Social services & welfare, criminology books

Explores ten unsolved missing persons cases from around the world, from a 12-year-old British boy who purchased...  Read More >>

With COVID-19 comes a heightened sense of everyday risk. How should a society manage, distribute, and conceive of...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1987 and continuously in print since then, Coming Apart has been an important resource for...  Read More >>

A ""persuasive and essential"" (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life after prison...  Read More >>

A remarkable work of scholarship and reportage by a noted sociologist that will forever change how we look at life...  Read More >>

A post-bellum slave narrative that provides the first-person account of a freedom suit.  Read More >>

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789...  Read More >>

A post-bellum slave narrative that provides the first-person account of a freedom suit.  Read More >>

A post-bellum slave narrative that provides the first-person account of a freedom suit.  Read More >>

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The book will be of interest to students, academics and practitioners working in the areas of Restorative Justice,...  Read More >>

""When K-9 handler Selena Lopez discovers her half-brother's a fugitive from justice, she must find him--and his...  Read More >>

""When K-9 handler Selena Lopez discovers her half-brother's a fugitive from justice, she must find him--and his...  Read More >>

The Tactical Crime Division, a specialized unit of the FBI, handles the toughest cases in the most remote locations....  Read More >>

The Tactical Crime Division, a specialized unit of the FBI, handles the toughest cases in the most remote locations....  Read More >>

Imagine your worst nightmare as a parent... D'Ashon was born three months early, weighed just over one pound and...  Read More >>

Ever wonder what Death looks like when it's still in the room? What if Death was just the beginning? Do you have...  Read More >>

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A comprehensive account of the myriad ways that sex and crime interact in contemporary social life, sensitively...  Read More >>

Are there distinctive postmodern forms of punishment? Is the contemporary 'punitive' turn in the United States a...  Read More >>

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Observation has long been recognised as an important and valuable component of social work teaching and learning...  Read More >>