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The Bullying Phenomenon

Author : Dwayne Ruffin Ed.D
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1512773476
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (127 download)

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Book Synopsis The Bullying Phenomenon by : Dwayne Ruffin Ed.D

Download or read book The Bullying Phenomenon written by Dwayne Ruffin Ed.D and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student bullying exists as an egregious, insidious, and antisocial behavior that traumatizes millions of students each year. Bullying is a widespread problem that has its greatest impact and prevalence during middle school and high school years. The effects of bullying are well documented and include negative impacts on student development and academic achievement. Bullying consequently causes psychological harm as well as a lack of normative social interactions and maladaptive outcomes for children who engage in bullying. As an effective intervention, the author developed the Bullying Resolution Model. The Bullying Resolution Model is solution driven. The model components consist of five core-driving forces embedded within the bullying cycle, purposefully designed to achieve a resolution. Primarily, the bullying resolution model is dynamic in nature. The Bullying Resolution Model attribute is based on the premise of reaching a resolution by means of vigorous activity through acquiring social and emotional competency interaction skills. The synergistic feature of the model guides the facilitator through the resolution process for maximum effectiveness. Consequently, the bullying model components can address multilevel conflicts ranging from minor inappropriateness to sever or even complex dilemmas. Giving much-needed support and interventions to the facilitator in confronting the apparent bully or bullies, monitor setbacks, and progress to resolution of the conflicted parties.

The Bullying Phenomenon

Author : Ed D. Dwayne Ruffin
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 9781512773491
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (734 download)

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Book Synopsis The Bullying Phenomenon by : Ed D. Dwayne Ruffin

Download or read book The Bullying Phenomenon written by Ed D. Dwayne Ruffin and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Student bullying exists as an egregious, insidious, and antisocial behavior that traumatizes millions of students each year. Bullying is a widespread problem that has its greatest impact and prevalence during middle school and high school years. The effects of bullying are well documented and include negative impacts on student development and academic achievement. Bullying consequently causes psychological harm as well as a lack of normative social interactions and maladaptive outcomes for children who engage in bullying. As an effective intervention, the author developed the Bullying Resolution Model. The Bullying Resolution Model is solution driven. The model components consist of five core-driving forces embedded within the bullying cycle, purposefully designed to achieve a resolution. Primarily, the bullying resolution model is dynamic in nature. The Bullying Resolution Model attribute is based on the premise of reaching a resolution by means of vigorous activity through acquiring social and emotional competency interaction skills. The synergistic feature of the model guides the facilitator through the resolution process for maximum effectiveness. Consequently, the bullying model components can address multilevel conflicts ranging from minor inappropriateness to sever or even complex dilemmas. Giving much-needed support and interventions to the facilitator in confronting the apparent bully or bullies, monitor setbacks, and progress to resolution of the conflicted parties.

Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030944070X
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Book Synopsis Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice by : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Download or read book Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy, and Practice written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents. There is an implication that individuals who are bullied must have "asked for" this type of treatment, or deserved it. Sometimes, even the child who is bullied begins to internalize this idea. For many years, there has been a general acceptance and collective shrug when it comes to a child or adolescent with greater social capital or power pushing around a child perceived as subordinate. But bullying is not developmentally appropriate; it should not be considered a normal part of the typical social grouping that occurs throughout a child's life. Although bullying behavior endures through generations, the milieu is changing. Historically, bulling has occurred at school, the physical setting in which most of childhood is centered and the primary source for peer group formation. In recent years, however, the physical setting is not the only place bullying is occurring. Technology allows for an entirely new type of digital electronic aggression, cyberbullying, which takes place through chat rooms, instant messaging, social media, and other forms of digital electronic communication. Composition of peer groups, shifting demographics, changing societal norms, and modern technology are contextual factors that must be considered to understand and effectively react to bullying in the United States. Youth are embedded in multiple contexts and each of these contexts interacts with individual characteristics of youth in ways that either exacerbate or attenuate the association between these individual characteristics and bullying perpetration or victimization. Recognizing that bullying behavior is a major public health problem that demands the concerted and coordinated time and attention of parents, educators and school administrators, health care providers, policy makers, families, and others concerned with the care of children, this report evaluates the state of the science on biological and psychosocial consequences of peer victimization and the risk and protective factors that either increase or decrease peer victimization behavior and consequences.

The Bullying Phenomenon: Breaking the Cycle Activity Workbook

Author : Dwayne Ruffin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998902302
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Bullying Phenomenon: Breaking the Cycle Activity Workbook written by Dwayne Ruffin and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often when we discuss bullying, we're only touching the surface-never getting enough to grasp these issues. The Bullying Resolution Model does just that, as an intervention medium, to affect the change of low-level violence in schools. It shows facilitators a comprehensive five-cycle approach that promotes bullying de-escalation and resolution. The model components (bullying roles, bullying type, collaborative involvement, instructive and corrective intervention as well new skill acquisition) operate on the concept of dynamic and synergistic method. Primarily, the Bullying Resolution model is dynamic. The full energy and characteristics of its driving forces produce or undergo change and development for the conflicted parties who engage. The bullying model components can address multi-level conflicts ranging from minor inappropriateness to a server or even complex dilemmas. With concise, easy- to- follow guidelines, "The Bullying Phenomenon" homes in on a crucial hot-button issue that continues to plague all levels of education. The authors live in Chicago. To learn more, please contact the authors at [email protected], or visit www.bullyphenomenon.com, to purchase previously published material: By Dwayne Ruffin, Ed.D. "The Bullying Phenomenon Breaking the Cycle (book)" ISBN: 978-1-5127-7349-1; ISBN: 978-1-5127-7348-4; ISBN: 978-1-5127-7347-7 Available at Westbow Press Online Bookstore, Barnes & Noble and Amazon

Bullying in Schools

Author : Ken Rigby
Publisher : Aust Council for Ed Research
ISBN 13 : 0864314477
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (643 download)

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Download or read book Bullying in Schools written by Ken Rigby and published by Aust Council for Ed Research. This book was released on 2007 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bullying is now widely recognised as a serious problem that affects many children in schools. It can take many forms, including direct verbal and physical harassment and indirect forms such as deliberate exclusion and the targeting of individuals using cyber technology. Continual and severe bullying can cause both short term and long term damage, making it difficult for victims to form intimate relationships with others and for habitual bullies to avoid following a delinquent lifestyle and becoming perpetrators of domestic violence. Even though this type of abuse affects many of our school children, Ken Rigby believes there are grounds for optimism. This passionate and motivating book shows that there are ways of reducing the likelihood of bullying occurring in a school and effective ways of tackling cases when they do occur. Using up-to-date studies, Bullying in Schools helps us to understand the nature of bullying and why it so often takes place in schools. Importantly, it examines and evaluates what schools can do to promote more positive peer relationships within the school community and take effective and sustainable action to deal with problems that may arise. Teachers, parents, school leaders, policy makers, and health professionals will find it invaluable and empowering.

Cyber Bullying

Author : Robin M. Kowalski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444321889
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Cyber Bullying written by Robin M. Kowalski and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-28 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cyber bullying has become more prevalent through the use of e-mail, instant messages, chat rooms, and other digital messaging systems. It brings with it unique challenges. Cyber Bullying provides the most current and essential information on the nature and prevalence of this epidemic, providing educators, parents, psychologists and policy-makers with critical prevention techniques and strategies for effectively addressing electronic bullying. Provides an empirically-based resource with up-to-date information about the nature and prevalence of cyber bullying through the use of email, instant messages, chat rooms, and other digital messaging systems Examines the role of anonymity in electronic bullying Includes feedback from focus groups and individual interviews with students and parents Offers a handy reference with practical strategies for educators, parents, psychologists and policy makers about prevention and intervention of cyber bullying

The Bully Society

Author : Jessie Klein
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479860948
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book The Bully Society written by Jessie Klein and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that the rise in school violence is the consequence of a society that promotes and encourages aggressive and competitive behavior, and proposes ways to transcend these destructive trends and stress compassion over bullying.

No More Mean Girls

Author : Katie Hurley
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143130862
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book No More Mean Girls written by Katie Hurley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Queen Bees and Wannabes for the elementary and middle school set, child and adolescent psychotherapist Katie Hurley shows parents of young girls how to nip mean girl behavior in the bud. Once upon a time, mean girls primarily existed in high school, while elementary school-aged girls spent hours at play and enjoyed friendships without much drama. But in this fast-paced world in which young girls are exposed to negative behaviors on TV and social media from the moment they enter school, they are also becoming caught up in social hierarchies much earlier. No More Mean Girls is a guide for parents to help their young daughters navigate tricky territories such as friendship building, creating an authentic self, standing up for themselves and others, and expressing themselves in a healthy way. The need to be liked by others certainly isn't new, but this generation of girls is growing up in an age when the "like" button shows the world just how well-liked they are. When girls acknowledge that they possess positive traits that make them interesting, strong, and likeable, however, the focus shifts and their self-confidence soars; "likes" lose their importance. This book offers actionable steps to help parents empower young girls to be kind, confident leaders who work together and build each other up.

Bullying in Different Contexts

Author : Claire P. Monks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521114813
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (148 download)

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Book Synopsis Bullying in Different Contexts by : Claire P. Monks

Download or read book Bullying in Different Contexts written by Claire P. Monks and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bullying has a tendency to be associated with aggression between children in the playground, but bullying and abuse can also be observed in other social settings. Bullying in Different Contexts brings together, for the first time, leading international researchers to discuss these behaviours in a wide range of settings, including preschool, school, the home, residential care, prisons, the workplace and cyberspace. The authors provide background to the different contexts, discuss the impact and types of interpersonal aggression and the characteristics of those involved. A final chapter collates the findings from each context to draw conclusions on the similarities and differences between the behaviours, risk factors for involvement and theoretical approaches to explain bullying. This original volume will further our understanding of bullying and inform preventative and intervention work. The authors seek to show how research from diverse settings may inform our understanding of the bullying phenomenon as a whole.

School Bullying in Different Cultures

Author : Peter K. Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107031893
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book School Bullying in Different Cultures written by Peter K. Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School bullying is recognized as an international problem, but publications have focussed on the Western tradition of research. This is the first volume to bring together perspectives on school bullying from a range of Eastern as well as Western countries, covering basic findings, direct comparisons, explanations and implications for intervention.

Set Straight on Bullies

Author : Stuart Greenbaum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Set Straight on Bullies written by Stuart Greenbaum and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bullying, perhaps the most underrated problem in America's schools today, distracts minds and inhibits the learning process; if left unchecked, it can destroy lives and place society at risk. Bullying is defined as one or more individuals inflicting physical, verbal, or emotional abuse upon another individual or individuals. Subliminal abuses related to bullying--such as being teased, intimidated, or intentionally excluded or ostricized--can create fear, anxiety, and pain tantamount to that resulting from physical abuse. In fact, fear of other students motivated 1 of every 12 student dropouts. This book, divided into two sections and four chapters, examines the bullying problem and defines solutions. Chapter 1 discusses the serious and widespread bullying phenomenon; highlighted is the escalation of the problem, if ignored. Chapter 2 pinpoints bully and victim characteristics, causes, and manifestations; permanent scars for the victim and a gloomy future for the bully are predicted. Chapter 3 suggests heightened public awareness to generate support for handling the antisocial bullying phenomenon and chapter 4 explores the intervention strategies of educator action, parental action, and student action. A list of resources is included, and the appendices contain both a student and an adult bully awareness survey. (102 references) (KM)

Bullying

Author : Cheryl Sanders
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0126179557
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Bullying written by Cheryl Sanders and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2004-04-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years there have been an increasing number of incidents where children have either perpetrated or been the victims of violence in the schools. Often times the children who perpetrated the violence had been the victims of school bullying. If bullying once was a matter of extorting lunch money from one's peers, it has since escalated into slander, sexual harassment, and violence. And the victims, unable to find relief, become depressed and/or violent in return. Despite all the media attention on recent school tragedies, many of which can be traced to bullied children, there has been little in the way of research-based books toward understanding why and how bullying occurs, the effects on all the individuals involved and the most effective intervention techniques. Summarizing research in education, social, developmental, and counseling psychology, Bullying: Implications for the Classroom examines the personality and background of both those who become bullies and those most likely to become their victims, how families, peers, and schools influence bullying behavior, and the most effective interventions in pre-school, primary and middle schools. Intended for researchers, educators, and professionals in related fields, this book provides an international review of research on bullying. KEY FEATURES: * Presents practical ideas regarding prevention/intervention of bullying * Covers theoretical views of bullying * Provides an international perspective on bullying * Discusses bullying similarities and differences in elementary and middle school * Presents practical ideas regarding prevention/intervention of bullying * Provides an international perspective on bullying * Outlines information regarding bullying during the elementary and middle school years * Covers theoretical views of bullying * Presents new approaches to explaining bullying * Contributing authors include internationally known researchers in the field

Bullying Among University Students

Author : Helen Cowie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317611241
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Bullying Among University Students written by Helen Cowie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bullying Amongst University Students is a pioneering collection of knowledge and evidence exploring the under-researched phenomenon of bullying in universities. Abusive behaviour amongst young people is a serious and pervasive problem that is exacerbated by the rapid advances in electronic communication, and in this book the authors highlight the problem and proceed to facilitate new practices and policies to address it. This book brings together an international team of authors from a range of disciplines, encompassing education, psychology, criminology, law and counselling, who have carried out research in the area of university bullying. Addressing critical dialogues and debates, the authors explore peer on peer violence, intimidation and social exclusion before considering its effects on students and making recommendations for action and further research. Key topics include: Cyberbullying and cyber aggression Rape culture across the university Homophobic and transphobic bullying The impact of bullying on mental health The role of bully and victim across the lifespan Policies and procedures to address bullying International in authorship and scope, this book will be an invaluable resource for students and researchers in fields such as education, psychology, sociology, health studies and criminology. It is also essential reading for university policy-makers and union representatives responsible for the emotional and physical well-being of students.

Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace

Author : Stale Einarsen
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9781439804902
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace written by Stale Einarsen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously titled Bullying and Emotional Abuse in the Workplace: International Perspectives in Research and Practice, the first edition of this bestselling resource quickly became a benchmark and highly cited source of knowledge for this burgeoning field. Renamed to more accurately reflect the maturing of the discipline, Bullying and Harassment in the Workplace: Developments in Theory, Research, and Practice, Second Edition provides a much-needed update of the original work. Edited by leading experts and presenting contributions from pioneers in their respective subject areas, the book is an up-to-date research-based resource on key aspects of workplace bullying and its remediation. New chapters include: Rehabilitation and Treatment of Victims of Bullying Interventions for the Prevention and Management of Workplace Bullying Bullying and Discrimination An Industrial Relation Perspective on Workplace Bullying Investigating Complaints of workplace bullying Whistleblowing and Workplace bullying How to Measure Exposure to Workplace Bullying in Surveys Extensively Revised Chapters include: Perspectives on hostile behaviors and Workplace bullying Empirical Findings on Bullying at Work Organizational Antecedents of Bullying Organizational effects of workplace bullying Counseling targets of bullying Bullying and the Law The book presents a comprehensive review of the literature, the empirical findings, the theoretical developments, and the experience and advice of leading international academics and practitioners. It examines the concept of bullying and harassment at work and its measurement, documenting the existence and consequences of the problem. The book explores a variety of explanatory models and presents available empirical evidence that sheds light on where, when, and why bullying develops. It contains a wide range of contributions on the possible remedies for prevention and minimization of the problem for management when it occurs, and for healing the wounds and scars it may have left on those exposed.

School Bullying

Author : Robin May Schott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107027764
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book School Bullying written by Robin May Schott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New perspectives on the complex social dynamics of bullying practices through analyses of children's experiences, and parents' and teachers' perspectives.

Managing People in Commercial Kitchens

Author : Charalampos Giousmpasoglou
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000546047
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Managing People in Commercial Kitchens written by Charalampos Giousmpasoglou and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing People in Commercial Kitchens: A Contemporary Approach uses original research to argue that senior managers (head chefs) should differentiate their people management practices in kitchen brigades from those used in the hospitality industry more generally (induction, socialisation, and performance evaluation) due to the group’s strong occupational identity and culture. The understanding of chefs’ work from a management perspective is critical for successful hospitality operations but has been historically under-researched. Chapters provide a detailed account of chefs’ work in commercial kitchens from an HRM perspective. Using occupational identity and culture as a vehicle, this book explores the different aspects of managerial work in commercial kitchen settings: general management, leadership, education and training, skills and competencies, managing deviant behaviour, managing stress, and managing diversity (focused on gender segregation). The final chapter looks at future perspectives on this unique working environment and the many challenges arising from the latest developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Providing both theoretical insights and practical applications with the use of case studies throughout, this will be of great interest to upper-level students and researchers in hospitality, as well as a useful reference for current managers in the field.

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Bullying

Author : Peter K. Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118482700
Total Pages : 1504 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Bullying written by Peter K. Smith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 1504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the latest research and theory on bullying with this international reference from leading voices in the field The two-volume Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Bullying delivers a comprehensive exploration of a wide range of research on bullying, broadly defined. School bullying is dealt with at length, but there is also coverage of college and workplace bullying and bullying within sports settings, prisons, families, and elder care residential homes. Containing contributions from leading scholars on five continents, the book summarizes the latest theories, findings, developmental aspects, and interventions relevant to bullying in a variety of settings. With up-to-date information on rapidly developing topics like sibling bullying, cyberbullying, bias-based bullying, migration and bullying, dating violence, and economic evaluation of bullying prevention programs, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Bullying offers readers a complete view of a wide array of bullying behaviors. The insightful and up-to-date information contained within the two volumes is destined to become the standard reference for bullying-related research and theory. Readers will benefit from: Fulsome material covering research and practice conventions in countries and regions including Europe, North America, South America, Australasia, Japan, South Korea, India, Mainland China and Hong Kong, the Arab countries, and sub-Saharan Africa A comprehensive discussion on the correlates and outcomes of taking part in bullying, as well as being a victim of bullying An exploration of a variety of strategies to deal with bullying incidents, including proactive, reactive, and peer support approaches An analysis of different kinds of bullying, faith-based bullying, and disablist bullying, including racist and ethnic bullying, sexist and sexual bullying, and homophobic and transphobic bullying Perfect for postgraduate students in programs dealing with bullying in virtually any conceivable context, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Bullying will also earn a place in the libraries of researchers and practitioners in fields as diverse as psychology, sociology, social work, medicine, criminology, child care, and elder studies.