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Understanding Criminal Investigation (Wiley Series in Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law)

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

This comprehensive volume deciphers investigative process and practice, providing an authoritative insight into key debates and contemporary issues in crime investigations

Provides critical examination of investigative practice by focusing on the key issues and debates underpinned by academic literature on crime investigation...

Happiness: Unlocking the Mysteries of Psychological Wealth

John Wiley & Sons, 2008

Utilizing sophisticated methodology and three decades of research by the world's leading expert on happiness, Happiness challenges the present thinking of the causes and consequences of happiness and redefines our modern notions of happiness.

shares the results of three decades of research on our notions of happiness...

Models of Discovery and Creativity (Origins: Studies in the Sources of Scientific Creativity)

Springer, 2009

Since the origin of the modern sciences, our views on discovery and creativity had a remarkable history. Originally, discovery was seen as an integral part of methodology and the logic of discovery as algorithmic or nearly algorithmic. During the nineteenth century, conceptions in line with romanticism led to the famous opposition between the...

Design of Observational Studies (Springer Series in Statistics)

Springer, 2009

An observational study is an empiric investigation of effects caused by treatments when randomized experimentation is unethical or infeasible. Observational studies are common in most fields that study the effects of treatments on people, including medicine, economics, epidemiology, education, psychology, political science and sociology. The...

Terrorism and Torture: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

Cambridge University Press, 2009

Terrorism and torture are twin evils that have dominated news headlines - particularly since the horrifying events of 9/11. In this thought-provoking volume, scholars from a diverse range of disciplines examine the complex motivational and situational factors contributing to terrorist acts and state-sponsored torture, and the potential linkage...

Leading with Cultural Intelligence: The New Secret to Success

AMACOM, 2009

We are pleased to write the foreword to David Livermore’s latest book on cultural intelligence (CQ). We have known Dave professionally for many years and have followed his work with great interest. Dave has always had a passion for intercultural training and education and has spent several years training leaders to serve on short-term...

Sensorimotor Control of Grasping: Physiology and Pathophysiology

Cambridge University Press, 2009

The human hand can take on a huge variety of shapes and functions, providing its owner with a powerful hammer at one time or a delicate pair of forceps at another. The universal utility of the hand is even more enhanced by the ability to amplify the function of the hand by using tools. To understand and appreciate how the human brain controls...

Religious Experience Reconsidered: A Building-Block Approach to the Study of Religion and Other Special Things

Princeton Press, 2009

The essence of religion was once widely thought to be a unique form of experience that could not be explained in neurological, psychological, or sociological terms. In recent decades scholars have questioned the privileging of the idea of religious experience in the study of religion, an approach that effectively isolated the study of religion...

Handbook of Behavior Genetics

Springer, 2009

Behavior Genetics is an interdisciplinary area combining behavioral sciences and genetics. The study of behavior genetics has become increasingly important as we see growth spurts in finding genes involved in complex behaviors following on advances in molecular genetic techniques. This domain has now become a vast common ground for...

The Intellectual Foundations of Alfred Marshall's Economic Science: A Rounded Globe of Knowledge

Cambridge University Press, 2009

This book provides a contextual study of the development of Alfred Marshall's thinking during the early years of his apprenticeship in the Cambridge moral sciences. Marshall's thought is situated in a crisis of academic liberal thinking that occurred in the late 1860s. His crisis of faith is shown to have formed part of his wider philosophical...

Trading to Win: The Psychology of Mastering the Markets (Wiley Trading)

John Wiley & Sons, 1998

A breakthrough programfor achieving new heights of trading success

The product of a five-year collaboration between Dr. Ari Kiev, a leading psychiatrist renowned for his success with Olympic athletes, and top equities trader Steve Cohen, Trading to Win gives you the essential tools to overcome outmoded, self-limiting beliefs and mindsets that...

Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Psychological Pathways to Conflict Transformation and Peace Building (Peace Psychology Book Series)

Springer, 2009

The book addresses the need to move via forgiveness and reconciliation beyond the negative effects of trauma on individuals, couples, families, and communities. Both human-created trauma and the spiritual and psychological distress that results from natural cause (e.g. earthquakes, floods, illness, and impending death) are included as situations...

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