Social services & welfare, criminology books

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

Promoting Effective MTSS Implementation explores the essential role of school consultation in supporting school...  Read More >>

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

An updated clinical resource for mental health professionals diagnosing, assessing, and treating mental health disorders...  Read More >>

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

Drawing on rich empirical data and a mixed-methods approach, this book reveals how transnational dynamics have shaped...  Read More >>

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

Growing old is often associated with negative images and commentary. Aging Well Through Storytelling explores the...  Read More >>

Group supervision is a growing element of coaching practice – all professional coaching bodies now recognise its...  Read More >>

Psychological Support for Refugee Adolescents demonstrates the therapeutic powers of the expressive arts to address...  Read More >>

Interprofessional teams of Health and social care professionals encounter, and respond to, significant ethical challenges...  Read More >>

This book bridges together theory and practice to provide practitioners with a creative toolkit to navigate practice,...  Read More >>

Neurodiversity in higher education is gaining essential recognition, yet significant challenges remain. This book...  Read More >>

Promoting Effective MTSS Implementation explores the essential role of school consultation in supporting school...  Read More >>

This book explores the transformation of contemporary social welfare into what the author terms “surveillant care”—a...  Read More >>

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

This is the authoritative presentation of preventive cognitive therapy (PCT), a rigorously tested 8-week program...  Read More >>

Mindfulness: The Basics provides a comprehensive introduction to what mindfulness is, how and why it’s useful, and...  Read More >>

Psychological Support for Refugee Adolescents demonstrates the therapeutic powers of the expressive arts to address...  Read More >>

This book bridges together theory and practice to provide practitioners with a creative toolkit to navigate practice,...  Read More >>

Neurodiversity in higher education is gaining essential recognition, yet significant challenges remain. This book...  Read More >>

This book explores the development of a feminist-informed mental health peer support website co-designed with and...  Read More >>

Mindfulness: The Basics provides a comprehensive introduction to what mindfulness is, how and why it’s useful, and...  Read More >>

Taking Japan as a heuristic example, this book explores the significance of neatly kept and classified records and...  Read More >>