Despite their various backgrounds, cultures and religions Western European youth think the country in which they live is important. Especially native young…
New research from the Economic and Social Research Council reveals that direct payments are being operated, and experienced, very differently in England,…
Sharyl E Toscano from the University of Vermont interviewed 22 girls aged 15-18 from two Massachusetts high schools. She asked them about their own dating…
Sociologists analysed data from UK censuses and found that people were less likely to change their ethnic identify if they had ‘stable’ domestic circumstances.
Members of these communities typically share an interest in online gaming and a great deal of the interaction between them is technologically mediated. Marko…
Two new separate studies show that sorting school children into sets is neither an accurate way of assessing ability, nor is it beneficial to their learning.Research by Jo Boaler, Marie Curie Professor of Education at Sussex, revealed that children in mixed ability mathematics classes outperformed those grouped by ability. She reviewed a new way of grouping children that also resulted in unusually good behaviour and high levels of respect and responsibility among the young people ….
The researchers, from the University of the West of England and Housing 21, have identified a range of 'best practice' factors. These include activities that…
The new nursing top incorporates the latest research in infant cognitive development by using patterns designed to stimulate babies' vision. Studies indicate…
The key findings of the article are that:• People claim to think of the good of society rather than their own self-interest when worrying about the impact of…
Scientists at The University of Nottingham are collaborating with experts at four other universities to develop techniques that combine technologies for…
An estimated 200 million children and youth around the world are being abused by their peers. Bullying is a violation of the right to be respected and to feel…
This defensive view of international themes in criminology ignores the fact that the Netherlands is an active player on the world stage and that time, place…
According to professor Henk van de Bunt, this is not because control fails, but because perpetrators are able to keep their forbidden activities effectively…
Social control between shifting violence thresholds and changing ideas of privacy'. Spierenburg describes the historical background to violence and…
Innovations such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube – known as the ‘Web 2.0’ phenomenon – are the focus of a major gathering of Internet researchers, surfers and…
With a special emphasis on politics, speakers from across the world will discuss how prominent women in, or attempting to gain, power (for example Ségolène…
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