Social services & welfare, criminology books

'A taut, edgy thriller. Grabs you by the guts in the first chapter and slow squeezes the breath out of you until...  Read More >>

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An utterly gripping thriller from TOP 20 BESTSELLER O. J . MullenIf no one knows you’re in danger, no one can save...  Read More >>

The pulse-pounding thriller from TOP 20 BESTSELLER O. J. MullenFive years ago Mackenzie Darroch was abducted and...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1993, this book traces how governments in France, Germany, Britain, Denmark and Ireland...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1990, and re-issued in 2020 with an updated Preface, this book shows how the UK has become...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1990 and drawing on extensive research, this book provides an evaluation of the impact of...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1987, this book provides a comprehensive history of housing policy in Britain from the beginning...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1961, is the report into an investigation of the forms of organization used by local authorities...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1985, this book analyses the development of private rented housing in Britain, France, the...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1988, this book documents and explains the emergence of flat ‘break-ups’ – the sale of individual...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1976, this book highlights the problems faced by many inner-city working class communities...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1982, this is a companion volume to State Housing in Britain. Together the 2 volumes cover...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1986, this book provides an authoritative summary of late 20th Century trends which affected...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1994, this book provides an important contribution to contemporary housing debates as well...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1986 at a time when Britain was facing a major housing crisis, this book, containing much...  Read More >>

This book unravels the lives, needs and experiences of Nigerian and Ghanaian women working in prostitution in Brussels....  Read More >>

Originally published in 1974, this book surveys the experience of public and quasi public housing in the UK, USA,...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1981, this book explores the plight of the locally born or locally employed faced with spiralling...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1979, these essays provide a guide to the labyrinth of issues which together made up ‘housing...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1978, this book analyses three main approaches to national housing policy in the 20th Century...  Read More >>