Women and children have been bartered, pawned, bought, and sold within and beyond Africa for longer than records have existed. This important collection examines the ways trafficking in women and…

Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa reveals the ways in which domestic space and domestic relationships take on different meanings in African contexts that extend the…

A scientific look at computer-generated speech verification and identification - its underlying technology, practical applications, and future direction. You get a solid background in voice recognition technology to help you…

In this collection, prominent archaeologists explore the sophisticated political and logistical organisations that were required to plan and complete these architectural marvels. They discuss the long-term political, social, and military…

With guidance on moviemaking for the low budget director, this text is a candid look at the technical aspects of how directors work on a set. It includes practical knowledge…

Wiseman (psychology, U. of Hertfordshire, England) and Morris (parapsychology, Edinburgh U., Scotland) are not debunkers. They rue the fact that serious researchers into psychic phenomena avoid testing people who claim…

The death penalty has long played a central role in jurisprudence. This practice-enhancing reference challenges forensic psychiatrists, psychologists, and legal professionals to re-examine the life-and-death questions at the core of…

Providing a better understanding of classical regression analysis, this book bridges the gap between the purely theoretical coverage of regression analysis and its practical application.