Written by a scholar with firsthand experience as a police officer, military officer, and fire service commander, this book offers a rare and compelling combination of academic insight and operational expertise. It provides a unique perspective for professionals and researchers working in the domains of use of force, public order, and high-risk operations within both military and policing contexts – as well as for those involved in the training, education, and leadership of personnel operat...

Interactieve kennismaking met sociale vaardigheden in het sociale domein; behandelt o.a. pesten, kindermishandeling, racisme en grensoverschrijdend gedrag op de werkvloer; praktische benadering met vele opdrachten en casuïstiek.

Sociale veiligheid in het sociaal domein - Signaleren en handelen bij sociale onveiligheid en grensoverschrijdend gedrag is een nieuw studieboek voor (toekomstige) professionals binnen de domeinen zorg en welzijn, gezondheidsstudies, onderwijs en sport.

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An exploration of both the context and practice of increasingly automated welfare states. From the complex technological systems behind implementation, to the lived experiences of citizens and workers in these new systems, to the possibilities for resisting and re-directing this datafication.

An updated edition of the bestselling text broadens the conception of mindfulness, and shows how mindful inquirers can maximize positive outcomes for participants, organizations, communities, and themselves. The first five chapters describe the application of mindful inquiry, and the following nine introduce cultures of inquiry and research traditions, theories, methods, and techniques.

Approaches to Mixed Methods Research focuses on the choices social scientists make when designing a study that mixes quantitative and qualitative data. Authors Lisa D. Pearce and Jessica Halliday Hardie explore ways to weave together strands of research using qualitative and quantitative data to speak to and enhance each other; a strand being a series of steps involved in collecting and analyzing a single type of data.

The result, they show, is a more holistic body of evidence that emerges, a...