La complejidad que caracteriza a las sociedades actuales desafía al investigador de las disciplinas que integran las ciencias sociales: los tipos de conflictos, las transformaciones que operan en el interior de los conjuntos sociales y su diversidad interpelan a quienes estudian estos fenómenos. Orientado a los jóvenes que se inician en el camino de la investigación social o a quienes ya se desenvuelven en él, este libro propone una serie de herramientas útiles que comienzan con una clarificadora caracterización de las ciencias sociales, su método y la diferencia con las disciplinas de las llamadas ciencias duras. Además, los distintos capítulos abordan problemas como las condiciones de producción y validación del conocimiento científico o el desafío de conceptualizar, clasificar y comparar en la investigación social. A su vez, propone guías para un proyecto concreto. Por último también se afronta la discusión sobre los diferentes métodos que se utilizan para producir datos, evaluar hipótesis y teorías y responder preguntas: cualitativos, comparativos, cuantitativos y mixtos.

This is an open access book. CISOC’2022 – The 2022 International Conference on International Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities, invites the entire scientific, academic and professional community to present their contributions, which can be written in French, English, Spanish or Portuguese. All papers (full articles) will be submitted to a “double-blind review” by at least two members of the Scientific Committee, based on relevance, originality, importance and clarity. The papers presented must bring discussions on actual theoretical, or methodological, or empirical workshop proposals around Social Sciences and Humanities. The topics proposed for the Conference are related to: Psychology, Education, History, Linguistics and language, Political science, Religious studies, Philosophy, Globalization, Humanities, Archaeology, Anthropology, Inter-cultural studies, Development, Geography, Library and Information Sciences.

This book presents the results of the latest in a long-running research project using the RIMES instrument, developed by scholars in Spain. Here, RIMES is used to measure the extent of social exclusion resulting from the penal system in comparative perspective. The volume shows the results of the application of the instrument in seven criminal justice systems: Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, England and Wales, California, and New York. Divided into two parts, the first provides a general overview of the RIMES instrument, including a discussion of the theoretical model and the methodology. The second part focuses on the results of the application of RIMES in the seven jurisdictions. The comparative results are organised according to the nine dimensions included in the RIMES instrument: control of public spaces; legal safeguards; sentencing and sanctions systems; harshest penalties; prison rules; preventive intervention; legal and social status of offenders and ex-offenders; police and criminal records; and youth criminal justice. The last chapter summarizes the comparative results and ranks them in terms of the findings on social exclusion. The book will be of interest to academics, researchers and policy-makers working in the areas of Comparative Criminal Justice, Criminology, Criminal Law and Policy.

This handbook provides an overview and synthesis of relevant literature related to leisure and recreation, and physical activity and its relationship to quality of life. Divided into two parts, the text presents the analysis of leisure and recreation studies and physical activities and sports, with diverse populations. The first part deals with leisure and recreation in relation to quality of life, with different perspectives on different age groups, ethnic groups, the approach of an Integrated Model of Leisure Well-being focusing on how leisure activities contribute to leisure well-being etc. The second part deals with physical activities and sports in relation to quality of life, discussing the consideration that "exercise is good for you", associating physical exercise with other conditions of life in society, its impact on people with disabilities, etc. It is of interest to researchers and students, legislators, educators, providers of leisure services.

Los autores presentan un analisis critico de las bases teoricas de la investigacion social, gracias al cual el lector podra definir mejor los parametros de esta disciplina y formular una metodologia mas objetiva en el area. La aportacion fundamental del texto es el examen del papel del investigador a lo largo del proceso de la investigacion social (AU).