Social services & welfare, criminology books

Within sociology and criminology the dominant view is that genocide and other mass atrocities are committed by technologically-lobotomized...  Read More >>

Neenan clearly and succinctly presents an overview of what resilience really means and how coaches can help their...  Read More >>

This book examines the key issues and challenges in regulating internet pornography. It explores the legal issues...  Read More >>

This book shines a light on the careers of therapists who see clients in clinical practice and also study how the...  Read More >>

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This book includes original research on issues related to gang membership, its causes, its consequences, and intervention...  Read More >>

Central state and non-covert surveillance began in earnest at the start of the twentieth century. By the start of...  Read More >>

Although developments such as the drastic increase in the use of imprisonment and restrictions on parole suggest...  Read More >>

Contributing to debates on feminism, this book considers the impact made by feminists in India from the 1970s. Geetanjali...  Read More >>

The Homeless Person in Contemporary Society offers an analysis of the lives of people who are homeless and the social...  Read More >>

Leading experts in law, criminology and human rights combine theory and empirical research to further our understanding...  Read More >>

This book offers a wide-ranging, international exploration of the many different ways in which crime impacts on...  Read More >>

In his clear and concise style, Windy Dryden outlines the steps and strategies that coaches using Rational Emotive...  Read More >>

A major new resource book for academics and students of youth studies, Contemporary Youth Research offers a rare...  Read More >>

This book explores the outcomes of Sweden’s aim to create a ‘drug-free society’ on the lived realities, health,...  Read More >>

This volume presents the latest scholarly research on the practice of public corruption. The authors explore the...  Read More >>

In exploring ideas such as soul, soulful, 'soul of the world' and soul-force, Peter Westoby invites readers to disrupt...  Read More >>

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First published in 1997, this book identifies the problems that face black women in the criminal justice system...  Read More >>

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The most punitive era in American history reached its apex in the 1990s, but the trend has reversed in recent years....  Read More >>

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Understanding of the causes and consequences of impairments to children's health and development has been transformed...  Read More >>