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  • Human Trafficking Around the World

    Hidden in Plain Sight

    by Stephanie Hepburn, Rita Simon ...
    This unprecedented study of sex trafficking, forced labor, organ trafficking, and sex tourism across twenty-four nations highlights the experiences of the victims, perpetrators, and anti-traffickers involved in this brutal trade. Combining statistical data with intimate accounts and interviews, journalist Stephanie Hepburn and justice scholar Rita J. Simon create a dynamic volume sure to educate ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Heartgarden

    by Rita Simon ...
    Lilian never thought a single secret could take over her life. What started in silence, late nights, hidden screens, and quiet curiosity slowly grew into something she could no longer control. Shame followed her everywhere. Guilt stayed with her. And no matter how hard she tried to stop, she kept falling deeper. Behind her smile was a battle no one could see, a battle for her mind, a battle for ... Read more

    $9.00 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Buried Greatest Quotes - Quick, Short, Medium Or Long Quotes. Find The Perfect Buried Quotations For All Occasions - Spicing Up Letters, Speeches, And Everyday Conversations.

    by Rita Simon ...
    This book is the outcome of an idea, and the idea is very simple. It is that the best way to understand the dramatic transformation any idea can bring and to successfully bring ideas across, is to think of them as profound insights and moments of clarity often disguised as wit, captured in one single Quote.Ideas and products and messages and behaviors spread faster when they carry your message in ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In Their Siblings’ Voices

    White Non-Adopted Siblings Talk About Their Experiences Being Raised with Black and Biracial Brothers and Sisters

    by Rita Simon, Rhonda Roorda ...
    In Their Siblings' Voices shares the stories of twenty white non-adopted siblings who grew up with black or biracial brothers and sisters in the late 1960s and 1970s. Belonging to the same families profiled in Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories and In Their Parents' Voices: Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees, these siblings ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Public Opinion in the United States

    Studies of Race, Religion, Gender, and Issues That Matter

    by Rita J. Simon ...
    Public Opinion in the United States tracks developments in American society since World War II through the lens of public opinion. The authors assess national public opinion poll data from 1945 to 2008, targeting opinions about African Americans, Jews, Muslim Americans, gays and lesbians, immigration, abortion, and affirmative action. The authors consider whether American attitudes have developed ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

  • In Their Parents' Voices

    Reflections on Raising Transracial Adoptees

    by Rita Simon, Rhonda Roorda ...
    Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda's In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories shared the experiences of twenty-four black and biracial children who had been adopted into white families in the late 1960s and 70s. The book has since become a standard resource for families and practitioners, and now, in this sequel, we hear from the parents of these remarkable families and learn ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Gay and Lesbian Communities the World Over

    by Alison M. Brooks, Rita J. Simon ...
    Gay and Lesbian Communities the World Over examines the treatment and status of gays and lesbians in 21 countries around the world. The countries included are Canada, the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Israel, Egypt, Iran, Nigeria, South Africa, India, China, Japan, and Australia. The book explores the history of ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • The Insanity Defense the World Over

    by Rita J. Simon, Heather Ahn-Redding ...
    Series series Global Perspectives on Social Issues
    The Defense of Insanity, The World Over is the 10th in a series of books that examines and compares social issues or social problems from an explicitly comparative perspective. This volume examines and compares the criteria and procedures surrounding the defense of insanity across twenty-two countries. In addition to the criteria for each of the countries, Simon and Ahn-Redding report the burden ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • In Their Own Voices

    Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories

    by Rhonda Roorda, Rita Simon ...
    Nearly forty years after researchers first sought to determine the effects, if any, on children adopted by families whose racial or ethnic background differed from their own, the debate over transracial adoption continues. In this collection of interviews conducted with black and biracial young adults who were adopted by white parents, the authors present the personal stories of two dozen ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Women in the Military

    by Rita J. Simon ...
    The role, status, and treatment of women is one of the major issues confronting the military today. This volume provides a range of perspectives on the magnitude of concerns, the sources of problems, how issues might best be addressed, and the future for women in the armed services. It is based on a special issue of the journal Gender Issues, supplemented with additional contributions from leading ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Jury and the Defense of Insanity

    by Rita J. Simon ...
    Thirty years after it was first published, the issues raised in The Jury and the Defense of Insanity remain pertinent. Rita James Simon examines how motivated and competent juries are, how well jurors understand and follow judges' instructions, their understand-ing of expert testimony, and the extent to which their own backgrounds and experiences influence their decisions. Simon provides a rare ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Immigrant Women

    by Rita J. Simon ...
    The obstacles to assimilation and treatment of immigrant women are major issues confronting the leading immigrant-receiving nations today-the United States, Canada, and Australia. This volume provides a range of perspectives on the concerns, the sources of problems, how issues might be addressed, and the future of immigrant women. It is based upon a two-part issue of the journal Gender Issues, and ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD