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By Smith, Rogerc2007., Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 365 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This book covers the history of punishment and incarceration from the Code of Hammurabi in ancient Babylon through the dungeons of medieval Europe to the birth of modern prisons more than a century ago and finally arrives at today's massive penal systems.
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c2007., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 365 SMI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Incarceration issuesSummary Note: Presents a brief look into the history of punishment and incarceration from ancient Babylon to the penal systems in place today.
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c2007., Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 361.6 Smi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: United Nations--global leadershipSummary Note: For more than six decades, the UN has worked through its various agencies to bring relief and assistance where people are hungry or when they lack shelter, education, or medical care. This book is a useful and understandable guide to this complex yet vital global issue.
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c1993., Juvenile, Bullseye Books ; Random House Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Events conspire to turn Janie's imaginary harlequin Great Dane into a real dog.
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c2007., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 365.45 SMI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Incarceration issuesSummary Note: Explains what a political prisoner is; profiles political prisoners around the world, such as Aung San Suu Kyi and Wei Jingsheng; and discusses debates about conditions at Guantanamo Bay and the impact of the PATRIOT Act on freedoms in the U.S.
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c2007., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 365.973 SMI Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Incarceration issuesSummary Note: Explores issues related to prison conditions in the United States, discussing overcrowding, disease, violence, and abuse.
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2006., Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 364.66 Smi Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Incarceration issuesSummary Note: Presents an engaging and balanced account from a variety of perspectives on this most important issue: trends and statistics are here, but also the personal stories of convicts, victims, law officials and activists.
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-- William Shakespeare's The taming of the shrewp2003., Adolescent, Audio Partners Call No: 822.3 3 Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Complete Arkangel ShakespeareSummary Note: Presents a fully-dramatized reading of Shakespeare's comedy about the marriage between tempestuous Katharina and the dowry-seeking Petruchio who is determined to tame his wife.
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-- Readings from the slave narratives.By Glover, Jacqueline Lennon, Thomas Harris, Mark Jonathan, 1941- Bell, Ed Bassett, Angela Boatman, Michael, 1964- Browne, Roscoe Lee Cheadle, Don Davis, Ossie Dee, Ruby Guillaume, Robert Guy, Jasmine Jackson, Samuel L Pounder, C. C. H Smith, Roger Guenveur Vance, Courtney B Williams, Vanessa Winfrey, Oprah Woodard, Alfre, 1953- Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950- Home Boc2003., General, HBO Documentary Films : Distributed by HBO Video Call No: DVD Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than 4 million slaves were set free. By the late 1930's, 100,000 former slaves were still alive. In the midst of the Great Depression, journalists and writers traveled the country to record the memories of the last generation of African-Americans born into bondage. Over 2,000 interviews were transcribed as spoken, in the vernacular of the time, to form a unique historical record.
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c2007., Juvenile, Mason Crest Publishers Call No: 365 .420973 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Incarceration issuesSummary Note: Explores issues related to youth imprisonment, discussing the history of juvenile justice, the differences between girls and boys, and the effects of incarceration on young people, and describing detention centers.
