Category: E-Books

Race, Immigration, and Social Control, (PDF) discusses the issues surrounding ethnicity, race and immigrant status in U.S. policing, with an exceptional focus on immigrant groups’ perceptions of the police and factors that form their attitudes toward the police. It focuses on the views of three rapidly growing yet understudied ethnic

A brief introduction to the chemistry and design principles behind significant metal-organic frameworks and related porous materials Reticular chemistry has been used to synthesize new classes of porous materials that are successfully used for myriad applications in areas like gas separation, energy, catalysis, and electronics. Introduction to Reticular Chemistry (PDF)

The ebook, The Psychology of Micro-Targeted Election Campaigns, PDF, examines the psychology behind micro-targeted tactics used in election campaigning and the arrival of increasingly refined dynamic Agent-Based Models (ABMs). It discusses individual profiling, how data and modeling are used to enhance the effectiveness of persuasion and mobilization efforts in campaigns,

General, Organic and Biological Chemistry, 3rd Edition, (PDF) is different by design. By associating fundamental concepts of general, organic, and biological chemistry to the daily world, Janice Smith effectively involves students with extensive illustrations, bulleted lists, and step-by-step problem-solving. Smith writes with an approach that provides need-to-know information in a

World Criminal Justice Systems, 9th Edition, (PDF) offers an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and matching the systems of six of the world’s countries — each representative of a different type of legal system. An extra chapter on Islamic law uses three examples to show the