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Patricia Kennedy / Contemporary Irish Social Policy (Large Paperback)

This review of social policy provision in Ireland covers the different consumers of services, including children, people with disabilities, older people, Travellers and refugees and asylum seekers. Youth policy, drugs and the criminal justice system are...

Leslie Rae / Using Evaluation in Training and Development (Large Paperback)

Practical in tone, yet firmly based on sound theoretical foundations, the book clearly shows how evaluation can and should be applied before, during and after training Guidelines are suggested, methods described and practical, tried and tested, resources...

Jeffrey Jowell / Understanding Human Rights Principles (Large Paperback)

Human rights are brought to life by a number of defining principles. This text explores each of those principles in depth through comprehensive,informative and provocative papers written by prominent and distinguished practitioners and legal academics...

Graeme Burton , Richard Dimbleby / Between Ourselves: An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication (Large Paperback)

This is the ideal text for students taking courses in interpersonal communication. It draws together all the main strands in communication theory to illustrate communication processes in action. This new edition fully reflects recent changes in...

Caroline Fennell / Crime and crisis in Ireland: Justice by illusion? (Large Paperback)

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Michael Hill / The Policy Process in the Modern State (Large Paperback)

In an expanded and improved third edition of this classic textbook, Michael Hill has once again provided an exempary introductory account of the policy process in the modern state. Building on the success of the previous editions, the author has extended...

Michael Hill / Understanding Social Policy (Large Paperback)

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Owen Hargie , David Dickson / Communication Skills for Effective Management (Large Paperback)

It is now widely recognized that communication is at the very heart of effective management. There is therefore an ever-expanding demand for valid and generalizable information on how best to relate to people in organizational contexts. Communication...

David Beetham / Democracy and Human Rights (Large Paperback)

What is democracy? How do we know when we have it? Is liberal democracy merely one, or the only, version of democracy.     All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our books are in...

Andrew McCann / Know Your Rights (Large Paperback)

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Stuart Oskamp / Reducing Prejudice and Discrimination (Large Paperback)

Finding ways to reduce prejudice and discrimination is the central issue in attacking racism in our society. Yet this book is almost unique among scientific volumes in its focus on that goal. This important book combines critical analysis of theories...

Teresa Brannick / Business Research Methods: Strategies, Techniques and Sources (Large Paperback)

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Tolley's Health and Safety at Work Handbook 2010 (Large Paperback)

Covers key aspects of health and safety law and practice, as well as related environmental and employment information. This work aims to provide a clear interpretation of legislation and regulations, on a range of subjects from accident reporting to...

Tolley's Health and Safety at Work Handbook 2006 (Large Paperback)

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Tolley's Health and Safety at Work Handbook 2009 (Large Paperback)

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Tim Newburn / Handbook of Policing (Large Paperback)

This volume aims to provide a comprehensive but readable overview of policing in the UK, reflecting the transformations that have taken place in recent years and the increasing professionalisation of one of the country's most important services...

Simon French / Operational Research Techniques (Large Paperback)

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Jeremy W. Stranks / The Manager's Guide to Health and Safety at Work (Large Paperback)

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Ralph Crawshaw , Tom Williamson , Barry Devlin / Human Rights and Policing:Standards for Good Behaviour and a Strategy for Change (Large Paperback)

This is a unique book in that it distils the knowledge, ideas and experience of three police professionals in the cause of a human rights-based approach to policing. The book is written for an audience of police officials, human rights workers with an...

Dave Davis / A Guide to Investigating Using the Internet (Large Paperback)

A Guide to Investigating Using the Internet provides you with essential information on to use the Internet effectively. The Guide is full of useful tips and helpful techniques, and shows you how to get results. Topics covered Internet addressing;...

Loraine Blaxter , Christina Hughes , Malcolm Tight / How to Research (Large Paperback)

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Tom Campbell / Sceptical Essays on Human Rights (Large Paperback)

Britain's Human Rights Act 1998 is the latest in a wave of legislative and constitutional instruments that have been passed in a number of countries (including Canada, New Zealand and South Africa) and which put human rights at the top of the public law...

Ralph Crawshaw / Human Rights and Policing (Large Paperback)

This is a second, thoroughly revised and expanded edition of a book that has four clear to provide a concise account and analysis of international human rights and humanitarian law standards relevant to policing; to set out arguments for compliance with...

Willem de Lint , Alan Hall / Intelligent Control: Developments in Public Order Policing in Canada (Hardback)

Massive public protests have had a prominent presence at the turn of the millennium, with many thousands of protestors controlled by small, yet, increasingly specialized police forces. Investigating the ways in which police practices have evolved in...

Rowan Bosworth-Davies / Money Laundering: A Practical Guide to the New Legislation (Hardback)

Financial institutions are facing one of the most serious threats in recent years in the form of new EC and UK legislation against the handling of money derived from criminal acitivities. This comprehensive book should be a useful source of information...

Jane Hughes / Detention of Asylum Seekers in Europe:Analysis and Perspectives (Hardback)

This volume presents a compilation of cross-disciplinary essays written by representatives of non-governmental and inter-governmental organisations, practising lawyers, academics, researchers and a psychiatrist, which reflect the heightened concern among...

Joseph M. Juran / Quality Planning and Analysis (Hardback)

Written by internationally recognized leaders in quality, this book provides comprehensive coverage and reflects modern thinking on quality in the 90's and into the 21st century. It gives balanced coverage of the impact of quality on all organizational...

Mitchell L. Eisen / Memory and Suggestibility in the Forensic Interview (Hardback)

Memories are the ultimate foundation of testimony in legal settings ranging from criminal trials to divorce mediations and custody hearings. Yet the last decade has seen mounting evidence of various ways in which the accuracy of memories can be distorted...

William Bratton , Peter Knobler / The Turnaround: How America's Top Cop Reversed the Crime Epidemic (Hardback)

When Bill Bratton was sworn in as New York City's police commissioner in 1994, he made what many considered a bold The NYPD would fight crime in every borough...and win.  It seemed foolhardy; even everybody knows you can't win the war on crime...

James Dingley / Terrorism and the Politics of Social Change: A Durkheimian Analysis (Hardback)

Terrorism and political violence have invariably accompanied the progressive modernization of states; a socio-cultural reaction to the problems of social change and development. To understand this phenomenon, it is necessary to consider the nature of...

James A. Schnell / Case Studies in Culture and Communication: A Group Perspective (Hardback)

In Case Studies in Culture and A Group Perspective , James A. Schnell presents critical essays in the burgeoning field of communication studies. In the first section, Case Studies in American Culture, he examines such topics as decision-making at a co-op...

John O. Burtis , Paul David Turman / Group Communication Pitfalls: Overcoming Barriers to an Effective Group Experience (Hardback)

Group Communication Overcoming Barriers to an Effective Group Experience treats groups and the work involved in grouping as useful tools humans have developed for responding to pressures or demands faced by group members. This book assumes an orientation...

Max Koch / Roads to Post-Fordism: Labour Markets and Social Structures in Europe (Hardback)

In this book Max Koch develops a theoretical model to understand the restructuring of labour markets and social structures of advanced capitalist countries on the basis of the 'regulation approach'. This approach is then applied to comparative analysis...

Claudia Tazreiter / Asylum Seekers and the State: The Politics of Protection in a Security-Conscious World (Hardback)

Highly topical in subject matter, Asylum Seekers and the State reveals immigration policy as a political process which has social consequences not only for the newcomer group, but also for the wider receiver society. This work considers the obligations...

Seumas Miller , John Blackler / Ethical Issues in Policing (Hardback)

Police Studies constitute an important area of academic inquiry and policing raises a large number of ethical questions, yet to date there has been a paucity of research on the subject. This significant volume provides an integrated mix of...

Cary L. Cooper , Ivan T. Robertson / 1995, International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Hardback)

Organizational psychology is concerned with the world of work and training, specifically the functioning of organizations and how people and groups behave. PRovides self-contained, state-of-the-art reviews of topics of current concern and significant new...

Willard M. Oliver / Catholic Perspectives on Crime and Criminal Justice (Hardback)

  Drawing upon Catholic social teaching, traditional writings, and Sacred Scripture, this book presents a Catholic perspective of crime and criminal justice in America. Specifically, it presents a policy framework for the criminal justice system...

Ken Blakemore / Understanding Equal Opportunity Policies (Large Paperback)

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Karen J. Swift, Marilyn Callahan / At Risk: Social Justice in Child Welfare and Other Human Services (Large Paperback)

In At Risk, Karen J. Swift and Marilyn Callahan examine risk and risk assessment in the context of professional practice in child protection, social work, and other human services. They argue that the tools, technologies, and practices used to measure...

Bo Arpi, Per Wejke / International Turnaround Management: From Crisis to Revival and Long-Term Profitability (Hardback)

The role of a Turnaround Manager is to save companies from a seriously unprofitable situation. This may follow a merger, take-over, restructure or as a result of adverse market conditions or mismanagement. A first class Turnaround Manager is more than a...

Ray Carter, Philip Price / Integrated Materials Management (Large Paperback)

This edition is designed to be a concise, exam-orientated M & E Handbook which covers a wide range of issues, including storage, control, distribution and handling of materials. of an organization, reflected in new coverage of material resources and...

Eugene Kennedy / On Becoming a Counsellor : A Basic Guide for Non-Professional Counsellors and the Helping Professions (Large Paperback)

Since its first publication in 1977, Eugene Kennedy and Sara Charles's 'On Becoming a Counsellor' has become the one, indispensable resource for all those who, without extensive psychological training, must deal with troubled individuals - the confused,...

Jane Kelly / Sage One For Dummies (Large Paperback)

Get to grips with Sage One in simple steps. Sage One For Dummies explains every aspect of setting up and navigating Sage One, the newest accounting solution for small businesses and sole traders. It includes clear instructions for using Sage One Accounts...

Jack Cochran / Healer, Leader, Partner: Optimizing Physician Leadership to Transform Healthcare (Large Paperback)

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Jeanne Godfrey / How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays (Large Paperback)

This title helps the undergraduate student through the process of using their reading in essays, from how to quote, paraphrase and summarise sources, through to editing their work. It focuses on the fundamental feature of all academic writing and work,...

Ella Brooks / Right Thing To Do: Reporting rape in Britain's criminal justice system (Large Paperback)

Ella wasn’t supposed to write a book about a victim's perspective of reporting rape within Britain's criminal justice system, but then she wasn’t supposed to be raped by her boss either, so I guess you could say she’s trying to make the...

Ricki Ostrov / Careers in Film and Video (Large Paperback)

Careers in Film and Video offers advice and information for those wishing to enter the film and video industries. It examines the structure of the industries, the career opportunities within them. In addition, it provides a source of information on...

Peter D. Stonier / Careers with the Pharmaceutical Industry (Large Paperback)

In recent years, many factors have combined to change the operating environment of the international pharmaceutical industry leading to greater specialisation and sophistication. This new edition will give an update of the different opportunities in drug...

Bill Gillham / Developing a Questionnaire (Large Paperback)

It is easy to construct a questionnaire. With word-processor it is possible to design one in a single evening. But developing a questionnaire that yields genuinely worthwile data is much harder than one might think- and useful research does require...

Suzanne Quin / Contemporary Irish Social Policy (Large Paperback)

A completely updated and revised edition of this comprehensive review of the range of social policy provision in Ireland - education, income maintenance, employment, housing and health - together with chapters relating to different categories of...

Susan Basalla, Maggie Debelius / "So What Are You Going to Do with That?": Finding Careers Outside Academia (Large Paperback)

  Graduate schools churn out tens of thousands of Ph.D.’s and M.A.’s every year. Half of all college courses are taught by adjunct faculty. The chances of an academic landing a tenure-track job seem only to shrink as student loan and...

John Roberts / The Modern Firm: Organizational Design for Performance and Growth (Hardback)

 Business firms around the world are experimenting with new organizational designs, changing their formal architectures, their routines and processes, and their corporate cultures as they seek to improve their current performance and their growth...