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Gangs in America's Communities offers a comprehensive, up-to-date, and theoretically grounded approach to gangs and associated youth violence. Authors...
This volume provides information on juvenile violence in America. It also examines: the historical response of the US to juvenile delinquency; the ser...
A Comprehensive Framework
This book aims to inform students about the latest research and the most promising and effective programs and for understanding, preventing and contro...
An Overview of Research and Programs
This report presents an overview of gang research and programs in the United States and examines how gangs form and why youth join them. It is based o...
This revised edition features updated research, new developments in technology, and recent policy on juvenile delinquency and youth violence. The auth...
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"[Gangs in America′s Communities] is one of the most comprehensive treatments of gangs in the marketplace. . . . I highly recommend its adoption as ...
Their Origins and Transformations
This book is an historical account of the emergence of youth gangs and the transformation of these into street gangs in the United States. The author ...
Experiencing the Holy Then and Now
Location matters. The Leader Guide contains discussion questions and session plans for a six-week study of Everywhere Is Jerusalem, by James C. Howell...
My Memories of God
Struck from Behind is a memoir--but not the usual narrative of events. James Howell tells intriguing stories from childhood, romantic life, travel, fr...
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27 Lessons on the Holy Spirit
In 27 brief lessons on the Holy Spirit, James Howell introduces us to the third person of the Trinity, "this personal, elusive, invisible, powerful Sp...
Location matters. Christianity isn’t a batch of spiritual thoughts or metaphysical truths. It’s a journey of real people with their feet on the gr...
31 Lessons
Prayer is not easy, yet learning to pray can be learned. The Beautiful Work of Learning to Pray is a brief but probing guide into the life of prayer. ...
If you were able to talk to St. Francis of Assisi, what would you ask him? “Perhaps,” says James Howell,” the first question I’d want to ask F...
History of Street Gangs in the United StatesBureau of Justice Assistance Office of Juvenile Justice The first active gangs in Western civilization wer...
The Apostles' Creed for Preaching, Teaching, and Worship
Using the Apostles’ Creed as the “primary text” this book explores what we believe as Christians and how those beliefs are relevant today. The a...
Answering the Hard Questions
How are we to know the will of God? In this honest discussion, veteran pastor and theologian James C. Howell considers a number of issues relating to ...
Living Sunday Morning All Week
What does it look and feel like to be worshipful? Can we find a way to worship in such a robust, thoughtful way that when we aren't in worship, the wo...
The Mystery of Being Born
This volume explores the connections between our own birth, the experience of having children, and the new birth of the Christian life. Seasoned pasto...
A Lenten Journey with Hymns
Author James Howell believes in the power of song to teach spiritual truths. "Hymns embed faith into the marrow of the soul," he writes. In Unrevealed...
What the Bible Tells Us about Powerful Leadership
The Bible’s version of leadership is pretty different from—and sometimes alien to—that of the business world. It is also dissimilar from our usu...
The Practice of Faith
Take spirituality into the real world. Jesus didn't "become flesh" so we could feel different. He came to this world so we will be different. Often ou...
An Overview of Research and Programs. Juvenile Justice Bulletin
This bulletin presents research on why youth join gangs and how a community can build gang prevention and intervention services. The author summarizes...
Saints and Their Stories
"These vivid and touching accounts are not only inspirational and enlightening, but they also broaden our perspective of what characterizes a hero." -...
Advent Reflections on Songs of the Season
In this book of 24 reflections, James Howell takes inspiration from well-known carols and Christmas songs to explore the birth of Jesus. He groups the...
The Beauty of Myers Park Methodist Church
A collection of meditations, inspired by the beauty of the churchs architecture and structured around the familiar Order of Worship are accompanied by...
This document describes U.S. youth gang programs and strategies, examining traditional gang stereotypes against the realities of modern youth gangs. I...
Sanctuary for Lent 2008 Large Print...
Summarizes what we have learned about: prevention prog. (early childhood, school-based, and after-school initiatives); intervention programs (creating...