The fifth edition of this text includes updated research and coverage of current issues, using real life-examples and case law discussions to define and explore forensic psychology.

Co-published with the CPCAB, this highly practical book is a comprehensive training guide based around the 7 areas that students have to evidence in order to become accredited at L4. It offers a firm foundation of knowledge and skills, looks at practice issues, helps with study, and also answers the most common questions students have when training.

Accessible and hands on guidebook for social work students on how to navigate through their placement. Packed with case studies and activities.

The Making of Migration addresses the rapid phenomenon that has become one of the most contentious issues in contemporary life: how are migrants governed as individual subjects and as part of groups?

Introducing the best practices for preventing, containing and learning from crises in our global, media-driven society.

In onze complexe samenleving worden sociaal werkers dagelijks geconfronteerd met ethisch-politieke dilemma’s en filosofische vraagstukken die hen dwingen een positie in te nemen. Kernwaarden als het bevorderen van menselijke waardigheid, zelfredzaamheid, eigen kracht en eigen regie vormen daarbij het handelingskader. In Van gedachte wisselen worden deze kernwaarden vanuit meerdere disciplines kritisch tegen het licht gehouden.

Thema’s die een belangrijke rol spelen binnen de beroepsprakti...

Nederland liep voorop in vrijheid en tolerantie, vooral qua drugsbeleid. Het leidde tot een uitbundige cultuur, beschermd door de GGD en de politie. In deze context groeide een industrie die uitblinkt in variatie, organisatie en ontwrichting van de gewone samenleving. Deze ondermijnende criminaliteit staat in het brandpunt van de belangstelling. De huidige overheidsorganisatie lijkt slecht toegerust voor een effectieve aanpak ervan.

Ruim vijf jaar geleden werd een Taskforce ingesteld om de pr...

Health systems have long been considered key determinants of well-being within modern societies, a valuable resource which have faced a series of reform initiatives throughout the past decades. These reforms have been used to manage the cost of development, measure the tenability of health systems in globalizing economies and promote the increasing importance of health problems related to lifestyle and living conditions, yet they have failed to provide a true resolution to the persistent econ...

Power, Politics and Society: An Introduction to Political Sociology discusses how sociologists have organized the study of politics into conceptual frameworks, and how each of these frameworks foster a sociological perspective on power and politics in society. This includes discussing how these frameworks can be applied to understanding current issues and other "real life" aspects of politics. This second edition incorporates new material on cultural divides in American politics, emerging rol...