united states

Contains twenty-four essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to school policies, including if they are all necessary and effective, if they insure student safety, if they respect students' rights, and policies that might be needed in the future; and provides discussion questions, contact information for organizations, and bibliographies.

Contains seventeen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to child abuse, including the seriousness of the problem, how it can be prevented, and government policies on abusers and sex offenders; and provides quick facts, contact information for organizations, and a bibliography.

Contains twenty-one essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to culture conflict, discussing politics in the United States, the views of believers and humanists, global implications of culture wars, and economics; and including discussion questions, contact information for organizations, and bibliographies.

Details the activities of Bonnie and Clyde, a couple who led a crime spree throughout the central U.S. during the Great Depression, and discusses the social, economic, and family backgrounds of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

Contains sixteen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to prisons, including if prisons help society, the treatment of inmates, and the role of prisons in the War on Terror; and provides quick facts, a glossary, contact information for organizations, and a bibliography.

Examines career opportunities in the building and construction trades including carpenters, electrician, plumbers, masons, and tiler.

A high-interest book for low-reading-level students that examines such issues pertaining to the First Amendment as symbolic speech, public versus private speech, slander, libel, student rights, freedom of the press and the Internet, and specific court rulings.

Contains twenty-two essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to women in the workforce, including finance management, discrimination, balancing work and family, and whether working women are good for families; and provides discussion questions, contact information for organizations, and bibliographies.

Essays from various perspectives help students understand the dangers and allure of underage drinking, with statistical information and facts to help them make wise decisions about drinking.

Contains twenty-six essays in which various authors debate issues related to animal experimentation, discussing animal rights, the ethics of animal experimentation, methods of experimentation, and other related topics.