C.C. Thomas

How to do financial asset investigations; a practical guide for private investigators, collections personnel, and asset recovery specialists, 4th ed.

Mendell Presents a detailed guide to conducting financial asset investigations in the US. Useful information is provided throughout, such as the use of filters such as Filetype or Inurl in google searches. This new edition greatly expands coverage of the use of smartphones, electronic money laundering, and identity theft in hiding financial assets. Information on more traditional methods such as plant visits or trash investigations is provided as well. A list of Internet resources is provided along with a glossary. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Journaling cancer in words and images; caught in the clutch of the crab. (CD-ROM included)

Harriet Wadeson, an Honorary Life Member of the American Art Therapy Association, is one of the founders of art therapy. In this journal memoir she uses art therapy techniques that she herself pioneered, detailing her experiences fighting cancer and reflecting on the impact of illness on relationships and body image, interactions with medical professionals, and themes of death and denial. The book's b&w personal photos and photos of her art are supplemented by a CD-ROM presenting the author's artwork in color; the book contains a section of Wadeson's comments on each of the 68 images on the CD-ROM. The material will be of interest to art therapists, mental health and medical professionals, and patients. Wadeson directs the Art Therapy Certificate Program at Northwestern University. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Multicultural perspectives in criminal justice and criminology, 3d ed.

This anthology is presented by the editors (all of the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Ball State U.) as a step towards bridging the gap between theory and practice in promoting cultural awareness and sensitivity in criminal justice and criminology settings in the United States. Following an overview of multicultural issues and perspectives, individual chapters are presented examining issues associated with being African American, Native American, Latino, Asian American, and homosexual in the criminal justice system. The concluding chapter explores a sociolegal approach to hate crime in the US. All chapters have been updated for this third edition. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Narrative approaches in social work practice; a life span, culturally centered, strengths perspective.

Practitioners may be so focused on an aspect of a problem that they may not hear the client's attempt to frame it, and so, cannot help facilitate the narrative process and its utilization in making changes. Drawing on life span theory, social construction theory, cultural theory, and spirituality, Freeman (emerita, social welfare, U. of Kansas, Lawrence) discusses the principles and skills of narrative practice based on a "not knowing" attitude, i.e., one assuming that the client is the expert on their own narratives. Case examples illustrate this approach in social work practice with culturally-diverse individuals, families, and groups in traditional and nontraditional settings such as life writing courses. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Traffic crash investigators' manual; a levels 1 and 2 reference, training and investigation manual, 3d ed.

Rivers (retired, inspector, Royal Canadian Mounted Police) updates his manual for level 1 and 2 traffic crash investigators. Beginning with an introduction to traffic crash investigation, the manual covers investigation procedures, human elements, questioning drivers and witnesses, environmental factors, highway and vehicle marks and damages, vehicle mechanical inspection, photography, failure to remain on the scene, diagrams and illustrations, and speed estimates. Appendices provide formulae for traffic accident investigations with mathematical equations offered in both US imperial and metric measurement systems. Previous editions were published in 1981 and 1995. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Understanding and preventing college student suicide.

The 19 papers in this collection analyze data on national suicide trends and review literature on the causes and treatment of suicide in the U.S. The academic contributors explore gender and racial differences in suicidal behavior among college students, family history factors, the link with alcohol involvement, and environmental stressors. Later chapters describe suicide assessment techniques, cognitive behavior therapy models, the CAMS approach to clinical intervention, prevention program design, and liability rulings. Lamis is a doctoral student at the University of South Carolina and Lester is a psychology professor at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)