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A step-by-step guide to the underpinning theoretical knowledge in social work helping your students to confidently apply theory in practice.

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This book focussed on doing research with young children through play, with clear guidance on how to engage in appropriate methods.

A cutting-edge exploration of journalism in the era of digital media technology and big and open data.

A guide to the study and practice of the music industries in the 21st century. Tying academic research to industry insight, it helps students understand the range of roles and institutions they need to know in order to manage artists and to promote and sell music.

Designed as a core text for undergraduate students. Politcal Geography employs a novel and accessible structure to guide students through the key Approaches, Concepts, and Futures of Political Geography.Â

Providing up-to-date research on the field of sexual victimization, this book examines the continuum of sex crimes as well as how the victims of such crimes have been perceived by the criminal justice system and society as a whole.

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