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UNDERSTANDING POLICING AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

BARRIE SHELDON / PETER WILLIAMS

This book outlines the foundations for understanding modern policing. It is an essential introduction for all policing students and trainee police officers to the underpinning aspects of the profession, providing a clear understanding of how the police service is currently organised and how it fits into the wider criminal justice system. Students are encouraged to think critica...

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POLICE PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

BARRIE ARCHER / GEORGE ELLISON

Police procedure and evidence brought to life! A key text for all those on policing degree or other pre-join routes, this book examines police procedure and evidence in the criminal justice system, providing clear and accessible information while encouraging analysis and reflection. Chapters cover police powers, stop and search, arrest and custody, disposals, court procedures a...

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THE GARDENER OF GOVERNANCE

RAINER LENZ / BARRIE ENSLIN

This book builds on the popular GARDENER OF GOVERNANCE article, which enjoys amazing traction in the professional community globally and has been translated into 25+ languages. The Lenz and Jeppesen (2022) thought-piece introduced the 5 "Ps" as paths for the betterment of internal auditing: People, Public, Performance (Prosperity), Purpose (Profession) and Planet. These main fi...

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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BINGE WATCHING TV

BARRIE GUNTER

This fascinating work provides an up-to-date examination of shifts in the nature and impact of TV and video watching that have largely been driven by non-linear TV and video services online. The book reviews research evidence from around the world about the physical and behavioural shift of viewing away from linear and towards non-linear TV and video services. It studies the ps...

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PSYCHOLOGY OF BEHAVIOURAL INTERVENTIONS AND PANDEMIC CONTROL

BARRIE GUNTER

Psychology of Behavioural Interventions and Pandemic Control is a unique text that examines the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to population risk factors and the efficacy of non-pharmaceutical interventions deployed by many governments around the world to bring the pandemic under control. The book presents critical and insightful lessons that can be drawn up to assess government...

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WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS

J. M. BARRIE

What Every Woman Knows is a play written by J. M. Barrie. It tells the story of Maggie Wylie, a young Scottish woman who possesses an incredible amount of practical knowledge and common sense, which she uses to help those around her. Despite her intelligence and capabilities, she is often underestimated because of her gender. The play follows her journey as she finds love, marr...

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MARGARET OGILVY

J. M. BARRIE

Margaret Ogilvy is a biography written by Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie about his mother. The book provides a intimate look into Barrie's relationship with his mother and her influence on his life and work. It also reflects on the idea of motherhood and the impact a mother has on her children. The book is a combination of fact and fiction, and Barrie uses his imagination to b...

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A KISS FOR CINDERELLA A COMEDY

J. M. BARRIE

A Kiss for Cinderella is a play written by J.M. Barrie. The story revolves around a poor and lonely Cinderella who is transformed into a beautiful princess by the help of a fairy. She attends a ball and meets the prince, who she falls in love with. However, the prince must find the owner of the glass slipper left behind at the ball, and with the help of the fairy, Cinderella's ...

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MY LADY NICOTINE A STUDY IN SMOKE

J. M. BARRIE

My Lady Nicotine is a humorous essay by Scottish author J.M. Barrie. The author reflects on his love affair with smoking, including the pleasures and difficulties of quitting, and the role of smoking in society. The essay is written in a lighthearted and anecdotal style, and provides insight into Barrie's personal life and views on nicotine addiction. ...

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SENTIMENTAL TOMMY

J. M. BARRIE

Sentimental Tommy is a novel by J.M. Barrie. The story revolves around the life of Tommy Sandys, an imaginative and sensitive young man. As he navigates through various experiences, Tommy is forced to confront the realities of life and the consequences of his own actions. He struggles with feelings of sadness and isolation, but ultimately learns the importance of love and forgi...

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WHITE-COLLAR UNIONISM

CLIVE JENKINS / BARRIE SHERMAN

Originally published in 1979 at a time when white-collar union membership had increased both in the public and private sectors of the economy, this book explains who the members were, why there was such astonishing membership growth and the circumstances which surrounded it. The history of this growth is recorded and the special problems of organization and recruitment are outl...

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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

CLIVE JENKINS / BARRIE SHERMAN

Originally published in 1977, this book explains the complexity of collective bargaining and discusses the nature of trade unionism and trade unions, emphasising the collectivity aspect. It discusses a union’s work at local and national levels, when dealing with an employers’ federation, and with various types of employers. Among the topics covered are the legal processes invol...

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PSYCHOLOGICAL INSIGHTS ON THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF THE MEDIA DURING THE PANDEMIC

BARRIE GUNTER

This volume places the spotlight on the role different media and communications systems played in informing the public about the pandemic, shaping their views about what was happening and contributing to behavioural compliances with pandemic-related restrictions. Throughout the pandemic, media coverage has played an important role in drawing attention to specific messages, infl...

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PSYCHOLOGY OF BEHAVIOUR RESTRICTIONS AND PUBLIC COMPLIANCE IN THE PANDEMIC

BARRIE GUNTER

This volume examines the topic of compliance with COVID-19 restrictions, and the non-pharmaceutical measures taken by governments in attempts to bring the pandemic under control. Discovery that COVID-19 was largely transmitted through the air meant that public health strategies were needed to limit close physical contact between people. Epidemiological modelling offered initial...

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PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF BEHAVIOUR RESTRICTIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC

BARRIE GUNTER

This volume examines the undesirable or harmful cognitive, emotional and behavioural side-effects of COVID-19 and of the behavioural restrictions imposed by governments on their populations during the pandemic. Societal "lockdowns" and other intervening behavioural restrictions, built significantly around social isolation, used by governments to control the spread of COVID-19 d...

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WHY GLOBALIZATION MATTERS

BARRIE AXFORD

In what are generally understood as unsettled times, this book explores the possibility and desirability of bringing integrated theory back into globalization research. While there can hardly be a single and all-encompassing ‘grand theory’ of globalization-in-itself, is there scope for the development of a general and systematic approach to globalization dynamics, past and pres...

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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE SELFIE

BARRIE GUNTER

The Psychology of the Selfie provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of research on the significance of selfies, offering insights into the topic from a psychological perspective and examining important issues such as body image, self-objectification, mental health and psychological benefits. Selfies are a worldwide phenomenon. Although dismissed by critics as a sign of ...

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THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON

J. M. BARRIE

The Admirable Crichton is a comic stage play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie. Barrie took the title from the sobriquet of a fellow Scot, the polymath James Crichton, a 16th-century genius and athlete. The epigram-loving Ernest is probably a caricature of the title character in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. The plot may derive from Robinson's Eiland, an 1896 Ger...

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PETER AND WENDY

J. M. BARRIE

All children, except one, grow up. Thus begins a great classic of children's literature that we all remember as magical. What we tend to forget, because the tale of Peter Pan and Neverland has been so relentlessly boiled down, hashed up, and coated in saccharine, is that J.M. Barrie's original version is also witty, sophisticated, and delightfully odd. The Darling children, Wen...

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POPULISM VERSUS THE NEW GLOBALIZATION

BARRIE AXFORD

Populism and globalization are shorthand for the temper of our times. Populism is usually cast as globalization’s nemesis, a backlash against worldwide connectivity, while globalization is often said to be in retreat or even demise. This book takes issue with both interpretations, claiming instead that while populism of all shades tends to be anti-globalist, the globalism it i...

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CHILDREN AND TELEVISION CONSUMPTION IN THE DIGITAL ERA

BARRIE GUNTER

Children and Television Consumption in the Digital Era provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary research on the developmental impact of children’s screen engagement in modern society. Barrie Gunter explores how the world of television has evolved to become almost unrecognisable from the broadcast landscapes present over the last years of the 20th century. This key text...

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POLITICAL SOCIOLOGIES OF THE CULTURAL ENCOUNTER

SANDRA HALPERIN / BARRIE AXFORD / ALISTAIR BRISBOURNE

This book offers transdisciplinary scholarship which challenges the agendas of and markers around traditional social scientific fields.　 It builds on the belief that the study of major issues in the global cultural and political economies benefit from a perspective that rejects the limitations imposed by established boundaries, whether disciplinary, conceptual, symbolic or mate...

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TACTICAL DECISION-MAKING IN SPORT

DAVID COOPER / ‎BARRIE GORDON

This book expands on the ‘Developing Thinking Players’ model across a wide range of team and individual sports, to explain how coaches can help athletes to learn how to make better decisions during play and to think for themselves. It provides an overview of game-centred and athlete-centred approaches to teaching and coaching in sport, combining essential theory with practical ...

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ACADEMIC LIFE IN THE MEASURED UNIVERSITY

TAI PESETA / SIMON BARRIE / JAN MCLEAN

While a life in academia is still one bestowed with enormous privilege and opportunity, on the inside, its cracks and fragility have been on display for some time. We see evidence of this in researchers bemoaning time spent applying for grants rather than doing research; teachers frustrated at the ways student feedback data are deployed to feed judgements about them; and doctor...

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REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND PHYLOGENY OF FISHES, VOL 8B: PART B: SPERM COMPETION HORMONES

BARRIE G M JAMIESON

The animals loosely termed fish constitute more than half of all known vertebrate species. There are approximately 27,000 described living species of bony fishes (Euteleostomi = Osteichthyes), about 70 species of hagfishes and some 34 species of lampreys. Approximately 970 species are chondrichthyans, the sharks and their relatives, which were the subject of volume 3 in this se...

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CHILDREN AND TELEVISION

BARRIE GUNTER / JILL GUNTER

Does violence on TV lead to violent behaviour? How does screen time impact child development? What is the effect of advertising on a child’s behaviour? Twenty years after the publication of the first edition of Children and Television, these issues remain as pertinent as ever. In the new Classic Edition of this core textbook, Gunter and Gunter present research evidence into the...

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PERSONALITY TRAITS IN ONLINE COMMUNICATION

BARRIE GUNTER

Authoritative and illuminating, this book demonstrates how we reveal the secrets of our character through the disclosures we make about ourselves in the online world. The author expertly explores whether online information about people, derived from their search patterns, personal detail disclosures and the language they use when posting text, are all related to their personali...

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SCIENCE, POLITICS, AND THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION IN ASIA

ROBERT S ANDERSON / PAUL R BRASS / EDWIN LEVY / BARRIE MORRISON

Agriculture in southern Asia has undergone a radical transformation in recent years, one that continues to alter the political economy of the area. Beyond the familiar elements of the green revolution, there has been an increase in resource exploitation for food production, and a rise in the economic and political strength of food producers, as wel ...

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IN GOOD FAITH

MARIE PARKER-JENKINS / DIMITRA HARTAS / BARRIE A. IRVING

First published in 2005, this timely volume challenges those who see faith schools as contributing positively to the well-being of society and responding to parent choice to think through the implications of September 11 for our multi-ethnic and multi-faith society without taking a position on the ultimate necessity of faith schools. The authors conducted research in several fa...

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POLITICS

BARRIE AXFORD / VICTORIA BROWNE / RICHARD HUGGINS / RICO ISAACS

The eagerly awaited third edition of this highly respected and user-friendly text for introductory courses has been thoroughly updated to reflect the world today. Politics: An Introduction provides stimulating coverage of topics essential to the understanding of contemporary politics. It offers students necessary guidance on ways of studying and understanding politics, and illu...

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