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This collection of original essays is an innovative, effective way to teach crime theory to undergraduates. Each essay brings an important crime theory to life by applying that theory to a current crime event or topic of interest to students. An original introductory essay by Don Gibbons explains the origins of these different explanations for criminal behavior, and how they are similar to and different from one another.

This volume synthesizes the insights of feminist and mainstream research in examining the impact of gender on welfare state analysis and outcomes. It highlights the effect of welfare state policies on women and men.

The use of long-term imprisonment as a response to crime, the effects of long-term incarceration and the strategies used by inmates to adjust to confinement are the focus of this volume. The book explores the prison experience from the male and the female perspective and discusses the correctional management challenges posed by long-term incarceration.Comprising a set of articles originally published in The Prison Journal the book is complemented by research reports, an analysis of long-term inmates confined in United States and Canadian prisons, and essays written by long-term prisoners.

This textbook uses the `riddles' metaphor to introduce social analysis and to communicate the critical, questioning aspects of sociology which is at the heart of its tradition. The book teaches the student how to be aware of the social `riddles' around them and how to solve them using sociological analysis.

This concise text, covers both classical and contemporary social thought. It traces the major schools of thought over the past 150 years as they appear and reappear in different chapters and looks at important new voices in social theory. The treatment of individual theories and theorists is balanced with the development of key themes and ideas about social life.

Even in the closest of relationships, things can go wrong. This volume takes an honest look at difficulties, dilemmas and challenges in relationships and examines useful management and tolerance skills. Topics explored include: anger; having enemies; the family after divorce; interpersonal violence; codependency; HIV//AIDS; chronic illness; and bereavement.

This book provides an essential introduction to the complex issues and debates in the field of crime control and the new politics of safety and security across the globe. The contributions to this volume present a critique of current policy and open up the field of study to new directions.

The findings of a large qualitative research project which studied the experiences of the chronically ill within the health care system are presented here. Thorne demonstrates the vast difference between chronic and acute illness in terms of their social and health care consequences.The book is divided into three sections: the first examines how patients handle the onset of diseases and acute episodes; the second explores the relationship with health care providers; and the final part focuses on the ''system'' with its sociocultural and organizational agenda. The concluding chapter proposes future directions for health care organization, biomedical technology and social policy.

This innovative collection examines the emerging arena of cyberspace and the challenges it presents for the social and cultural forms of the human body. It shows how changing relations between body and technology offer new arenas for cultural representations.

Community policing continues to be of great interest to policy makers, scholars and, of course, local police agencies. Successfully achieving the transformation from a traditional policing model to community policing can be difficult. This book aims to illuminate the path to make that change as easy as possible. Morash and Ford have produced a contributed anthology with original articles from a variety of well-known researchers, police trainers and leaders. They focus on:· Recent research for developing data systems to shape police reform · Changing the police culture to implement community policing · Creating partnership strategies within police organizations and between police and community groups for successful community policing · Anticipating future challenges

Presents a new approach to the integration of science and practice in clinical work

This book analyzes the issues surrounding divorce and its implications for public policy. The authors integrate research and policy perspectives of scholars to focus on the consequences of divorce for children, the parents' responsiblities after divorce, nonresidential parenting, and the effects of a high divorce rate in society.

Drawing upon years of experience working with communities and present practical strategies for working alongside non-researchers the authors offer tips, advice and exercises for preparing people to conduct focus groups, whether they are preparing a team to conduct a community study or teaching one person to help in a study.

A natural companion to the recently published Drug Control and the Courts (SAGE 1996), this accessible volume focuses on five case studies in judicial innovation - the dedicated drug treatment courts in Miami, Oakland, Fort Lauderdale, Portland and Phoenix. Each case is presented in a chapter written by a local expert to describe and evaluate five prime examples of dedicated drug treatment courts. These chapters are written to a common outline and each discuss the following points: community demographics; structural organization of the court; court caseloads, including drug cases; successes and failures of initial goals and objectives and subsequent adaptations; and measures of long-term successes and failures (recidivism and successful completion of treatment programmes).

This hands-on guide begins at the point many grant seekers can identify with - rejection. Part One emphasizes how to resubmit unfunded applications to make them more competitive. The material contained in this section is invaluable, especially since funding sources are now limiting the number of times the same application can be resubmitted. Part Two highlights the practical issues of a project after funding has been obtained. The authors provide a map of the people and places that must become part of a researcher''s daily and weekly routine, a checklist to aid the newly funded researcher''s progress, and guidance on the essential but often overlooked feature of research funding, time management. Subjects of other sections of this volume include the `small business'' aspects of maintaining funding for a project, and the process of targeting continued funding by determining the next fundable step of a project.

With opinion surveys being used increasingly to measure the public response to governmental initiatives, this book that helps clarify the basics of survey research as they apply to public administration will be welcomed. It is organized around the fundamental stages of the research process - planning, design, implementation, analysis and presentation of data.David H Folz presents practical illustrations and does not assume the reader to have an extensive background in statistics. Thorough coverage of the use of computers in data analysis is provided, together with illustrations of SPSS screens.

Covers the research on strategic alliances and serves to lay out a research agenda on collaborative strategy and alliance management. The handbook also covers the theoretical foundations that guide work on inter-firm collaboration, ranging from sociological perspectives to real options theory to diverse traditions within organizational economics.

Discussing the aspects of the multimethod research approach, this book offers an explanation of how a planned synthesis of various research techniques (fieldwork, surveys, experiments, and nonreactive studies) can be used to improve social science knowledge.

Leading in a Multicultural Environment is suitable for a variety of management courses, well grounded in solid research, but written in an easy to comprehend style that: provides a culturally-centred leadership perspective allowing organizational leaders the opportunity to attend to the influence of culture; helps the reader.

Understanding Democratic Politics

'This is a unique interpretation of rural issues that will become essential reference for students, scholars, politicians, developers and rural activists...'- Imre Kovach, President, European Society for Rural Sociology, Research director, Institute for Political Sciences, Budapest

Appropriate for novice and experienced educators alike, this indispensable book explains how practitioner research can be used to solve instructional problems and improve student achievement.

Illustrates a range of techniques and approaches used in social research projects. This text covers quantitative and qualitative approaches to data collection and analysis in social research, considering both the structure and logic of research projects and the ethics and politics of research.

Political parties are indispensable to democracy and a central subject of research and study in political science around the world. This handbook maps the developments in party politics scholarship. It also addresses some topics to be addressed in nationally or regionally specific ways.

Provides a foundation from which to plan and implement social research and program evaluation projects that place youth in central roles. This title emphasizes how youth-led research represents a political and social statement about making relevant research result in significant changes to programs in the field of youth services.

Examines ways to analyze surveys, and focuses on the problems of weights and design effects. This edition incorporates practice of analyzing complex survey data, introduces the analytic approach for categorical data analysis, reviews new software and provides an introduction to the model-based analysis that can be useful analyzing social surveys.

Brings together discussions of the major research in performance studies and identifies directions for investigation. This title demonstrates the utility of performance studies for diverse academic audiences by organizing topics into six primary realms of performance inquiry: Theory, History, Literature, Pedagogy, Ethnography, and Politics.

Presenting research and scholarship in the field of African-American or black studies, this book contains three divisions: historical and cultural foundations; philosophical and conceptual basis; and critical and analytical concepts.

Offers summaries and analyses of culturally competent psychological and social services within the US legal arena. This book covers the knowledge and practice crucial in providing services to ethnic, racial, and cultural minorities. It features case examples and guidelines, and is intended for professionals in the fields of psychology and law.

The Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities is an interdisciplinary and international culmination of the growth of men's studies that also offers insight about future directions for the field.