Study Skills for Criminology

by John Harrison, Emma Martin, Mark R. Simpson

`Embarking on a university degree can be a daunting business and this book is an invaluable resource for those beginning the journey. Written especially for Criminology students it guides readers right through their studies, combining practical advice with realistic assessments of the constraints within which many students work. Subjects range from time management to entering the job market as a Criminology graduate, via how to write an essay when the library shelves have emptied. Lecturers will be reassured that students are also offered advice on issues such as using Internet sites judiciously and choosing a manageable dissertation topic. In short, Study Skills for Criminology will give confidence to anyone anticipating the start of their Criminology degree, or facing a critical point in their studies, as well as those who are simply interested in finding out more about what studying Criminology at university entails. A first class read!' - Dr Yvonne Jewkes , Reader in Criminology, The Open University

Whether you are contemplating a degree in criminology or criminal justice, embarking on your course or starting to think about life after graduation, this book will be of relevance to you.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published August 18, 2005

About the author

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After hitch-hiking from London to Johannesburg before he was 21, and two further years hitching around every country in South and Central America, John never really shook off the travel bug. He studied Latin American History and Sociology at university before becoming a language teacher in Spain and Portugal. He then worked as a tour guide for Journey Latin America, taking small groups to South America, and bringing most of them back. It was during this time that he started making his own expeditions – especially to the Amazon. A lover of wilderness, he has also canoed in Africa, Europe and North America.
‘Up the Creek: an Amazon Adventure’, originally published in 1986, and was reissued in February 2012, was an account of one of these journeys, and ‘Into the Amazon: an incredible story of survival in the jungle' was published in 2011.
The film ‘John Harrison Explorer’ was made for the ‘Voyager’ series by National Geographic in 1991, about a canoe journey on the Rio Ximim-Ximim in Brazil.
John has written and presented several radio programmes for the BBC, and contributed articles to many magazines and newspapers.
He has entertained audiences with more than 200 lectures over the last 25 years, including four talks at the Royal Geographical Society in London, (where he has also chaired three seminars on tropical forest expedition logistics), plus motivational seminars and visits to schools and Luncheon Clubs. He has also been an on-board speaker for the Cunard, Silversea, Seabourn, Holland America and Fred Olsen cruise lines.
He lives in Bristol in the UK with his wife and two children, where he has his own construction company.