Jeffrey L. Derevensky 
Teen Gambling 
Understanding a Growing Epidemic

You”re no idiot, of course. You know that life isn”t like an old sitcom, when TV dad”s like Mike Brady or Ward Cleaver always had just the right answer for Greg, Marcia, or the Beaver. But when it …

Winner of the Emily Toth Award for Best Single Work in Women”s Studies, Popular Culture Association Co-winner of the Elli Kongas Maranda Prize, Women”s Section of the American Folklore Society (AFS …

Educators as First Responders is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to adolescent development and mental health for teachers and other educators of students in grades 6-12. Today’s schools are at the fo …

This book examines contexts, practices, and activism on issues of gender violence at the intersections of online and public spaces. Through individual case studies, the volume considers the interplay …

Responding to a challenge posed by state and independent schools, Ian and Hilary Wigston launched a unique mentoring programme to transform women”s leadership in education. This programme, explored …

This book unmasks the sexual offender by providing clear, comprehensible information about the motivations, techniques, and dynamics of sexual offenders and their behavior. It not only explores the b …

Written for the businesswoman and professional, this book offers insights and guidance on making the right decisions about career paths and shows ways to strategically prepare for a career transition …

An engaging guide for future best-practice, this book provides an illuminating account of how the innovative programs of education and research at one Centre for Aboriginal Studies made a demonstrabl …

Why do sugary beverage and fast food industries thrive in the emerging world? An interesting public health paradox has emerged in some developing nations. Despite government commitment to eradicati …

Preventing the School-to-Prison Pipeline is the first book written to provide school psychologists and other K-12 mental health professionals with knowledge and strategies intended to help them disru …