In juli 2013 werd de 76-jarige Rudi Jader dood gevonden onderaan de trap in haar woning. Forensisch arts Rens Daalder voerde de lijkschouw uit en concludeerde dat Jader was overleden door een ongeluk, een val van de trap. Na de crematie van Jader bleek dat er op de dag van haar overlijden een fors bedrag van haar bankrekening was overgeboekt naar een kennis: Gerard Duif. Een jaar eerder had Jader aangifte van bedreiging gedaan tegen Duif. De politie begon daarop alsnog een moordonderzoek. Dui...

Margriet weet zich geen raad met praktijkonderzoek is een boek bedoeld voor studenten in de sociale wetenschappen en/of geneeskunde.

Het gaat ervan uit dat problemen in genoemde vakgebieden veelal venijnig zijn en dus lastig op te lossen met de gebruikelijke methoden van onderzoek. Een oorzaak daarvan is dat we zelf deel uitmaken van het probleem en ‘het’ dus niet zien. Een tweede oorzaak van het venijn is dat problemen zich in een autoreferentieel adaptief systeem bevinden. De in dit bo...

Media and Public relations combines practical hands-on strategies with firm grounding in the theories of media relations. To successfully integrate theory and practice, the text uses case studies as the basis of theoretical argument. The text examines how communications practitioners deliver messages to the media, how the media receives the messages and how the media deals with the message prior to dissemination to the public.

It takes a comprehensive look at the different types of media in A...

In recent years, 'transnationalism' has become a key analytical concept across the social sciences. While theoretical approaches to the study of global social phenomena have traditionally focused on the nation-state as the central defining framework, transnational studies views social experience as a complex and dynamic product of multiple regional, ethnic, and institutional identities. Far from being static or bounded by national borders, social, political, and economic forces operate on sup...

What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? These are some of the questions of place and belonging that renowned cultural critic bell hooks examines in her new book, Belonging: A Culture of Place.

The official guide to SIMSOC, the dynamic group simulation game whose “potential for stimulating the learning process is staggering” (Teaching Sociology), in which players grapple with the challenge of governing society.

In SIMSOC, players confront issues like abuse of power, justice, diversity, trust, and leadership as they negotiate their way through labor-management strife, political turmoil, and natural disasters. Success or failure is dependent upon decisions made by p...

Written by bestselling author Larry Siegel, CRIMINOLOGY, 8th Edition, guides you through the fast-paced field of modern criminology, its most current research and fascinating examples that help you understand criminological theory. Details on the crimes of real-life people illustrate concepts, while unbiased coverage of even the most controversial topics -- ranging from responses to sexual assault on campus to cybercrime -- enables you to form your own opinions about current issues and events...

A practical, step-by-step core research text that balances coverage of qualitative, quantitative and combined methods

Educational Research: Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research offers a truly balanced, inclusive, and integrated overview of the processes involved in educational research. This text first examines the general steps in the research process and then details the procedures for conducting specific types of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed me...