An indispensable international resource for students and researchers of all levels studying the rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field of criminology.

Written and edited by leading scholars from around the globe, this handbook presents a unique overview of strategic supply management, for the first time lending a conceptual cohesion to a collection of disparate perspectives on all aspects of this multidisciplinary field .

A much needed retrospective and prospective look at how GIS technology influences and is influenced by today's post-industrial society.

Global in scope and unmatched in its coverage of both academic research and professional best practice, this is an essential resource for those studying and teaching PR

This comprehensive textbook engages in the essential discussion of what professional leadership means in the context of contemporary social work and why this is considered to be important for the future of the profession.

This book offers an accessible critique of recent Early Childhood Educational Research, taking an international perspective, and highlighting strengths and key focus areas within the field. It will also identify areas where researchers have yet to offer significant insights that support the development of theory, policy and practice.

This book explores what reasoning is and what it is not. It includes background theory and a rationale for primary teachers alongside examples of how reasoning in primary mathematics and science classes can develop.

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This book develops the reader's knowledge of how and when gender stereotypes form and how they can be perpetuated in various ways through and during a child's education.