An Introduction to Data Science is an easy-to-read data science textbook for those with no prior coding knowledge. It features exercises at the end of each chapter, author-generated tables and visualizations, and R code examples throughout.

This excellent book shows trainee and practicing counsellors how to provide an integrative and personalised approach to working with clients

War has always been close to the centre of British culture, but never more so than in the period since 1850. "Warrior Nation" explores the way in which images of battle, both literary and visual, have been constructed in British fiction and popular culture since this time. The rise of war reporting has helped to shape a society fascinated by conflict, and the development of mass communications has aided in the creation of mass-produced martial heroes and the relation of epic adventures for po...

Exploring Culture brings Geert Hofstede's five dimensions of national culture to life. Suitable for students, trainers, coaches and educators, it can be used for individual study or as a set text, and serves as an excellent partner to Geert Hofstede's popular Cultures and Organizations.

Helping readers to fully understand the ins and outs of case study research, this book examines the many aspects of case study methodology

In order to develop an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, the European

Union is adopting measures to enhance international cooperation in criminal

matters among the police and judicial authorities of its Member States. The

adopted instruments concerning evidentiary matters, such as the gathering of

evidence in another EU Member State, seem to serve the main purpose of

assisting the authorities in investigating and prosecuting (cross-border) crime. This raises the question to what extent t...

Corruption is generally referred to as bribery. This books deals with a different form of corruption: corruption caused by networks. Network corruption is the form of corruption in which the interaction of multiple actors within a social network results in corruption but in which the individual behaviour as such is not necessarily corrupt. The main reason for this research is that a gap appears to exist in the available theories on corruption: very little research is available on corruption b...

This volume includes topics analysing the meaning of the Covid-19 pandemic and the social responses to it in various domains: from sex work to wildlife crimes, from new forms of social control in Brazil, Ecuador, Canada and Thailand to the role of music, the symbolism of face masks, the spreading of conspiracy theories, domestic violence, and more. It is composed of studies conducted by criminologists who belong to the ‘Utrecht school’. Criminology ‘Utrecht style’ is unique in the wor...

This resource is a much-needed support to the few textbooks in the field and offers an excellent introduction and overview to the established principles and new thinking in cultural heritage management . Leading experts in the field from Europe, North America and Australia, bring together recent and innovative works in the field. With geographically and thematically diverse case studies, they examine the theoretical framework for heritage resource management.

Setting significant new thinking ...