This title was first published in 2001. This text explores a number of questions concerning women's problem drug use and drinking. It details findings from research which examined the type of problems women experience; how, why and by whom a woman's substance abuse becomes identified as a problem; and what happens when they seek help. The author recognizes the centrality of gender and gender relationships and aims to go beyond the traditional view of gender that has been put foward in relation to substance abuse. She explores the complexities of gender as a process and an institution, and the subtle ways it infiltrates the lives of users. On a theoretical level, Pamela Raine introduces her ideas into a field where women have traditionally been the underdogs. She offers a thorough account of women's problematic experiences with alcohol and drugs, and consciously allows the voices of these women to come through. In turn, these voices are contextualized by key themes. For example, the substances created chaos in the lives of female users, while complex mechanisms of social control shaped their gendered experiences of these substances. Help-seeking responses of professionals and the advantages and disadvantages of treatment are contextualized as key areas in these gendered experiences. Finally, Raine makes recommendations matching the results of her research. The reader should learn how gender influences the ways in which users co-ordinate their space, their time, their substances, community resources, and others (whether other users, relatives, families or carers).
Loin de son image de pin-up, Pamela raconte son histoire, celle d’un esprit libre qui rentre à la maison et se redécouvre à chaque tournant. Avec une prose vivante entrecoupée de poèmes, Pamela se confie sur les moments les plus extraordinaires et aussi les plus éprouvants de son incroyable histoire. Pamela Anderson, la naïade de la série TV Alerte à Malibu, était omniprésente dans les années 1990. Originaire de Vancouver, au Canada, Pamela a vécu une enfance difficile, durant laquelle elle a développé son amour profond pour la nature, peuplant son monde des animaux blessés du coin. En surmontant sa timidité naturelle et grâce à une imagination débordante, Pamela s’est finalement propulsée dans une vie de rêve, des plages de Malibu à la scène du Playboy Mansion. Au fur et à mesure que sa célébrité grandissait, elle s’est retrouvée dans les pages des tabloïds, à l’apogée d’une époque où les tactiques des paparazzi s’apparentaient à une véritable traque. « J’ai tendance à voir des diamants dans les morceaux de charbon de l’or dans le nickel. Je suis une alchimiste à attirer ces personnages fantastiques qui me détruisent systématiquement. »
The Bluegrass Writers Coalition is a gathering of authors who work to promote literature in all forms across Kentucky. In From Pen to Page, the members of BWC share their talents and their hearts. In this selection of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, devotionals, and nostalgia, you will... ... stroll across the Plaza de la Enfants beneath a blazing sun. ... experience the fresh signs of morning as the world awakens around you. ... stand beside an ancient wood-burning stove, your mouth watering from the aroma of homemade biscuits. ... feel long-dead memories stir to life at the kiss of a loved one. ... glide through rushing waters in search of a place to belong. ... find comfort in the whistle of a passing train. ... make peace with a nest of wasps. BWC members are active writers in all genres who believe that the printed word enhances the lives of writers and readers. The coalition endeavors to showcase writers and their works through discussions, readings, and book-signing events. The BWC meets the second Thursday of each month and is open to all writers.
Introduction to Criminology, Why Do They Do It?, Second Edition, by Pamela J. Schram Stephen G. Tibbetts, offers a contemporary and integrated discussion of the key theories that help us understand crime in the 21st century. With a focus on why offenders commit crimes, this bestseller skillfully engages students with real-world cases and examples to help students explore the fundamentals of criminology. To better align with how instructors actually teach this course, coverage of violent and property crimes has been integrated into the theory chapters, so students can clearly understand the application of theory to criminal behavior. Unlike other introductory criminology textbooks, the Second Edition discusses issues of diversity in each chapter and covers many contemporary topics that are not well represented in other texts, such as feminist criminology, cybercrime, hate crimes, white-collar crime, homeland security, and identity theft. Transnational comparisons regarding crime rates and the methods other countries use to deal with crime make this edition the most universal to date and a perfect companion for those wanting to learn about criminology in context.
This timely text draws on interdisciplinary theory and research to examine the multidimensional risk and protective factors for eight challenges of living frequently encountered by social workers. The authors provide a working model for social workers to integrate the most up-to-date evidence about challenges of living they face in their daily practice. Using a multidimensional biopsychosocial-spiritual perspective, the book examines etiology, course, and intervention strategies related to these eight challenges of living.
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People with personality disorder who offend tend to be neglected by health services in most countries. In the UK, there has been renewed interest in the field since government initiatives in the end of the 1990s. Government proposals themselves are controversial, but there is growing recognition that it is unsafe, both for the general public and for the primary sufferer alike, if the neglect continues. Years of experience have combined to provide a highly practical reference work covering: ·Models of understanding of personality development and disorder ·Methods of assessment and treatment and how they can be applied and modified ·Special issues - drug misuse, long-stay induced secondary disorders, issues pertinent to women only, 'intractable' patients ·A path for care - from initial assessment to the logistics of discharge ·Management issues - choosing staff, supervision and support of staff Evidence-based and entirely comprehensive in its approach, practitioners will find Personality Disorder and Serious Offending both a practical and insightful adjunct that will assist them in their work.
Highly Commended, BMA Medical Book Awards 2014Comprehensive and erudite, Forensic Psychiatry: Clinical, Legal and Ethical Issues, Second Edition is a practical guide to the psychiatry of offenders, victims, and survivors of crime. This landmark publication has been completely updated but retains all the features that made the first edition such a w
This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and critical overview of the immunological aspects of autoimmune neurological disease. These diseases include common conditions such as multiple sclerosis, the Guillain-Barre syndrome and myasthenia gravis. The introductory chapters on antigen recognition and self-nonself recognition, and neuroimmunology, are followed by chapters on specific diseases. These are presented in a standardised format with sections on clinical features, genetics, neuropathology, pathophysiology, immunology and therapy. Each chapter has a concluding section which summarises key points and suggests directions for future research. Animal models of autoimmune neurological disease are also covered in detail because of their importance in understanding the human diseases. The book is suitable for clinicians and neurologists managing patients with these diseases, and for immunologists, neuroscientists and neurologists investigating the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of these disorders.
What happened to Diana and Dodi in the Alma Tunnel on the night of August 31, 1997? Was Diana six weeks pregnant? Was she about to get engaged and married to Dodi? Had Dodi purchased an engagement ring for her? Was he planning to present it to her that night? Was Andanson an SIS operative, trained to use his white Fiat Uno to tip the Mercedes car, causing it to career into the 13th pillar in the tunnel? Why was he found, deep in a forest, beheaded in his burnt out, keyless, locked car, with a bullet wound in his head? Is Tomlinson, ex-SIS agent, absolutely right when he says the Mercedes car accident was a classically planned SIS method of execution, one he knew was being planned to assassinate a former Serbian leader? What was the bright light witnesses saw in the tunnel that night? Was it a strobe light used to blind the driver? What was the loud bang they heard before the crash? Did Diana tell a medic that she wished to be buried with Dodi as she lay dying? Was Diana a half-sister to Jemima Khan?
An empire demolished, a family destroyed, from the memories of one of five siblings. She was eleven before she even remembers knowing whom her grandparents were. It took until her adulthood before she realized their wealth and power in the community. The very people who swore to serve and protect turned a blind eye to her and her sublimes when they needed them most. Was this because of the money that her grandparents had or where they stood in the community? As a child, she watched her family slowly being destroyed and her grandparents empire brought down. One man could and would control her even past adulthood. To this day she still does not know how she could love someone and be afraid of that person at the same.. Her Mother searched her whole live for love but found only men who wanted her parents money and someone to take care of them. Alcohol took her from her children and left them dependent on the one person she feared most. Leaving her Mother on Christmas Eve and being taken to the lover of her Mothers husband. That woman soon became the Mother she did not have to be. Teaching her all the things that her mother never had time to. Losing that woman thirty-five years almost to the day I she met her, would prove very hard to overcome. Finding out in her late forties of an uncle who was her birth fathers twin and an aunt she had never known about. Though she has never married she borne two children now in their early thirties. The oldest one broke her heart with the abuse of his daughter and the eventual adoption of her. The cycle of abuse and adoption had gone full circle. Her mother was adopted and now her granddaughter. She has drawn many simple pictures of every home she remembers starting at age four. She recalls every town or city that she lived in and some of the people who made a mark on my life. As you can expect, not everyone is pleased about this book being published. Some family members who were not present for many years feel that this story should remain untold. This was an undertaking that started while she was in grade eight, and she believes there was a reason she started it way back then.. This is something she did for her. She hopes that in her telling her story that she can help others. Anyone that has experienced abuse in the past should seek help in dealing with the feelings that remain. As well, anyone dealing with it now should ask for help no matter how young or old you are or how afraid you are. If they do not listen, yell louder. Stop the cycle of abuse!
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