* The only guide to doing talk-&-play therapy with children & adolescents with Asperger Syndrome * Provides clinicians, who frequently have little training with this population, a guide to working effectively to improve the emotional lives of their patients & their families. ...

This revised & updated edition brings a widely-recognized text up to date to provide an accessible & informed discussion of current debates on prisons & penal policy. Taking a global view, Doing Time is an invaluable critical sociological analysis of imprisonment. ...

Upbeat Australian comedy about a country boy's quest for Nashville stardom. Sheep farmer's son Ralph (Matt Day) has always dreamed of making it as a country & western star, so when his parents hand him a plane ticket to Nashville, he grabs his guitar & sets out hitching on the road to Sydney. Like a lamb to the slaughter, Ralph is quickly picked up by jaded, done-it-all-before, drugs crook, Boyd (Richard Roxburgh), & his gorgeous redhead girlfriend, Patsy (Miranda Otto), who just happens to be a fine singer to boot. Ralph's luck runs out when the group is pulled over by the police. Even though Boyd is driving a stolen car & carrying drugs, he implicates his young passenger, causing them both to be arrested & thrown into the local jail. Now with the perfect opportunity to hone his country songwriting skills, Ralph sets about trying to get back on the road to Nashville. ...

Visual methods are becoming more popular across many subject areas in the social sciences, since the technology necessary is now so accessible. Mitchell is a big name in visual methods, & this book is an easy intro for anyone new to using visual methods. ...

Explores the methodological, ethical, representational & theoretical issues surrounding image-based research with children & young people. This book offers practical pointers for conducting research. It is suitable for undergraduate & postgraduate level across disciplines, including education, youth & social work, health & nursing. ...