This handy reference volume brings together in one, easy-to-use guide, more than 3,600 definitions from the many disciplines that compose the field of criminal justice--including U.S. and English common law, penology, psychology, law enforcement, political science, and business administration. The volume also features summaries of nearly 1,000 key U.S. Supreme Court rulings affecting criminal justice, and appendix of juried academic journals, and a new compilation of Web sites in the field.

Dictionary of Criminal Justice

Rush, George E.

McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

This easy-to-understand calculus study aid is ideal for those who are new to the subject. It offers a well-illustrated, step-by-step introduction that moves along at an easy-to-keep-up-with pace. Use it with your textbook or for independent study to improve your comprehension and boost your grades. It features 226 solved and 513 skill-building supplementary problems--more than other study guides. Whether you simply want to feel confident at test time or build a solid foundation in calculus for more advanced math, science, and engineering course, Schaum's Outline of Beginning Calculus is students' first choice. level of Ayres/Mendelson, Calculus, 3/e. This will make up the calculus segments of one-semester liberal arts courses and the various one-semester Calculus courses for business or life sciences. This book will also address weaker students in general freshman calculus and high school advanced placement courses. Theory is restricted to fundamentals of differentiation and integration (single-variable) and the solved problems, with no steps ommitted, include reviews of algebra. This updated edition will continue the excellent sales record of the first edition and will include: problems suitable for graphing calculators and existing problems adapted to involve calculator use; emphasis on aogorithmic aspects of Calculus; Newton's method will be given a separate section, a section various approximation techniques for integration, Simpson's Rule the Midpoint rule; a section that presents the traditional treatment of exponential and logarithmic functions, which method some textbooks have gone back to.

Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Beginning Calculus (Schaum's Outline Series)

Science & Math

Mendelson,Elliott

Mathematics

Each chapter in this unique compilation, designed to be informative and thought-provoking, offers an examination of incidents from The Civil War through the 20th Century, important to the development of the American Nation. It features a mix of primary and secondary source materials on approximately 30 selected "moments" in American history. Designed for use in introductory courses in American history, the incidents it covers were chosen both for their historical significance and to present a wide variety of human endeavors. Given the range of topics presented, there should be subjects of special interest to every student, regardless of major.

Historical Moments: Changing Interpretations of America's Past, Volume 2

History

McClellan,Jim

Americas

Each chapter in this unique compilation, designed to be informative and thought-provoking, offers an examination of incidents from the pre-colonial period through the Civil War, important to the development of the American Nation. It features a mix of primary and secondary source materials on approximately 30 selected "moments" in American history. Designed for use in introductory courses in American history, the incidents it covers were chosen both for their historical significance and to present a wide variety of human endeavors. Given the range of topics presented, there should be subjects of special interest to every student, regardless of major.

Historical Moments: Changing Interpretations of America's Past, Volume 1

Over 40 selections of enduring intellectual value--classic articles, book excerpts, and research studies--that have shaped the study of educational psychology and our contemporary understanding of it.

Sources: Notable Selections in Educational Psychology

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diessner,Rhett

Simmons,Stacy

Psychology & Counseling

Over 40 selections of enduring intellectual value--classic articles, book excerpts, and research studies--that have shaped the study of multicultural education and our contemporary understanding of it.

Sources: Notable Selections in Multicultural Education

Noel, Jana

Education & Teaching

An informative anthology of current newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, that explore key topics in the study of juvenile delinquency.

Annual Editions: Juvenile Delinquency 00/01

Politics & Social Sciences

Struckhoff, David

Struckhoff, David R.

Sociology

This annually updated reader is a compilation of current newspaper, magazine, and journal articles on African American history.

Annual Editions: African American History 00/01

Coates, Rodney D.

This annually updated reader is a compilation of current newspaper, magazine, and journal articles. These well-illustrated articles by social scientists, educators, researchers, and writers provide an effective and useful perspective on today's important topics in the study of social welfare and social work.

Annual Editions: Social Welfare and Social Work 00/01

Faherty,Vincent

Social Sciences

This annually updated reader is a compilation of current newspaper, magazine, and journal articles on biopsychology.

Annual Editions: Biopsychology 00/01

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Jubilan, Boyce

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