Social services & welfare, criminology books

Focusing on what educators need to know about child and adolescent development, the revised third edition of this...  Read More >>

This book charts the history of execution laws and practices in the era of the 'Bloody Code' and their extraordinary...  Read More >>

Why are some harms defined as crimes while others are not? This pioneering collection disrupts the boundaries of...  Read More >>

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This book offers a comprehensive guide to using video intervention in psychotherapy or mental health coaching. A...  Read More >>

A comprehensive examination of welfare institutions and commitments in and across Europe from 1700 to 2000.  Read More >>

This text informs human services students and practitioners on complex contemporary issues in the human services,...  Read More >>

From civil and criminal trials, all the way to the Supreme Court James Brosnahan saw it all in his career of suspenseful...  Read More >>

Sin City Gangsters is a fast-paced account of how the mob created Las Vegas by building, buying, and controlling...  Read More >>

Mastering Cybersecurity – A Practical Guide to Cyber Tools & Techniques (Volume 2) offers a hands-on, real-world...  Read More >>

In a small Missouri town in 1992, the body of 19-year-old Mischelle Lawless was found and 18-year-old Josh Kezer...  Read More >>

Caregivers will learn how to nurture resilience so that they can cope more effectively both emotionally and spiritually....  Read More >>

This text informs human services students and practitioners on complex contemporary issues in the human services,...  Read More >>

Mastering Cybersecurity – A Practical Guide to Cyber Tools & Techniques (Volume 2) offers a hands-on, real-world...  Read More >>

Brazil's prison population, estimated at 90,000 in 1990, has exploded to over 650,000, the third highest in the...  Read More >>

Dieses Fachbuch bietet Auszubildenden, Studierenden der Gesundheitsberufe und Praktiker*innen eine anschauliche...  Read More >>

Bad boys, bright lights and sorry ends: the story of our most infamous gangster. Joseph Leslie 'Squizzy' Taylor...  Read More >>

Detecting Lies in Legal Proceedings is a first-of-its-kind practice guide written by a lawyer, specially for lawyers,...  Read More >>

Aging is both a blessing and a heart-wrenching, exhausting journey. This heartfelt mother-daughter memoir is...  Read More >>

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I wasn't looking for her. But every trail kept leading me back. I came home to Whispering Gap to build the Strike...  Read More >>

Despite its high public profile, little is known about child protection work. This textbook offers ethnographic...  Read More >>

With real-world case studies and practical tools, this book offers straightforward advice on overcoming common challenges...  Read More >>

A Mafia insider and authentic Hollywood tough guy reveals the explosive secrets he's learned (and kept) for decades...  Read More >>