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The Politics of Public Pensions: Parties, State Governments, and Unions

The Politics of Public Pensions: Parties, State Governments,...

Author: Carolyn Abott
ISBN: 9780231214230
Format: Paperback
$57.95

This book is a nuanced and comprehensive account of the intricate politics surrounding public sector pensions.  Read More >>

French PHTLS, Tenth Edition: Secours Et Soins Prehosp with EBook

French PHTLS, Tenth Edition: Secours Et Soins Prehosp...

Author: National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
ISBN: 9781284291735
Format: Paperback
$139.79

For decades, PHTLS: Prehospital Trauma Life Support has transformed the assessment and management of trauma patients...  Read More >>

Molly Jong-Fast: Rewriting Her Story - How Grief and Love Shaped a Powerful Voice

Molly Jong-Fast: Rewriting Her Story - How Grief and...

Author: Rowan St Croix
ISBN: 9798288158865
Format: Paperback
$39.57

In Molly Jong-Fast: Rewriting Her Story, Molly shares her deeply personal journey of how grief, love, and loss reshaped...  Read More >>

The Millenium Caregiver: Caring for Loved Ones in the Busiest Years of Your Life

The Millenium Caregiver: Caring for Loved Ones in the...

Author: Rachael Piltch-Loeb
ISBN: 9781998365197
Format: Paperback
$37.99

For most people, their twenties and thirties are the busiest times of their life, a period of new careers, new friends,...  Read More >>

Justice-Involved Youth: Healing Through Trauma with Creativity and Community Regeneration + Peer-Support Workbook

Justice-Involved Youth: Healing Through Trauma with...

Author: Carol Cross
ISBN: 9781032877150
Format: Paperback
$75.99

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Youth Street Gangs: A Critical Appraisal

Youth Street Gangs: A Critical Appraisal

Author: David C. Brotherton (John Jay College, New York, USA)
ISBN: 9781032695587
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The book critiques the pathologization of gangs in recent decades, particularly its negative consequences for democracy...  Read More >>

The Politics of Public Pensions: Parties, State Governments, and Unions

The Politics of Public Pensions: Parties, State Governments,...

Author: Carolyn Abott
ISBN: 9780231214223
Format: Hardback
$232.95

This book is a nuanced and comprehensive account of the intricate politics surrounding public sector pensions.  Read More >>

Thumbs Up: Memoir of a Joyful Organizer

Thumbs Up: Memoir of a Joyful Organizer

Author: Ken Wachsberger
ISBN: 9780945531241
Format: Paperback
$42.21

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Transactional Analysis: The Basics

Transactional Analysis: The Basics

Author: Mark Widdowson (University of Salford, UK)
ISBN: 9781032587899
Format: Paperback
$32.99

This accessible textbook on transactional analysis (TA) provides a comprehensive overview of TA theory, with a strong...  Read More >>

Combating Human Trafficking: An Integrative Social and Technological Approach

Combating Human Trafficking: An Integrative Social and...

Author: Usha Rana ,  Rupender Singh
ISBN: 9781774918722
Format: Hardback
$294.00

Examines the issue of human trafficking and offers a blueprint for its eradication. Critically assesses existing...  Read More >>

An Intersectional Guide for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Their Allies: Masculinity Reconnected

An Intersectional Guide for Male Survivors of Sexual...

Author: Jeremy Sachs
ISBN: 9781032729831
Format: Hardback
$294.00

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Poor Parents: Social Policy and the 'Cycle of Deprivation'

Poor Parents: Social Policy and the 'Cycle of Deprivation'...

Author: Bill Jordan
ISBN: 9781041069850
Format: Hardback
$147.00

Originally published in 1974, this book provides a critique of official policy towards families with young children...  Read More >>

The English Prison Officer Since 1850: A Study in Conflict

The English Prison Officer Since 1850: A Study in Conflict...

Author: J. E. Thomas
ISBN: 9781041074816
Format: Hardback
$147.00

When this book was originally published in 1972 very little had been written about prison staff. The author acknowledges...  Read More >>

A Code of Ethics for Social Work: The Second Step

A Code of Ethics for Social Work: The Second Step

Author: David Watson
ISBN: 9781041068099
Format: Hardback
$147.00

Originally published in 1985 the discussions in this book open up a series of important issues for the ethical practice...  Read More >>

Criminalizing the Casbahs: Policing North Africans in Marseille and Algiers, 1918–1954

Criminalizing the Casbahs: Policing North Africans in...

Author: Danielle Beaujon
ISBN: 9781501781476
Format: Hardback
$343.20

Criminalizing the Casbahs explores how French police officers in Marseille and Algiers associated the spaces they...  Read More >>

Intersectional Feminist Criminology: A Critical Companion to Theory and Research

Intersectional Feminist Criminology: A Critical Companion...

Author: Venezia Michalsen
ISBN: 9780520380288
Format: Hardback
$157.95

Decentering men from the field of criminology, this pathbreaking...  Read More >>

The Gilgo Beach Killer: Bodies On The Beach - The Discovery That Started With An Hunt and Changed Long Island

The Gilgo Beach Killer: Bodies On The Beach - The Discovery...

Author: Brian Michel
ISBN: 9798288048159
Format: Paperback
$42.21

The Gilgo Beach Killer: Bodies On The Beach - The Discovery That Started With An Hunt and Changed Long Island What...  Read More >>

Justice-Involved Youth: Healing Through Trauma with Creativity and Community Regeneration + Peer-Support Workbook

Justice-Involved Youth: Healing Through Trauma with...

Author: Carol Cross
ISBN: 9781032877167
Format: Hardback
$305.00

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Decolonial Methodologies in Social Work: Foregrounding Pluriversalism in Teaching and Research

Decolonial Methodologies in Social Work: Foregrounding...

Author: Robel Afeworki Abay (Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Germany) ,  Anna-Lisa Klages (Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt)
ISBN: 9781350419223
Format: Hardback
$170.00

This open access book offers an original exploration of how the notion of pluriversalism, an anti-colonial concept...  Read More >>

Prozesstheorie und Soziale Arbeit: Typologische und praktische Aspekte ihres relationalen Werdens

Prozesstheorie und Soziale Arbeit: Typologische und...

Author: Werner Schönig
ISBN: 9783658469160
Format: Paperback
$237.57

Auch wenn oftmals von Prozessen gesprochen wird, so bleibt doch in der Regel unklar, was ein Prozess eigentlich...  Read More >>

Razor Wire Secrets: The Hidden War

Razor Wire Secrets: The Hidden War

Author: Rusty Le Grande
ISBN: 9781764108706
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Razor-Wire Secrets: The Hidden War is the explosive true story of Rusty Le Grande, an Australian man who risked...  Read More >>

Leading Peace: A Leadership Mandate for Community Violence Intervention Practice

Leading Peace: A Leadership Mandate for Community Violence...

Author: Devone Boggan
ISBN: 9781977280992
Format: Hardback
$92.27

In this indispensable read for anyone involved in Community Violence Intervention (CVI) work within communities...  Read More >>

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