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Book Understanding Desistance from Crime and Social and Community  Re integration

Download or read book Understanding Desistance from Crime and Social and Community Re integration written by Isabelle F. Dufour and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives voice to justice-involved Canadian youth and young adults by sharing their views on their journey towards desistance from crime and social and community (re)integration. Building on interviews with 140 justice-involved youth and young adults (aged 16 to 35), the book explores the challenges they faced while they were under the control of the justice system, the ways in which they navigated the obstacles they came up against, and the support they needed to overcome them. What and who they consider to be facilitators in their journeys is presented. The book also examines experiences of assisted desistance in different settings, such as incarceration, addiction services, and community supervision. What distinguishes this book is its focus on how justice-involved youth and young adults perceive their own experiences of desistance from crime and social and community (re)integration. An accessible and compelling read, Understanding Desistance from Crime and Social and Community (Re)Integration will be of interest to those engaged with desistance studies, rehabilitation, re-entry, juvenile and adult justice, and recovery from addiction.

Book Quantifying Approaches to Discourse for Social Scientists

Download or read book Quantifying Approaches to Discourse for Social Scientists written by Ronny Scholz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of a range of quantitative methods, presenting a thorough analytical toolbox which will be of practical use to researchers across the social sciences as they face the challenges raised by new technology-driven language practices. The book is driven by a reflexive mind-set which views quantifying methods as complementary rather than in opposition to qualitative methods, and the chapters analyse a multitude of different intra- and extra-textual context levels essential for the understanding of how meaning is (re-)constructed in society. Uniting contributions from a range of national and disciplinary traditions, the chapters in this volume bring together state-of-the-art research from British, Canadian, French, German and Swiss authors representing the fields of Political Science, Sociology, Linguistics, Computer Science and Statistics. It will be of particular interest to discourse analysts, but also to other scholars working in the digital humanities and with big data of any kind.

Book Applying Qualitative Research Methods to Management Science

Download or read book Applying Qualitative Research Methods to Management Science written by Bentalha, Badr and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-08-26 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In academic research, qualitative analysis is a pillar for understanding complex phenomena in science and management. However, researchers and practitioners often face challenges navigating the ever-evolving landscape of qualitative methodologies and their integration into empirical projects. This knowledge gap can hinder the practical application of qualitative approaches, leading to suboptimal research outcomes and missed opportunities for insightful discoveries. Applying Qualitative Research Methods to Management Science serves as a beacon for researchers, practitioners, and students, providing a detailed roadmap to navigate the intricacies of qualitative analysis. Each chapter, authored by esteemed experts in the field, delves into specific qualitative themes and methodologies, offering practical insights and theoretical foundations based on the latest academic research. This book empowers readers to conduct rigorous and impactful qualitative research in diverse contexts by bridging the gap between theory and application.

Book Droits des Personnes Ag  es et Droits des Personnes Handicap  es

Download or read book Droits des Personnes Ag es et Droits des Personnes Handicap es written by Pascal Touoyem and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2023-10-22 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cette publication est certainement la toute premiere grande syntese tematique et critique sur la condition des personnes socialement vulnérables (PSV) en Afrique. Une excellente brochette de 40 experts et Institutions de differents oavs du continent t deploie un effort d'intelligibilite de ce phenomene devenu oreoccuoant. a travers un Inventaire analvtique complexe. retrospectt. Tactuel. actuel, chittre. ponctuel prospectif et relativement exnaustit. Les differentes contributions sont assorties des recommandations fortes qui interpellent, pour leur application les détenteurs d'enjeu dans une démarche de co-construction pour une citovennete de transtormation active C'est un document de plaidoyer/réquisitoire et de lobbying en faveur de l'aménagement, de la protection et de l'amélioration des conditions sociales des personnes âgées et des personnes handicapées en Afrique autant en matière de santé, d'alimentation, de logement. denvironnement, de protection sociale. que de maintien de revenu. d emplo et denseignement. eu egard a raugmentation croissante de leurs effectts en valeu relative et absolue. a question des personnes socialement vulnerables est ainsi mist en avant-garde des préoccunations politico-sociales et scientifiques importantes voir permanentes. tlle tait robiet d'investigations et de réflexions récurrentes au sein d mecanisme soecia de Union Africaine au est le groupe de raval sur les personnes agee! et les personnes handicapées de la Commission Africaine des Droits de l'Homme et des Peuples. L'assignation matinale et originaire étant de construire des véhicules juridiques psychologiques, socio-antropologiques et portiques afin a amorcer un changement positit et une protection durable des oS. ainsi que des protocoles coutumiers pour leu valorisation dans les cultures et traditions atricaines This publication is certainly the first major thematic and critical synthesis on the condition of socially vulnerable persons (PSV) in Africa. An excellent line-up of 40 experts and institutions from different countries of the continent is making an effort to understand this phenomenon, which has become worrying, through a complex, retrospective, factual, current, quantified, punctual, prospective and relatively exhaustive analytical inventory. The various contributions are accompanied by strong recommendations that challenge the holders of issues for their application in a process of co-construction for an active citizenship of transformation. It is a document of advocacy/indictment and lobbying in favor of the development, protection and improvement of the social conditions of the elderly and persons with disabilities in Africa in terms of health, food, housing, environment, social protection, income maintenance, employment and education, given their increasing numbers in relative and absolute terms. The issue of socially vulnerable people is thus brought to the forefront of important, if not permanent, political-social and scientific concerns. It is the subject of recurrent investigations and reflections within the special mechanism of the African Union, the Working Group on Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The initial assignment is to build legal, psychological, socio-anthropological and political vehicles in order to initiate positive change and sustainable protection of VHPs, as well as customary protocols for their valorization in African cultures and traditions.

Book Cybersecurity in Humanities and Social Sciences

Download or read book Cybersecurity in Humanities and Social Sciences written by Hugo Loiseau and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The humanities and social sciences are interested in the cybersecurity object since its emergence in the security debates, at the beginning of the 2000s. This scientific production is thus still relatively young, but diversified, mobilizing at the same time political science, international relations, sociology , law, information science, security studies, surveillance studies, strategic studies, polemology. There is, however, no actual cybersecurity studies. After two decades of scientific production on this subject, we thought it essential to take stock of the research methods that could be mobilized, imagined and invented by the researchers. The research methodology on the subject "cybersecurity" has, paradoxically, been the subject of relatively few publications to date. This dimension is essential. It is the initial phase by which any researcher, seasoned or young doctoral student, must pass, to define his subject of study, delimit the contours, ask the research questions, and choose the methods of treatment. It is this methodological dimension that our book proposes to treat. The questions the authors were asked to answer were: how can cybersecurity be defined? What disciplines in the humanities and social sciences are studying, and how, cybersecurity? What is the place of pluralism or interdisciplinarity? How are the research topics chosen, the questions defined? How, concretely, to study cybersecurity: tools, methods, theories, organization of research, research fields, data ...? How are discipline-specific theories useful for understanding and studying cybersecurity? Has cybersecurity had an impact on scientific theories?

Book Global Advances in Human Caring Literacy

Download or read book Global Advances in Human Caring Literacy written by Susan Lee, PhD, RN, CNP and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This narrative-based work is the first to describe Human Caring Literacy from the perspective of caring scientists who "live the life" by incorporating the precepts of human caring into every aspect of their personal and professional lives. It demonstrates, for nursing students and experienced nurses in a variety of roles, the abundant ways in which Caring Science Theory powerfully informs the lives of frontline clinicians, nursing deans and faculty, APRNs, and administrators in the United States and globally. The book goes beyond theory to illustrate how Caring Science is used every day in a variety of arenas and scenarios, ranging from the advancement of the discipline of nursing in South America to peacemaking in the Middle East. It describes the methods that help practitioners develop mindfulness, reflection, authentic presence, intentionality, and a caring consciousness in the service of providing authentic, heart-centered care for patients, their families, and societies. Designed to cultivate loving-kindness behaviors in all settings, including among nurses themselves, these narratives provide welcome alternatives to current ways of being, both professional and personal. Provides Examples of Caring Science Theory as a Guide to: Advancing professional nursing practice in South America Transcending politics and conflict in the Middle East Evolving global caring consciousness through online education Developing nursing leaders who are heart-centered and intentional Exploring relationships between caring and Ubuntu in South Africa Teaching through simulation to promote humanistic practice Key Features: Provides real examples of living the theory Demonstrates the use of Caring Science in leadership, practice, research, the healing arts, education, and praxis Illustrates practices that develop mindfulness, reflection, authentic presence, intentionality, and a caring consciousness Provides evidence of an evolving global caring consciousness on five continents

Book Human Computer Interaction

Download or read book Human Computer Interaction written by Constantine Stephanidis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-09-28 with total page 2935 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pervasive influence of technology continuously shapes our daily lives. From smartphones to smart homes, technology is revolutionizing the way we live, work and interact with each other. Human-computer interaction (HCI) is a multidisciplinary research field focusing on the study of people interacting with information technology and plays a critical role in the development of computing systems that work well for the people using them, ensuring the seamless integration of interactive systems into our technologically driven lifestyles. The book series contains six volumes providing extensive coverage of the field, wherein each one addresses different theoretical and practical aspects of the HCI discipline. Readers will discover a wealth of information encompassing the foundational elements, state-of-the-art review in established and emerging domains, analysis of contemporary advancements brought about by the evolution of interactive technologies and artificial intelligence, as well as the emergence of diverse societal needs and application domains. These books: · Showcase the pivotal role of HCI in designing interactive applications across a diverse array of domains. · Explore the dynamic relationship between humans and intelligent environments, with a specific emphasis on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). · Provide an extensive exploration of interaction design by examining a wide range of technologies, interaction techniques, styles and devices. · Discuss user experience methods and tools for the design of user-friendly products and services. · Bridge the gap between software engineering and human-computer interaction practices for usability, inclusion and sustainability. These volumes are an essential read for individuals interested in human-computer interaction research and applications.

Book Au miroir des disciplines

Download or read book Au miroir des disciplines written by Frédéric Darbellay and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2011 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frédéric Darbellay est enseignant à IUKB à Sion/Bramois.

Book User Experience Methods and Tools in Human Computer Interaction

Download or read book User Experience Methods and Tools in Human Computer Interaction written by Constantine Stephanidis and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-08-16 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers user experience methods and tools in designing user‐friendly products and servicesby encompassing widely utilized successful methods, including elicitation, analysis and establishment of requirements, collaborative idea generation with design teams and intended users, prototype testing and evaluation of the user experience through empirical and non‐empirical means. This book • Provides methods and tools tailored for each stage of the design process. • Discusses methods for the active involvement of users in the human‐centered design process. • Equips readers with an effective toolset for use throughout the design process, ensuring that what is created aligns with user needs and desires. • Covers a wide array of research and evaluation methods employed in HCI, from the initiation of the human‐centered development cycle to its culmination. This book is a fascinating read for individuals interested in Human-Computer Interaction research and applications.

Book Bulletin d information sur les recherches dans les sciences humaines concernant l Afrique

Download or read book Bulletin d information sur les recherches dans les sciences humaines concernant l Afrique written by International Centre for African Economic and Social Documentation and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ageing and COVID 19

Download or read book Ageing and COVID 19 written by Maria Łuszczyńska and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This volume presents a range of research approaches to the exploration of ageing during a pandemic situation. One of the first collections of its kind, it offers an array of studies employing research methodologies that lend themselves to replication in similar contexts by those seeking to understand the effects of epidemics on older people. Thematically organised, it shows how to reconcile qualitative and quantitative approaches, thus rendering them complementary, bringing together studies from around the world to offer an international perspective on ageing as it relates to an unprecedented epidemiological phenomenon. As such, it will appeal to researchers in the field of gerontology, as well as sociologists of medicine and clinicians seeking to understand the disruptive effects of the recent coronavirus outbreak on later life.

Book Universit  s  universitaires en Afrique de l Est

Download or read book Universit s universitaires en Afrique de l Est written by and published by KARTHALA Editions. This book was released on 2012 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A l'image de l'université de Makerere qui a accueilli il y a quelques années les auteurs de cet ouvrage, rassemblés pour faire le point sur la situation de la recherche dans leurs pays respectifs, les universités d'Afrique de l'Est et de la région des Grands Lacs ont surmonté les destructions de toutes sortes qui ont frappé la région durant les années 1990. Après une décennie de crises politiques, sociales et économiques, le tournant du XXIe siècle voit se développer une sorte de renaissance. Du Burundi au Kenya, de l'Ouganda au Rwanda, de la République démocratique du Congo à la Tanzanie, les universitaires et chercheurs regroupés ici témoignent, dans leurs monographies, des réflexions qui traversent leur collectivité scientifique, qu'il s'agisse des universités de Dar es-Salaam ou de Lubumbashi, de celle de Ngozi dans le nord du Burundi ou du Pole Institute au Nord-Kivu. Ce livre fait écho à des débats tant scientifiques que politiques, institutionnels ou sociaux. Ils portent sur les enjeux des différentes disciplines des sciences humaines (histoire, géographie, linguistique, science politique), en particulier dans leur confrontation avec les obsessions identitaires nourries par les conflits. Les institutions universitaires africaines se trouvent en outre confrontées au mouvement général de redéfinition qui touche aujourd'hui l'enseignement supérieur au niveau mondial. Enfin, le statut des enseignants-chercheurs doit aussi compter avec le développement de l'expertise, avec tous les défis de ces recherches appliquées. Un intellectuel du Kivu disait récemment : "J'ai toujours pensé que l'intellectuel, c'est celui qui doit créer le changement ". Une mission qui est rappelée ici avec clarté, tant les défis et les chantiers sont nombreux dans une région en reconstruction où les populations aspirent à plus de démocratie et à un mieux-être économique.

Book An Educator s Guide to Humanizing Nursing Education

Download or read book An Educator s Guide to Humanizing Nursing Education written by Chantal Cara, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delivers specific guidelines for implementing human caring within teaching practices along with a wealth of examples Grounded in the belief that translating caring science within teaching practices will humanize nursing education, this important book emphasizes the ways in which teachers can translate Human Caring and Caritas in order to include strategies for establishing authentic caring pedagogical relationships with their students. It aims to strengthen Human Caring as the basis for humanitarian teaching and to infuse the learning environment with caring practices for both students and teachers. The work provides an antidote for the continuous dominant biomedical and behavioral paradigm in nursing education. It includes specific guidelines for implementing Human Caring ethics, ontology, and epistemology throughout the teaching-learning community and describes how to translate caring values and assumptions into living Caritas as the nurse teachers’ moral ideal and praxis of authentic caring pedagogical relationships. Pragmatic examples provided by administrators, teachers, and students illustrate the value of a humanitarian caring science paradigm for nursing education and caring praxis. Key Features: Delivers an internationally renowned scholars’ perspective on teaching grounded in Human Caring Includes exemplars of educators’ lived teaching experiences guided by their caring pedagogical praxis Provides examples of students’ lived learning experiences within a caring- teaching environment Offers reflective practice exercises for nurse teachers to enhance their caring pedagogical relationships with students Provides guided caring artistic activities to promote ways of knowing, doing, being, and becoming in nursing education

Book Qualitative Analysis  Historical and Critical Essays

Download or read book Qualitative Analysis Historical and Critical Essays written by Paul F. Lazarsfeld and published by Boston : Allyn and Bacon. This book was released on 1972 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Digital Transformation and Global Society

Download or read book Digital Transformation and Global Society written by Andrei V. Chugunov and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-24 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Digital Transformation and Global Society, DTGS 2016, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2016. The 43 revised full papers and 15 revised short papers, presented together with 3 poster papers and an invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 157 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on eSociety: New Social Media Studies; eSociety: eGovernment and eParticipation: Perspectives on ICTs in Public Administration and Democracy; eKnowledge: ICTs in Learning and Education Management; eCity: ICTs for Better Urban (Rural) Planning and Living; eHealth: ICTs in Healthcare; eScience: Big Data Complex Calculations.

Book Recherches qualitatives et quantitatives en sciences humaines et sociales

Download or read book Recherches qualitatives et quantitatives en sciences humaines et sociales written by Mélanie Lapalme and published by Editions JFD. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ce que des experts en ont dit : L’équipe de chercheurs-pédagogues qui signe cet ouvrage collectif réussit sa visée ambitieuse : créer un lieu commun entre la recherche et la pratique psycho-sociale en rendant stimulant et accessible à nos futurs intervenants les savoirs scientifiques qui permettront à répondre aux préoccupations des milieux pratiques. Le lecteur sera habilement guidé à travers les études scientifiques qualitatives et quantitatives, en langue française, regroupées par clientèle cible. Il s’agit d’un effort collectif remarquable et unique, qui réussit à hisser la rigueur comme valeur primordiale et essentielle à notre champ de pratique professionnelle. Mohsen Romdhani, Psychoéducateur, Directeur général, Boscoville L’intégration de la recherche et de la pratique est un aspect essentiel de la formation des futurs professionnels de l’intervention éducative et sociale. S’intéresser à la recherche et développer des compétences pour en avoir une compréhension adéquate et critique est un grand défi pour les étudiants en sciences humaines et sociales. Cet ouvrage deviendra une référence incontournable pour la formation. Il permet d’exposer les étudiants à une grande diversité d’études empiriques pertinentes à leur champ de pratique tout en leur offrant un accès inédit à des explications théoriques et méthodologiques détaillées. Sans faire l’économie de la rigueur scientifique, cet ouvrage offre le soutien pédagogique essentiel pour apprivoiser la recherche scientifique. Marie-Andrée Poirier, Ph.D. Professeure à l’école de travail social, Université de Montréal Institut Universitaire jeunes en difficulté- CIUSSS-Centre-Sud-de-l’Ile-de-Montréal Il ne s’agit pas de dire à des psychoéducateurs et des psychoéducatrices en formation de baser leurs interventions sur les connaissances scientifiques pour que cette conception de la pratique psychoéducative s’implante, comme par enchantement. Les directrices de cet ouvrage l’ont compris. Les thématiques de recherche, les questions visant l’intégration des concepts en plus des recommandations cliniques découlant des études seront particulièrement appréciées des étudiants et des étudiantes en psychoéducation. Résolument pédagogique, ce livre est un outil de formation incontournable pour soutenir le développement de la compétence à baser sa pratique psychoéducative sur les connaissances scientifiques. Geneviève Paquette, Ph.D. Psychoéducatrice, Professeure au département de psychoéducation, Université de Sherbrooke Pour des raisons historiques, le Québec a toujours été un terreau fertile pour la recherche, la réflexion et l’intervention sociale. Mélanie Lapalme, Anne-Marie Tougas et Marie-Josée Letarte ont su diriger un collectif qui capte de manière éloquente l’imagination et l’énergie des chercheurs et des intervenants à l’origine de ces initiatives – programmes d’évaluation, pratiques sociales et stratégies d’intervention. Ce livre rendra de précieux services à ceux qui veulent bien faire dans l’organisation de services, mais qui cherchent des solutions, ainsi qu’à ceux qui veulent soutenir la formation afin de solidifier les efforts de prévention et d’intervention auprès des populations vulnérables. George M. Tarabulsy, Ph.D. Professeur à l’école de psychologie, Université Laval-Centre de recherche universitaire sur les jeunes et les familles –CIUSSS-Capitale nationale.

Book Wheelchair Skills Assessment and Training

Download or read book Wheelchair Skills Assessment and Training written by R. Lee Kirby and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a wide spectrum of readers with comprehensive but easily understandable protocols for the assessment and training of wheelchair skills. The Wheelchair Research Team at Dalhousie University and the Capital District Health Authority in Halifax (lead by the author) have focused on wheelchair safety and performance for three decades, as exemplified through the Wheelchair Skills Program. This is considered the top such program in the world. This new book is largely based on this program which has been accessed and utilized by over 75,000 people in 177 countries since 2007.