Haerens, Margaret

Discusses many of the challenges of genocide and strategies the international community has developed to prevent it.

Presents a collection of essays examining charter schools, including their strengths and weaknesses, pros and cons, and what can be done to improve them.

Examines Canada by including complete articles and speeches, long book excerpts, and occasional cartoons and boxed quotations all up to date and fully documented.

Focuses on oil which is a controversial topic of worldwide importance and offers a panoramic view of opinions selected from a diverse range of international sources, including journals, magazines, newspapers, nonfiction books, speeches, government documents, organization newsletters, and position papers.

Offering a panoramic view of opinions selected from a diverse range of international sources, this book examines trends in juvenile crime and punishment, risk factors for juvenile crime in various countries, and the juvenile justice system reforms that have been made.

Authors present differing opinions on whether the new generation of biofuels are superior to fossil fuels, whether biofuels may have a promising future, and whether the US Corn Ethanol Subsidy is harmful.

This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether landfills are relatively safe, whether recycling benefits the environment, and whether fly ash landfills are a safe solution to coal ash waste.

A collection of essays exploring topics related to human trafficking around the world, discussing various social, economic, political, and health aspects of human trafficking.

This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether gambling should be restricted, whether sports betting should be legal, whether dog racing should be banned, whether the federal ban on online gambling is warranted, and other controversies on gambling.

Offering a panoramic view of opinions selected from a diverse range of international sources, this book discusses suicide trends worldwide including the deleterious effect the global economic downturn has had on some communities.