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Features carefully selected readings that provide students with unique insight into the challenges faced by practicing sociologists. Students explore the study and practice of sociology from a highly practical point of view, cultivating a better understanding of how sociology impacts our perceptions of the world and our place within it.

Pairs biblical material with primary source texts from the Middle Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Period. The book places emphasis on archaeological and historical data that help to illuminate the Hebrew Bible in its ancient Near Eastern context.

Sustainable and vibrant communities of the future are a result of proper planning. Shaping our Future offers students and engaged citizens an introduction to the field of community planning. It covers a broad range of foundational topics needed by students to become effective city and community planners.

Beginning in 1865 and proceeding chronologically, this volume introduces a variety of historical events viewed through the lens of contemporary inquiries, including the aftermath of the Civil War, the cultural conflict ignited through western expansion, the push for monolingualism in America, and the origin of the idea of social Darwinism.

Provides practicing and future school counsellors with the knowledge and tools they need to develop and master group skills. Recognising that school counsellors leverage both counselling and psychoeducation in group work, the text presents research, theory, and practices in both counselling and education.

Featuring readings by educational professionals within administration, teaching, and research, Introduction to English Language Learning and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy helps pre-service and in-service teachers successfully work with culturally and linguistically diverse students and families.

Provides readers with valuable, practical information to help them prepare for law enforcement qualification and entrance exams. This is an ideal textbook for courses in policing and law enforcement.

Introduces students to new perspectives on history and major historical events by exploring everyday issues that have impacted the American people's daily lives. The readings address familiar and relatable topics, while shedding light on the events, culture, and consciousness of times past.

Featuring an intersectional approach, Social Inequalities: Select Readings on Race, Class, and Gender introduces students to social inequalities embedded within society at both the micro and macro level. Through compelling, scholarly articles, students gain the knowledge necessary to address social inequalities and inspire social change.

Featuring contributed chapters written by experts within the field, this volume provides readers with various perspectives regarding the intersection of education, human rights, and critical thinking. The text integrates strategies and best practices that support equitable education, elevate human rights, and pave the way for a better future.

Introduces students to the use of Excel to perform basic and intermediate data analyses that are common in the social and behavioural sciences. The companion focuses on using Excel to perform the types of analyses covered in most textbooks within the discipline.

Challenges students to examine and analyse, as both consumers and potential creators, ethical issues in mass communication on a variety of levels. The book encourages students to think critically about the difficult choices and the ethical consequences of those choices they may encounter as mass communication professionals.

Helps students become solid finite element analysts through hands-on lessons. Rather than focusing on theory, the book uses an inverted approach. Students are first shown how to build finite element models of real engineering parts through increasingly complex examples and case studies. They are then introduced to the accompanying theory.

Examines key concepts in biomedical systems and signals in a laboratory setting. The book gives students the opportunity to complete both measurement and maths modelling exercises, thus demonstrating that the experimental real-world setting directly corresponds with classroom theory.

Equips readers with foundational knowledge of military culture and common issues experienced by service men and women. This crucial text helps future and practicing counselors compassionately and competently treat individuals who serve or have served in the United States armed forces.

Provides a highly practical and relevant guide to graduating students beginning their careers in investment banking. The author applies his 30 years of experience in banking and 15 years of teaching to effectively combine the core principals of an academic textbook with the practical training that investment banks provide to first-year analysts.

Presents readers with a highly practical approach to marketing research. The text familiarizes students with foundational knowledge and skills, features ample practical examples and anecdotes, and is steeped and grounded in academic rigour.

Presents students with a carefully curated selection of readings that demonstrate how introductory concepts in sociology are applied in real-world contexts, including students' own lives. The book introduces students to foundational concepts in sociology, and focuses on how principles of sociology can help students better understand society.

Provides students with an accessible overview of the structure and function of the human body. The text provides practical information students can use to make healthful choices, better understand news and media about nutrition, medications, medical devices, and procedures, and grow their knowledge about genetic or infectious diseases.

Provides readers with evidence-based and cutting-edge discussions regarding therapeutic responses to crimes and criminality. Unique in scope and topical areas, the text covers criminogenic risk factors, needs and responsivity, and various elements that inform criminal and delinquent thinking and behaviour.

Helps students progress from a facility with computational procedures to an understanding of abstract mathematical concepts. Students develop their ability in mathematical communication through reading proofs, constructing proofs, and writing proofs in correct mathematical language.

Helps students, practitioners, and helping professionals understand the contributions of genetics to the behaviors of maltreated and maltreating persons. The book highlights new research findings about family violence across the lifespan accompanied by simplified information about their genetic foundations.

A definitive manual for those tasked with screening and conducting workplace investigations of varying severity, sensitivity, and complexity. This is a unique and critical guide for future and practicing human resource managers, private corporate investigators, and corporate legal counsel.

Provides students with a collection of readings that explain the concept of supply chain management in simple, everyday language. The chapters feature modern, recognisable examples, rendering the subject relatable and engaging.

Provides students with a curated compilation of articles written on the different religious traditions. The articles provide students with valuable insight into the particular worldviews and beliefs of each religion.

Provides students with engaging and enlightening readings that help them better understand what sociology is, how social problems emerge in society, the ways inequality impacts people, and the forces that enable social change.

Examines the complex relationship between educational institutions and the juvenile justice system. Readers learn about factors that contribute to juvenile delinquency, how schools can prevent and manage juvenile delinquency, and how individuals can leverage resources other than police or justice systems in response to behavioural concerns.

A supporting volume for The Foundations of Statistics in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Whereas the main text helps students build a knowledge base of analytical methods within the context of criminal justice, this companion learning guide emphasizes practical application.