This is the first course guide that has been developed for students of policing. It identifies the core themes and additional source material, providing an essential overview for students and a reference point for use throughout their studies.The Policing Course Companion is designed to complement and work alongside existing literature. It provides:" Easy access to the key themes in policing" Helpful summaries of the approach taken by the main cours...

Multi-agency working continues to be a core focus in criminal justice and allied work, with the government investing significantly in training criminal justice professionals. This fully revised and expanded edition of this comprehensive text brings together probation, policing, prison, social work, criminological and organisational studies perspectives, and is an essential guide for students and practitioners in offender management and other managed care environments. The contributors prov...

"Once in a generation, a book comes along that alters the way society views a topic. When Children Grieve is an essential primer for parents and others who interact with children on a regular basis." — Bernard McGrane, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Chapman University and U.C. IrvineThe first—and definitive—guide to helping children really deal with loss from the authors of the The Grief Recovery HandbookFollowing deaths, ...

Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Identity and socialization among sports fans are particular burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of specialists in the social sciences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, captures an eclectic collection of new studies from accomplished scholars in t...

The Gospels are full of encounters that made a profound impact on those who spoke with Jesus Christ. In the third instalment of the Encounters with Jesusseries, Timothy Keller, pastor of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Church and New York Times-bestselling author of The Reason for God, shows how those encounters can still have a deep effect on us today. The story of Lazarus is one of the most famous in the Gospel of John, and in The Grieving Sisters, Ke...

Discover a new way to think about your grief and loss. Esteemed psychotherapist and bereavement counselor John Tsilimparis, MFT, shows you the ways grief and loss intertwine with beauty, tenderness, and human connection to empower you to build emotional resilience in a difficult world.What if you could flip the script on the pain in your life and learn how to cultivate purpose and joy—not after grief but during it, not despite hardship bu...

Read by the author.Discover a new way to think about your grief and loss. Esteemed psychotherapist and bereavement counselor John Tsilimparis, MFT, shows you the ways grief and loss intertwine with beauty, tenderness, and human connection to empower you to build emotional resilience in a difficult world.What if you could flip the script on the pain in your life and learn how to cultivate purpose and joy—not after grief but duri...

How do you cope when a loved one dies? When your life seems to have stopped but the world expects you to 'just man up' and 'get on with it'?In Grief in Brief former journalist, TV producer and business owner John Harris shares his journey of grief following the death of Noelene, his wife of 40 years and mother of his four children. He offers practical tips on coping with loneliness, loss and despair.Using bullet point headings, Grief in Brief is a practica...

“All we need is one goal-to be the strongest heroes in the world!” In a land where treasure hunters scour vaults appearing from the past, Krai Andrey and his friends swore a childhood oath to become the mightiest heroes of all. There’s just one problem: While his old companions have become living legends, Krai is the poster child for mediocrity…and he knows it! But despite his best efforts to leave the treasure-hunting life, he has gained quite the reputation by association-and with it, en...

A flawless lie is the only thing standing between a desperate street thief and a gruesome death, but how do you con a house that listens to your every heartbeat?Echo Eclipse is a hollow shell, surviving the ruthless underworld of Saltgrave by stealing the voices and identities of the deceased. But when a massive debt to a lethal crime syndicate comes due, Echo is forced into the greatest performance of her life. Her mission: infiltrate the isolated, cliffside estat...

As Krai’s dynamic with the high-level hunter from abroad worsens, his interest is diverted toward the relic auction starting up in the capital. He has his eye on winning the Reversible Face, and is planning to do just that when a girl named Éclair, the daughter of a nobleman, starts to compete with him for the same prize!

Winner of a second-place award in the general interest category from the Association of Catholic Publishers and and honorable mention in grief and bereavement from the Catholic Media Association.When someone you love dies by suicide, confusion, shame, and guilt often add to the emotional upheaval and spiritual turmoil in your life. When a Loved One Dies by Suicide was written by Catholics who have lost a loved one due to suicide. The contributors share the...