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Rethinking social work J. IFE (1997), ADDISON WESLEY LONGMAN, SOUTH MELBOURNE.225PP., $32.95 (PAPER)

Significant harm: Unravelling child protection decisions and substitute care careers of children ELIZABETH FERNANDEZ (1996), AVEBURY, ALDERSHOT.125PP, $55.95.     

Book reviews

The Anthropology of Europe: Identity and Boundaries in Conflict. Victoria A. Goddard, Josep R. Llobera and Cris Shore, eds. Oxford: Berg Publishers Ltd, 1994. 310 pp. $45.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper).

Inside European Identities: Ethnography in Western Europe. Sharon MacDonald, ed., Oxford: Berg Publishers Ltd, 1993. 247pp. $ 49.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper).     

BOOK REVIEWS

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ADOPTION, IDENTITY, AND KINSHIP: THE DEBATE OVER SEALED BIRTH RECORDS. Wegar, Katarina. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997, 169 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-300-06759-3, $22.50 cloth. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

SUCCESSFUL ADOPTIVE FAMILIES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF SPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION. Groze, Victor. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publisher Group, 1996, 184 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-275-95343-2, $49.95. Reviewed by Manfred van Dulmen.     

Illegal use—a pilot study

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MOTHERS AND FATHERS SPEAK Norma Tracey (1993), Apollo Books, Sydney. 235pp. $25.00 (paper)

STRUCTURAL SOCIAL WORK Robert Mullaly (1993), McLelland and Stewart Inc., Toronto, Canada. 240pp. $40.00 approx. (paper)

HUMAN SERVICES PRACTICE, EVALUATION AND COMPUTERS Paula Nurius and Walter Hudson (1993), Brooks/Cole Publishing, Pacific Grove, California. $82.95 (paper)

UNDERSTANDING AGEING: IMAGES, ATTITUDES AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Simon Biggs (1993), Open University Press, Buckingham. 195pp, $45.00 (paper)

A GUIDE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTICE IN GERIATRIC LONG-TERM CARE Peter A. Lichtenberg (1994), The Haworth Press, NY. 209pp, $US34.95 (paper)

OPTIONS FOR THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM Glenda Banks (1994), Hale &; Iremonger, Sydney. 175pp, $16.95 (naner)     

Reviews

‘Mirror Opposites’. Steven E. Aschheim, Brothers and Strangers: The East European Jew in German and German Jewish Consciousness, 1800–1923. The University of Wisconsin Press, 1999. xxxi + 331pp. Bibliography. Illustrations. Notes. Index. ISBN: 0–299–09110–4

Hoping to Live in Harmony. Henry Abramson, A Prayer for the Government: Ukrainians and Jews in Revolutionary Times, 1917–1920. Cambridge: Harvard University Press for the Ukrainian Research Institute and Center for Jewish Studies, Harvard University, 1999, xxi + 255pp. Bibl. Index. Illus. $34.95 (cloth); $18.95 (paper)

A Jewish‐Russian Hybrid. Dovid Knut, Sobranniye sochineniia (Collected Works) (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Vol. 1. 1997, 417pp.; Vol. 2, 1998, 719pp. Compiled by Vladimir Khazan. Appendices. Index

Russian Jewish Intellectuals in America. Steven Cassedy, To the Other Shore: The Russian Jewish Intellectuals Who Came to America. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. xxiii + 197 pp. Illus. Index. ISBN: 0691–02975‐X.     

BRIEF REVIEWS

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VIOLENCE IN GOD'S NAME: RELIGION IN AN AGE OF CONFLICT. By Oliver McTernan. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2003. 192pp., $20.00 (paper).

RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND AGING: A SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVE. By Harry R. Moody (Ed.). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc. 2005. 350pp., $39.95 (paper).

A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. By E. H. Gombrich. New Haven, CT: Yale University press, 2005. 284 pp., $25.00 Reviewed by Eleanor Hannon Judah.

THE CATHOLIC WORKER MOVEMENT: INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL ORIGINS. By Mark and Louise Zwick. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2005. 358pp., $29.95 (paper).     

Sex researchers and sex myths: A challenge to activism

THE SEX PROFESSION: WHAT SEX THERAPY CAN DO. Patricia Schiller. Washington, D.C.: Chilmark House, 1981; 233 pages; $11.00.

SEX‐RELATED ISSUES IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES: A CLASSIFIED BIBLIOGRAPHY. David A. Shore (Ed.). Chicago: The Playboy Foundation, 1981; 39 pages; $5.00.

THE HITE REPORT ON MALE SEXUALITY. Shere Hite. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1981; 1162 pages; $19.95.

FREUD, BIOLOGIST OF THE MIND: BEYOND THE PSYCHOANALYTIC LEGEND. Frank J. Sulloway. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1979; 612 pages; $20.00.

THERAPIE SEXUELLER STÖRUNGEN. (2nd ed.). Volkmar Sigusch (Ed.). Stuttgart/New York: Georg Thieme Verlag, 1980; 420 pages; DM 28.80.     

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PRIMER FOR TREATING SUBSTANCE ABUSERS. Levin, Jerome David. Northvale, NJ: Aronson, 1999, 312 pp., $30. Reviewed by Katherine van Wormer.

HELPING WOMEN RECOVER: A PROGRAM FOR TREATING SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Special Edition for Use in the Criminal Justice System). Covington, Stephanie. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999, 331 pp., workbook, 134pp., $149.94 Ringbound. Reviewed by Katherine van Wormer.     

Book reviews

Producing Power: Ethnicity, Gender, and Class in a Caribbean Workplace. Kevin A. Yelvington. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995. 286 pp., 31 tables, 4 figures. $49.95 cloth, $22.95 paper in U.S.

Tourism, Ethnicity, and the State in Asian and Pacific Societies. Michel Picard and Robert E. Wood, eds. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997.259 pp., index, photos, tables. $47 hardcover, $23 paperback in U.S.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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DESIGN FOR ASSISTED LIVING: GUIDELINES FOR HOUSING THE PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY FRAIL.Victor Regnier. New York: Wiley, 2002 (ISBN: 0-471-35182-2), 344pp., $85.00. hardcover. Reviewed by Stefani Danes.

BUILDING TYPE BASICS FOR SENIOR LIVING. Bradford Perkins, with J. David Hoglund, Douglas King, and Eric Cohen; Stephen A. Kliment, Series Founder and Editor. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, 2004. 292 pp., $70.00. hardcover. Reviewed by Meldrena Chopin.     

Some factors in the valences of erotic visual stimuli

Duersted, Yul H. Green Fruit. New York, N. Y.: Grove Press, Inc. 1974. 283 pages. $ 9.50.

Fisher, Esther Oshiver. Divorce: The New Freedom. New York: Harper and Row, 1974. 198 + viii pages. $7.95.

Female Sterilization: Guidelines for the Development of Services, Geneva, World Health Organization, 1976 (WHO Offset Publication No. 26: ISBN 92 4 170026 2). 27 pages. Price: Sw. fr. 9.‐. US$ 3.60. French edition in preparation. Available through? Q Corporation, 49 Sheridan Avenue, Albany, N. Y. 12210

Gianturco, Daniel D., M.D. and Harmon L. Smith, B. D., Ph.D. The Promiscuous Teenager. Springfield, Ill.: Charles C Thomas, 1974. 110 pages.

Kroger, William S., M.D. and William D. Fezler, Ph.D. Hypnosis and Behavior Modification: Imagery Conditioning. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. 426 pp.

Storaska, Frederic. How to Say No to a Rapist and Survive. New York: Random House, Inc., 1975. 237 pages; $ 7.95.     

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RECLAIMING THE BODY IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY. By Thomas Ryan (Ed.). New York: Paulist Press, 2004, 179 pp., $16.95 (paper). Reviewed by David Derezotes.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. By Martin Guggenheim. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005. 306 pp., $27.95. Reviewed by Anne E. Schneiders.

COMPENDIUM OF THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH. By Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005. 446pp., $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Reverend Eugene Cahouet.     

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A PASSAGE TO THE HEART: WRITINGS FROM FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN FROM CHINA. Klatzkin, Amy (Ed.). Saint Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong Book Co., 1999, 341 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-9638472-2-8, $19.95. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

I WISH FOR YOU A BEAUTIFUL LIFE: LETTERS FROM THE KOREAN BIRTH MOTHERS OF AE RAN WON TO THEIR CHILDREN. Dorow, Sara (Ed.). Saint Paul, MN: Yeong & Yeong Book Co., 1999, 135 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-9638472-2-8, $18.95. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

PARENTS AT LAST: CELEBRATING ADOPTION AND THE NEW PATHWAYS TO PARENTHOOD. Peck, Cynthia V. N., and Wendy Wilkinson. New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 1998, 160 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-609-60290-X, $27.50. Reviewed by Patricia Irwin Johnston.

CLINICAL AND PRACTICE ISSUES IN ADOPTION: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ADOPTEES PLACED AS INFANTS AND AS OLDER CHILDREN. Groza, Victor and Karen F. Rosenberg (Eds.). Westport, CT: Praeger, 175 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-275-95816-7, $55.00. Reviewed by Ulrich Mueller.

KINSHIP FOSTER CARE: POLICY, PRACTICE, AND RESEARCH. Hegar, Rebecca L., and Maria Scannapieco (Eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, Hardcover ISBN 0195109392, $45. Paperback ISBN 0195109406, $19.95. Reviewed by Ulrich Mueller.     

A Review of: “Crossing Sexual Boundaries: Transgender Journeys,Uncharted Paths. Edited by J. Ari Kane-DeMaios & Vern L. Bullough.”

THE SEXUAL VICTIMIZATION OF CHILDREN. Mary de Young. Jefferson, NC: McFarland &; Company, 1982; 179 pages; $18.95.

“FEMININITY,” “MASCULINITY,” AND “ANDROGYNY” A Modern Philosophical Discussion. Mary Vetterling‐Braggin (Ed.). Totowa, NJ: Littlefield, Adams, &; Co., 1982; 326 pages; $8.95.

IMPOTENCE: Physiological, Psychological, Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment. Gorm Wagner and Richard Green. New York: Plenum Press, 1981; 182 pages; $24.50.

Bullough, V. L. Age at Menarche: A Misunderstanding. Science 1981, 213, 365–366.     

Register of research in social work

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Child Support A Practitioner'S Guide Jan Bowen (1994), Law Book Co., North Ryde, 293 pp. $ 45.00 (paper)

The Independent Social Security Handbook, Welfare Rights Centre (1994), Pluto Press, Leichhardt, 575 pp. $ 29.95 (paper)

Cultures Of Crime And Violence: The Australian Experience Bessant, J. Carrington, K. and Cook, S. (eds.), La Trobe University Press, in association with the Victorian Law Foundation, Melbourne. 221 pp. $ 24.95 (paper) Australia.

Leaving The Fold: A Guide For Former Fundamentalists And Others Leaving Their Religion M. Winell (1993) New Harbinger Publications, Inc. Oakland, CA. 297pp. $ 22.95 (paper) (Available direct from the distributor Boobook Publications, PO Box 163, Tea Gardens NSW 2324, phone (049) 970 811 or through all good bookshops.) Reriatha Reed Social Work Student La Trobe University Albury/Wodonga Campus     

Brief task-centred casework in a crisis intervention team in a psychiatric setting

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The Dimensions of Elder Abuse BRIDGET PENHALE Macmillan, 1997 256 pp., £13.99 GERRY BENNETT, PAUL KINGSTON &; Wholeness in Later Life RUTH BRIGHT Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1997 208 pp., £15.99

The Mistreatment of Elderly People PETER DECALMER &; FRANK GLENDENNING (Eds) Sage, 1997 278 pp., p.b., £15.99

Ageing Europe ALAN WALKER &; TONY MALTBY Open University Press, 1, 1997 149 pp., h.b. E45.00, p.b., £14.99

Protecting Children: Messages From Europe RACHEL HETHERINGTON, AVDREW COOPER, PHILIP SMITH &; GERTI Wrwom Russell House Publishing, 1997 207pp., h.b. £34.95, p.b. E14.95

Understanding Child Molesters: Taking Charge ERIC LEBERG Sage Publications, 1997 264 pp., p.b. £17.95

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy SUE MARSHALL &; JOHN TURNBULL (Eds) Bailliere Tindall, 1996 pp. vii + 202, p.b. £12.95     

When the West Meets India

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Multinationals in India: Managing the Interface of Cultures, Jai B.P. Sinha (2004) New Delhi: Sage Publications, ISBN 0761932054, 296 pp., Rs 350, $8 (pbk); ISBN 0761932046, Rs 580, $13 (hbk)     

MEDIA REVIEWS

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DADDY & PAPA: A STORY ABOUT GAY FATHERS IN AMERICA. Johnny Symons (Director/Producer), Lindsay Sablosky (Co-Producer), and Kim Roberts (Editor). HarNew Day Films, 2002, Time 56:40 minutes, http://www.daddyandpapa.com. Reviewed by Colleen M. Connolly.

TRANSGENDER SUBJECTIVITIES: A CLINICIAN'S GUIDE. Leli, U., and J. Drescher (Eds.). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Medical Press, 2004, 162 pp., $39.95. Reviewed by Jerry Saltzman.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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SPIRITUALITY AND THE BLACK HELPING TRADITION IN SOCIAL WORK. By Elmer P. Martin and Joanne M. Martin.Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Press, 2002. 296 pp. $39.99 (paper). Reviewed by Sandra Edmonds Crewe.

THE DHARMA OF JESUS: GEORGE M. SOARES-PRABHU. Edited by Francis Xavier D'Sa, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2003. 296 pp. $30.00 (paper). Reviewed by Edward R. Canda.

UNDERSTANDING POVERTY. Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger and Robert H. Haveman, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. 566 pp. $55.00 (hard), $24.95 (paper). Reviewed by Edward J. Ryle

MODERN PSYCHOLOGY AND ANCIENT WISDOM: PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING PRACTICES FROM THE WORLD'S RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS. By Sharon G. Mijares. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc. 2003. 259 pp., $49.95(hard), 29.95(paper). Reviewed by David Derezotes     

Book Reviews and Book Notes

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Factor Analysis: An Introduction and Manual for the Psychologist and Social Scientist. By Raymond B. Catell. New York: Harper &; Brothers, 1952. Pp. xiv, 462. $6.00. Reviewed by Kenneth V. Lottick.

Veterans in Politics: The Story of the G.A.R. By Mary R. Dearing. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 1952. Pp. iv, 523. $6.00. Reviewed by Horace Samuel Merrill.

Race and Culture Relations. By Paul A. F. Walter, Jr. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1952. Pp. xi, 482. $5.50. Reviewed by Milton M. Gordon.

The American System of Government. By John H. Ferguson and Dean E. McHenry. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1953. Pp. xii, 1056. $6.00. Reviewed by Charles Roger Hicks.

The World in the Twentieth Century. By Geoffrey Brunn. Boston, Massachusetts: D. C. Heath &; Co., 1952. Pp. 800. $5.50. Reviewed by Herbert A. Crosman.

Henri Comte de Saint-Simon. Selected Writings. Edited and Translated by F. H. M. Markham. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1952. Pp. Ixix, 116. $2.00. Reviewed by J. F. Santee.