A trusted, full-featured companion to criminological research, this edition expands and updates case studies, methods and project strategies to help students prepare, do and present their research.

Looking at both the techniques and logic of inquiry surrounding methods used in criminological research, this progressive handbook brings together work from internationally renowned experts to provide readers with an important resource on the application of methods.

Written to guide students through complex groupwork situations, this book explores the knowledge, skills and values required for groupwork practice.

Bringing key developments and debates together in a single volume, this book provides an authoritative guide for students and practitioners embarking on qualitative research in social work and related fields.

A newly updated and significantly expanded fifth edition of Youth and Crime. The most comprehensive and authoritative textbook on youth crime and youth justice available.

By introducing each step taken in a criminal investigation, this text allows students to gain a clear understanding of the processes involved and helps them to critically assess the interplay of investigations, criminology and forensics.

A comprehensive guide to the research process, using criminological examples drawn mainly from the UK. Provides students with the skills and knowledge both to conduct their own research, and to evaluate the research of others, with frequent explicit discussions of the key points in each of these areas.