In the fourth edition of Essential Criminology , authors Mark M. Lanier, Stuart Henry, and Desire J.M. Anastasia build upon this best-selling critical review of criminology, which has become essential reading for students of criminology in the 21st century.Designed as an alternative to overly comprehensive, lengthy, and expensive introductory texts, Essential Criminology is, as its title implies, a concise overview of the field.

The book guides students through the various definitions of crim...

An expert guide to selecting the right cloud service model for your business Cloud computing is all the rage, allowing for the delivery of computing and storage capacity to a diverse community of end-recipients. However, before you can decide on a cloud model, you need to determine what the ideal cloud service model is for your business. Helping you cut through all the haze, Architecting the Cloud is vendor neutral and guides you in making one of the most critical technology decisions that yo...

So far, not a single book has been published grouping the various written genres that businesspeople need in their jobs on a daily basis. Students of business English writing skills are often provided with a rather unsystematic compilation of information from heterogeneous sources. The result has been unsatisfactory, both for lecturers and learners. This book tries to fill that niche. The units have been selected on the basis of real feedback from students doing placements in companies. Genui...

Traditionele en online media spelen een steeds belangrijkere rol in de wereld van overheid en politiek. Er gaat geen dag voorbij of volksvertegenwoordigers, wethouders, ministers of ambtenaren zijn in het nieuws. Persvoorlichters proberen deze media-aandacht in goede banen te leiden. Zij verzorgen alle mogelijke vormen van communicatie om het beleid van politici en daarmee ook de politici zelf zo goed mogelijk te presenteren.

In dit boek komen verschillende aspecten van persvoorlichting en me...

Levenslooppsychologie beschrijft de ontwikkeling van jongvolwassenen, volwassenen en ouderen. Deze levensfasen worden besproken aan de hand van vijf ontwikkelingslijnen: de fysiologische ontwikkeling, de cognitieve emotionele ontwikkeling, de ontwikkeling van de persoonlijkheid en de sociale ontwikkeling.

Het boek bestaat uit vier delen. Het eerste deel schetst het theoretisch kader. Het tweede, derde en vierde deel beschrijven de ontwikkeling per levensfase. Voor elke levensfase worden twee s...

'Redefining the Role of the Community Interpreter' questions the traditional notion of 'role' that is so often taught on interpreter education and training courses and, more often than not, prescribed by the Codes of Ethics/Practice/Conduct published by institutional users and providers of interpreting services. By examining the nature of face-to-face interactions and drawing on the most recent research into community and public service interpreting, the authors propose and describe a wholly ...

Basisboek biologie is hét boek waarmee je je basiskennis van de biologie kunt opfrissen en verdiepen. Stap voor stap komen in een heldere structuur alle belangrijke thema's uit de examenstof van het voortgezet onderwijs aan bod. Aan het begin van ieder hoofdstuk geven leerdoelen aan wat je na

bestudering van de stof moet weten. De onderwerpen worden beknopt

besproken en inzichtelijk gemaakt aan de hand van voorbeelden en

kleurenillustraties. Ieder hoofdstuk sluit af met een serie kennisvragen

en...

In this mind-blowing follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to reveal unexpected insights into how the world really works.

We are living in the Information Age, in which we are constantly bombarded with data – on television, in print and online. How can we relate to this mind-numbing overload? Enter David McCandless and his amazing infographics: simple, elegant ways to understand information too complex or ab...

Today's most accessible, accurate, current, and engaging introduction to basic pathophysiology Human Diseases: A Systemic Approach, Eighth Edition is today's most comprehensive visual survey of the common diseases affecting each body system. This edition has been extensively updated and reorganized to present the field's latest knowledge more efficiently and intuitively than ever. Organized by organ system, it contains completely rewritten chapters on cancer, the nervous system, mental illnes...

WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAWFar in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free.

A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress... Huxley's ingenious fantasy of t...