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1. Youth Justice

   Ideas, Policy, Practice, 3rd Edition

   By Roger Smith

   The exciting new edition of this well loved textbook offers a fully expanded and revised account and analysis of the youth justice system in the UK, taking into account and fully addressing the significant changes that have taken place since the second edition in 2007.The book maintains its...

   To Be Published April 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. The International Social Survey Programme 1984-2009

   Charting the Globe

   Edited by Max Haller, Roger Jowell, Tom W Smith

   Series: Social Research Today

   The social sciences rely more on the comparative method than on experimental data mainly because the latter is difficult to acquire amongst human populations. The International Social Survey Programme has played a pioneering role in creating and sustaining methodologically-sophisticated mass...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
3. Doing Justice to Young People

   Youth Crime and Social Justice

   By Roger Smith

   There is an impasse in current thinking about youth crime and justice, represented by punitive and harmful practices, and liberal objections to these processes on the other, based predominantly on arguments for ‘rehabilitation’. This book aims to arrive at an alternative strategy for resolving the...

   Published December 19th 2010 by Willan
4. Youth Justice

   Ideas, Policy, Practice, 2nd Edition

   By Roger Smith

   This is a thoroughly revised edition of Roger Smith's book published in 2003. The book provides a comprehensive and critical overview of the youth justice system. It begins by setting the youth justice system in historical context, and then assesses the impact of political ideas and influence on...

   Published December 31st 2006 by Willan
5. Leadership and Management for HR Professionals

   By Keith Porter, Paul Smith, Roger Fagg

   This is a new and completely revised edition of the successful text published in 2000 entitled Core Management. The book provides excellent coverage of the CIPD syllabus for three core areas of the CIPD syllabus.New end of chapter website links are included. The text is written in an easy-to-read...

   Published September 14th 2005 by Routledge
6. The Primary Headteacher's Handbook

   By Roger Smith

   Launching the new Kogan Page Primary Essentials series, this indispensable handbook for all practising and aspiring primary headteachers will help primary school leaders rise to the many challenges that face them in the task of effectively managing a busy primary school. Some of the key areas...

   Published March 31st 2002 by Routledge
7. Creating the Effective Primary School

   By Roger Smith

   A key role for primary school leaders is to develop strategies for promoting and ensuring high quality learning. This practical and accessible handbook has been written by an experienced primary leader, and will offer anyone seeking guidance on creating or maintaining a more effective primary...

   Published March 31st 2002 by Routledge
8. Reconsidering Sputnik

   Forty Years Since the Soviet Satellite

   Edited by Roger D. Lanius, John M. Logsdon, Robert W. Smith

   Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

   This book explores Russia's stunning success of ushering in the space age by launching Sputnik and beating the United States into space. It also examines the formation of NASA, the race for human exploration of the moon, the reality of global satellite communications, and a new generation of...

   Published October 30th 2000 by Routledge
9. Encyclopedia of the Solar System

   Edited by Roger Smith

   An illustrated encyclopedia which includes some 140 extended essays on the solar system and deep-space astronomy, arranging them alphabetically from "Antimatter" and "Asteroids" through "White Dwarf Stars" and "X-Ray Astronomy." Entries cover not only the traditional subjects on which astronomers...

   Published December 31st 1999 by Routledge
10. European Trade Unions

    Change and Response

    Edited by Teresa Lawlor, Mike Rigby, Roger Smith

    Series: Routledge Studies in the European Economy

    This volume:* explores the extent to which European Industrial Relations systems are converging *explores what has been the unions' reaction to changes in the economic environment * includes studies from key sectors: electronics, food manufacturing, banking and public administration * compares...

    Published April 28th 1999 by Routledge