Social services & welfare, criminology books

Drawing together established deviance theories, Respectable Deviance and Purchasing Medicine Online considers the...  Read More >>

Studying the political economy of welfare state reform, this edited collection focuses on the role of public opinion...  Read More >>

Tracing the history of employee welfare, this comparative study reveals new issues beyond the dominant focus on...  Read More >>

This volume critically engages with the development of official policy and reform in relation to the support of...  Read More >>

This richly illustrated two-volume book offers a comprehensive and essential reference guide for veterinary pathologists...  Read More >>

The international and multidisciplinary contributions address the complexities of young people’s life in a variety...  Read More >>

This book is the first systematic investigation into the problem of timber trafficking in Vietnam, providing a detailed...  Read More >>

""A ... dual biography of Al Capone, America's most notorious gangster, and Eliot Ness, the Prohibition agent who...  Read More >>

The Politics of the Police offers a geographical and historical overview of the law and politics of the police....  Read More >>

A ""ceaselessly mind-blowing memoir ... bubbling over with psychedelic wisdom"" (WIRED) that documents a Zelig-like...  Read More >>

The story of how Susan Rudnick's maddening-yet endearing-mentally challenged sister became her greatest life teacher....  Read More >>

A guide to relationship-based practice for social work with adults.  Read More >>

This expert compendium surveys the current state of military psychology across the branches of service at the clinical,...  Read More >>

Allow The Heart of the Caregiver to encourage you as you live out God's call to love others through your service...  Read More >>

A powerful story about family and adoption, and the tensions and joys between the old world of Europe and the new...  Read More >>

Framing the Fight against Human Trafficking examines the framing strategies of a prominent social movement coalition...  Read More >>

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As part of the OECD Policy Dialogue on Women's Economic Empowerment, this report focuses on identifying what works...  Read More >>

Based on extensive interviews with expert facilitators from around the world and grounded in empirical evidence,...  Read More >>

Mechanistic Criminology advocates for the adoption of a mechanistic mode of theorizing to allow criminologists to...  Read More >>

Assessing Family Relationships shows mental health professionals how to utilize the Family Life Space Drawing (FLSD),...  Read More >>

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This book addresses the relationship between high school students’ HIV and AIDS knowledge and their stigma-related...  Read More >>

This book analyses the crucial role that guns play in the dynamics of extreme violence engulfing Latin America and...  Read More >>