- 6. Minimum-wage madness / Thomas Sowell -- 7. A higher minimum wage will not hurt minorities or eliminate jobs / Richard Eskow -- 8. Opposition to voter ID laws is insulting to minorities / David Limbaugh -- 9. Voter ID laws disenfranchise minority voters / Jeremiah Goulka -- 10. The US Supreme Court rrred in tevising the Voting Rights Act / Andrew Cohen -- 11. The US Supreme Court was correct to revise the Voting Rights Act / Hans A. von Spakovsky -- 12. Where do Americans stand on affirmative action? / Jamelle Bouie -- 13. Do race preferences help students? / Richard Sander and Stuart Taylor Jr. -- 14. The next affirmative action / Kevin Carey -- 15. Affirmative action should be based on hardship not race / Ben Carson. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162721003321 |
| Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Parenting / / David Haugen and Susan Musser, book editors
| Parenting / / David Haugen and Susan Musser, book editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (151 pages) : color illustrations |
| Disciplina | 649/.1 |
| Collana | Teen rights and freedoms |
| Soggetto topico |
Parenting
Children's rights |
| ISBN | 0-7377-7075-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Forward -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Teen parenting : an overview / Elisabeth Ryden Benjamin et al -- A state must produce sufficient evidence to prove parental neglect before revoking custody : Supreme Court's decision / Harry Blackmun -- The safety of a teen parent's child outweighs that parent's right to raise the child : state Superior Court ruling / Carmen Messano -- A teenage mother seeks acceptance in the face of struggles : personal narrative / Edith -- Minor fathers must make child support payments for children they conceive state Supreme Court's ruling / Richard Winn Holmes -- Policies affecting teen fathers? : roles should be revised to include emotional as well as financial support / Judith Rozie-Battle -- A school's national honor society cannot deny membership to a student parent -- US district court ruling / William Odis Bertelsman -- Title IX protects pregnant and parenting students from discrimination in school -- National women's law center -- Teen parents face stigma when they return to school / Renee Volny -- A woman who became a teen mother describes the bullying she endured from high school teachers and staff : personal narrative / Natasha Vianna -- Teen mothers should not drop out of school / Philoron Wright -- Schools can help teen mothers achieve better educations / Kelli Kennedy -- A woman who became a mother at thirteen reflects on the importance of education : personal narrative / Sherita Rooney -- Alternative schools for pregnant teens provide necessary educational support / Jake Halpern -- Alternative schools for pregnant teens have failed to provide adequate education for their students / Julie Bosman -- High schools should implement parenting classes for all students / Teresa Armstrong -- Government welfare and school assistance programs may be encouraging teen pregnancy / Patrick Welsh. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910135123203321 |
| Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Privacy / / Noel Merino, book editor
| Privacy / / Noel Merino, book editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 323.44/8 |
| Collana | Global viewpoints |
| Soggetto topico |
Privacy
Secrecy Surveillance detection |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | chapter 1. Privacy and security -- chapter 2. Privacy and technology -- chapter 3. Privacy and sexuality and reproduction -- chapter 4. Privacy and the public interest. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162748103321 |
| Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Self-incrimination / / Noel Merino, book editor
| Self-incrimination / / Noel Merino, book editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Detroit : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 345.73/056 |
| Collana | Teen Rights and Freedom |
| Soggetto topico | Self-incrimination - United States |
| ISBN | 0-7377-7076-7 |
| Classificazione | JNF030000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The Fifth Amendment protects against self-incrimination / Stephen Stetson -- 2. Juveniles have due process rights that disallow coercive confessions : the Supreme Court's decision / William O. Douglas -- 3. Criminal defendants must be informed of their rights prior to interrogation : the Supreme Court's decision / Earl Warren -- 4. Juveniles have the same rights as adults when accused of a crime : the Supreme Court's decision / Abe Fortas -- 5. The Miranda decision has had an adverse effect on the criminal justice system / Paul Cassell and Stephen J. Markman -- 6. The requirement for Miranda warnings cannot be overruled by legislation : the Supreme Court's decision / William Rehnquist -- 7. The court was correct to uphold the Miranda rule / John P. Frank -- 8. The court's upholding of Miranda in Dickerson has little substance / Jonathan Turley -- 9. Taking the Fifth too often / Akhil Reed Amar -- 10. Age is relevant in determining the applicability of the Miranda rule : the Supreme Court's decision / Sonia Sotomayor -- 11. Self-incriminating statements are sometimes false confessions / Alexandra Perina -- 12. The right to remain silent is increasingly threatened / Craig M. Bradley. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910135122403321 |
| Detroit : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tobacco and smoking / / Roman Espejo, book editor
| Tobacco and smoking / / Roman Espejo, book editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (156 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Disciplina | 362.29/6 |
| Collana | Teen rights and freedoms |
| Soggetto topico |
Smoking
Teenagers - Tobacco use |
| ISBN | 0-7377-7077-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Smoking is not a constitutional right / Samantha K. Graff -- 2. The food and drug administration cannot regulate the tobacco industry : the Supreme Court's decision / Sandra Day O'Connor -- 3. Raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco to twenty-one would be beneficial / Laurence Steinberg -- 4. Enforcing laws prohibiting cigarette sales to minors prevents youth smoking / Jessica Guilfoyle -- 5. Teens should be able to smoke / N. Stephan Kinsella -- 6. Numerous factors influence teens to smoke / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- 7. A teen discusses why she thinks her peers smoke : personal narrative / Andrea Domanick -- 8. Tobacco advertising has targeted youths : the US District Court's decision / Gladys Kessler -- 9. Targeting youths by tobacco companies should be banned / Richard J. Bonnie, Kathleen Stratton, and Robert B. Wallace -- 10. Banning tobacco ads infringes the freedom of speech / Caroline Fredrickson and Michael MacLeod-Ball -- 11. Government-mandated bans and ordinances against smoking apply to all public places : the Missouri Court of Appeals' decision / Thomas H. Newton -- 12. Government-mandated bans on smoking are not justified / Thomas A. Lambert -- 13. Banning smoking on college campuses benefits student health / Stacey Oparnica -- 14. A high school designated smoking area causes controversy / John Hilliard -- 15. A teen discusses how smoking caused her brother harm : personal narrative / E.S. -- 16. Authorizing the food and drug administration to regulate the tobacco industry is problematic / Craig A. Conway. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910135121403321 |
| Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Transgender people / / Tamara Thompson, book editor
| Transgender people / / Tamara Thompson, book editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (152 pages) |
| Disciplina | 306.76/8 |
| Collana | At issue. Social issues |
| Soggetto topico |
Transgender people
Gender identity |
| ISBN | 0-7377-7661-7 |
| Classificazione | JNF052040JNF053080 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. What does it mean to be transgender? / American Psychological Association -- 2. Being transgender is not a mental disorder / Dana Beyer -- 3. There is no such thing as "transgender" / Thaddeus Baklinski -- 4. Transgender people face widespread discrimination / Jaime M. Grant et al. -- 5. Transgender people need more legal protection / Movement Advancement Project et al. -- 6. Giving transgender people special legal status is bad public policy / Ryan T. Anderson -- 7. The transgender rights movement is fighting for equality / Associated Press -- 8. The transgender rights movement is harmful to society / Keith Fournier -- 9. Sex-reassignment surgery is a medical necessity / Lambda Legal -- 10. Sex-reassignment surgery is unnecessary mutilation / Julie Bindel -- 11. Transgender kids : painful quest to be who they are / Madison Park -- 12. Helping transgender children transition is child abuse / Sheila Jeffreys -- 13. Schools should accommodate transgender students / Robin Abcarian -- 14. The wrong approach to transgender students / Mary Rice Hasson -- 15. Transgender people should be banned from military service / Jeff Allen -- 16. Transgender people should be allowed to serve in the military / Melissa Rayworth -- 17. Insurance and public programs should not cover transgender health care / Allen B. West. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162720803321 |
| Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vaccines / / Noel Merino, book editor
| Vaccines / / Noel Merino, book editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (117 pages) |
| Disciplina | 614.4/7 |
| Collana | At issue |
| Soggetto topico |
Vaccines
Vaccination |
| ISBN | 0-7377-7663-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Vaccination programs have reduced the incidence of many diseases / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- 2. Opposition to vaccines has existed as long as vaccination itself / The History of Vaccines, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia -- 3. The benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks / The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Center -- 4. Evidence does not show that benefits of vaccination outweigh the risks / Neil Z. Miller -- 5. Evidence shows vaccines unrelated to autism / Immunization Action Coalition -- 6. The anti-vaccine movement endangers the disabled / David M. Perry -- 7. Parents who don't vaccinate children make us sick / Amity Shlaes -- 8. The anti-vaccine movement is given false equivalence by the media / Katrina vanden Heuvel -- 9. State vaccination requirements usually allow exemptions / Ben Kleifgen and Justin Silpe -- 10. People should not be allowed to refuse vaccination / Ronald Bailey -- 11. Should you get the HPV vaccine? / Jake Blumgart -- 12. HPV vaccine should require parental consent / Wesley J. Smith -- 13. An HIV vaccine is crucial to attaining an AIDS-free generation / Anthony S. Fauci -- 14. A new HIV vaccine shows promise--but it won't be a silver bullet / Mark Joseph Stern. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162720703321 |
| Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Vegetarianism / / Arthur Gillard, book editor
| Vegetarianism / / Arthur Gillard, book editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Detroit : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (104 pages) : color illustrations |
| Disciplina | 641.5/636 |
| Collana | Issues that concern you |
| Soggetto topico | Vegetarianism |
| ISBN | 0-7377-7052-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | An overview of vegetarianism / Douglas Dupler, and Rebecca J. Frey -- Humans are natural vegetarians / Faye Armitage -- Humans are not natural vegetarians / Nina Planck -- A plant-based diet is healthier / Hannah Vergara -- Vegetarianism is not a healthy diet for everyone / Precious Williams -- Meat consumption can be just as morally correct as vegetarianism / Nicolette Hahn Niman, Tovar Cerulli, and Joshua Applestone -- There is no moral justification for eating animals / Marc Bekoff -- A vegetarian diet is the only way to reduce animal suffering / Colleen Patrick-Goudreau -- Sustainable meat reduces animal suffering more than vegetarianism does / Jenna Woginrich -- Vegetarianism is better for the environment / Lisa Hymas -- Vegetarianism is bad for the environment / Sebastien Noel -- Gentle persuasion and leading by example win more converts to vegetarianism than militant advocacy / Shelby Jackson -- Flexitarianism is a less strict alternative to full vegetarianism / Joyce Davis -- Veganism is sometimes a cover for an eating disorder / Danielle Friedman -- The experience of being vegan and vegetarian in high school / Brittany Estes-Garcia. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162721603321 |
| Detroit : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The wealth divide / / Noel Merino, book editor
| The wealth divide / / Noel Merino, book editor |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , [2015] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (103 pages) |
| Disciplina | 339.2/20973 |
| Collana | At issue The wealth divide |
| Soggetto topico |
Income distribution - United States
Rich people - United States Poor - United States Equality - United States |
| ISBN | 0-7377-7660-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. The wealth divide between rich and poor harms the US economy / Jonathan Rauch -- 2. A cell phone in every pot / Aparna Mathur -- 3. Income inequality causes serious social ills and should be reduced / Thomas L. Hungerford -- 4. Income inequality is not unfair and does not need to be eliminated / Arthur C. Brooks -- 5. A house divided / Thomas J. Sugrue -- 6. Disparities in achievement along racial and ethnic lines are the norm / Thomas Sowell -- 7. Race, wealth, and intergenerational poverty / Darrick Hamilton -- 8. How to fix America's wealth inequality: teach Americans to be cheap / Noah Smith -- 9. Reflections on inequality / Robert A. Levy -- 10. To reduce inequality, we should help the poor not tax the rich / James Q. Wilson -- 11. Americans want less wealth inequality than currently exists / Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely -- 12. That Americans want less wealth inequality is irrelevant / Max Borders -- 13. The unequal wealth created by the rich is essential for the economy / Richard A. Epstein. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162720903321 |
| Farmington Hills, Mich. : , : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, , [2015] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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