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For Richer, For Poorer: Mothers Confront Divorce
Demie KurzThe GenderFactory: The Apportionment of Work in American Households. New York: PlenumPress. Berk, Richard, Sarah Fenstermaker Berk, DonileenR. Loseke , and David Rauma. 1983.“Mutual Combat andOther Family Violence Myths.
Physical Violence in American Families, 1976
Murray Arnold StrausBerger, Dale E., and John R. Snortum. 1986. "A Structural Model of Drinking and Driving: Alcohol Consumption, Social Norms, and Moral Commitments." Criminology 24:139-154. Berk, Richard A., Donileen R. Loseke, Sara Fenstermaker Berk, ...
The Bilingual Courtroom: Court Interpreters in the Judicial ...
Susan Berk-SeligsonCourt Interpreters in the Judicial Process Susan Berk-Seligson. To Mitch and ... Printed in the United States of America 21201918171615141312 34567 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Berk-Seligson, Susan. The bilingual ...
Language in the Legal Process
PreviewAs I explain elsewhere (Berk-Seligson, 2000), legal interpreters are supposed to adhere to a set of norms required by their ... the Miranda rights in greater jeopardy than usual, for a police detective who is in the footing Susan Berk- Seligson 141.
Alternative Tracks: The Constitution of American Industrial ...
Gerald BerkIn Alternative Tracks Gerald Berk uses the critical case of the railroad industry to show that economic development in the United States did not follow this deterministic course.
Interpreting As a Discourse Process
Cynthia B. RoySusan Berk-Seligson That same year, Berk-Seligson's (1990) ground-breaking study of hundreds of hours of courtroom interpreting also appeared. Her major finding was that interpreters became actively involved participants in the discourse ...
Infants, Children, and Adolescents
Laura E. Berk"A best-selling, chronologically organized child development text, Berk and Meyers' Infants, Children, and Adolescents is relied on in classrooms worldwide for its clear, engaging writing style, exceptional multicultural and cross-cultural ...
Mistle Child
Ari BerkAri Berk. An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 This book is a work of fiction . Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously.
Disentitlement?: The Threats Facing Our Public Health Care ...
Timothy Stoltzfus JostMarc L. Berk and Alan C. Monheit, “The Concentration of Health Care Expenditures, Revisited,” Health Affairs 20 (March/April 2001): 9, 12. Berk and Monheit's study (which followed up on two earlier studies published in 1988 and 1992), was ...
Our Word Is Our Bond: How Legal Speech Acts
Marianne ConstableSee, for example, Susan Berk-Seligson, The Bilingual Courtroom: Court Interpreters in the Judicial Process (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990); Susan Berk-Seligson, Coerced Confessions: The Discourse of Bilingual Police ...
Just Silences: The Limits and Possibilities of Modern Law
Marianne ConstableThe bilingual courtroom interpreter, claims Berk-Seligson, “plays a far more active verbal role than the [American ... 5 Susan Berk-Seligson, “Bilingual Court Proceedings: The Role of the Court Interpreter,” in Language in the Legal Process, ed.
Thinking about Program Evaluation
Richard A. BerkThrough the use of specific examples to illustrate evaluation research goals and methods, this book provides readers with an overview of the science and politics of evaluation research that is comprehensive in the topics covered, but ...
Statistical Learning from a Regression Perspective
Richard A. BerkAs a first approximation, this is can be seen as an extension of nonparametric regression. Among the statistical learning procedures examined are bagging, random forests, boosting, and support vector machines.
Criminal Justice Forecasts of Risk: A Machine Learning Approach
Richard BerkIn this book, these developments are considered with particular emphasis on the statistical and computer science tools, under the rubric of supervised learning, that can dramatically improve these kinds of forecasts in criminal justice ...
Regression Analysis: A Constructive Critique
Richard A. BerkRegression Analysis: A Constructive Critique identifies a wide variety of problems with regression analysis as it is commonly used and then provides a number of ways in which practice could be improved.
Money, Work, and Crime: Experimental Evidence
Peter H. RossiExperimental Evidence Peter H. Rossi, Richard A. Berk, Kenneth J. Lenihan. Preface. The Transitional Aid Research Project (TARP) was a large-scale field experiment which attempted to reduce recidivism on the part of ex-felons. Beginning in ...
Sweet Victory
Sheryl BerkMVP Sadie knows what it takes to win—both on the court and in the kitchen.
Secret Histories - Mermaids
Ari BerkThe Order of the Golden Quills, an ancient collective of scribes from various species open their doors to you.
The Runes of Elfland
Ari BerkThis work allows readers to discover the gateways to the faerie realm and explore this mysterious landscape and its denizens.
Dance Divas: Showstopper
Sheryl BerkWho will win? And what will happen to Anya? The sixth book in this dance series has everyone on their feet!
Runway Ready
Sheryl BerkProject Runway meets Fame in a trendy new series from the authors of The Cupcake Club 1.
The Secret History of Giants
Ari BerkDescribes the myths of giants, including how they lived alongside humans, their skills and pastimes, and the different giant legends from around the world.
William Shakespeare: His Life and Times
Ari BerkDescribes Shakespeare's experiences in London and his retirement to the country in a fictional account that includes excerpts from his works.
Richard Middleton, the Man and His Work
Henry SavageRichard Middleton . . . Frontispiece Camera Portrait by E. O. Hoppé. Facing page Richard Middleton at the Age of 7 . . 10 Richard Middleton in Fancy Dress . . 28 A Bohemian Gathering . . . . 36 Sketch by Herbert Garland. Richard Middleton at ...
Dance Divas: On Pointe
Sheryl BerkDances Minnelli, a famous professional dance troupe in New Jersey, is looking for a few girls to star in their annual holiday production of The Nutcracker.
who called from an unknown number?