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  • Handbook of Loss Prevention and Crime Prevention

    • 2nd Edition
    • Lawrence J. Fennelly
    • English

  • Security Systems and Intruder Alarms

    • 1st Edition
    • Vivian Capel
    • English

  • The Theory and Practice of Refinement

    Approaches to the Formal Development of Large-Scale Software Systems
    • 1st Edition
    • John A McDermid
    • English

  • Psychological Perspectives of Helplessness and Control in the Elderly

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 57
    • P.S. Fry
    • English
    The past few years have witnessed widespread acceptance of the notion that few elderly individuals are willing to stand by silently in the process of growing, and to relinquish whatever actual controls, autonomy or control beliefs they had in the past. Increasingly, old age is viewed as the dynamics of growth in mastery, control and self-efficacy, on the one hand, and a relative decline in psychological and physical resources on the other. It is the intent of this volume to communicate both aspects of these changes, and to offer a comprehensive review of the cross-fertilization of the field of gerontology and the psychology of reactance, freedom and control. Leading psychologists and social science researchers from the United States, Canada and Europe give their views on the meaning and application of control-related constructs having specific implications for the field of human aging. They address themselves to one or more of the major themes, issues or concerns which currently figure in discussions of control beliefs and control constructs as they apply to aging and old age.Written primarily for scholars, researchers and developmental theorists interested in the complexities and generativity of control constructs and their applications for the psychological well-being of older adults, the data and issues presented will be equally informative to gero-psychologists and mental health professionals concerned with healthy adaptive functioning of the elderly.

  • Statistical Reasoning in Law and Public Policy

    Tort Law, Evidence and Health
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2
    • Joseph L. Gastwirth
    • English
    To reach reasoned decisions involving issues of public policy and law, statistical data and studies often need to be assessed for their accuracy and relevance. This two-volume set presents a unique and comprehensive treatment of statistical methods in legal practice. Designed to serve as a text or reference, the book presents basic concepts of probability and statistical inference applied to actual data arising from court cases concerning discrimination, trademark evidence, environmental and occupational exposure to toxic chemicals, and related health and safety topics. Substantial attention is devoted to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of statistical studies, with examples illustrating why some health studies may not have been properly designed at the outset and how actual decisions might have been reversed had more appropriate analysis of data been available to the court. This book will be of interest to lawyers and other practitioners of the law, as well as to students and researchers in the areas of statistics, statistical economics, political science, and law.

  • The Second Handbook on Parent Education

    Contemporary Perspectives
    • 1st Edition
    • Marvin J. Fine
    • English
    This book should enhance the reader's understanding of the contemporary scene in parenting education, including effective programming, important issues, and future trends.

  • Advances in the Study of Behavior

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 18
    • English

  • Handbook of Development Economics

    • 1st Edition
    • H. Chenery + 1 more
    • English
    For this Handbook authors known to have different views regarding the nature of development economics have been selected. The Handbook is organised around the implications of different sets of assumptions and their associated research programs. It is divided into three volumes, each with three parts which focus on the broad processes of development.Volume 1 of the Handbook begins by discussing the concept of development, its historical antecedents, and alternative approaches to the study of development, broadly construed. The second part is devoted to the structural transformation of economies. The role that human resources play in economic development is the focus of the last section of this volume. For more detailed information on the Handbooks in Economics series, please see our home page on http://www.elsevier....

  • Human Judgment

    The SJT View
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 54
    • B. Brehmer + 1 more
    • English
    There are four basic goals for research in SJT (Social Judgment Theory): - to analyze judgment tasks and judgmental processes; - to analyze the relations between judgmental systems (i.e. to analyze agreement and its structure), and between tasks and judgmental systems (i.e. to analyze achievement and its structure; - to understand how relations between judgmental systems and between judgmental systems and tasks come to be whatever they are (i.e. to understand processes of communication and learning and their effects upon achievement and agreement); - to find means of improving the relation between judgmental systems (improving agreement) and between judgmental systems and tasks (improving achievement).

  • Fuzzy Sets in Psychology

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 56
    • T. Zetenyi
    • English
    This volume provides an up-to-date picture of the current status of theoretical and empirical developments in the application of fuzzy sets in psychology. Fuzzy set theory could benefit researchers in at least two ways: first, as a metaphor or model for ordinary thought, and secondly, as an aid to data analysis and theory construction. One can find examples for both kinds in the volume, which will be of interest both to the advanced student in the field as well as to anyone possessing a basic scientific background.

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