Social services & welfare, criminology books

WINNER OF THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION A TIME 10 Best Nonfiction Book of 2024 . An NPR Book We Love...  Read More >>

This book focuses on providing occupational therapy sensory interventions through a tiered approach to help improve...  Read More >>

This work—the culmination of four decades immersed in psychoanalysis and Eastern mind-body disciplines—introduces...  Read More >>

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The Great Fire of ’47 and the End of Bar Harbor’s Golden Era tells the riveting story of the desperate evacuation...  Read More >>

This book presents the concept of a black Empathic Approach, an experiential model used as a means of developing...  Read More >>

Drawing from the experiences of those working within the Millfields Unit specialist service for high-risk male offenders...  Read More >>

In the 1970s, social work in Britain was in crisis. The contributors to this book, originally published in 1975,...  Read More >>

First published in 1977, the essays in this book are all concerned with the concept of ‘helping’, and are linked...  Read More >>

Topics dealt with in this title, first published in 1979, are regime-planning, staffing, selection for residential...  Read More >>

First published in 1971, this title describes a series of studies dealing with the upbringing of children in residential...  Read More >>

How do sociologists explain the role and function of social work in society? How has sociological knowledge been...  Read More >>

First published in 1954, Colour Prejudice in Britain is an account of the assimilation and adjustment of 345 West...  Read More >>

First published in 1980, Mugging as a Social Problem sets out to remedy the deficiency of serious research on mugging....  Read More >>

First published in 1937, The Criminals We Deserve asks what kind of criminals does our society deserve?  Read More >>

This book focuses on providing occupational therapy sensory interventions through a tiered approach to help improve...  Read More >>

From the Alpine pastureland of late nineteenth century Switzerland to the hospitals of post-independence West Africa,...  Read More >>

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In this incisive book, Reason editor Jacob Sullum untangles America's twin crusades against guns and drugs, suggesting...  Read More >>

After two years of putting up with increasing abuse from her husband, a young mother knows the time has come to...  Read More >>

Combining the latest post-COVID-19 pandemic insights and research from the field with experiential teaching and...  Read More >>

More than two dozen contributors examine how the social, economic, cultural, legislative, and policy responses to...  Read More >>

This book provides in-depth analysis of security issues and concerns in contemporary sport. Featuring the work of...  Read More >>

This book presents the concept of a black Empathic Approach, an experiential model used as a means of developing...  Read More >>

Drawing from the experiences of those working within the Millfields Unit specialist service for high-risk male offenders...  Read More >>