A detailed, accessible and literacy-focused textbook for those training to teach in primary education using real life classroom scenarios to explore aspects of good teaching practice.

Exploring key issues in teaching through the lens of reflective practice, in order to deepen understanding of teaching practice.

A down to earth, practical guide to newly qualified social workers on their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment.

Policy Analysis for Social Workers, is a comprehensive guide to help students understand the process of policy development and analysis so they can become effective advocates.

The first book in the market to look at innovation/entrepreneurship from an international perspective.

Containing original chapters written by experts and scholars in the field, this text will highlight the current debates about criminal justice policy and discuss the implications for the system and society at large.

This book explores the fun things researchers can do with logistic regression, explicates and simplifies the confounding complexities of understanding what logistic regression is, and provides evidence-based guidance as to what the best practices in performing logistic regression are.

Offers an examination of social policy through a social constructivist and economic lens. This book illuminates the root causes of common social problems and how policy has attempted to ameliorate them. It focuses on how social policies in the United States can be transformed to promote social justice for all groups.

This user-friendly book by one of the foremost authorities in the field offers systematic and comprehensive coverage of the "what and how" of intelligence collection, including the processing and exploitation of both literal and nonliteral information.

This series facilitates a deeper level of understanding of each standard, underscores the interconnectedness of the standards, and helps educators bridge theory to practice in their own implementation efforts.