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If you want to acquire the skills needed to defend against larger, stronger adversaries without devoting a lifetime to martial art study, this book offers a viable solution: become an expert low kicker. The anatomical targets emphasized in most self-defense programs (eyes, throat, testicles) are stunningly effective - if you can hit them. But that's often easier said than done when your adversary is big, mean and coming at you with both fists flying. By comparison, the knees, shins and insteps are relatively easy to hit even without extensive training or above-average strength. In fact, the average person - even the average woman - has enough lower-body strength to deliver a punishing kick to these vital targets. In this book, Fred Hutchinson, author of The Modern Swordsman, offers basic instruction on stance, kick chambering, weight shifting and footwork. He then teaches specific training drills and methods for throwing chambered and unchambered kicks; practicing proper kicking form; training for agility, speed, accuracy and power; maximizing your kicking power through lower-body conditioning; and employing low kicks tactically. Practice them consistently and you will become adept at dealing out destruction with your feet and knees should the need arise..
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As a young man, Gerhard Self served as a Nazi prosecutor After the war he was barred from the judicial system and so became a private investigator. He has never, however, forgotten his complicity in evil.

Hired by a childhood friend, the aging Self searches for a prankish hacker who’s invaded the computer system of a Rhineland chemical plant. But his investigation leads to murder, and from there to the charnel house of Germany’s past, where the secrets of powerful corporations lie among the bones of numberless dead. What ensues is a taut, psychologically complex, and densely atmospheric moral thriller featuring a shrewd, self-mocking protagonist..
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Corrections in the United States has undergone significant change over the past two decades--specifically the degree of professionalism has increased and the nature of the field has become far more complex Yet the existing literature in the field has failed to keep pace with these changes In The Corrections Profession, Harold Williamson fills the need for such a resource by critically examining the rapidly growing field of corrections. In his analysis, he has three purposes in mind: first, to clarify and define various professional roles in correctional practice, second, to articulate the fundamental obligations of the corrections professional, and finally, to establish a basis for realistic choices and commitment in correctional professions. "Williamson astutely and even-handedly addresses corrections as a career. His book presents a sophisticated perspective of the corrections profession that differs from traditional books. It will provide the student contemplating a criminal justice career with an insightful, sensitive, and candid perspective of the corrections field. It will also assist the practicing corrections professional with useful direction and clarification regarding the roles, functions, and career paths of corrections professionals." --Criminal Justice Review With a fine eye for detail, and writing with warmth and candor, Harold Williamson has presented a unique and valuable picture of individuals who toil in the arena of corrections. The book reveals the hidden workings of corrections and will be a guiding beacon for persons desiring a career in corrections. For others The Corrections Profession provides a candid yet valuable sourcebook. For professionals serving in corrections, Harold Williamson has presented an account of their daily toil that is rich with dignity and detail and is devoted to the ends of justice." --Criminal Justice Review "The book is well-written and provides a balanced look at the opportunities and realities facing someone considering a corrections career. The author draws on his varied personal experiences and educational research to provide a meaningful look into a challenging field." --Corrections Today.
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This book offers parents and teachers constructive methods of discipline, useful for everyday situations. It documents the long-term negative effects of spanking?how it brutalizes kids and creates violent adults. Irwin Hyman, an expert in the field of home and school discipline, explains in a passionate and compelling style why spanking or hitting children is abusive, destructive, and counterproductive. He then gives common sense advice on alternative forms of discipline, which help to raise happy and emotionally stable children..
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The press called Martin's actions a "crime spree." Already convicted of armed robbery, Martin was facing the death penalty In less than two weeks the jury would decide his fate. Terrified that his son would be sentenced to die, Phillip did the only thing he felt he could do: in an act of faith and desperation in his garage with the car exhaust running, Phillip made the consummate sacrifice to spare his son the ultimate punishment. Ironically, his suicide presented Martin's with another chance at life; the jury, moved by Martin's loss, spared his life.
Phillip's story-like those of the other parents, siblings, children, and cousins chronicled in this book-vividly illustrates the precarious position family members of capital offenders occupy in the criminal justice system. At once outsiders and victims, they live in the shadow of death, crushed by trauma, grief, and helplessness. In this penetrating account of guilt and innocence, shame and triumph, devastating loss and ultimate redemption, the voices of these family members add a new dimension to debates about capital punishment and how communities can prevent and address crime.
Restorative justice theory, which views violent crime as an extreme violation of relationships; searches for ways to hold offenders accountable; and meets the needs of victims and communities torn apart by the crime, organizes these narratives and integrates offenders' families into the process of transforming conflict and promoting justice and healing for all. What emerges from hundreds of hours' worth of in-depth interviews with family members of offenders and victims, legal teams, and leaders in the abolition and restorative justice movements is a vision of justice strongly rooted in the social fabric of communities. Showing that forgiveness and recovery are possible in the wake of even the most heinous crimes, while holding victims' stories sacred, this eye-opening book bridges the pain of living in the shadow of death with the possibility of a reparative form of justice.
Anyone working with victims, offenders, and their families-from lawyers and social workers to mediators and activists-will find this riveting work indispensable to their efforts..
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Citation Details
Title: La historia de Claudia: el castigo a la defensa personal y el delito de violación.(TT: Claudia's story: the punishment of self defense and the crime of rape)(Interview)
Publication:Fem (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 1996
Publisher: Difusion Cultural Feminista, A.C.
Volume: v20 Issue: n159 Page: p30(2)

Article Type: Interview

Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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