Policy Analysis as Problem Solving: A Flexible and Evidence-Based Framework (Meltzer Rachel)(Paperback)

Policy Analysis as Problem Solving: A Flexible and Evidence-Based Framework (Meltzer Rachel)(Paperback)

Drawing extensively from real-life cases, Policy Analysis as Problem Solving helps students develop the analytic skills necessary to advise government officials and nonprofit executives on a wide range of policy issues. Unlike other texts, Policy Analysis as Problem Solving employs a pragmatic,

Police Occupational Culture: Research and Practice (Cockcroft Tom)(Paperback)

Taking an evidence-based approach to understanding police culture, this thorough and accessible book critically reviews existing research and offers new insights on theories and definitions. Tom Cockcroft, an authority on the subject, addresses a range of contemporary issues including diversity,

Evidence-Based Policing: Translating Research Into Practice (Lum Cynthia)(Paperback)

Today's police agencies are in a period of both crisis and reform as they try to improve their ability to deliver public safety to citizens in ways that are effective, legitimate, and sustainable. Evidence-based policing offers one such solution - an approach which emphasises the value that

Raitt on Evidence: Principles, Policy and Practice (Keane Eamon)(Paperback / softback)

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Using Evidence to Advance Research, Practice, Policy, and Prevention (Asmundson Gordon G. J. G.)(Paperback)

Adverse Childhood Experiences: Using Evidence to Advance Research, Practice, Policy, and Prevention defines ACEs, provides a summary of the past 20 years of ACEs research, as well as provides guidance for the future directions for the field. It includes a review of the original ACEs Study,

Awesome Math: Teaching Mathematics with Problem Based Learning (Andreescu Titu)(Paperback)

Help your students to think critically and creatively through team-based problem solving instead of focusing on testing and outcomes. Professionals throughout the education system are recognizing that standardized testing is holding students back. Schools tend to view children as outcomes rather

Inequality in U.S. Social Policy: An Historical Analysis (Warde Bryan)(Paperback)

In Inequality in US Social Policy: An Historic Analysis, Bryan Warde illuminates the pervasive and powerful role that social inequality based on race and ethnicity, gender, immigration status, sexual orientation, class, and disability plays and has historically played in informing social policy

Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Physiology: A Problem-Based Approach (Kamel Kamel S.)(Paperback)

With a strong focus on problem solving and clinical decision making, Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Physiology is your comprehensive, go-to guide on the diagnosis and management of fluid, electrolytes, and acid-base disorders. This in-depth reference moves smoothly from basic physiology to

Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy (Kissinger Henry a.)(Paperback)

In this book Professor Kissinger examines the framework of our foreign policy, the stresses to which that framework is being subjected, and the prospects for world order in an era of high international tension. The three essays were written before Professor Kissinger took leave from Harvard to

Her Enemy (Lehtolainen Leena)(Paperback)

After solving her first murder and leaving the Helsinki Police Department behind, Maria Kallio thought that a move to the neighboring city of Espoo would signal a fresh start--a chance to not only put her new law degree to use but to nurture her budding romance with Antti Sarkela. But when she

Gestapo - The Myth and Reality of Hitler's Secret Police (McDonough Frank)(Paperback / softback)

A profound account and analysis of the

Welfare Words: Critical Social Work & Social Policy (Garrett Paul Michael)(Paperback)

Insightful and engaging, Welfare Words provides a critical analysis of social work and social policy in its articulation and discussion of a number of significant words and phrases. Written by an authoritative voice in the field, Paul Michael Garrett makes sense of complex theories which codify

Compassion in Nursing: Theory, Evidence and Practice (Hewison Alistair)(Paperback)

Compassion has become a prominent issue in health policy and practice and the recommendations of the Francis Report and the Berwick Review emphasised the need for compassion in care. This timely and important text book provides a valuable resource for practicing and student nurses which examines

What Works Now?: Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice (Boaz Annette)(Paperback)

Building substantially on the earlier, landmark text, What Works? (Policy Press, 2000), this book brings together key thinkers and researchers to provide a contemporary review of the aspirations and realities of evidence-informed policy and practice. The text is clearly structured and provides

Social Policy: A Critical and Intersectional Analysis (Williams Fiona)(Paperback)

Welfare states face profound challenges. Widening economic and social inequalities have been intensified by austerity politics, sharpened by the rise in ethno-nationalism and exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, recent decades have seen a resurgence of social justice activism at both

Pace: A Practical Guide to the Police and Criminal Evidence ACT 1984 (Ozin Paul)(Paperback)

Providing practical guidance on what remains the single most important statutory basis for police duties and powers in England and Wales - the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 and its Codes of Practice - this is an essential reference source which the busy police officer or legal

Transforming Energy: Solving Climate Change with Technology Policy (Patt Anthony)(Paperback)

Climate change will be an ecological and humanitarian catastrophe unless we move quickly to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions. Policy experts advise us that we need to make major changes to our lifestyles, and our governments need to agree to globally binding treaties and implement market

Competition Law: Analysis, Cases, & Materials (Lianos Ioannis)(Paperback)

This casebook, designed for a readership of graduate students, policy makers, and practitioners in competition law, aims to provide a comprehensive reference on EU and UK competition law. While the majority of the text comprises analysis supplemented with detailed commentary and analysis of

Data Analysis for Business, Economics, and Policy (Bks Gbor)(Paperback)

This textbook provides future data analysts with the tools, methods, and skills needed to answer data-focused, real-life questions; to carry out data analysis; and to visualize and interpret results to support better decisions in business, economics, and public policy. Data wrangling and

On Educational Inclusion: Meanings, History, Issues and International Perspectives (Kauffman James M.)(Paperback)

Combining examination of policy with primary research and analysis of up-to-date literature, On Inclusive Education explores the various interpretations of inclusion, its history in education, and a range of its applications internationally. With an international complement of authors, this book

Land Reform in Scotland: History, Law and Policy (Combe Malcolm)(Paperback)

This interdisciplinary analysis of Scotland's perennial political hot potato - the Scottish land question - follows the latest legislative development, The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016. Bringing together leading academics and professional experts working in law, history and policy, Land Reform

Social Policy and Social Work: An Introduction (Cunningham Jo)(Paperback)

An understanding of social policy is crucial for social workers as it underpins and shapes the legislative framework that they work within. From safeguarding service users and enabling them to improve their lives, to protecting the most vulnerable in society, social policy also has a vital role to

Rural Sustainability: A Complex Systems Approach to Policy Analysis (Tian Qing)(Paperback)

This volume applies the science of complexity to study coupled human-environment systems (CHES) and integrates ideas from the social sciences of climate change into a study of rural development amid flooding and urbanization in the Poyang Lake Region (PLR) of China. Author Qing Tian operationalizes

On the Line - Life - and death - in the Metropolitan Police (Vinten Alice)(Paperback / softback)

A revealing memoir of a decade on the streets of London as a female police constable and a unique insight into a city and the cost of keeping it