2010 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Gerontologic Nursing

" This book] is a wonderful guide to adult and elder forensics, and an important reference for all health care providers who care for adults and the elderely...Highly recommended."

"--CHOICE"

"It's about time this book was written While excellent instructional texts exist, this book fills a niche for the nonspecialty health professional encountering victims of violence in the routine course of care This book should not only be on the shelf in every ED, but also in the armamentarium of providers working in the outpatient setting; public health clinics; residential facilities and student health clinics."

"--AJN"

Nurses and other health care professionals who work with victims and perpetrators of violence are often confronted with issues that they may not have prior training in, such as identifying and managing victims of violent crime. This book is designed to serve as a quick resource for practicing health care providers treating adults and older adults, as well as students or practitioners new to the field.

The book not only has full descriptions of principles of evidence, but also offers detailed guidelines on how to conduct a forensic assessment of adults and older adults. Additionally, the authors examine the concepts of competency and guardianship, and provide guidelines for navigating the justice system. The authors provide current, concise, and easy-to-use information in short chapters that assist practitioners with the prevention of crimes and the identification and management of both victims and offenders.Key features:

• Presents general principles of forensics, such as assessment and documentation, principles of evidence, and expert witness testimony
• Covers a wide range of classes of adult victims, including victims of intimate partner violence, human trafficking, stalking, and sexual assault
• Discusses various types of offenders, such as long-term offenders, those in correctional facilities, abusive parents, and female offenders
• Includes a section on unnatural deaths, covering suicide, homicide, and medicolegal death investigation

You'll love these portable projects! Make the most of the moments you spend in waiting rooms, lunch rooms, trains, planes, or cars. Learn Kathleen Brown's unique Double Stitch technique--featuring a simple running stitch--and sew wherever you are. Learn to easily sew by hand to join patchwork pieces and create the look of hand quilting at the same time using the Double Stitch technique 14 charming patterns for beginners, including embroidery designs Delightful table runners, pillows, handwork suitable for framing, and more

This guide to blending and brewing healthful herb teas includes easy-to-make recipes and anecdotes from several renowned herbalists. Readers will find teas for the head and throat, digestion, nervous system, lungs, bones and joints, skin, and more.

Blaine and his mother continue to live with Uncle ABE. They plan to make Monfield their permanent home. Blaine is determined to convince his mother to build a log cabin on Uncle ABE's property. New friendships emerge, as old ones are put to the test. Blaine's mother and Mr. B begin to develop a strong friendship. Tommy begins to hang with the wrong crowd. This means Blaine and the others are faced with losing one of their best friends. As the basketball season winds down, and baseball/softball season is just around the corner, Blaine and his friends find themselves amidst another "historical" figure. Frank James, a dead ringer for Benjamin Franklin, is a brilliant scientist as well as the coach of the Monfield Red baseball team. His political fairness leads him to run for town mayor against an arrogant former mayor. Frank's scientific ingenuity and experiments lead Blaine and Jayla on a real adventure Or is it real at all?

The American Historical Association's Committee on Women Historians commissioned some of the pioneering figures in women's history to prepare essays in their respective areas of expertise. These volumes, the second and third in a series of three, complete their collected efforts. The first volume of the series dealt with the broad them necessary to understanding women's history around the world. As a counterpoint, volume 2 is concerned with issues that have shaped the history of women in particular places and during particular eras. It examines women in ancient civilizations; including women in China, Japan, and Korea; women and gender in south and South East Asia; Medieval women; women and gender in Colonial Latin America; and the history, Susan Mann, Barbara N. Ramusack, Judith M. Bennett. Ann Twinam, and Kathleen Brown. As with volume 2, volume 3 also discusses current trends in gender and women's history from a regional perspective. It includes essays on sub-Saharan African, the Middle East, early and modern Europe, Russian and the Soviet Union, Latin American, and North American after 1865. Its contributors include Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Nikki R. Keddie, Barbara Engel, Asuncion Lavrin, Ellen Dubois, and Judith P. Zinser writing with Bonnie S. Anderson. Incorporating essays from top scholars ranging over an abundance of regions, dates, and methodologies, the three volumes of "Women's History in Global Perspective constitute an invaluable resource for anyone interested in a comprehensive overview on the latest in feminist scholarship.