Het onderwijs houdt de maatschappelijke gemoederen al jarenlang intensief bezig. We worden regelmatig gewezen op lerarentekorten, te hoge werkdruk, of onderwijsinstellingen die veranderen in ‘fabrieken’. Onder (hoog)leraren en docenten heerst veel ontevredenheid over de manier waarop hun sector wordt bestuurd. Het moet anders, maar dat moet het al tijden. Bestuur en politiek zitten vast in denk- en organisatiepatronen waar steeds meer weerstand tegen komt. Het komt er nu op aan die patron...

Do you want to design a scientific poster that effectively conveys your research results? One that looks professional, and communicates a clear message? This guide provides 8 easy steps towards the creation of such a poster. It will guide you through the idea process and composing your main message, while giving you the tools you need to draft and create the visual design that fits your needs. The 8 steps are easy to implement and are accompanied by examples for further context.

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Al vaak zocht men in de geschiedenis naar een moreel kompas, maar nooit heeft men er ook echt één gevonden. Daar kan verandering in komen.

De mens staat niet meer alleen op het speelveld, maar weet zich omringd door nieuwe sterspelers: artificiële intelligentie en robotica. Hierin verschijnen de contouren van een nieuw type samenleving. De dashboardsamenleving is een hypothetische samenlevingsvorm waar iedere burger een dashboard ter beschikking heeft om prudentieel en vooruitziend te hand...

This volume presents the proceedings of a landmark conference held at the Council of Europe examining three decades of crime and criminal justice statistics in Europe. Drawing together leading experts, it commemorates the publication of the sixth edition of the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics while exploring critical developments in measuring and understanding crime across Europe since the 1990s. The book addresses key methodological challenges in comparative crim...

Geweld in afhankelijkheidsrelaties – zoals huiselijk en eergerelateerd geweld, geweld in instellingen en door professionals, maar ook mensenhandel – is de meest voor komende vorm van geweld in onze samenleving. Tal van factoren zijn van invloed op het ontstaan en voortbestaan van dit geweld. Dat maakt dat in de aanpak professionals met verschillende achtergronden onderling en met mensen in nood samen moeten werken. Niemand is tegen samenwerken, sterker nog: tegenwoordig wordt alom geroep...

Who are the men committing the rising number of serial homicides in the U.S. -- and why do they kill? The increase in these violent crimes over the past decade has created an urgent need for more and better information about these men: their crime scene patterns, violent acts, and above all, their motivations for committing these shocking and repetitive murders. This authoritative book represents the data, findings, and implications of a long-term F.B.I.-sponsored study of serial sex killers....

From the author of THE PERFECT STORM and WAR comes a book about why men miss war, why Londoners missed the Blitz, and what we can all learn from American Indian captives who refused to go home. Tribe is a look at post-traumatic stress disorder and the challenges veterans face returning to society. Using his background in anthropology, Sebastian Junger argues that the problem lies not with vets or with the trauma they've suffered, but with the society to which they are trying to return.

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Introducing Human Geographies is a ‘travel guide’ into the academic subject of human geography and the things that it studies. The coverage of the new edition has been thoroughly refreshed to reflect and engage with the contemporary nature and direction of human geography. This updated and much extended fourth edition includes a diverse range of authors and topics from across the globe, with a completely revised set of contributions reflecting contemporary concerns in human geography.

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Across the world, most people are well aware of ordinary criminal harms to person and property. Often committed by the powerless and poor, these individualized crimes are catalogued in the statistics collected annually by the FBI and by similar agencies in other developed nations. In contrast, the more harmful and systemic forms of injury to person and property committed by powerful and wealthy individuals, groups, and national states are neither calculated by governmental agencies nor annual...

Now in its third edition, this dynamic textbook blends coverage of the major theories and research methods in mass communication to enable students to apply their knowledge in today's media and communication careers.

-Hybrid coverage of media theory and research methods that enables students to apply their academic knowledge in professional settings -Focus on building from theory and methods coverage to research projects makes for easy and dynamic use in a range of introductory, capstone, and...