This exciting new text helps researchers to successfully understand and achieve impact in their research, and to demonstrate this impact in order to secure funding and to show excellence in REF

Presenting students with an easy-to-manage introduction to the area, this new text covers all theories that students will encounter on their course focussing on the context of the historical development of criminology as an academic discipline

This is an in-depth yet practical guide for Masters students on conducting research interviews, from conceiving the interview, through to preparing, conducting and analysing the interview.

The critical algorithms used in GIS are notoriously difficult to both teach and understand. This book address the problem by combining rigorous formal language with example case studies and student exercises.

This book is a complete guide for those practitioners who facilitate action learning and who can, in turn, develop the reflective practice and critical thinking skills now demanded of Newly Qualified Social Workers.

This series facilitates a deeper level of understanding of each standard, underscores the interconnectedness of the standards, and helps educators bridge theory to practice in their own implementation efforts.

Demonstrating the use of spatial analysis in the social sciences within a regression framework, the second edition of this text employs examples based on real data to illustrate the concepts discussed. The authors also provide relevant code to enable the users to work through the examples in the text.

The Process of Research and Statistical Analysis in Psychology presents integrated coverage of psychological research methods and statistical analysis to illustrate how these two crucial processes work together to uncover new information.

A provoking critical analysis that explores gender patterns in both offending and victimisation.