Tuff City

Tuff City
Author: Nicholas T. Dines
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2012
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0857452797

During the 1990s, Naples' left-wing administration sought to tackle the city's infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city's cultural and architectural heritage. This book examines the conflicts surrounding the reimaging and reordering of the city's historic centre through detailed case studies of two piazzas and a centro sociale, focusing on a series of issues that include heritage, decorum, security, pedestrianization, tourism, immigration and new forms of urban protest. This monograph is the first in-depth study of the complex transformations of one of Europe's most fascinating and misunderstood cities. It represents a new critical approach to the questions of public space, citizenship and urban regeneration as well as a broader methodological critique of how we write about contemporary cities.

Kansas City Crime Central

Kansas City Crime Central
Author: Monroe Dodd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2010-10-11
Genre: Crime
ISBN: 9781611690019

More than two dozen major crimes in the Kansas City area, ranging from the escapades of outlaw Jesse James, the kidnapping of Nelly Don, the 1933 Union Station Massacre, the heroism of Primitivo Garcia, the River Quay mob bombings of the 1970s, to the cancer killings by pharmacist Robert Courtney in the 1990s, and much more.

Tel Malḥata

Tel Malḥata
Author: Itzhaq Beit-Arieh
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 806
Release: 2015-06-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1575063883

Tel Malḥata: A Central City in the Biblical Negev presents the results of nine seasons of excavations—two by the first expedition and seven by the second. Tel Malḥata is an elliptical-shaped mound located in the eastern sector of the Arad–Beer-sheba Valley and spreads across some 18 dunams. Tel Malḥata is generally identified with biblical Moladah, one of the cities of Judah, although other identifications have been suggested. The Arabic name of the site, Tell el-Milḥ (“Hill of the Salt”), is apparently indicative of its association with the production and distribution of salt from the Dead Sea in more recent times. The many Bedouin graves on the upper terrace of the tell significantly hindered the planning of the excavations, and consequently the excavations were concentrated mainly where no graves were discerned. The two-volume report consists of 22 chapters that take the reader through six strata of civilization, ranging from the Middle Bronze Age to the early Byzantine period.

Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2001

Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2001
Author: Rose M. Kreider
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 834
Release: 2008-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 142898786X

Provides info. on marital indicators in 2001. Describes changes in the age at which different cohorts of men & women born since 1935-1939 have married, divorced, & remarried. Provides current indicators of the percentage of the population who have married more than once, who have ever divorced, or who experienced other marital events. Answers questions about how long first marriages last, the median age at which people marry or divorce, & what percentage of currently married couples involve spouses who are both in their first marriages. Profiles the characteristics of people who experienced a marital event in the year prior to the survey. Considers the relationships between whether people remarry after a divorce & the number of children born to them. Ill.

Mood Disorders and Substance Use Disorder: A Complex Comorbidity

Mood Disorders and Substance Use Disorder: A Complex Comorbidity
Author: Susan B. Quello
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2008-05
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1428988270

Mood disorders (MD), including depression & bipolar disorders, are the most common psychiatric comorbidities among patients with substance abuse (SA) disorders. Treating patients¿ co-occurring MD may reduce their substance craving & enhance their overall outcomes. A staged screening & assessment can ease the diagnostic challenge of distinguishing symptoms of affective MD from manifestations of SA intoxication & withdrawal. Treatment should maximize the use of psychotherapeutic interventions & give first consideration to medications proven effective in the context of co-occurring SA. Expanded commun. & collab. between SA & mental health providers is crucial to improving outcomes for patients with these difficult disorders. Illus

Residential Treatment Programs: Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth

Residential Treatment Programs: Concerns Regarding Abuse and Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth
Author: Gregory D. Kutz
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2008
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1428988009

Residential treatment programs (RTP) provide a range of services, including drug & alcohol treatment, confidence building, military-style discipline, & psychological counseling for troubled boys & girls with a variety of addiction, behavioral, & emotional problems. This testimony concerns RTP referring to themselves as wilderness therapy programs, boot camps, & academies, among other names. Many cite positive outcomes assoc. with specific types of RTP. There are also allegations regarding the abuse & death of youth enrolled in RTP. This report: verifies whether allegations of abuse & death at RTP are widespread; & examines the facts & circumstances surrounding selected closed cases where a teenager died while enrolled in a private program.