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Apologies for cross-posting *************************** Please see details of all new Policy Press titles below. With so much about immigration in the news, we currently have a special offer on our immigration titles, giving an opportunity to gain a real understanding about the issues involved. See our special offers page for a complete list of the titles featured: https://www.policypress.org.uk/page.php?name=specialoffers New titles for November *********************** 'Communities, identities & crime' Basia Spalek provides a critical exploration of the importance of social identities when considering crime, victimisation and criminal justice. https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10202&products_id=1127 'Negotiating death in contemporary health and social care' Margaret Holloway brings together perspectives from social science, health-care and pastoral theology, looking at the way death is handled in contemporary society and the sensitive ethical and practical dilemmas faced. https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10225&products_id=986 'Gender and the politics of time' Valerie Bryson's wide-ranging and accessible book looks at how women's increased role in the labour market has combined with concerns about the damaging effects of long working hours to push time-related issues up the policy agenda in many Western nations. https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10086&products_id=1068 'The National Evaluation of Sure Start' This book, edited by Jay Belsky, Jacqueline Barnes and Edward Melhuish, pulls together, in a single volume, the results of the extensive National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS). https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=1339 'Policy reconsidered' This book, edited by Susan M. Hodgson and Zoë Irving, identifies key topics within the policy arena and subjects them to sustained theoretical and practical appraisal. https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=1276 'Poverty, policy and the state' New Zealand has experienced both sweeping economic and social reform and growing poverty and income inequality in the last twenty years. Mike O'Brien, explores the changes to social security provision and coverage in the context of these developments. https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10043&products_id=1129 City survivors Anne Power provides a unique insider view on the impact of neighbourhood conditions on family life and explores the prospects for families from the point of view of equality, integration, schools, work, community, regeneration and public services. https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=1413 This month we are also publishing two new reports in our Researching Criminal Justice Series: 'Assessing the use and impact of Anti-Social Behaviour Orders', by Roger Matthews, Helen Easton, Daniel Briggs and Ken Pease OBE, provides one of the first assessments of the widely used but extremely controversial ASBOs. https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10202&products_id=1441 'Zero tolerance policing', by Maurice Punch, examines the key issues of what policing is about and who defines it by exploring the notion of zero tolerance and its application in different settings. https://www.policypress.org.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=10202&products_id=1479 New issue of Evidence & Policy ******************************* November sees the publication of a new issue of Evidence & Policy (Volume 3, Number 4). Please visit our website journals page for information and to sign up for a free trial on any of our journals, giving you the chance to 'try before you buy': https://www.policypress.org.uk/journals/ For more information on all of our titles, along with news and special offers, please visit: https://www.policypress.org.uk Policy Press titles can also be ordered from: Marston Book Services PO Box 269 Abingdon Oxon OX14 4YN Te: +44 (0)1235 465500 Email: [log in to unmask] P&P charges: Delivery within the UK £2.75 for the first copy and 50p thereafter.