Contemporary world issues

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Child care crisis

a reference handbook
1992
Examines the legal, political, and social aspects surrounding the issue of child care in America.

Defendant rights

a reference handbook
2004
Presents a comprehensive analysis of defendant rights in the U.S. criminal justice system and examines the Bill of Rights, issues such as Due Process and the Patriot Act, and key Supreme Court cases.

Food safety

a reference handbook
2000
Provides reference information on food safety, including a comprehensive overview, chronology, biographical sketches, facts and statistics, directory of organizations, and annotated lists of print and nonprint resources.

Child soldiers

a reference handbook
2012
Discusses the history of using children as soldiers around the world from 1940 to present day.

Women in developing countries

a reference handbook
2011
Provides comprehensive information on the status of women in developing countries, and the problems and controversies surrounding them. Includes a chronology, biographical sketches, resources, a glossary, and primary source documents.

Same-sex marriage

a reference handbook
2010

Animal rights

a reference handbook
2009
Documents the issues surrounding animal rights, including scientific experimentation and animal harvesting.

Rich and poor in America

a reference handbook
2008
Examines the social classes in the United States, and describes the background and history of income distribution, and discusses race, economic inequality, minimum wage, national trends, and other related topics.

Freshwater issues

a reference handbook
2002
A reference guide to the various issues surrounding the world's fresh water supplies, including information on pollution, fish distribution, government control, and state policies.

Hackers and hacking

a reference handbook
Offers a variety of studies and articles on the issue of computer hackers and cyber crimes, discussing the history of computer hacking and the laws that have been made to counteract cyber criminal activities.

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