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Comparative data collections, transborder data transfer, ethical considerations, statistical sources, networks and interactive data resources, UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations program (MOST), and other issues; 9 articles.

This book explores how forensic psychology has come to inhabit a central unifying discursive presence in the life world of modern carceral institutions. Providing a sociological and qualitative account of forensic practitioner psychologists, the author looks both in, and alongside, the work of such practitioners to explore how they simultaneously occupy positions of power and vulnerability. Focusing not only on how practitioners themselves come to embody a pervasive system of disciplinary expertise, but also on how they experience other forms of penal control, the book offers a novel and complete exploration of forensic psychology, the modern prison, and power. This is an accessible text for prison practitioners, criminological and sociological researchers and forensic psychologists on the nature and reality of forensic psychological practice in the contemporary prisons of England and Wales.

Online Anti-Rape Activism examines the nature, use and scope of online spaces for anti-rape activism. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with activists from around the world, survey data from participants in these spaces, and a content analysis of social media pages, weblogs and websites, this book explores the complexities, contradictions, possibilities and politics that underscore the ways these online spaces are engaged with, regulated and their potential to contribute to social change. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, this book offers a critical commentary on the limitations and potentials of online anti-rape campaigning. It provides a foundation for understanding the emergence of #MeToo and sheds light on the complex history associated with keeping rape on the public agenda and the enduring tension between the personal and the political within feminist activism. The interdisciplinary and international approach makes this book suitable for a broad audience, including academics, students and activists working in the fields of gender and women's studies, media studies, politics, sociology and criminology worldwide.

"This book is an indispensable guide for practitioners and students who use SPSS 15.0 for Windows in their research. Comprehensive in scope, SPSS Essentials explains foundational concepts of SPSS: how to operate effectively within the SPSS environment, create and manipulate data, folders, and different types of data; how to specify and interpret the output of common inferential analyses (ANOVA, correlation, regression); how to integrate and use supplementary software programs such as Excel and Notepad, and other essential tools and concepts. Written in a highly engaging style, the book contains screen shots, step-by-step instructions, and a wealth of examples - all of which make this book a valuable addition to the teaching of research data management and analysis in the behavioral and social sciences."--BOOK JACKET