Understanding and Evaluating Research: A Critical Guide shows students how to be critical consumers of research and to appreciate the power of methodology as it shapes the research question, the use of theory in the study, the methods used, and how the outcomes are reported.

A broad-ranging and pluralistic textbook which highlights the rich variety of approaches to studying politics. Written by an international team of experts, this fully revised fourth edition offers cutting-edge coverage from fundamental to contemporary issues. Integrating guides to further reading and clear examples of how research methods can be applied, it enables readers to feel confident about taking their study of politics forward.

An ideal foundation for study and research in political s...

City provides an accessible yet critical introduction to one of the key ideas in human geography. While most of the world’s population now lives in cities, the definition and theoretical specification of the city nonetheless remains elusive. In this extensively updated second edition, Phil Hubbard considers the different ways that the lived and messy realities of urban life have been approached by geographers, past and present.

Situating these in the context of ongoing debates concerning gl...

This book will enable students to better understand key concepts and ethical and philosophical positions which will inform their assessed work and competence as a professional.

Looking in depth at the therapeutic meeting between therapist and client, this now includes an updated preface, new content on recent research and new developments and debates around relational depth, and new case studies.

Victimology: A Text/Reader, Second Edition, engages students with the most current, cutting-edge articles published in the field of victimology as well as connects them to the basic concepts. Unlike existing victimology textbooks, this unique combination of published articles with original material presented in a mini-chapter format puts each topic into context so students can develop a better understanding of the extent, causes, and responses to victimization. Students will build a foundatio...

An Introduction to Data Science is an easy-to-read data science textbook for those with no prior coding knowledge. It features exercises at the end of each chapter, author-generated tables and visualizations, and R code examples throughout.

Het witwassen van de gelden die worden verkregen uit cybercrime vindt in toenemende mate plaats met digitale betalingsmiddelen. In dit onderzoek wordt nagegaan hoe deze gelden worden witgewassen, welke actoren een rol spelen en hoe digitale betalingsmiddelen daarbij worden gebruikt. Hiervoor wordt specifiek gekeken naar de delicten van banking malware en ransomware. Bij banking malware wordt elektronisch geld buitgemaakt en bij ransomware moet losgeld worden betaald, met vouchers of bitcoins,...

Mensenhandel wordt beschouwd als één van de ergste vormen van criminaliteit en gaat samen met grove schendingen van mensenrechten. Slachtoffers kunnen een belangrijke rol spelen in de opsporing van dit misdrijf. Zij kunnen de politie namelijk informatie verstrekken over het misdrijf en de dader(s). Dat zullen zij echter alleen doen indien zij vertrouwen in de politie hebben en zich voldoende veilig voelen. Om hun gevoel van vertrouwen in de politie en hun gevoel van veiligheid te bevorderen...

Helps students understand how theory impacts and informs social work practice across a range of contexts and with different service user groups