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Criminal Justice and Mental Health: An Evidence Based Approach
Author(s): Hayden Smith
Criminal Justice and Mental Health: An Evidence Based Approach details the historical, social, and policy influences that have led to the criminal justice system now serving as a default mental health system. The three largest mental health facilities in the United States are jails and prisons and t...
An Applied Approach to Macroeconomics
Author(s): Jack A Chambless
Some people would rather perform root canal surgery on a rabid wolverine than sit through a discussion of Federal Reserve policies.Jack A. Chambless’ An Applied Approach to Macroeconomics prepares readers to become economically literate human beings by presenting real world issues in a somewhat cont...
Introduction to Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
Author(s): Paul Gannon
Human society has never before faced challenges like the present. Population has more than doubled since 1970; currently over 7 billion and growing fast. Much of this growth occurs in regions with developing infrastructure, placing increasing demands on natural resources and taxing ecosystem service...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting Quantitative Research
Author(s): Bunnie Loree Claxton, Michelle Barthlow
A Step-By-Step Guide to Conducting Quantitative Applied Research in Education features a thorough explanation of frequently used quantitative designs and statistics in social science research. The guide assists in selecting the appropriate design and statistic and provides model write-ups of rationa...
Selling Yourself and Your Ideas: A Guide for Building Presentation Skills
Author(s): Murray State University
One’s personal, professional, and public life depends on the ability to discover, in any given case, the available means of persuasion, or to adjust ideas to people and people to ideas. The extent to which a person can do that is the extent to which he/she will be successful in those areas of life. ...
Fundamentals of Art for Elementary Educators: Art Teaching for the Early Elementary Grades
By: MARA PIERCE
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Fundamentals of Art for Elementary Educators: Art Teaching for the Early Elementary Grades
Author(s): MARA PIERCE
New Third Edition Now Available!Fundamentals of Art for Elementary Educators: Art Teaching for the Early Elementary Grades covers the essential information educators need to develop a holistic art curriculum for their students. The text offers practical steps for incorporating art into the classroom...
Cases and Materials on California's Political and Election Laws
Author(s): Chris Micheli
California’s political and election laws have been in place for decades and there is an extensive number of statutes and appellate court decisions in these areas. The state’s political laws began in earnest with the voters’ adoption of Proposition 9 in 1974, which established the Political Reform Ac...
Music 101: A Guide to Active Listening for a Generation Online
Author(s): James E Shearer, Fred Bugbee
Music 101: A Guide to Active Listening for a Generation Online presents a balance of commentary, historical documentation, and insightful listening guides into the diverse world of classical, jazz, and world music. Music 101 is a highly readable text that offers students a lifelong guide into all fo...