Social services & welfare, criminology books

Scholars of comparative criminal law often do not understand each other, using the same terms with different meanings...  Read More >>

In an unconventional blend of poetry and prose, a birthmother shares her experience of an open adoption. The fear...  Read More >>

"The main purpose of this book is to assist the reader in choosing the best method for providing clean and safe...  Read More >>

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Surviving the war against yourself is the true story of a couple's journey through mental illness and its devastating...  Read More >>

Despite policy efforts at the state and federal levels, the school dropout rate for students in the United States...  Read More >>

IS A HEALTHCARE SOLUTION WITHIN REACH? Healthcare impacts every one of us, our businesses, and the nation, and...  Read More >>

In this honest and open account, Karla shares her journey of foster care, adoption, and a career that took her by...  Read More >>

Girls, Aggression and Intersectionality examines how intersecting social identities – such as race, ethnicity, class,...  Read More >>

This new collection of essays by academics, practitioners and activists will bring a contemporary perspective to...  Read More >>

There is tremendous controversy across the US when a police officer uses deadly force against an unarmed citizen,...  Read More >>

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This edited volume outlines the benefits and challenges related to the use of volunteers within global law enforcement...  Read More >>

Published in 1999, this text brings together detailed reflexive accounts of authors’ experiences of conducting research...  Read More >>

This book explores the reasons behind the United Nations Police’s chronic performance troubles and explains how...  Read More >>

This book defends the propriety of a cultural defense in American criminal law when minority cultural practices...  Read More >>

This book is about the emergence of child sexual abuse by personnel in Christian institutions as a social and political...  Read More >>

Affect in Relation brings together perspectives from social science and cultural studies to analyze the formative,...  Read More >>

School Violence: National and International Responses provides accurate and practical information on school violence...  Read More >>

Forty-one seconds. That's how long Officer Scott Smith and Franklyn Reid knew each other before Reid ended up dead...  Read More >>

This volume challenges global leaders and citizenry to do more in order to resource the implementation of the 2030...  Read More >>

Covers Introduction to hazardous materials/weapons of mass destruction; hazmat laws and regulations; managing hazmat/WMD...  Read More >>

Revised edition trains mental health practitioners in essential skills to connect with diverse clients through empathy...  Read More >>

How EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) Therapy Transformed My Life: From ""God Hole"" to ""God Whole""...  Read More >>

This book provides a guide for caring for the cognitively impaired along the entire continuum from professional...  Read More >>