Books published by SAGE Publications Inc

This book provides students and managers alike with the guidance, tools, and examples needed to develop leadership talent and inspire performance.

A practical, how-to guide to developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining effective family life education programs.

From the bestselling Maths Recovery series comes another exciting resource for teachers. Focusing around the three stages of development that connect to whole number knowledge this is an essential addition to your Mathematics teaching toolkit.

Featuring new strategies, current research, and differentiated teaching models, this updated edition offers substantive methods for increasing students' content learning by helping them become better readers.

Continues to examine how the procedural context of Congress continually adapting to changes in process and practice governs every aspect of the House and Senate and affects lawmakers as they make voting decisions, expedite legislation, or defeat a bill.

Equipping students with the skills needed to do political analysis and critically assess statistical research, this Fifth Edition has been updated with new data sources, coverage of box plots and error bar charts, and looks at visual depictions of variables.

Focused on developing the theoretical, methodological, and conceptual knowledge needed to engage in rigorous, valid, and respectful qualitative research, this introductory text presents the field of qualitative research in a unique and meaningful way.

A practical and inspiring guide to getting out there and actually doing fieldwork.

This fifth edition updates the book through to the end of the 113th Congress. Sinclair incorporates new examples and new case studies throughout, including the budget battles between President Obama and the House of Representatives and failed immigration reform bills.

Not just a book about research methods, this book explores multiple ways in which research can be used to inform and enhance counselling practice.

Known for its brevity and student-friendly approach, this book remains one of the most popular introductory books on statistics for public policy and public administration students, using carefully selected examples tailored specifically for them.

This new fourth edition takes the reader through the complex network of policy development with activities which make a potentially dry subject matter come alive.

Student study guide to accompany Statistics for the Behavioural Sciences.

In the updated Third Edition, Jean Mercer offers 59 essays that confront popular misconceptions and fallacies about the field of child development.

Exploring the idea that there is an American style of foreign policy imbued with a distinct sense of national exceptionalism, this book introduces students of American or comparative politics to the complexity of the field.

Ideal for students who have a basic background in algebra but who have had little or no exposure to the study of statistics, this text shows readers that statistics used in criminal justice can be enlightening and eye-opening.

Explores when, why, and how race and ethnicity matter in U.S. politics

This is a detailed, step-by-step guide for students to practice formulating case conceptualizations and treatment plans using a variety of popular theoretical models. Each chapter focuses on a specific theoretical approach and includes client interviews and a sample case conceptualization followed by a treatment plan which will help students develop their plan in a guided, methodical way.

A core textbook on deviant behaviour and social control that covers the essential and major topics in a concise and readable manner, while presenting an overview of the sociological theories on deviance and societal response to deviant behaviour.

Provides a thorough introduction to the key traditional and contemporary theories of crime and how they affect policy

This Reader brings together pieces written by award-winning CQ Researcher journalists to look at 12 key issues in urban politics and policy-making.

This collection of non-partisan and thoroughly researched reports focuses on 12 hot-topic issues that impact the politics of race and ethnicity.

'Designing and Managing a Research Project is a great resource for students at all levels who are new to research and need to breakdown the vernacular to better understand the simple ways to gather data' - Julie M. Bjorkman, Benedictine University

This handbook provides clear and concise guidance for research methods students faced with the many decisions involved in developing the most appropriate strategy to test a hypothesis.

Psychology and Law presents the key legal principles and psychological guidelines and research that impact criminal law in the United States.

In this unique text, Digby Tantam brings together the many different professional and theoretical perspectives of well-being, unpacking the complexities of each to help students understand what well-being means in their chosen field.

A student-friendly introduction to the broad field of leisure studies, encouraging students to engage in reflexive analysis of their own common sense understandings of contemporary leisure practices.

The New World of Police Accountability, 2e provides an original and comprehensive analysis of some of the most important developments in US policing over the past twenty years.

Organizations and Management in Cross-Cultural Context is a must-have resource for anyone working in an international business or studying HRM, Organizational Behaviour, Leadership and Management with a cross-cultural perspective.