Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others? Why are some more punitive and others more tolerant in their approach to offending and how can these differences be explained? Based on extensive historical analysis and fieldwork in the penal systems of England, Australia an[...]

Written by Rena M. Palloff and Keith Pratt, experts in the field of online teaching and learning, this hands-on resource helps higher education professionals understand the fundamentals of effective online assessment. It offers guidance for designing and implementing creative assessment practices ti[...]

The hiring, training, and evaluation of good online instructors is a high priority for online institutions. This book shows what it takes to develop a new instructor in order to promote excellent online teaching and describes the qualities of a good online instructor and reveals how to evaluate good[...]

How do you fold a sheet of paper into the shape of a whale? How do you measure the area of a pizza pie? How can you draw a circle within a circle without lifting your pencil from the paper? Now you can discover the answers to these and other fascinating questions about elementary geometry—the [...]

The Third Edition of the leading reference on survival data analysis The study of survival data attempts to predict the probability of response, survival, or mean lifetime; compare; the survival distributions of experimental animals or of human patients; and identify risk and/or prognosis factors. S[...]

How to use financial reporting to create shareholder value. Creating shareholder value is fundamental to management performance and performance evaluation. Speaking to current and future executives, this is the first text to combine this essential concept with the financial reporting process--the[...]