De eerste druk van het Basisboek criminologie is door de gebruikers ontvangen als een welkome aanvulling op het Nederlandstalig aanbod. Het is inmiddels de standaard voor het bacheloronderwijs in het hbo en ook op verschillende universiteiten wordt het boek gebruikt als toegankelijke inleiding. Hoewel er voor deze doelgroep een grote hoeveelheid – met name Engelstalige – literatuur beschikbaar is, blijkt het voor docenten lastig om daar een keuze uit te maken. Veel boeken gaan voor een ee...

Als kleuterleider, opvoeder of ouder aan de slag gaan met een kind met een ontwikkelingsvoorsprong is een boeiende uitdaging. Zo'n kleuter kan nét iets meer aan. Maar hoe kan je dit kind blijven prikkelen en inspireren, zodat het (weer) zin heeft, krijgt of behoudt in leren en leven? Heel wat kleuterbegeleiders zijn hiertoe bereid. Maar hoe begin je eraan?

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The essential handbook for doing historical research in the twenty-first centuryThe Princeton Guide to Historical Research provides students, scholars, and professionals with the skills they need to practice the historian's craft in the digital age, while never losing sight of the fundamental values and techniques that have defined historical s

In an increasingly data-centric world, we all need to know how to read and interpret statistics. But where do we begin?This book breaks statistical terms and concepts down in a clear, straightforward way. From understanding what data are telling you to exploring the value of good storytelling with numbers, it equips you with the information and skills you need to become statistically literate.

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Joining Together introduces readers to the theory and research needed to understand how to make groups effective and, through exercises and thorough explanations, equips them with the skills required to apply that knowledge to practical situations. Chapters discuss the history of groups and group dynamics, the nature of experiential learning, group goals, communication within groups, leadership, power, decision making, controversy and creativity, and conflict management. More applied chapters...

This introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture across the world. Presenting a clear overview of anthropology, it focuses on central topics such as kinship, ethnicity, ritual and political systems, offering a wealth of examples that demonstrate the enormous scope of anthropology and the importance of a comparative perspective. Unlike other texts on the subject, Small Places, Large Issues incorpor...

Just as newspapers do not, typically, engage with the ordinary experiences of people's daily lives, so organizational studies has also tended largely to ignore the humdrum, everyday experiences of people working in organizations. However, ethnographic approaches provide in-depth and up-close understandings of how the 'everyday-ness' of work is organized and how, in turn, work itself organizes people and the societies they inhabit. Organizational Ethnography brings contributions from leading s...

The third edition of Investigating Culture: An Experiential Introduction to Anthropology, the highly praised innovative approach to introducing aspects of cultural anthropology to students, features a series of revisions, updates, and new material. * Offers a refreshing alternative to introductory anthropology texts by challenging students to think in new ways and apply cultural learnings to their own lives * Chapters explore key anthropological concepts of human culture including: language, ...

"Designing research is about making decisions to transform an idea into a plan that can provide answers to a research problem or question. Thinking about, and then making these decisions results in the research design – the plan that will be followed to conduct the research and answer the question. This text engages in a dialogue with the reader, providing a serious but accessible introduction to research design, for use as a guide when designing your own research or when reading the resear...

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...