A practical book that shows how both Excel (R) and SPSS (R) can be used for analyzing data for human service evaluation.

Illustrated with carefully selected and edited research articles from the leading journals in the field, this book helps to teach research design and techniques within the context of criminology and criminal justice issues of interest to students and the field.

Revised edition of the authors' Race and crime, [2016]

Engaging and thoroughly updated, this text provides a global perspective on the use and regulation of legal and illegal drugs. It examines drug policies in terms of their scope, goals, and effectiveness, as well as the effects of drugs, the patterns and correlates of use, and theories of the causes of drug use.

Responding to Domestic Violence explores the response to domestic and intimate partner violence by the criminal justice system as well as public and non-profit social service and health care agencies. Thoroughly revised by an expert author team, this book provides a thorough exploration of modern strategies to address the realities and needs of all survivors.

This book provides a general introduction to working with risk in social care.

This edited volume explores the interface between psychiatry and spiritual care. Philosophers, psychiatrists and chaplains focus on recovery, trauma and grief in mental health care, prison and military settings.

Euthanasie is de laatste jaren steeds meer uit de taboesfeer geraakt. Dat wil zeggen: euthanasie bij een fysieke aandoening. Bij een psychische aandoening is het nog minder goed bespreekbaar. Immers, patiënten met een psychische aandoening zijn vaak lichamelijk gezond en hebben meestal nog jaren te leven.

Laat me gaan geeft een unieke kijk in de worstelingen waarmee een psychiater te maken krijgt bij zo’n euthanasieverzoek. Het geeft een duidelijk inzicht in de afwegingen die gemaakt worde...

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.