Age at Work explores the myriad ways in which 'age' is at 'work' across society, organizations and workplaces, with special focus on organizations, their boundaries, and marginalizing processes around age and ageism in and across these spaces.

The fifth edition of Robert Brown's introduction to mental health law for health and social care professionals training to be Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMPHs).

A new research project guide for social science students used to hybrid teaching and research; it comes from two young, energetic methods experts who map the individual’s journey through a contained project.

A practical toolkit for students needing an alternative introduction to doing research methods. Imaginative pedagogy and visual prompts support those students often neglected by more traditional textbooks.

A short, innovative book that uses examples and evidence from around the world to analyse the concept of fake news and outline what we know about it, before proposes what we should do about this dangerous phenomenon.

Helps support students to learn how the Mental Capacity Act operates, what its key principles are when applied to safeguarding adults and how these two principles interact and inform one another.

This book takes a new and innovative approach to looking at the commonalities and disparities between counselling/psychotherapy and forensic psychology. It aims to develop a critical understanding of the themes and issues related to crime and therapy that are highly relevant to theory and practice, yet are often ignored or neglected.

The past decade has seen increased attention to cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis in education as administrators are being asked to accomplish more with the same or even fewer resources, philanthropists are keen to calculate their "return on investment" in social programs, and the general public is increasingly scrutinizing how resources are allocated to schools and colleges. This text (titled Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in its previous editions) is the only full-length book to p...