Oxford University Press

Pediatric Forensic Neuropsychology is the premier reference text on the practice and process of civil forensic neuropsychological assessment of children and adolescents. Written by an expert group of authors, this text is a comprehensive and authoritative guide for neuropsychologists who engage in forensic work....

Social Security is in jeopardy, private pension systems have fallen apart, and        workers are trying to save on their own for retirement with the stock market in the        worst shape since the Great Depression. In The Predictable Surprise, Sylvester J.          Schieber shows that forewarnings of the coming retirement crisis have been...

This is the first book to integrate analyses of sovereign debt and crises in financial markets. Offering an analytical perspective on the design of the international financial architecture, this book relates insights from recent literature on co-ordination games to earlier work on currency crises and sovereign debt default to set out a coherent...

We live in a society in which messages associating physical attractiveness with success and happiness are pervasive.This book gives a detailed, authoritative account of research, policy, and practice in psychological aspects of appearance, including the role of the media in shaping people's attitudes and behaviours towards appearance....

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This book fills a gap in social work writing by describing the challenges of investigating the process and outcomes of efforts to translate and implement evidence-based practices in social work. Decision-makers in social service agencies and policy settings, in addition to professors and master's- and doctoral-level students, will all want to read...