Based on research in a small congregation in northern Japan and in-depth interviews with foreign missionaries, this book provides an in-depth, qualitative examination of what it is like to be a Japanese Mormon.
Based on research in a small congregation in northern Japan and in-depth interviews with foreign missionaries, this book provides an in-depth, qualita...
This text provides an overview of theories of juvenile delinquency. Each chapter describes a particular theory by telling the tale of a delinquent youth and thoroughly reviewing the theories and research designed to explain the youth's delinquent behaviour.
This text provides an overview of theories of juvenile delinquency. Each chapter describes a particular theory by telling the tale of a delinquent you...
Delinquency Theories: Appraisals and applications provides a fulsome and accessible overview of contemporary theories of juvenile delinquency.
The book opens with a comprehensive description of what a theory is, and explains how theories are created in the social sciences. Following on, each subsequent chapter is dedicated to describing an individual theory, broken down and illustrated within four distinct sections. Initially, each chapter tells the tale of a delinquent youth, and from this example a thorough review of the particular theory and related research can be...
Delinquency Theories: Appraisals and applications provides a fulsome and accessible overview of contemporary theories of juvenile delinque...
Although numerous studies of religious rituals have been conducted by religious studies scholars, anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists, it is rare to find a work that brings scholars from different disciplines together to discuss the similarities and differences in their research. This book represents contributions by leading scholars from several disciplines that show the diversity of approaches to religious rituals, while also providing cross-disciplinary perspectives on this topic.
The goals of the chapters are to consider where the field currently stands in understanding...
Although numerous studies of religious rituals have been conducted by religious studies scholars, anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists,...
Social science and behavioral science students and researchers are often confronted with data that are categorical, count a phenomenon, or have been collected over time. Sociologists examining the likelihood of interracial marriage, political scientists studying voting behavior, criminologists counting the number of offenses people commit, health scientists studying the number of suicides across neighborhoods, and psychologists modeling mental health treatment success are all interested in outcomes that are not continuous. Instead, they must measure and analyze these events and phenomena in a...
Social science and behavioral science students and researchers are often confronted with data that are categorical, count a phenomenon, or have been c...
