Exploring research methods in the context of early childhood, this popular guide approaches complex ideas in a clear style linking directly to practice. It covers all students need to know about undertaking research in early childhood, including action research, ethics and carrying out a research project.

With clinical vignettes, dialogue examples and 'tips for therapists' this book is key reading for CBT therapists at all levels. Each chapter outlines key challenges therapists face in a specific context, how to predict and prevent ruptures in the therapeutic alliance and how to work with these ruptures when they occur.

With new material on working with diversity and difference, neuroscience and extended discussion on ethics, this is a quick and easy introduction to the psychodynamic approach.

A book to help students and newly-qualified social workers plan for and manage complex cases in an increasingly complex environment

In een maatschappij die steeds diverser wordt, kunnen hulpverleners niet meer uitgaan van één mensbeeld en één opvatting over psychische gezondheid. Zij zullen hun kennis en kunde een bredere basis moeten geven en gevoeliger moeten worden voor de diversiteit van hun cliënten. Het boek Verschillen omarmen biedt therapeuten en welzijnswerkers een breed hulpverleningskader dat toepasbaar is voor iedere cliënt, onafhankelijk van de (culturele) achtergrond.

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Het was al donker toen vader en zoon hun hond uitlieten in een woonwijk in Breukelen. Zij zagen een vreemde man lopen, achtervolgden hem en belden 112. Even later vonden zij in de bosjes een vrouw die ernstig was mishandeld. Zij was er zo slecht aan toe, dat ze twee dagen later overleed. De vreemde man was de verdachte, de enige verdachte die serieus werd onderzocht. Hij kreeg een gevangenisstraf van vijftien jaar opgelegd. Al het bewijs in zijn strafzaak kent echter problemen, blijkt uit het...

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to criminological theory for students taking courses in criminology at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Building on previous editions, this book presents the latest research and theoretical developments. The text is divided into five parts, the first three of which address ideal type models of criminal behaviour: the rational actor, predestined actor and victimized actor models.

Within these, the various criminological t...

Provides readers with the essential knowledge and skills to undertake effective assessments and appropriate interventions. It focuses on key issues such as resilience, professional values, ethics, complexity and reflective practice.

One of the most groundbreaking sociology texts of the 20th century, Howard S. Becker's Outsiders revolutionized the study of social deviance. Howard S.

Becker's Outsiders broke new ground in the early 1960s-and the ideas it proposed and problems it raised are still argued about and inspiring research internationally. In this new edition, Becker includes two lengthy essays, unpublished until now, that add fresh material for thought and discussion. "Why Was Outsiders a Hit? Why Is It Still a Hi...