Social services & welfare, criminology books

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Originally published in 1968, English Prisons Under Local Government gives a detailed account of the evolution of...  Read More >>

This book is a reflection on the nature of confinement, experienced by prison inmates as everyday life. It explores...  Read More >>

This edited collection addresses a substantial gap in the existing literature on filicide by presenting the latest...  Read More >>

Japan has also introduced new reforms in its law practice, including the introduction of new trial formats.The research...  Read More >>

First published in 1998, this timely study of an American acute care hospital examines decision making by patients...  Read More >>

First published in 1998, this volume recognises that, despite the plethora of benign welfare approaches to troubled...  Read More >>

First published in 1910, this volume is a dispassionate analysis of the changes in and the various aspects of official...  Read More >>

First published in 1997, this study reports on a study of 221 sex workers in Queensland, Australia and provides...  Read More >>

First published in 1998, this volume is a comprehensive account of crime prevention policy in England and Wales,...  Read More >>

First published in 1999, this volume examines issues including disturbances in children and adolescents, severe...  Read More >>

This book provides readers with insight into the intellectual, emotional, and social challenges experienced by law...  Read More >>

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The first comprehensive collection of its kind, this handbook addresses the problem of knowledge production in criminology,...  Read More >>

First published in 1998, this pioneering text examines how social, political and organisational changes in Ireland...  Read More >>

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Through analysis of data held by the National Crime Agency on organised crime groups, and in-depth analysis of qualitative...  Read More >>

In a time of increasing inequality, why has there been a recent surge of support for political parties who promote...  Read More >>

Including bibliographical essays to offer readers crucial orientation when approaching the specialist literature...  Read More >>

Bringing together international case studies, this book offers theoretical and empirical insights into the interaction...  Read More >>

This book describes the complex process of desistance from sexual crime as told by 74 men incarcerated for sexual...  Read More >>

This book examines development aid for climate change adaptation. Increasing amounts of aid are used to help developing...  Read More >>

This book explores two major social problems facing Chinese society today: increased strain in the lives of young...  Read More >>

Adoption in the Digital Age explores the transformation of adoption due to social and digital media technologies....  Read More >>