Social services & welfare, criminology books

This book examines Nigerian women’s experiences of migration, work and mobility across European borders through...  Read More >>

This book explores narratives and practices around gender and criminal justice, with a focus on women in Latin America....  Read More >>

A unique, scholarly perspective on bystander intervention. A timelier than ever, evidence-based toolkit that creates...  Read More >>

How does an adopted person construct their identity? In this collection of essays, Ben Wildsmith relates the key...  Read More >>

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In 2017, convicted murderer Woody Mower enthralled the world when prison guards thwarted his plan to escape a maximum-security...  Read More >>

The rise of the Mafia and the story of its most vocal opponent, renowned Italian writer Leonardo Sciascia, expertly...  Read More >>

While young people once policed as 'gang members' are now framed as modern slaves, this supposed progressive shift...  Read More >>

This book traces the transformation of Sam Mason from Revolutionary War militia soldier and judge to one of America’s...  Read More >>

Drawing on the empirical research and practical experiences, this book provides guidance on social work practice,...  Read More >>

Credit, Cops, and Cages draws on early Frankfurt School criminology to develop a novel theory of capitalist individualism...  Read More >>

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Discover the award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller that brings the Civil Rights Movement to life - the stunning...  Read More >>

A seminal study on police violence in Germany, giving voice to victims and exposing systemic failures. Police...  Read More >>

The author learns of her mother's terminal diagnosis and returns home to be a matter-of-fact witness to her mom's...  Read More >>

Korean edition of [Source Code: My Beginnings] by Bill Gates. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. The origin story of...  Read More >>

In this groundbreaking work of investigative journalism and true crime, Stacy Horn sheds light on how the subprime...  Read More >>

In the mid-eighteenth century, a young boy was stolen from his home in a lush West African village and cast into...  Read More >>

Some cold cases aren't solved by a confession. They're solved by the one clue that refused to disappear. Evidence...  Read More >>

In the heart of nineteenth-century India, where the acquisition of knowledge was a strictly guarded privilege, one...  Read More >>

A door closes. A case goes cold. Decades pass. Then a lab retests a forgotten swab, a cigarette butt, a handkerchief,...  Read More >>