Social services & welfare, criminology books

This book provides a robust empirical and theoretical analysis of reciprocity and its implications for social work...  Read More >>

This book considers concepts of citizenship and social justice from a range of perspectives, inviting readers to...  Read More >>

This book evaluates four of the most dominant contemporary discourses on the question of long life, explores key...  Read More >>

Racial Profiling: Using Propensity Score Matching to Examine Focal Concerns Theory combines theory and propensity...  Read More >>

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Drawing on evidence from across Europe, Asia and the USA, this accessible book covers how social workers can engage...  Read More >>

This reissued classic contains a selection of Richard Titmuss (1907-1973) most famous writing on social issues....  Read More >>

This book closely examines controversial claims and beliefs surrounding poverty and anti-poverty programs in the...  Read More >>

Bringing together experts across the Global South and Europe, this book explores China’s Belt and Road Initiative,...  Read More >>

The Happiness Policy Handbook provides a concise background on happiness studies and science, coupled with practical...  Read More >>

Eve Harding's world implodes one Sunday morning when she is violently assaulted and raped walking to a South London...  Read More >>

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Originally published in 1979, this is a dream book with an outstanding difference: it takes the interpretation of...  Read More >>

This book analyses the relationship between the Olympic Games, with its ethos of openness and collectivism, and...  Read More >>

At a time when resources are scarce, not every crime may be investigated as fully as is desirable. Police generally...  Read More >>

Few aspects of austerity politics have been as divisive as the 'Bedroom Tax'. This book provides a vivid and authoritative...  Read More >>

By rethinking the role of ideas and morality in policy changes, this book illustrates how the moral economy of activation...  Read More >>

Es beginnt mit dem Tod eines Menschen und endet mit einer Kostenabrechnung: Die junge Magd Cäzilie Bauer findet...  Read More >>

Dental Wear in Evolutionary and Biocultural Contexts  Read More >>

Private Security and the Investigative Process, Fourth Edition targets those students in the early phases of their...  Read More >>

When Cutler left the United States to teach at the first school for Maasai girls in East Africa, she did so in the...  Read More >>

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