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Criminology researchers use big data to track neighborhood decline in a special issue of Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Los Angeles, CA. Neighborhoods with more interpersonal conflict, such as domestic violence and landlord/tenet disputes, see more serious crime according to a new study out today in Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (JRCD). Private conflict was a better predictor of neighborhood deterioration than public disorder, such as vandalism, suggesting the important role that individuals play in community safety.

Los Angeles, CA. Some teachers have classrooms where exceptional learning is the norm for each student and, at the same time, those students are courteous and feel safe and cared for. Other classrooms can be chaotic and disjointed and quality learning is difficult to achieve. How do the excellent teachers balance learning and student support? The SAGE Encyclopedia of Classroom Management raises issues and introduces evidence-based, real-world strategies for creating and maintaining well-managed classrooms where excellent learning thrives.

» Brody, Ralph and Nair, Murali: Effectively Managing and Leading Human Service Organizations, Fourth Edition

» Coley, Soraya M. and Scheinberg, Cynthia A.: Proposal Writing: Effective Grantsmanship, Fourth Edition

» Conyne, Robert K.: Group Work Leadership: An Introduction for Helpers

» Crawford, Karin: Interprofessional Collaboration in Social Work Practice

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The Mental Health Practitioner

Practice speaking to a patient with acute anxiety and depression

This training experience, created in collaboration with Bodyswaps – an innovator in educational virtual reality - is a new, immersive training tool for students in Nursing and related health and social welfare programs, such as Social Work, Counseling, and Psychotherapy.

The Mental Health Practitioner VR Experience

Practice speaking to a patient with acute anxiety and depression

This training experience, created in collaboration with Bodyswaps – an innovator in educational virtual reality - is a new, immersive training tool for students in Nursing and related health and social welfare programs, such as Social Work, Counseling, and Psychotherapy.

» Altstiel, Tom and Grow, Jean: Advertising Creative 3e

» Anderson, James: Media Research Methods: Understanding Metric and Interpretive Approaches

» Brummett, Barry: Rhetoric in Popular Culture, Fourth Edition

» Clampitt, Phillip G.: Communicating for Managerial Effectiveness: Problems, Strategies, Solutions, Fifth Edition

London, UK. SAGE Publishing, one of the world’s leading independent and academic publishers today announced the purchase of three journals from academic publisher, IM Publications.

IM Publications is a specialist publisher of books and journals, primarily in analytical chemistry. As of 2017 SAGE will be publishing the following three titles: