Presents a report from the Cambridge Primary Review, the comprehensive enquiry into English primary education. This book is grounded in evidence from research, official data and the enquiry's thousands of individual and organisational witnesses.

Sex Tourism examines the issues which emerge from sex worker-client interactions and from tourists visiting 'sex destinations'. It is a comprehensive summary of past research by academics and original research by the authors.

Theoretically innovative, this book reviews disparate existing literature on comparative probation and offers a coherent analysis of probation around the world. Represents findings of the UN Crime and Justice Research Unit.

The authors use a major empirical study of children in secure accommodation as a basis for a theoretical analysis of relations between the state, the family and the 'difficult' child.

Presses the case for better mental health care for mentally disturbed law breakers, and the need to divert them from unnecessary imprisonment.

Combining scholarship with readability, this book shows that political corruption must itself be analyzed politically. It is a valuable read for anyone studying social science disciplines such as politics, international relations, sociology, anthropology, criminology and public policy.

Higher education institutions are concerned with the quality of teaching and learning experiences they provide for students, including the increasing number of overseas students.

An exploration of children's mathematical development to show how you can encourage and enhance the numeracy skills of any child in the early years by linking maths to every-day life and making it a playful and enjoyable cross-curricular activity.

One Hundred Twentieth-Century Philosophers offers biographical information and critical analysis of the life, work and impact of some of the most significant figures in philosophy this century.

What is compassion, how does it affect the quality of our lives and how can we develop compassion for ourselves and others? Humans are capable of extreme cruelty but also considerable compassion.

By developing a long-term supranational perspective, this ambitious, multi-faceted work provides a new understanding of 'totalitarianism', the troubling common element linking Soviet communism, Italian fascism and German Nazism.

This volume focuses on British Philosophy in the late Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries, the period broadly conceived as 'the Enlightenment'. It provides a scholarly introduction to the subject and covers all major figures and movements

What is compassion, how does it affect the quality of our lives and how can we develop compassion for ourselves and others? Humans are capable of extreme cruelty but also considerable compassion.

A much-needed guide to thinking critically for oneself and how to tell a good argument from a bad one. Includes topical examples from politics, sport, medicine, music, chapter summaries, glossary and exercises.

This title serves as an introduction to the philosophy of mind area of the undergraduate philosophy curriculum. It covers issues such as the language of thought, the road to functionalism and the problem of qualia.

An introduction to thinking clearly and rationally for oneself, which equips students with the skills to tell a good argument from a bad one.

The therapeutic relationship is a major contributor to therapeutic outcomes. This book will help psychotherapists to address their understanding and use of the therapeutic relationship in CBT.

Covering a wide range of situations, this is suitable for the business user or for students learning the language.

German Business Situations is a handy reference and learning text for all who use or need spoken German for business. It is suitable for self-study or class use.