Focusing on the current needs and teaching methods for both students and lecturers, this textbook introduces topics in an accessible way. Concepts that are often difficult to grasp, such as multivariate analyses, are explained step-by-step using many examples from published research.
Dennis Laurence Howitt was a graduate of Brunel University and the University of Sussex. His research career began with the study of mass communications but has developed into a broader interest in the application of psychology to social issues.
His primary research areas are:
*the effects of mass communications especially with reference to crime, violence and pornography *racism and the profession of psychology *paedophiles and sex offenders, child abuse *forensic psychology
He is a chartered (forensic) psychologist and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society.
His publications also include books on statistics, computing and methods.