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Becoming a Psychologist is an invaluable practical guide for students contemplating a psychology career. It is designed to give them an overview of the opportunities open to them within the discipline, advice on how to develop a career - what is involved and how to go about it - and strategies for furthering such a career... The second aim is to help that understanding by highlighting some of the activities psychologists undertake and the areas within which they work, the issues they have to confront, and the skills they need in order to be successful practising psychologists.Both a guide to psychology as a career and comprehensive reference tool, with details of a wide variety of resources for the aspiring professional, this book aims to help and encourage students make the right choice and smooth their path to becoming a psychologist.RONALD FRANCIS is a Chartered Psychologist, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and Professorial Fellow at Victoria University, Australia, and is a frequent visitor to the UK. He has experience in private practice as a forensic psychologist, as an academic, and as an author. Among his recent books published in Britain are Ethics for Psychologists and (with R T Kasperczyk) Private Practice Psychology: A Handbook.

An historical and contemporary account of migrant crime in Australia, this book explores a range of issues from mental health and victimology to immigration policy and legal analysis, arguing that it is birthplace, not race, which impacts upon crimes committed by migrants.

This book is an account of the concept of equality from the perspective of both theory and practice, and presents methods of quantifying values. It considers both arguments and evidence, and tackles equality in its different forms, including economic equality, education, equality before the law, equality of opportunity, and gender equality. The book shows that inequality is a profoundly moral question, noting that there are good practical reasons for its adoption. It presents a consideration of classical theories from Aristotle to Hume, as well as contemporary approaches such as those offered by Rawls, Haidt, Temkin, and Parfit. It also contemplates issues such as the naturalistic fallacy, and considers what is different about the Goleman view of moral sensitivity and the ethical personality. The array of evidence includes the impact of climate and various plants such as sugar and cotton on the slave trade, the concept of Gaia, Darwinism, sex inequality, personality, culture, psychological issues, and the quantification of ethics. The book concludes with some practical suggestions for improving equality. It aims to raise awareness of the ways in which equality can be understood, and achieved. It will be relevant to students and scholars in philosophy, human rights, and law.