Now in its fourth edition, The SAGE Dictionary of Criminology continues to be an authoritative reference text for the key concepts, theories, and methods in criminology and criminal justice.

An indispensable international resource for students and researchers of all levels studying the rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field of criminology.

With chapters from an internationally renowned set of scholars, this is the first Handbook to examine this vibrant and developing field.

This Handbook gives a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of grounded theory, taking into account the many attempts to revise and refine Glaser and Strauss' original formulation.

This handbook addresses a wide range of contentious issues in mental health and mental disorder.

A user-friendly guide to the Philosophy of Education, its extent, its key thinkers and movements, and its potential contribution to a range of educational concerns.

Through the analysis of theory, research and practice, this Handbook provides the reader with a clear, global picture of workplace learning.

Helping students to become familiar with various sampling techniques and how to make empirical and theoretical claims from the cases they choose, this text introduces widely used sampling methodologies and identifies key theoretical assumptions