Provides students with an integrated framework for understanding the US criminal justice system with a diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary approach and thematic focus. In this title, material from the social sciences is incorporated to highlight the intersection between criminal law and key social issues.

Taking a multidimensional approach, this book emphasizes the interplay between power, inequality, multiple oppressions, and the state. It provides students with a focus on the structure of power and inequality in society.

Community-Based Corrections covers the necessary topics in community corrections enriched with edited articles taken from current research literature. This unique text/reader format presents a more practical viewpoint than other texts on the market. The authors' expertise with both special needs populations and in the comparative field give the book a unique perspective.

Continuing to be THE guide to the whole qualitative research process for students, this book looks at both the theory behind qualitative research and how to put it into practice in your own work. For students across a range of social science disciplines and beyond, this is a must to help you enhance your research project. This edition introduces: a decolonisation of methodologies a range of indigenous, queer and feminist perspectives on methodologiesassistance with defending a viva and altern...

A unique blend of novel and textbook from bestselling author Andy Field that provides a complete introduction to statistics - alongside a terrifying probability bridge, zombies and a talking cat.

This popular text/reader for the social psychology courses in sociology departments is distinguished by the author's engaging framing essays that open each part, and an eclectic set of edited readings that introduce students to major thinkers and perspectives in this field.

The updated Sixth Edition of the best-selling Proposal Writing: Effective Grantsmanship for Funding offers a fresh, robust presentation of the basics of program design and proposal writing for community services funding. The new edition adds activities that can be done individually or in class to build students' skills and apply the chapter material.

Supports ITT providers with a resource that allows trainees to audit their own skills, to find gaps and areas for development, to track progress in this development and to record competence.

Mapped to the 2018 NMC standards and using insightful examples, scenarios and case studies, the fifth edition of this popular and bestselling book shows students what reflection is, why it is so important and how it can be used to improve nursing practice.