A volume that is at the forefront of engaging in the conversation about the future of the American prison.

Thoroughly examining children's social and problem-solving skills in a unique way, this book builds on students' own problem-solving successes. Dwelling on the child's unique life experience and what has worked successfully thus far, this provides a reinvigorating and enriching of existing neural connections.

An anthology of both original and reprinted articles on sexuality from a sociological perspective. The readings in this collection focus on the diverse and multi-layered meanings of sexuality, sexual behaviors and sexual identities, while essays explore sexuality as a social process.

Transnational Organized Crime: An Overview from Six Continents explores the expansive topic of transnational organized crime, incorporating expert perspectives found throughout the world's six inhabited continents: North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

Whether readers are preparing to become entrepreneurs or work in an established firm, Organizational Creativity will transform them into creative thinkers and leaders, ready to thrive in an era of innovation and change.

Considers solution-focused approaches to behaviour management exploring how a teacher can be a facilitator of positive behaviour.

Provides trainee teachers with a clear understanding of how to embed inspiring teaching across the subjects that make up the new Primary Curriculum.

Focusing on descriptive statistics, and some more advanced topics such as tests of significance, measures of association, and regression analysis, this brief, inexpensive text is the perfect companion to help those students who have not yet taken an introductory statistics course or are confused by the statistics used in the articles they are reading.

Now in a fully updated third edition, The Sociology of Work draws on the work of classic and contemporary theorists, to provide readers with a thorough exploration of all aspects of work and employment, including paid and unpaid work, standard and non-standard employment, and even unemployment.

Cutting edge guide to applying the latest advancements in digital methods to social research.