Coverage of all the core aspects of Criminal Justice is accompanied by details of a wide range of insights and experiences of real world practitioners to really bring the subject to life, providing students with a resource they can rely on throughout their degree

Welfare Words analyses a number of keywords and phrases commonly used by policy-makers, news-outlets and wider society, when referring to social policy, welfare reform and social work in the present-day culture of neoliberal capitalism.

This book helps early years students and practitioners gain an understanding of issues relating to children's health, examining possible ways in which health can impact upon young children's early childhood education and care.

Criminaliteit vormt voor de directe slachtoffers een grote schadepost, materieel en emotioneel. Ook andere burgers voelen zich onveilig, nemen preventieve maatregelen, passen hun gedrag aan. Criminaliteitsbestrijding gaat echter evenzeer gepaard met substantiële kosten. Dat vraagt om een maatschappelijke afweging. Zijn de maatregelen zo effectief, dat de maatschappelijke baten vanwege de terugdringing van de criminaliteit

voldoende rechtvaardiging vormen voor de maatschappelijke kosten van de

criminaliteitsbestrijding? Of kan het bete...

Op zondagochtend 17 maart 2002 kreeg de brandweer van het Noord-Brabantse stadje Klundert de melding dat er brand was in een van de rijtjeshuizen op de Eikenlaan. Toen de brandweermannen het huis in gingen, zagen zij dat het overhoop was gehaald. Daarna vonden ze in een van de slaapkamers op de bovenverdieping twee lichamen. Het waren de lichamen van de 23-jarige bewoonster Ona Sileikaite en haar tweejarige dochtertje Adina. Bij de sectie bleek dat Ona en Adina niet door de brand om het leven...

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

This book, written for practicing social workers undertaking their ASYE and compulsory CPD, has been designed to help professionals make sound judgments in increasingly complex contexts and under pressure.

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.

Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going. War is obsolete. You are more likely to commit suicide than be killed in conflict. Famine is disappearing. You are at more risk of obesity than starvation. Death is just a technical problem. Equality is out - but immortality is in. What does our future hold? Yuval Noah Harari, author of the bestselling phenomenon Sapiens envisions a not-too-distant world in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the...