Drawing on issues of representation, meaning and politics, this book has been updated to now include material on: green criminology; cultural criminology of the state; current global activism, political protest and social movements; and crime and consumerism, providing readers with a cutting-edge introduction to this fascinating area.

Exploring family engagement issues across early years through to pre-adolescence, this book will enable teachers and parents to explore their roles and involvement in their child or pupil's education.

Covers the important new developments in meta-analysis methods over the last 14 years

A comprehensive guide to studying and interpreting communication interaction.

This text helps students develop critical skills in diagnosis, case conceptualization and treatment-planning by presenting a series of diagnostic cases based on characters from popular culture. Using a unique and engaging approach, this allows students to practice skill development before they actually start working on real client scenarios.

This book presents a comprehensive overview of addictive behaviors and habits from early use through risky use, severe-risk use, and addiction.

Using a case-based approach to connect the classroom and the practice environment, this text incorporates a broad set of themes that include advocacy, social justice, global focus, ethics, theory, and critical thinking. It helps readers to develop the basic skills of engagement, assessment, intervention, and reflective practice, and more.

This book provides students with insights into common challenges, dilemmas, and issues human resource managers face in the workplace.

A practical guide to help students, researchers and their mentors identify, prevent, mitigate and resolve ethical issues in research, navigating through issues of institutional policies and academic freedom.