‘Dit toegankelijke boek draagt bij aan de aanpak van verschillende vormen van geweld in afhankelijkheidsrelaties. Er wordt helder verwoord wat er komt kijken bij het interpreteren van cijfers. Een goed begrip van die cijfers is namelijk belangrijk bij het duiden en inschatten van de ernst van een situatie. Het laat ook zien hoe essentieel het is dat we cijfers in het belang van transparantie en verantwoording zorgvuldig en begrijpelijk presenteren. Daarmee kunnen we het bewustzijn vergroten...

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...

An undergraduate introduction to the research process and research methods in media studies. Uniquely student-centred, and built around first year teaching at the world’s #1 ranked media studies department.

This book explores the flesh and breath of African feminist politics as embodied in activism over the past thirty years against sexism, militarism, homophobia and transphobia, global economic inequality, and religious fundamentalism, and towards freedoms that can be felt by African women and gender non-conforming people in the everyday.

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...