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Discover more about the fascinating field of forensic and criminal psychology with this widely praised book, ideal for the students who want to understand how psychology relates to criminal justice and the law.

Introduction to Forensic and Criminal Psychology, 7th edition is an essential resource for students studying psychology, applied psychology, criminology, and other relevant subjects, providing a clear and comprehensive introduction to this developing discipline.

This market-leading text follows an accessible pedagogical approach, focusing on contextualising theory stemming from extensive, up-to-date research and key empirical findings. It covers major areas in the field, such as profile analysis, lie detecting, mental disorders and crime - among others. It also explores further relevant and significant research studies from the UK and international perspectives and introduces new, contemporary material such as the impact of COVID-19 on crime and police use of force.

The book aims to support your broader understanding of the key concepts surrounding the field, helping you develop your critical thinking skills and challenging group discussion in class.

Some of the helpful features introduced in the chapters are 'Key Concepts', 'Forensic Psychology in Action', and 'Controversies', which encourage a deeper understanding of the subject. The Overview section at the beginning of each chapter and the comprehensive list of figures and diagrams further support your learning experience on the extensive research data and theory developed.

Along with its comprehensive Glossary on key terms for easy reference, this is an invaluable tool for those who would like to follow a career in criminology and forensic psychology and is guaranteed to keep you engaged.

"This is the first book that promises to tell the deep, dark secrets of computer arithmetic, and it delivers in spades. It contains every trick I knew plus many, many more. A godsend for library developers, compiler writers, and lovers of elegant hacks, it deserves a spot on your shelf right next to Knuth."

--Josh Bloch (Praise for the first edition)

In Hacker’s Delight, Second Edition, Hank Warren once again compiles an irresistible collection of programming hacks: timesaving techniques, algorithms, and tricks that help programmers build more elegant and efficient software, while also gaining deeper insights into their craft. Warren’s hacks are eminently practical, but they’re also intrinsically interesting, and sometimes unexpected, much like the solution to a great puzzle. They are, in a word, a delight to any programmer who is excited by the opportunity to improve.

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If you are a student of medicine, nursing, health, and social care, then this revised edition is an invaluable learning resource for you.

Introduction to Health Psychology, 5th edition, is a must-read, widely praised textbook that provides the learning resources you need from theory and research to real-world examples, helping you develop a better understanding and critical thinking on the issues explored.

This revision provides a comprehensive guide on essential topics surrounding health, retaining its popular original structure of three multi-chaptered sections: 'Being and Staying Healthy', 'Becoming Ill', and 'Being Ill'. It also includes the useful final section, 'From Theory to Practice', which studies the need for theory-driven practice applications, making the most of the evidence available to support their study.

The edition offers you an insightful overview of a range of topics on health behaviour, from health-risk to health-protective habits, before exploring applications and healthcare intervention practices. It also discusses biological and psychobiological models and theories and the impact of stress on health, illness, and its progression, with extensive references to healthy diet and exercise.

The text also considers the role of key epidemiological updates and global health issues, cultural influences on health and health behaviour, and issues about health differentials, as seen in the illness experience.

Each chapter opens with a current real-world example and places the topic into context by introducing the outline and learning outcomes. Along with the increased use of case studies, its useful Glossary and a list of Further Readings, the content will offer food for individual reflection and group discussion, helping you fully engage with this applied area of psychology—an approach praised by lecturers and students alike!

For a senior/graduate-level course in corrosion.

Comprehensive in approach, this text explores the scientific principles and methods that underlie the cause, detection, measurement, and prevention of many metal corrosion problems in engineering practice. Most chapters progress from qualitative, descriptive sections (including methods of prevention and testing), to more quantitative sections (involving metallurgy and electrochemistry), and finally to sections on current research developments in the chapter topic.

For introductory course in space flight dynamics.

A self-contained, integrated introduction to the performance aspects of flight — how to get into space, how to get around in space, and how to return to Earth or land on another planet (as opposed to specialized areas of life support, guidance and control, or communications).

Are you ready to turn your data into powerful insights and make smarter business decisions? Microsoft Power BI Step by Step is your hands-on guide to mastering one of today’s most in-demand business intelligence tools. Written by certified Power BI experts Nuric Ugarte and José Rafael Escalante—leaders in the Power BI community, with years of real-world consulting and teaching experience—this book takes you from your very first steps in Power BI all the way to advanced data modeling, DAX calculations, and sharing interactive reports with your team. Whether you’re a business analyst, data professional, Excel power user, or IT decision-maker, you’ll find clear, step-by-step instructions and practical exercises that make learning Power BI approachable and effective. You’ll learn how to connect to a wide range of data sources, clean and transform your data, create stunning visualizations, and collaborate securely in the Power BI Service. Plus, you’ll discover how to use the latest features, including Copilot, to streamline your workflow and get answers faster. If you want to build your data skills, impress your organization, and unlock the full potential of Power BI, this is the book you need to get there—one step at a time.

The Laboratory Manual for General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, third edition, by Karen C. Timberlake contains 35 experiments related to the content of general, organic, and biological chemistry courses, as well as basic/preparatory chemistry courses. The labs included give students an opportunity to go beyond the lectures and words in the textbook to experience the scientific process from which conclusions and theories are drawn.

The Systems Modeling Language (SysML) extends UML with powerful systems engineering capabilities for modeling a wider spectrum of systems and capturing all aspects of a system’s design. SysML Distilled is the first clear, concise guide for everyone who wants to start creating effective SysML models.(Drawing on his pioneering experience at Lockheed Martin and NASA, Lenny Delligatti illuminates SysML’s core components and provides practical advice to help you create good models and good designs. Delligatti begins with an easy-to-understand overview of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and an explanation of how SysML enables effective system specification, analysis, design, optimization, verification, and validation. Next, he shows how to use all nine types of SysML diagrams, even if you have no previous experience with modeling languages. A case study running through the text demonstrates the use of SysML in modeling a complex, real-world sociotechnical system.Modeled after Martin Fowler’s classic UML Distilled, Delligatti’s indispensable guide quickly teaches you what you need to know to get started and helps you deepen your knowledge incrementally as the need arises. Like SysML itself, the book is method independent and is designed to support whatever processes, procedures, and tools you already use.Coverage Includes

Never mind what you think you’re saying, what is your body saying?

Over half of our communication is through our bodies, but how many of us know how to decipher this non-verbal language?

Body Language will make sure you get it right every time. In seven simple lessons you’ll become an expert at reading others and controlling your own gestures to get the response you want.

This definitive and indispensable guide to body language will help you:

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Expand your learning on some of the fundamental aspects surrounding human personality and intelligence with this accessible, revised edition.

Personality, Individual Differences and Intelligence 5th edition follows the previous market-leading editions, offering a complete, reader-friendly, and up-to-date introduction to the field.

The text offers a significant discussion on the fundamental issues surrounding personality, individual differences, and intelligence on a biological, physiological, and psychological level and how their integration applies to the United Kingdom and European curriculum.

Following a thoughtful pedagogical approach, the edition develops the subject from its foundation to more advanced topics, making it highly accessible to students. It also employs a range of updated and new features, encouraging individual reflection and group discussion for a deeper understanding of the topics introduced

The text presents historical material and viewpoints, which along with debates of new and contemporary issues, make the content engaging to read and discuss.

Equipped with features such as the established series of 'Stop and Think' boxes, it aims at helping students consolidate their understanding of the topics reviewed and develop their critical thinking skills.

Updated with 150 new research studies and introducing new topics (such as the Dark Triad of Personality, Entity Theory and Incremental Theories of Intelligence, Work on Trait Emotional Intelligence, Internet Dating, Personality, and Social Media Use), this edition is a must-have book!