This book will equip social work students with the skills they need to meet the new and perennial challenges to achieving empowering practice with carers and people who use services.

A complete introduction to working with addictions.

Now in an updated second edition, this book continues to explore the links between psychology and crime, taking the reader through psychological explanations of crime and the use of psychology within the criminal justice system.

This empowering text for human services students covers the skills and behaviors essential for leaders to manage themselves, their teams, and the organization.

With lots of illustrations and interviews with key urban analysts, this book offers a field-defining look at the challenges and opportunities of using new and emerging data to study contemporary and future cities through methods including GIS, Remote Sensing, Big Data and Geodemographics.

The Sunday Times bestselling manifesto for a twenty-first century understanding of human evolution and variation - and a weapon against scientific racism

Presenting a practical approach to CBPR by describing how an individual researcher might understand and conduct CBPR research, this book includies a concise overview of CBPR theoretical underpinnings, methods considerations and ethical issues - all presented in an accessible format.

Migration is a central dynamic in globalization that is recasting contemporary states and societies in distinctive, powerful ways. Now with more balanced coverage of Western and non-Western regions, this leading text has been revised and updated with the latest theories, policy information, and interdisciplinary research. The book explores the causes, dynamics, and consequences of international population movements, as well as the experiences of migrants themselves. Chapters examine migration...

With new chapters on ethnicity and immigration, and with material supported by 30 new case studies, this up to date resource provides students with an engaging - and international - introduction to the subject

A bestselling introduction to emotional, psychological, intellectual and social development throughout the lifespan now with online case study resource.