Social services & welfare, criminology books

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Perspectives in Social Work

Perspectives in Social Work

Author: Noel Timms ,  Rita Timms
ISBN: 9781138365223
Format: Paperback
$69.99

Perspectives in Social Work was originally published in 1977 and provides a text for social workers in training...  Read More >>

Deviance Among Physicians: Fraud, Violence, and the Power to Prescribe

Deviance Among Physicians: Fraud, Violence, and the...

Author: Thaddeus L. Johnson (Georgia State University) ,  Natasha N. Johnson (Georgia State University)
ISBN: 9780367530297
Format: Paperback
$46.99

This book offers a comprehensive overview of a variety of different fraudulent behaviors committed within the medical...  Read More >>

Changing Narratives of Youth Crime: From Social Causes to Threats to the Social

Changing Narratives of Youth Crime: From Social Causes...

Author: Bernd Dollinger (University of Siegen, Germany)
ISBN: 9780367726980
Format: Paperback
$88.99

Drawing on data from Germany, this book focuses on changing narratives of youth crime in recent decades and the...  Read More >>

Border Policing and Security Technologies: Mobility and Proliferation of Borders in the Western Balkans

Border Policing and Security Technologies: Mobility...

Author: Sanja Milivojevic (University of New South Wales, Australia)
ISBN: 9780367786618
Format: Paperback
$88.99

This book considers the relationship between EU enlargement and border policing and security technologies in Southeast...  Read More >>

Organized Crime and Terrorist Networks

Organized Crime and Terrorist Networks

Author: Vincenzo Ruggiero (Department of Criminology and Sociology, Middlesex University London, UK)
ISBN: 9780367784416
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book explores organized crime and terror networks and the points at which they intersect. Looking both at organized...  Read More >>

Mechanisms Linking Aging, Diseases and Biological Age Estimation

Mechanisms Linking Aging, Diseases and Biological Age...

Author: Sara C. Zapico (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, USA)
ISBN: 9780367782429
Format: Paperback
$101.00

This book focuses on four of the hallmarks of aging: aspartic acid racemization, advanced glycation end products,...  Read More >>

Politicising and Policing Organised Crime

Politicising and Policing Organised Crime

Author: Monique Mann (School of Justice, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
ISBN: 9780367785079
Format: Paperback
$88.99

Drawing on international fieldwork, this book challenges existing assumptions and accepted understandings of organised...  Read More >>

Queer Histories and the Politics of Policing

Queer Histories and the Politics of Policing

Author: Emma K. Russell (Department of Social Inquiry, La Trobe University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780367784287
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book presents an analysis of the complexities, compromises, and investments that underpin LGBT efforts to achieve...  Read More >>

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: Mechanisms and New Methods for Analyzing Risks

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: Mechanisms and...

Author: Claire M. Lathers ,  Paul L. Schraeder
ISBN: 9780367778446
Format: Paperback
$158.00

This book builds on earlier works focusing on the clinical problem of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)....  Read More >>

Care Communication: Making a home in a Japanese eldercare facility

Care Communication: Making a home in a Japanese eldercare...

Author: Peter Backhaus (Waseda University, Japan)
ISBN: 9780367410667
Format: Paperback
$94.99

Combining quantitative and qualitative methods, the analysis explores the characteristics of care communication...  Read More >>

Implementing the Grand Challenge of Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Misuse and its Consequences

Implementing the Grand Challenge of Reducing and Preventing...

Author: Audrey Begun ,  Diana DiNitto (University of Texas-Austin, USA)
ISBN: 9780367529956
Format: Paperback
$83.99

‘Reducing and Preventing Alcohol Misuse and Its Consequences’ is one of the AASWSW’s Grand Challenges for Social...  Read More >>

Juvenile Delinquency: Why Do Youths Commit Crime?

Juvenile Delinquency: Why Do Youths Commit Crime?

Author: Cliff Roberson ,  Elena Azaola
ISBN: 9781538151945
Format: Hardback
$351.12

Juvenile Delinquency focuses on why juveniles commit crime, opening your eyes to the fascinating concepts involving...  Read More >>

Informants, Cooperating Witnesses, and Undercover Investigations: A Practical Guide to Law, Policy, and Procedure, Second Edition

Informants, Cooperating Witnesses, and Undercover Investigations:...

Author: Dennis G. Fitzgerald ,  Simon Coffey
ISBN: 9780367778293
Format: Paperback
$168.00

This book covers every aspect of the informant and cooperating witness dynamic—a controversial technique shrouded...  Read More >>

Psychiatric Social Work in Great Britain: 1939-1962

Psychiatric Social Work in Great Britain: 1939-1962...

Author: Noel Timms
ISBN: 9781138355040
Format: Paperback
$71.99

Originally published in 1964 Psychiatric Social Work looks at psychiatric social work as an established form of...  Read More >>

The Receiving End

The Receiving End

Author: Noel Timms
ISBN: 9781138365391
Format: Paperback
$71.99

Originally published in 1973, The Receiving End looks at the British welfare services for deprived children. The...  Read More >>

Social Work Values: An Enquiry

Social Work Values: An Enquiry

Author: Noel Timms
ISBN: 9781138371156
Format: Paperback
$71.99

Originally published in 1983 Social Work Values is a sustained enquiry about the present situation of social work....  Read More >>

Social Work: An Outline for the Intending Student

Social Work: An Outline for the Intending Student

Author: Noel Timms
ISBN: 9781138364394
Format: Paperback
$71.99

Originally published in 1970, Social Work is an introduction for students and others who are thinking of taking...  Read More >>

Language of Social Casework

Language of Social Casework

Author: Noel Timms
ISBN: 9781138368453
Format: Paperback
$71.99

Originally published in 1968, Language of Social Casework considers the way in which social workers commonly neglect...  Read More >>

Private Security and Domestic Violence: The Risks and Benefits of Private Security Companies Working With Victims of Domestic Violence

Private Security and Domestic Violence: The Risks and...

Author: Diarmaid Harkin (Faculty of Arts and Education, Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University, Australia)
ISBN: 9780367784713
Format: Paperback
$88.99

This book provides internationally relevant insights on the challenges of increasing private sector involvement...  Read More >>

Punishment: A Critical Introduction

Punishment: A Critical Introduction

Author: Thom Brooks (University of Durham, UK)
ISBN: 9781138694668
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Punishment is a critical introduction to the philosophy of punishment offering a clear and refreshing approach that...  Read More >>

Ends and Means in Policing

Ends and Means in Policing

Author: John Kleinig
ISBN: 9780367530167
Format: Paperback
$88.99

It is often suggested that the ends of policing justify the use of otherwise problematic means, but do they? This...  Read More >>

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