Edited by Jun Sung Hong, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Wayne State University, USA and Visiting Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Ewha Womans University, South Korea, Robert Thornberg, Professor of Education, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Sweden, Vicente J. Llorent, Associate Professor, Department of Education, University of Córdoba, Spain and Ziqiang Han, Professor, School of Political Science and Public Administration & Center for Risk Governance and Emergency Management, Shandong University, China

• Contents PART I  AFRICA1 Algeria 2Habib Tiliouine2 Benin 10Jacob Owusu Sarfo, Newton Isaac Gbordzoe, Edem Akakpo, Michael OwusuOkyere, Emmanuel Essien, and Dean Kormla Attigah3 Cameroon 14Nteta Philip Nfon4 Democratic Republic of Congo 21Hanna George, Aimée Lulebo, Eric Mafuta, Mahboubeh Shirzad, and AsthaRamaiya5 Egypt 29Gellan K. Ahmed6 Ethiopia 37Temesgen Demissie Eijigu and Seleshi Zeleke Teketel7 Ghana 45Emmanuel Mensah Kormla Tay and Stephen Zamore8 Kenya 53David M. Ndetei, Pascalyne Nyamai, Christine Musyimi, Timothy Munyua,Samuel Walusaka, Veronica Onyango, Eric Jeremiah, and Victoria Mutiso9 Morocco 61Chaimaa El Moubchiri, Mohamed Chahboune, Morad Guennouni, andAbderraouf Hilali10 Namibia 66Shelene Gentz and Mónica Ruiz-Casares11 Nigeria 75Temitope Oyinlola Jegede, Tolulope Opeoluwa Jegede, Joyce OhioleOmoaregba, and Ikponmwosa Sherifat Igbinovia12 Sierra Leone 81Augustus Osborne13 South Africa 87Sabirah Adams, Shazly Savahl, Phadiel Hoosen, and Ameera Lamera14 Tanzania 95Hezron Zacharia Onditi15 Zimbabwe 104Clifford Gomba and Prosper ZindondaPART II  AMERICAS16 Argentina 112Silvana Mabel Nuñez Fadda17 Brazil 119Vitor A. N. Yano and Josafá M. da Cunha18 Canada 126Kyla Mayne, Deinera Exner-Cortens, and Wendy Craig19 Chile 135Jorge J. Varela, Roy Hidalgo Canales, Ana María Espinoza, CristóbalCastro, and Rubia Cobo-Rendón20 Colombia 143Enrique Chaux, Andrea Bustamante, José Fernando Mejía, and Lina MaríaSaldarriaga21 Ecuador 151Ximena Vélez-Calvo and Carolina Seade-Mejía22 Guyana 159Sherwin Fraser23 Jamaica 164Ingrid E. Hunt-Anderson24 México 172Silvana Mabel Nuñez Fadda and Naiara Sophia Gradilla Lizardo25 Peru 180Oswaldo Molina, Maria José Dibós Sánchez, and Jun Sung Hong26 Puerto Rico 187Freeda Jusino-Sierra and Larry Emil Alicea-Rodríguez27 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 195Jacob Owusu Sarfo, Dean Kormla Attigah, Prince Mordi, Newton IsaacGbordzoe, Josephine Cudjoe Sarfo, and Priscilla Yeye Adumoah Attafuah28 The Bahamas 202Charmane M. Perry29 Trinidad and Tobago 210Wendell C. Wallace30 United States of America 216Laura M. Crothers, Ara J. Schmitt, and Jered B. Kolbert31 Uruguay 224Silvana Mabel Nuñez FaddaPART III  ASIA-PACIFIC32 Bangladesh 231Sabrina Mahmood33 Bhutan 237Kezang Sherab and John Howard34 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 245Yoshito Kawabata, Marshaley J. Baquiano, and Debra T. Cabrera35 Guam 252Yoshito Kawabata and Veronica Basilio36 Hong Kong 259Annis Lai Chu Fung and Yuxuan Zhang37 India 266Niharika Thakkar, Mitch van Geel, and Paul Vedder38 Indonesia 274Ihsana Sabriani Borualogo39 Iran 283Roghieh Nooripour40 Iraq 290Maytham Salim Al-Nasrawii, Essam Al-Shibli, and Mohammed Merzah41 Israel 295Meytal Grimland and Anat Brunstein Klomek42 Japan 301Yoshito Kawabata43 Jordan 308Ghada Shahrour and Maha Albdour44 Kazakhstan 316Akimbekova Shyryn45 Kuwait 320Hassan Arab and Naflah Mohamed46 Lebanon 328Feten Fekih-Romdhane, Sahar Obeid, and Souheil Hallit47 Macau 334Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan48 Mainland China 342Ziqiang Han and Hui Yin49 Malaysia 350Agus Alysha Nadia binti Agosmustaram and Alexius Cheang Weng Onn50 Maldives 359Aishath Nasheeda and Fathimath Azza51 Nepal 365Karna Rana52 Oman 373Samir Al-Adawi, Rawaa Abubakr Abuelgassim Eltayib, Muna Al Saadoon,and Amjad Al Haj53 Pakistan 381Sohni Siddiqui54 Palau 388Yoshito Kawabata and Curtis J. M. Thomason55 Palestine 394Muhammad I. A. Okkeh and Naem A. I. Salah56 Philippines 402Inero V. Ancho, Rufo Gil Z. Albor, Gilbert S. Arrieta, and Roxanne T. Bongco57 Qatar 412Diab Al-Badayneh, Maher Khelifa, and Hmoud Olimat58 Saudi Arabia 419Hamaed A. Almutairi and Omar A. Alawajee59 Singapore 426Jungup Lee, Qiyang Zhang, Hoi Shan Cheung, and Rebecca P. Ang60 South Korea 433Jeoung Min Lee and Jaegoo Lee61 Sri Lanka 440Oshini Sri Jayasinghe (V. P. K. Krishani Jayasinghe), Risitha P. WakishtaArachchi, Enoka Wickramasinghe, and Athula Sumathipala62 Taiwan 447Ji-Kang Chen and Yang Han63 Thailand 455Sombat Tapanya64 United Arab Emirates 461Maha Albdour and Halimatu M. Abdul-Kadr65 Uzbekistan 468Galina Nam66 Vietnam 475Ha Thi Hai Le, Huong Thanh Nguyen, Nam Tran, and Michael P. DunnePART IV  AUSTRALIA (OCEANIA)67 Australia 484Ben Arnold Lohmeyer, Deborah M. Green, Victoria Rawlings,and Barbara A. Spears68 New Zealand 493Vanessa A. Green and Tessa Jacobsen-GrocottPART V  EUROPE69 Albania 501Fatjona Haka70 Austria 508Antonia Paljakka71 Belgium 516Karlien Demol, Sara Pabian, and Benoît Galand72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 524Roberta Matković, Lucija Vejmelka, and Ena Grbović73 Bulgaria 531Anna Alexandrova-Karamanova74 Croatia 540Lucija Vejmelka, Roberta Matković, and Ena Grbović75 Cyprus 548Militsa Nikiforou and Panayiotis Stavrinides76 Czech Republic 556Adam Klocek and Lenka Kollerová77 Denmark 564Dorte Marie Søndergaard and Frederikke Skaaning Knage78 Estonia 573Kristi Kõiv79 Finland 578Christina Salmivalli and Sanna Herkama80 France 586Violaine Kubiszewski and Azur Courant81 Germany 594Saskia M. Fischer, Anja Schultze-Krumbholz, Jan S. Pfetsch, Ludwig Bilz,and Herbert Scheithauer82 Greece 602Constantinos M. Kokkinos, Nafsika Antoniadou, and Ioanna Voulgaridou83 Hungary 611Nikolett Arató and Anna Siegler84 Ireland 620James O’Higgins Norman and Irene Connolly85 Italy 628Matteo Angelo Fabris, Sofia Mastrokoukou, and Claudio Longobardi86 Kosovo 635Natyra Agani-Destani and Kaltrina Kelmendi87 Latvia 644Lauma Spriņģe and Ņikita Bezborodovs88 Lithuania 652Dziuginta Baraldsnes89 Luxembourg 662Matthias Böhmer and Danielle Kinnen90 Malta 670Carmel Cefai and Chantal Avellino91 Moldova 679Jeffrey D. Ratto92 Montenegro 685Ena Grbović, Roberta Matković, and Lucija Vejmelka93 Netherlands 692Gijs Huitsing and René Veenstra94 North Cyprus 700Fatih Bayraktar95 North Macedonia 705Şehida Rizvançe Matsani96 Norway 711Dziuginta Baraldsnes and Hildegunn Fandrem97 Poland 719Jacek Pyżalski, Jakub T. Mróz, and Małgorzata Wójcik98 Portugal 727Vítor Alexandre Coelho99 Romania 734Claudia Bacter, Ioana Sîrbu, Adela Lazăr, and Sergiu Bălțătescu100 Serbia 742Adrijana Grmuša101 Slovenia 750Katja Košir, Igor Peras, and Tina Pivec102 Spain 758Daniel Falla, Cirenia Quintana-Orts, and Izabela Zych103 Sweden 767Björn Johansson and Robert Thornberg104 Switzerland 777Eveline Gutzwiller-Helfenfinger105 Turkey 784Gokce Yagmur Efendi and Merve Cikili-Uytun106 Ukraine 792Viktor Burlaka, Oleksii Serdiuk, and Vitalii Panok107 United Kingdom: England 801Peter K. Smith108 United Kingdom: Northern Ireland 813Noel Purdy109 United Kingdom: Scotland 821Maria Sapouna and Leyla De Amicis110 United Kingdom: Wales 829Jonathan Charlesworth

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