Child Adoption
Child Adoption

Author: United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division

Publisher: United Nations Publications

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 9789211514667

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Adoption is one of the oldest social institutions. Nevertheless, adoption still raises highly emotive issues because of its fundamental implications for the familial ties. This publication provides a solid foundation for furthering research on child adoption and, more specifically, on the demographic factors that shape the demand for and the availability of adoptable children. The focus of this report is on the nexus between adoption policies and trends at the national and global levels. Understanding adoption policies and their origins is all the more important today because, as adoption has become global, inconsistencies among the legal principles and traditions regarding adoption in different countries are increasingly coming to the fore.--Publisher'sdescription.

The Invention of International Crime
The Invention of International Crime

Author: P. Knepper

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-10-29

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 0230251129

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We live in the age of international crime but when did it begin? This book examines the period when crime became an international issue (1881-1914), exploring issues such as 'world-shrinking' changes in transportation, communication and commerce, and concerns about alien criminality, white slave trading and anarchist outrages.

Insanity, Race and Colonialism
Insanity, Race and Colonialism

Author: L. Smith

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-10-14

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1137318058

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Despite emancipation from the evils of enslavement in 1838, most people of African origin in the British West Indian colonies continued to suffer serious material deprivation and racial oppression. This book examines the management and treatment of those who became insane, in the period until the Great War.