2015 - 2016 School Year Comprehensive Catalog

INCARCERATION ISSUES

Real-life experiences of prison employees, prison inmates, & their families are used to educate young people about the realities of incarceration, its role in society and the complex moral issues surrounding this vital yet flawed institutional system. The 8-volume set explores multiple issues including rehabilitation, alternatives to incarceration, judicial inequities, living conditions, death row, and growing populations of women and youth in prison.

Series Consultant: Dr. Larry E. Sullivan , Associate Dean & Chief Librarian, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Professor of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

6 VOLUME SET

6 Hardcover Titles ©2007 Hardcover Library Price ..........$22.95 Hardcover Set Price...............$137.70 (6 Volumes) ISBN 978-1-59084 Trim size: 7 ½ x 9 ½ • 112 pages • Full color Library bound • Ages: 12 & up

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…sidebars & photographs help clarify and extend the information…Recommended.

Alternatives to Prison: Rehabilitation and Other Programs ...................-991-0 Incarceration Around the World...........................................................-988-0 Political Prisoners...............................................................................-987-3 Prison Conditions: Overcrowding, Disease, Violence, and Abuse ..........-986-6 The Social, Monetary, and Moral Costs of Prisons................................-992-7 Youth in Prison ..................................................................................-990-3

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T H E F B I

THIS SERIES PROVIDES AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE EXCITING WORLD OF THE FBI and the mysteries this organization strives to solve, as well as the crimes they seek to eradicate. A great way to introduce a potential career path to today’s youth, this series is sure to stimulate the minds of young people. Students are sure to gain a great deal of knowledge and insight about the often misunderstood and secretive organization... includes a number of photographs, all accompanied by well thought-out captions... easy-to-use glossary, an index, and a chronology of events pertaining to that volume’s topic and two lists: one for further reading and one for Internet resources. “

Series Consultant: Brigitte Madrian, Harvard University

12 VOLUME SET

12 Hardcover Titles ©2010 Hardcover Library Price .......$22.95 Hardcover Set Price........... $275.40 (12 Titles) ISBN 978-1-4222-0560-0 Trim Size: 7 ¼ x 9 ¼ • 64 pages Full color • Library bound Ages: 10 & up

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The FBI and Civil Rights ..........................-0569-3 The FBI and Crimes Against Children .......-0570-9 The FBI and Cyber Crimes.......................-0568-6 The FBI and National Security .................-0564-8 The FBI and Organized Crime ..................-0565-5 The FBI and Public Corruption .................-0567-9 The FBI and White-Collar Crime...............-0566-2 The FBI Files: Successful Investigations...-0561-7 The FBI’s Most Wanted............................-0562-4 A History of the FBI .................................-0563-1 How to Become an FBI Agent ..................-0571-6 Investigative Techniques of the FBI..........-0572-3

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TOBACCO: THE DEADLY DRUG

Series Consultant: Wade Berrettini is the Karl E. Rickels Professor of Psychiatry & Director, Center for Neurobiology & Behavior at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia

6 VOLUME SET

WRITTEN WITH SENSITIVITY & REALISM, WITH NO “SCOLDING” OR CONDESCENSION, THIS SERIES PROVIDES THE LATEST RESEARCH ON THE USE OF TOBACCO. “ A wide range of topics are covered in this series…with such a vast amount of information provided, good organization is necessary, and here the set excels… Another series strength is that it not

6 Hardcover Titles ©2009 Hardcover Library Price....... $26.95 Hardcover Set Price ........... $161.70 Paperback Library Price ...... $12.95 eBook Library Price ............. $33.95 Trim size: 6 3 / 8 x 9 ¼ • 112 pages Full color • Library bound Ages: 12 & up

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Born to Smoke: Nicotine and Genetics..........-0243-2 -9965-4 Burning Money: The Cost of Smoking...........-0242-5 -9960-9 Cash Crop to Cash Cow: The History of Tobacco and Smoking in America..........-0231-9 -9953-1 False Images, Deadly Promises: Smoking and the Media............................-0233-3 -9905-0 Putting Out the Fire: Smoking and the Law...-0234-0 -9795-7 Smokeless Tobacco: Not A Safe Alternative ...-0241-8 -9776-6

only discusses the history and effects of smoking, but it also provides tips and information on how to stop using tobacco for those trying to kick the habit.

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— VOYA

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