Continues to identify and evaluate the major competing theories used to guide the goals, policies, and practices of the U.S. correctional system

Uses stories and descriptions of collaborative inquiry in action to help educators create a shared vision of continuous improvement.

With an emphasis on qualitative research as a process, and with new chapters on researching social mass media and writing a research project, this book takes a holistic approach to research and provides readers with a clear, step-by-step guide

Introduces students to six existential therapies, highlighting areas of commonality and difference, discussing key figures including Yalom, van Deurzen, Spinelli, Frankl and Laing. It outlines the critical perspectives and key debates, and presents implications for practice, reflection and further reading.

Including nine new entries, this thoroughly revised edition provides an authoritative account of gender studies, reflecting on the complex and multi-faceted character of the field in a way that is accessible to students across the social sciences and humanities.

Covers all randomised controlled experimental designs likely to be needed in laboratory animal research, with worked examples showing how they can be statistically analysed. This book covers the learning outcomes of Module 10 and part (ii) of Module 11 of education and training under Directive 2010/63/EU.

Illustrated with contemporary examples, a new critical analysis of The Big Bang Theory, and in-depth methods for criticism, this updated Third Edition reflects recent changes in the ways television is viewed across multiple devices and the impact of the Internet on television.

'A clear, concise and eminently accessible guide to existential practice that just got better' - Mick Cooper????, University of Roehampton?????

Guiding the reader through both theory and application, Fox and Alldred explore the varied uses of "new materialism", a key emerging trend in 21st century thought, in the practice of doing sociology today.

Case Studies in Nonprofit Management consists of original cases that are designed to teach students how to apply leadership and management principles that are essential for any nonprofit professional.