A clear and accessible introduction to the complex issues surrounding mental health.

This is the essential guide to strengthening analytic and intuitive reasoning skills in order to improve children's safety.

An accessible and multi-disciplinary guide to working together with other professionals to deliver a child-centred and co-ordinated approach to safeguarding, in line with the Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance.

This book covers various aspects of modern, professional social work practice from concepts and ideas through to the practical realities of frontline work.

Now in its Sixth Edition, this book remains the most comprehensive and authoritative on the penal system, providing students with an incisive, critical account of the punitive, managerial and humanitarian approaches to criminal justice.

A scientist’s journey from observation to discovery is anything but straightforward. It is littered with failure, unexpected diversions and joyous realisations. Science helps us to understand ourselves in a world where we often feel like strangers - but what we know about the world around us, what has already been explored and discovered is only half of science's story.

Dr Camilla Pang will look at some of the biggest mysteries facing science today and how some of the best cutting-edge scie...

A ground-breaking guide to the philosophy and practice of yoga from master of modern meditation Deepak Chopra.

More than a form of exercise, yoga is a way of existing in the world rooted in physical, mental and spiritual practices. It defines everyday life as ideal and brings every experience, no matter how small, into the light.

In this revelatory book, international bestselling author Deepak Chopra offers a simple eight-week programme covering the eight stages of transformation in yoga incl...

Understanding Homicide is a valuable resource for students studying homicide, violence, its investigation and responses to it, as well as researchers and practitioners interested in homicide and violence.

The second edition of this lively and comprehensive textbook helps policing students to understand the challenges of modern policing and the current debates associated with the profession, with reference to key topics such as diversity and the police, methods of policing, police accountability, and women in policing.