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Organised crime and financial crime are pressing global problems, increasingly recognised as policy priorities both by national governments and international bodies and corporations. This proudly interdisciplinary collection is built on the premise that these topics are too often artificially separated, both in scholarship and the classroom. Bringing together scholars from law, the social sciences, and the humanities, this book showcases a diverse range of perspectives on these complex and...

This collection brings together academics, practicing lawyers and judges to offer a multidisciplinary insight into the relationship between the state and citizens through the lens of securing justice. All too often, appraisals of this fundamental subject are artificially siloed into the traditional legal topics to which they relate, such as criminal law, civil justice and constitutional rights. This volume places the relationship between citizens, the state and justice at its heart, with e...

This book presents a comprehensive comparative analysis of the substantive and procedural aspects of compensation for wrongful convictions in European countries and the USA, as well as the standard derived from the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. The collection draws comparative conclusions as to the similarities and differences between selected jurisdictions and assesses the effectiveness of the national compensation schemes. This enables the designing of an optimum model ...

Global warming is a serious threat to the stability of world climate and to economic prosperity in some regions. The book offers a theoretical analysis which focuses on double dividend issues. Moreover, the ecological tax reform in Germany and the options of modern energy policy are described and evaluated. The volume presents innovative model simulations and analyzes, in the context of the model, the benefits of a modified tax reform, based on a Schumpeterian approach. Finally, implicatio...

Challenges the democratic peace and diversionary war theories by emphasizing the importance of social trust, its origin as a by-product of effective governance exercised by strong states, and influence on international conflict.

Mass killing through genocide haunts humanity as one of the most horrific forms of warfare. Scholars seek to understand what causes such violence, but it is still difficult to predict the onset of genocide. Why does violence sometime stop short of the genocide threshold, whilst others cross the threshold? Why do some genocides escalate to the point of triggering the state's collapse? Finally, why are some groups targeted and others spared?Examining Genocide considers these question...

Casework in K–6 Writing Instruction is a collection of teaching cases that feature real teachers, real students, and real examples of K–6 writing instruction. Using student/teacher dialogue and reader-friendly narration, each case author describes a teacher’s use of print and/or media-based tools to teach students how to write for literacy and disciplinary purposes. Rather than focusing on one particular method, this book features multiple methods, such as writing workshop, 6+1 Tr...

"50 Women I've Slept With" – a raw, unapologetic truth about men, their behavior, their seduction tactics, their determination and sex in every possible form. This book is like breaking into a man’s mind in the middle of sex. You’ll discover the truth no man would ever confess to you – not even while lying naked beside you.Fifty women. Fifty nights when skin burned from touch, and the sheets were soaked with the scent of desire. From passionate encounters ...

Science classes develop scientists, however, not always effective communicators. This leads to scientists who understand the issues and the range of solutions, but not necessarily how to actively connect with audiences or impact behaviors. Speaking of the Environment: What Your Science Classes Didn't Teach You About Effective Communication is a guidebook to help connect science and environmental needs with winning communication strategies.If you are a scientist or anyone w...

Science classes develop scientists, however, not always effective communicators. This leads to scientists who understand the issues and the range of solutions, but not necessarily how to actively connect with audiences or impact behaviors. Speaking of the Environment: What Your Science Classes Didn't Teach You About Effective Communication is a guidebook to help connect science and environmental needs with winning communication strategies.If you are a scientist or anyone w...

The U.S. health care system is dominated by private and public (governmental) insurance which makes it difficult for many Americans to imagine access to health care without it. The health care system in the USA is sometimes mistakenly referred to as market-based, partly because of the previous lack of compulsory insurance.As this book shows, however, even before ObamaCare it was a system heavily influenced by the government. This short and accessible book demonstrates that governme...

PLINK. PLUNK. CLATTER. CLUNK!Imaginations soar when a group of neighborhood children scritch, scribble and scrawl in a rainbow of colors, crafting lovely works of art. But one little girl watches from afar, unsure how to contribute her own colorful creations. After gathering her courage, she misses the chance to grab the last piece, until a familiar face shows her how to draw with nature's chalk - a soft piece of rock. But then raindrops begin to fall and ...