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Provides emerging research on the most current issues facing the American public and political system. While highlighting the changes America is making in the social, economic, and cultural regions of society, readers will learn how these changes are coming to shape lives in the US. This book is an important resource for undergraduate and graduate students and professionals.

Examines the unique ways in which the faculty and students of the public institution of higher learning connect to the community. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as civic engagement, service learning, and teacher preparation, this book is aimed at educators, administration, academics, researchers, and students.

What can be done to address the problem of violence in society? The contributors to this volume, both scholars and practitioners, examine this question by exploring the history of violence together with theoretical explanations. The book discusses such issues as: the disproportionate presence of violence within North American minority populations; the concept of psychological resiliency; how spirituality may serve as a protective factor; and the role of television in promoting violence. The contributors also address prevention and intervention strategies among gangs of young people, and the...