This anthology is structured around a set of substantive debates over a broad range of important contemporary public policy questions. Each chapter... poses a provocative contemporary public policy question, and each opens with an overview of the public policy issue in question, including its history and political-economic context. Major articles are used as opposing pairs to debate the policy question posed in each chapter and to help students form an educated opinion of the topic discussed by actively engaging them in a modern public policy debate.

Atlantis, ancient astronauts, and pyramid power. Archaeologists are perennially bombarded with questions about the “mysteries” of the past. They are... also constantly addressing more realistic controversies: origins of the First Americans, the ownership of antiquities, and national claims to historical territories. Alice Beck Kehoe offers to introductory students a method of evaluating and assessing these claims about the past in this reader-friendly, concise text. She shows how to use the methods of science to challenge the legitimacy of pseudoscientific proclamations and develop reasonable interpretations on controversial issues. Not one to shy away from controversy herself, Kehoe takes some stands—on transpacific migration, shamanism, the Kensington Runestone—which will challenge instructor and students alike, and foster class discussion.

This is the second edition of this text on logistic regression methods. As in the first edition, each chapter contains a presentation of its topic in... "lecture-book" format together with objectives, an outline, key formulae, practice exercises, and a test. The "lecture-book" has a sequence of illustrations and formulae in the left column of each page and a script (i.e., text) in the right column. This format allows you to read the script in conjunction with the illustrations and formulae that highlight the main points, formulae, or examples being presented. This second edition includes five new chapters and an appendix. The new chapters are: Chapter 9. Polytomous Logistic Regression Chapter 10. Ordinal Logistic Regression Chapter 11. Logistic Regression for Correlated Data Chapter 12. GEE Examples Chapter 13. Other Approaches for Analysis of Correlated Data Chapters 9 and 10 extend logistic regression to response variables that have more than two categories. Chapters 11-13 extend logistic regression to generalized estimating equations (GEE) and other methods for analyzing correlated response data. The appendix "Computer Programs for Logistic Regression" provides descriptions and examples of computer programs for carrying out the variety of logistic regression procedures described in the main text. The software packages considered are SAS Version 8.0, SPSS Version 10.0 and STATA Version 7.0.

In the foreword, Dr. Robert Burkard states, 'If you are looking for a clinical cookbook on how to diagnose and treat those with (central) auditory... processing disorders (CAPD), you should not read this book. This book is much less than a clinical cookbook, and much, much more.' Featuring contributions from a stellar team of expert contributors in the areas of audiology, psychology, anatomy, neuroscience, imaging science, and epidemiology, this new book addresses major controversies in the field of auditory processing and its disorders. The contributors consider a range of topics including the history of the field, contemporary anatomical models, auditory processing streams, neuroplasticity, professional models, modality specificity, music perception and its disorders, speech recognition, aging, educational outcomes, tinnitus, and auditory neuropathy.

Controversies in Contemporary Advertising is a new text presenting a range of perspectives on advertising. It examines economic, political, social,... and ethical perspectives and covers a number of topics including stereotyping, controversial products, consumer culture, and new technology. The book is divided equally between macro and micro issues, providing a balanced portrait of the role advertising has in society today. Author Kim Bartel Sheehan's work recognizes the plurality of opinions towards advertising, allowing the reader to form and analyze their own judgments. It encourages readers to obtain a critical perspective on advertising issues. Controversies in Contemporary Advertising is ideally suited as a core text for undergraduate and graduate courses in advertising, marketing, journalism, mass communication, and communication studies.

This innovative volume provides two contrasting essays for each of sixteen criminal justice and criminology issues, including such provocative subjects... as terrorism, guns and crime, and racial profiling. The essays present opposing viewpoints: one supports the issue, while the other disputes it.The text also incorporates the following pedagogical features:* An introduction of key concepts* Critical thinking questions * Internet websites for further research

This book of original essays presents students with challenging looks at some of the most basic, and sometimes most difficult, decisions faced by... criminal justice researchers. Each chapter presents an overview of a foundational question/issue in the conduct of research, and discussions of the options to resolve these controversies.Whether you plan to be a researcher or a consumer of research, you need to understand the decisions researchers must make and the underlying issues. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter help spark thought, review and debate.

These original essays introduce students to the complex and influential field of critical criminology. It presents many of the theories of critical... criminology - Marxist, Feminist, Left Realist, Postmodern, Constitutive, Peacemaking, and Restorative Justice - and explores how, despite their distinctions, each theory is rooted in radical criminology, and all are critical of mainstream criminology. A product of the Division on Critical Criminology of the American Society of Criminology, the book is designed to introduce the reader to an important segment of criminology theory. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter provoke thought, discusson and review.

Debate-style readers can be provocative teaching tools, but if the readings are not in dialogue with one another, the crux of the debate is lost on... students. Editors Hird and Haas solve this issue by inviting 15 pairs of scholars and practitioners to directly address current questions in IR through brief "yes" and "no" pieces. Providing necessary context, introductions frame the debate, both from a theoretical and a practical perspective. Concluding discussion questions in each chapter encourage further analysis.

After providing a history of the development of the juvenile court, this book explores some of the most important current controversies in juvenile... justice. Original essays review major theories of juvenile delinquency, explore psychological and biological factors that may explain delinquent behavior, and examine the nexus between substance abuse and delinquency. A final chapter provides a comparative analysis.Text supplemented with photos, charts, tables and illustrations.

Efforts to promote the economic development of individual localities engage the attention of academics, students and professionals. Many such analysts... argue that competitive advantage can be fostered within local economies, complimenting the advent of a more globalised economy. Intensified efforts to build new economic foundations show no sign of abating despite the apparent increase in the international mobility of businesses and employment. Unpicking the arguments supporting different strategies for promoting local economic development, Controversies in Local Economic Development is an introductory guide to some of the major ideas and policy tools that have influenced academic debate and development practice. Taking the view that economic processes are mechanisms that promote desired outcomes only in particular contexts, the book asks questions of both academic debates and the prescriptions of policy experts.

Controversies in Media Ethics offers students, instructors and professionals multiple perspectives on media ethics issues presenting vast "gray areas"... and few, if any, easy answers. This third edition includes a wide range of subjects, and demonstrates a willingness to tackle the problems raised by new technologies, new media, new politics and new economics. The core of the text is formed by 14 chapters, each of which deals with a particular problem or likelihood of ethical dilemma, presented as different points of view on the topic in question, as argued by two or more contributing authors. The 15th chapter is a collection of "mini-chapters," allowing students to discern first-hand how to deal with ethical problems. Contributing authors John A. Armstrong, Peter J. Gade, Julianne H. Newton, Kim Sheehan, and Jane B. Singer provide additional voices and perspectives on various topics under discussion. This edition has been thoroughly updated to provide: discussions of issues reflecting the breadth and depth of the media spectrum numerous real-world examples broad discussion of confidentiality and other timely topics A Companion Website (www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415963329) supplies resources for both students and instructors. Developed for use in media ethics courses, Controversies in Media Ethics provides up-to-date discussions and analysis of ethical situations across a variety of media, including issues dealing with the Internet and new media. It provides a unique consideration of ethical concerns, and serves as provocative reading for all media students.

Widely regarded as one of the most successful pieces of modern legislation, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has transformed the nature of minority... participation and representation in the United States. But with success came controversy as some scholars claim the Act has outlived its usefulness or been subverted in its aim. This volume brings together leading scholars to offer a 25 year perspective on the consequences of the landmark act. The Fifteenth Ammendment, ratified in 1870, stated that the right of the US citizens to vote "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, colour, or condition of previous servitude". The South, however, virtually ignored the constitutional right, disfranchising blacks through such tactics as violence, intimidation, literacy tests and poll taxes. The primary purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was to break down these barriers to minority voting. Beginning with chapters covering the key provisions of the Act, this volume discusses the way it has transformed American politics, compares it with post-Civil War attempts to enfranchise blacks, and examines the role of social science in voting rights litigation. It also looks at the role played by major civil rights groups in lobbying for extensions and ammendments to the Act and in insuring that its provisions would be enforced. The last section of the book presents a variety of viewpoints on the implications of the Voting Rights Act for democratic theory. These essays deal with both the possibility and the desirability of "colour-blind" standards, given a society with a long history of racial discrimination.