Working in any area of mental health nursing presents complex issues regarding the nurse-patient relationship. For those working in prolonged clinical contact with offenders, relationships with patients and colleagues can be particularly emotionally intense and sometimes difficult to express. This book attempts to understand and articulate the emotional labour of forensic nursing and explores the challenge of establishing and maintaining therapeutic relationships with offenders.The...

The definitive guide to implementing Baldrige Criteria in any organization—from the team that has worked with 18 Malcolm Baldrige Award winnersFor organizations in both the public and private sectors, the coveted Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is the gold standard to which all leaders aspire. With this action-ready guide from the renowned experts at BaldrigeCoach, you too can master the principles of Baldrige Criteria, harness the power of performance exce...

First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, this updated volume explores policy failures and the valuable opportunities for learning that they offer.Policy successes and failures offer important lessons for public officials, but often they do not learn from these experiences. The studies in this volume investigate this broken link. The book defines policy learning and failure and organises the main studies in these fields along the key dimensions of processes, products...

FBI Special Agent Malcolm Gee, who specializes in hunting serial killers, is on vacation when he discovers a decapitated head. He wants to get away from death and thinks he’s found the woman of his dreams, so he’s happy to leave the investigation to the police. But circumstances intervene. A friend, Skipper, reveals that the head belongs to his sister and begs Malcolm to search for her killer. Reluctantly, Malcolm undertakes an unofficial investigation that uncovers government malfeasance ...

Eleven Dark Tales of the Unexpected, the Chilling, the Dreadful, and the StrangeBook 2 of Frost Zone Stories features short fiction by:Jenny Hart, Diane Dooley, Malcolm Timperley, Camden Rose, Nick Young, MIchael Penncavage, Kay Hanifen, D.Thomas Minton, Ken Foxe, Ann Wuehler, and Maureen O'Leary.Edited by M.M. MacLeodDesign and Illustration by Lene MacLeod

This unique collection of lectures honors the pioneering work in Byron studies of Leslie Alexis Marchand, who has had an enduring influence on the appreciation and study of Lord Byron for sixty years. Generations of readers and writers have come to Byron through his biographies and his edition of the poet’s letters and journals. All admirers of Byron respond to the verve, dash, and immediacy of his correspondence, which lies at the heart of Marchand’s biographies and offers us a portrait b...

In the early hours in a small southern town, AD ambushes and kills a police officer, then a federal judge a few hours later. The killer is on a mission to sacrifice twelve confirmed sinners before terminal cancer claims his life. Ridding the earth of twelve sinners will surely gain him admittance to heaven. FBI Special Agent Malcolm Gee, one of the FBI’s best at stopping serial killers, is immediately assigned to lead the investigation. While his boss and his girlfriend demand his attentio...

Provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, research and debates relating to children and the experience of childhood in late twentieth century Britain. This volume will address key issues such as juvenile crime, poverty, child protection and children's rights and their implications for the development of policy and services for children. Presents first hand accounts from children and parents.

This book provides a comprehensive and accessible source of information on all types of sweeteners and functional ingredients, enabling manufacturers to produce low sugar versions of all types of foods that not only taste and perform as well as sugar-based products, but also offer consumer benefits such as calorie reduction, dental health benefits, digestive health benefits and improvements in long term disease risk through strategies such as dietary glycaemic control.Now in a revi...