This is a compact, yet comprehensive, title that clarifies and explains the main concepts within sociology. It is useful both for new students and for students who wants to refresh their memory and come up with new ideas for essay topics.

Student friendly, accessible and practical, this book covers all the core issues relating to the theory and practice of assessments in social work with children and their families

The Sociology of Immigration provides students with a contemporary sociological perspective on the entire immigration process: deciding to leave one's home country, establishing oneself in a new host society, being received by the host population, and deciding whether to assimilate or seek citizenship.

Forensic Psychology: An Inside Perspective on Criminal Thinking and Behavior offers a concise, accessible introduction to the field of forensic psychology. Grounded in the cognitive-behavioral approach and evidence based-practices and research, this text focuses on often-overlooked areas, such as the experiences of victims and first responders and the psychopathy of individuals convicted of mass murder, spree killing, and serial killing.

Personality: Theories and Applications by Eric Shiraev presents a comprehensive and engaging exploration of the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural study of personality. The new Second Edition incorporates the latest findings from the fields of behavioral economics and neuroscience while offering expanded coverage of contemporary issues.

Organizational Behavior: A Skill-Building Approach examines how individual characteristics, group dynamics, and organizational factors affect performance, motivation, and job satisfaction, providing students with a holistic understanding of OB. Packed with critical thinking opportunities, experiential exercises, and real-world case studies, Organizational Behavior provides students with a fun, hands-on introduction to the fascinating world of OB.

A book to help nursing students understand how to respond to acute changes in health, using case studies and the patients' voice to bring the subject to life. It takes a systematic approach using the ABCDE method of health assessment.

A practical, up-to-date, step-by-step guidance on causal analysis; which features worked example datasets throughout to see methods in action. McBee clearly demonstrates techniques such as Rubin causal model, direct acyclic graphs and propensity score analysis.

Exploring the challenges and obstacles that need to be overcome in education research, this text offers universal guidance that the reader can apply to their own research project.