Psychological science now reveals much about the law's response to crime. This is the first text to bridge both fields as it presents psychological research and theory relevant to each phase of criminal justice processes.

Together, the materials provide a firm foundation for understanding key social science findings, policy directions, and practices in child maltreatment law. "This is a successful casebook project that should appeal to a wide audience.

The Encyclopedia of Adolescence breaks new ground as an important central resource for the study of adolescence.

This book is intended for anyone who works with teenagers, from mental health professionals and public policy specialists to attorneys. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).

This book explores these changes and challenges by examining the extent to which we may foster adolescent development in ways that respect and foster adolescents' basic rights to relationships they deem appropriate, fulfilling, and worthy ...

This work examines the sources of the disconnect between scientific findings on school segregation and how the U.S. legal system addresses it; evaluates these sources' empirical and legal foundations; explains why they persist; and reveals ...

The Encyclopedia of Adolescence breaks new ground as an important central resource for the study of adolescence.

This book describes the policies that are meant to protect families but repeatedly fail to protect individuals within those families.