Download or read book Crack House written by Harry Keeble and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bastard offspring of cocaine, crack first entered the UK in the early 1990s. By the end of the decade Britain's inner cities were in the midst of a crack epidemic, with users being responsible for a massive proportion of crime -- 95% of street shootings are crack-related, for example. Communities, especially in London, were crying out for help, but there were only two specialist units in the whole of the capital. One of them, Haringey Drugs Squad, embarked on a war on crack, aiming to shut down all 100 crack houses in their borough in one year. Amazingly, they did it. Even more amazingly, in the subsequent twelve months all black-on-black killings in Haringey ceased, and burglaries and muggings fell massively. Narrated by the leader of this team, CRACK HOUSEdescribes in heart-stopping fashion a series of breathtaking raids as well as arrests, beatings, stabbings and shootings. Featuring a colourful team of family men who regularly faced death, CRACK HOUSEtakes the reader into the dark heart of our cities' most violent and terrifying places, showing how the war on drugs can only be won by constant and forceful vigilance.

Download or read book From the Crack House to the House of God written by Jaycen Moody Publishing and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Crackhouse written by Terry Moses Williams and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Building Belonging written by John Cleghorn and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join the church movement reshaping our neighborhoods—embracing love and creating community to house our neighbors and recognize our shared humanity. In many neighborhoods, soaring housing costs have created an alarming wave of instability, leaving congregations situated at the heart of communities grappling with housing insecurity. Simultaneously, societal divisions across ideologies, racial lines, class disparities, and diverse perspectives have eroded the fabric of these communities, leaving a void in shared connections. Churches, amid declining membership and dwindling engagement, have an opportunity to provide a key role in these changing landscapes. In Building Belonging, John Cleghorn, a pastor from Charlotte, North Carolina—a city where prosperity and poverty uncomfortably coexist—shows how numerous congregations across the United States are leading the charge, embracing innovative approaches to ministry that leverage their resources to become havens of both welcome and shelter. By examining the theological and sociological dimensions propelling congregations toward a radical transformation of their material and relational landscapes, this book weaves together narratives, insights, and experiences from diverse congregations at the forefront of this movement. Readers will be inspired to look at the unfolding narrative of unaffordable housing in a new way and be inspired to shape their ministry to harness all available resources to foster access and justice by housing neighbors. Written from the heart of a pastor who is deeply engaged in a church’s yearslong housing journey, this book does not stop at simply showing these challenges. Cleghorn also provides a roadmap for communities to initiate transformative processes, leveraging their unique abilities and resources to tackle significant local issues. Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Easter’s Home at Caldwell Presbyterian Church.

Download or read book The Last Ride of the Old Peacekeepers written by Bill Matthews and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Last Ride of the Old Peacekeepers is a compilation of over 125 stories and pictures of some of the hilarious, dangerous, and emotional interactions that Bill Matthews enjoyed during his thirty years in law eenforcement. He recalls moments when he was called upon to put his life on the line as well as behind-the-scenes details that never show up in incident reports. He also takes stock of those decisions that happen in a moment inside a moment—decisions that can and do change lives forever. Most of all, he celebrates the brotherhood of officers that he loves. The stories he shares all occurred from 1977 to 2008, before the reformation of police departments when officers were taught to use their hands without hesitation—to save the lives of suspects, the public, as well as their fellow officers. The overall account serves as an important reminder that police officers are human beings that work tirelessly to put away the bad guys to keep everyone safe.

Download or read book Crack written by M. Foster Olive and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular party drugs from the 1980s to the present, crack and its more expensive, purer form, cocaine, have gripped users both rich and poor in the United States. Crack examines the psychological, biomedical, social, and legal aspects of this highly

Download or read book Hide and Seek written by Lynette Eason and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHE WON'T GIVE UP Erica James has spent the past three years as a skip tracer, hunting down others and hoping one day it will lead to her kidnapped daughter. Now she has a new suspect-Max Powell's missing sister. Max, a private investigator, has found evidence that connects the two missing girls, and together, he and Erica search for answers. The closer they get to finding answers, the stronger their feelings for each other become. But the kidnapper will stop at nothing-including murder-to keep them from finding Erica's daughter. Family Reunions: Bringing loved ones back together

Download or read book Gravity Falls Lost Legends written by Alex Hirsch and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of four all-new strange stories from the sleepy town of Gravity Falls in one original graphic novel. Written by Alex Hirsch. Illustrated by Asaf Hanuka, Dana Terrace, Ian Worrel, Jacob Chabot, Jim Campbell, Joe Pitt, Kyle Smeallie, Meredith Gran, Mike Holmes, Priscilla Tang, Serina Hernandez, Stephanie Ramirez, and Valerie Halla.

Download or read book The Alice Cooper Story written by Dora McCuller and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conventional elevation of sex has reached an ongoing attitude since the 1970’s and becomes more divulging everyday. We often hear about the molestation, incest and torments within families, but never really takes it into deep thoughts. There are over ten thousand rape cases in the USA per day. Those are just the cases that are on file. Can you guess how many cases that does not make it to the files? Can you guess how many cases involve family members such as, Aunts, Uncles, Mothers, and Fathers, Sisters or brothers? Molestation is proven to be an abuse that scars a person for life and it’s even more traumatizing as a child. It tends to leave a child confused if that child does not grow up to believe it’s a normal act. Normally the victim is brainwashed to believe they are just as much of a culprit as the perpetrator, so that child grows ashamed to tell anyone. Most cases it’s the father raping the daughters using his own daunting tasks to make the daughter feel like she is more to blame than he. What if an entire family of all girls longed for the love from their deceased mother, but only received the abuse from their sick father and those girls will challenged each other for their father’s affection and attention?

Download or read book Overman written by Matthew Martin Mckissick and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, the vision of Fredrick Nietzsche’s Overman (Superman) has come into being. Unfortunately, the lives of many males are constantly destroyed and persecuted for their primitive behaviors and sexual urges. How will Overman (Superman) deal with his own human needs and desires of the flesh, and what consequences will he face for entering the dark side of his ultimate fate and the curse of fetishes? This book is about earliest man (caveman) evolving to become today’s supreme modern man. Warning: For adults only. Not recommended for the spiritual or righteous. “While there may be differences in nations, cultures, and family bloodlines, in the creator’s understanding, all beings, especially humans, are all connected into one family from the same maker. Therefore, even though emotionally filled beings in pride and enthusiasm are credited and responsible for creating endless ideas and things of beauty, they’re also responsible for separating and causing inhuman acts and conflicts that killed their fellow beings, just as Cain did to Abel.”

Download or read book Moral Gray Zones written by Michel Anteby and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who has been employed by an organization knows not every official workplace regulation must be followed. When management consistently overlooks such breaches, spaces emerge in which both workers and supervisors engage in officially prohibited, yet tolerated practices--gray zones. When discovered, these transgressions often provoke disapproval; when company materials are diverted in the process, these breaches are quickly labeled theft. Yet, why do gray zones persist and why are they unlikely to disappear? In Moral Gray Zones, Michel Anteby shows how these spaces function as regulating mechanisms within workplaces, fashioning workers' identity and self-esteem while allowing management to maintain control. The book provides a unique window into gray zones through its in-depth look at the manufacture and exchange of illegal goods called homers, tolerated in a French aeronautic plant. Homers such as toys for kids, cutlery for the kitchen, or lamps for homes, are made on company time with company materials for a worker's own purpose and use. Anteby relies on observations at retirees' homes, archival data, interviews, and surveys to understand how plant workers and managers make sense of this tacit practice. He argues that when patrolled, gray zones like the production of homers offer workplaces balanced opportunities for supervision as well as expression. Cautioning against the hasty judgment that gray zone practices are simply wrong, Moral Gray Zones contributes to a deeper understanding of the culture, group dynamics, and deviance found in organizations.

Download or read book Crack Cocaine Users written by Daniel Briggs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crack cocaine users have significant health problems, and place a significant burden on social services, the criminal justice system and drug treatment agencies. Among policymakers, professionals and the wider section of society, they are the most poorly understood drug-using group and have the worst retention rate in prison drug programmes and community drug agencies. This book is about their addictions and the realities of their lives. Based on ethnographic research (observation and interviewing) conducted in south London, it aims to highlight their day-to-day struggles as they attempt to survive in a violent and intimidating street drug scene while trying to make changes to their lives. The book unpacks the myths and stigma of their drug use, highlighting their fragile position in society in an effort to better understand them. With the help of several key characters, the book uses their words and experiences to take the reader on a journey through their crack addiction from a life in and out of crack houses, their experiences with law enforcement and welfare agencies to their life aspirations. The findings have important policy implications, and are relevant and accessible to academics and students in the field of criminology, sociology, psychology, and research methods. The research is equally relevant for central and local government policymakers, and frontline healthcare and drug agency staff.

Download or read book The Police and Drugs written by Mark Harrison Moore and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Crack in the Line written by Michael Lawrence and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-08-23 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Alaric discovers how to travel to an alternate reality, where his mother is alive and his place in the family is held by a girl named Naia.

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Download or read book Too Close to Home written by Lynette Eason and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danger in their midst Hide and Seek by Lynette Eason Erica James has spent the last three years as a skiptracer, hoping one day it will lead to her kidnapped daughter. Now she has a new suspect—P.I. Max Powell’s missing sister. Max has found evidence that connects the two missing girls. Soon the two are drawn together as they search for answers. But the kidnapper will stop at nothing to keep them from finding Erica’s daughter… Secret Agent Father by USA TODAY bestselling author Laura Scott Although he’s never met the boy who arrives on his doorstep, undercover DEA agent Alex McCade can’t deny that four-year-old Cody is his child. Shelby Jacobson tells Alex that Cody is the only one who can identify his mother’s murderer. So now the killer is after them both. With his newfound family in danger, Alex will do anything to keep Cody—and Shelby—safely by his side. Previously published as Hide and Seek and Secret Agent Father

Download or read book Specialized Ethnographic Methods written by Jean J. Schensul and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 4 of 7 in the Ethnographer's Toolkit, Second Edition. This collection of individually authored chapters provides cutting-edge approaches to ethnography. Specialized Ethnographic Methods: A Mixed Methods Approach complements the basic inventory of ethnographic data collection tools presented in Book 3 with a number of important additional approaches to conducting ethnography. These include defining and collecting cultural artifacts, collecting secondary and archival data, cultural sorting and comparing methods, spatial research and analysis, network research and analysis, use of multimedia strategies for the collection of ethnographic data, ways to recruit and study "hidden populations," and participatory ethnographic video production. These data collection strategies are called "enhanced ethnographic methods" because each of them parallels and enhances a strategy first presented in Book 3. Most ethnographers will want to use at least one or two of these enhanced ethnographic methods in their work. Each classic chapter is comprehensive, offering an introduction, description, examples of how to use the method or approach, and discussion of how to conduct effective analyses. Using Book 3 and Book 4 together adds depth and accuracy to cultural portraits and explications. Other books in the set: Book 1: Designing and Conducting Ethnographic Research: An Introduction, Second Edition by Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul 9780759118690 Book 2: Initiating Ethnographic Research: A Mixed Methods Approach by Stephen L. Schensul, Jean J. Schensul, and Margaret D. LeCompte 9780759122017 Book 3: Essential Ethnographic Methods: A Mixed Methods Approach, Second Edition by Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte 9780759122031 Book 5: Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data: A Mixed Methods Approach, Second Edition by Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul 9780759122079 Book 6: Ethics in Ethnography: A Mixed Methods Approach by Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul 9780759122093 Book 7: Ethnography in Action: A Mixed Methods Approach by Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte 9780759122116