Roman Espejo

Contemporary movies and television programs often depict the world as we know it displaced, awash in ocean tides or broken into pieces by devastating earthquakes. The climate data coming through news outlets can seem to reinforce this fatalistic view, with earth warming records hitting...

It's 10 p.m., Do you know where your children are? The sound of this classic public service announcement filled living rooms across the nation between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. for decades. The question raises the issue that parents must always monitor their children...

This book presents essays that will promote necessary issue awareness about behavioral disorders. Chapter one discusses whether behavior disorders are a serious problem. Chapter two discuses the factors that contribute to them. Chapter three debates which disorders should be treated, and chapter four focuses...

Across four chapters, four main questions about bioterrorism are answered through lively debates provided by several articles and essays. How great is the threat of bioterrorism? What are the issues associated with biodefense research? How should the United states prepare for and protect against...

Across four chapters, four main questions about bioterrorism are answered through lively debates provided by several articles and essays. How great is the threat of bioterrorism? What are the issues associated with biodefense research? How should the United states prepare for and protect against...

This book contains twelve articles that provide a variety of perspectives on issues related to birth control, discussing the role of birth control in sex education programs, birth control access, restrictions, and more. Essay sources include the Advocates for Youth and The Women's Health...

This comprehensive book offers readers a collection of eleven essays that discuss various viewpoints about the influence of celebrities. Readers will learn about the impact of celebrity activism on domestic and international affairs, philanthropic motivations, and status as role models. Two of the essays...

This book explores many issues related to the reversal of glaciers and ice melt, including: reducing soot as it relates to glaciers, media reporting of ice melt, the rate ice sheets are melting, Antarctica and melting, and permafrost warming. Includes primary and secondary sources...

When parents allow their children and teens to have cell phones, it does lend a sense of security. This sense of security compromises a number of other areas, however. Bullying is just one of the issues raised when cell phones are welcomed at schools....

This collection of essays discusses the issues regarding chemical dependency and substance abuse, including what causes the dependency, if drug treatment programs are effective, and what proper legislative measures should be taken. Readers are presented with an even balance of opinions and viewpoints so...

Editor Roman Espejo has compiled several essays across four chapters that debate essential topics relating to consumerism. Readers will evaluate the impact of consumerism in chapter one. Chapter two asks and answers what facilitates consumerism. Chapter three analyzes whether it's a problem and chapter...

Celebrity culture inundates today's youth with countless photoshopped images of perfection. Cosmetic surgery is a popular answer to attaining these looks. This essential volume debates several issues relating to cosmetic surgery. Across four chapters, essays debate whether it is safe, who should have it,...

This volume explores the topics relating to cults, usually referring to a new religious movement or other group whose beliefs or practices are considered non-traditional or unorthodox. It presents varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise this topic. The...

This volume explores the topics relating to cults, usually referring to a new religious movement or other group whose beliefs or practices are considered non-traditional or unorthodox. It presents varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise this topic. The...

This book explores issues pertaining to divorce and children, including children's rights in divorce, custody and visitation decisions, the duties of the parents during divorce, and blended families. Essays debate each issue, allowing readers to think critically while learning new information.Author: Roman EspejoISBN-10: 0737771623ISBN-13:...

This book explores issues pertaining to divorce and children, including children's rights in divorce, custody and visitation decisions, the duties of the parents during divorce, and blended families. Essays debate each issue, allowing readers to think critically while learning new information.Author: Roman EspejoISBN-10: 0737771615ISBN-13:...

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions essay found in this book states that eating disorders are a growing threat to public health. Essayist Malcolm Evans presents readers with the opposite view that the threat of eating disorders is distorted. The Royal...

This must-have volume explores numerous aspects of eco-friendly architecture. Across four fascinating chapters, readers will evaluate whether eco-architecture is financially beneficial, whether it can also be stylish, whether it protects human health, and whether it benefits the environment. Readers will also learn ways that...

There is a lot of love to go around, none so truer than for any family unit that works to be good for one another. This happens regardless of a parent's sexual preference, and yet, many traditionalists want to define the family as solely...

What role does television advertising play in childhood obesity? Can innovative advertisements prevent teen smoking? Do brands, not marketers, define teens? A collection of diverse viewpoints on the topic of teens and advertising offers a spectrum of perspectives on related subject matter. Includes primary...

This volume discusses the changing face of journalism. The Internet has revolutionized the way we view media, and this text explores the ethical issues facing journalism today, how journalism should be practiced and journalists be protected, and the future of journalism in a rapidly...

Technology allows us to play games that take us to real world locations, to pick up tokens or points in a game. The game can see where we are, it uses our location as part of the interaction. We can take photographs that instantly...

This book looks at the impact of migrant workers on the low-skilled American workers. It examines the ethical use of migrant workers and how immigration reform will impact them. Readers will learn from well researched essays supporting both sides of the story, allowing them...

The United States has more cars than any other country in the world, at 300 million units. Young teens start dreaming of their first cars early, and adults fondly remember their first cars. This volume provides an extensive survey of the impact of cars...

This volume explores the topic of paranormal phenomena by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that surround this issue. The essays investigate topics such as the existence of ghosts, psychic abilities, reincarnation, and extraterrestrial spacecraft. Scientists, parapsychologists, theologians, and...

Pulling from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications, this collection of essays tackles the topic of performance-enhancing drugs. Readers take a look at whether or not the use of performance-enhancing drugs should be accepted, how dangerous these drugs can be, and...

This book examines the topic of policing of the Internet by presenting readers with two sides to each point under debate. Are teens in need of policing or are the dangers they face greatly exaggerated? Readers will explore whether or not the Internet requires...

This book contains several articles in which researchers, advocates, and commentators debate the causes of poverty, how poverty can be reduced in the United States, and how global poverty should be addressed. Essay sources include PRWeb, the U.S. Census Bureau, and Working Poor Families...

RFID technology, or radio-frequency identification technology, is the topic covered in this edition. Readers are presented with several diversified viewpoints on topics related to RFID technology such as human implants, passport security, and supply chain. Includes primary and secondary sources from a variety of...

In the United States, nearly 20 million cases of new STD infections are reported each year, and fifty percent of new infections occur in young people from ages 15 to 24. This subject is unfortunately a very common reality of your teen readers, so...

Are schools responsible for fostering exercise and nutrition? Can planting school gardens change kids' eating habits? Does the government regulation of school lunches go too far? How does the quality of a child's diet affect their brain and body? This important edition tackles the...

Vaccines are meant to help us, but there are contrary ideas as to whether vaccines are the best alternative. Supporters say that vaccines prevent deadly and serious diseases including rubella, diphtheria, smallpox, polio, and whooping cough. People against vaccination believe that children's immune systems...

We are what we eat. What does eating superfoods do for us? Superfoods are nutrient-rich foods considered to be especially beneficial for health and well-being. They are rich in antioxidants, polyphenols, vitamins, and minerals. Eating them may reduce the risk of chronic disease and...

How effective are school cessation programs at reducing teen smoking? What role do parents play in influencing their teens not to smoke? How large of a problem is smoking amongst teen girls? This informative edition tackles the topic of teen smoking through a series...

This collection of essays explores the issues and influence of the fashion industry, including lack of ethnic and size diversity in the design room and on the catwalk. Examines the impact of merchandise knockoffs on revenue, branding, and overall quality, as well as poverty...

The pharmaceutical industry is big, big business. Editor Roman Espejo has compiled several essays and presented them in a pro versus con sequence across four main provocative topics. Readers will evaluate for themselves whether pharmaceutical research is safe and unbiased, whether drugs are regulated...

Editor Roman Espejo has compiled a sequence of essays that present for-or-against viewpoints about tobacco and smoking. Readers will explore the questions of whether or not smoking is a serious problem, how tobacco use can be reduced, how smoking alternatives should be regulated, and...

Editor Roman Espejo has compiled a sequence of essays that present for-or-against viewpoints about tobacco and smoking. Readers will explore the questions of whether or not smoking is a serious problem, how tobacco use can be reduced, how smoking alternatives should be regulated, and...

Children as young as preschoolers can show violent behavior. Many parents might be frightened by it, and calm themselves by thinking that their child will grow out of it. From tantrums to fighting, from verbal threats to cruelty toward animals, none of this behavior...

While organizations such as the American Psychological Association release statements that research supports a link between violent video game use and an increase in aggressive behavior, independent studies (such as one by Whitney DeCamp), show little or no relationship between the two. Those who...

While organizations such as the American Psychological Association release statements that research supports a link between violent video game use and an increase in aggressive behavior, independent studies (such as one by Whitney DeCamp), show little or no relationship between the two. Those who...

The rise of robot automation in the automobile manufacturing industry struck fear into many a laborer's heart, as it was equated with human job and career loss. A Ball State University 2015 study found 88 percent of U.S. job loss was due to robots...

Humanity faces grave challenges in this century such as nuclear proliferation, global hunger, overpopulation, the finite supply of oil, and global warming, just to name a few. This anthology thoroughly analyzes these subjects by presenting contrasting perspectives. Readers gain a more comprehensive understanding of...

Education has rising costs, just like anything else, but it also has new avenues that create more access, such as online universities, open or free online courses, and specialized short-term certification. This volume explores a range of topics including what role online education will...

Technology is meant to help make things easier by eliminating steps or whole tasks altogether. In practice this leads to some problematic consequences. When people lose their jobs to robots which are able to do them faster and more precisely, it saves an employer...

Will History tell the story that Donald Trump's success in his road to the White House was stimulated by his frequent use of Twitter? How is Twitter changing the political landscape? How has the use of a communication tool, limited to 140 characters or...

The act of a suicide bomber, one who causes devastation while taking one's own life for a pre-determined reason, is a very complicated, powerful act. At its crux is the idea of the martyr and the individual's relationship to that idea. This anthology analyzes...

Gluten, red meat, fish, insects, all things we do or don't eat, but could. Should we? This book explores how best to sustain ourselves, from organic food to fast food. Readers are treated to both sides of current dietary views on how humans should...