Social services & welfare, criminology books

Explore an insightful survey of criminology, examining theories of crime, historical developments, and the functions...  Read More >>

What is life really like for LGBTQIA+ people behind bars? This book offers the most up-to-date global research...  Read More >>

Flying in the Face of Criminalization examines the critical intersection between aviation safety investigations...  Read More >>

This timely book examines education in Young Offenders Institutions and adult prisons in England and Wales, addressing...  Read More >>

The book connects global ageing issues to the Indian context while discussing the challenges and responses towards...  Read More >>

Friends since childhood, Albuquerque detective Eagle Woodard and criminal profiler Adam Coulter are dragged into...  Read More >>

Hank Idsinga, whose grandfather was murdered in the Holocaust, became the country’s leading homicide detective;...  Read More >>

'Courageous and deeply moving.' -Sarah Krasnostein, author of The Trauma Cleaner Three first responders - a paramedic,...  Read More >>

A new interdisciplinary approach to understanding conflict, power, control and criminality Conflict, Crime and...  Read More >>

The true story of Hitler’s plot to turn Hollywood’s Dream Factory into a Nazi propaganda machine—and the Jewish...  Read More >>

In a world marked by shifting paradigms and emergent challenges, The Routledge Handbook on Social Exclusion and...  Read More >>

Flying in the Face of Criminalization examines the critical intersection between aviation safety investigations...  Read More >>

The book connects global ageing issues to the Indian context while discussing the challenges and responses towards...  Read More >>

This book examines how private justice challenges the state’s monopoly on adjudication, with a particular focus...  Read More >>

Despite the immense literature on the social history of industrialization and workers’ political movements, there...  Read More >>

This book (1968) explores the evolution of Dutch socio-medical care, its influence on global social policy, and...  Read More >>

This collection brings together academics, practicing lawyers and judges to offer a multidisciplinary insight into...  Read More >>

First published in 1949, The English Social Services examines the evolution of personal social services in the UK,...  Read More >>

First published in 1966, Sociology in Social Work by Peter Leonard explores the intersection of sociology and social...  Read More >>

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This book offers an intellectual history of Hirschi’s contribution to the formative arguments that comprise the...  Read More >>

This book examines the murder ballad form, songs about death and killing, from a legal history perspective.  Read More >>

""Chuck Feeney is a remarkable role model, and the ultimate example of giving while living."" (Bill Gates)  Read More >>

Available open access digitally under CC-BY 4.0 How can we help people live well for longer? This book shares insights...  Read More >>

Fatal Resemblance by Carolyn Rosen is a gripping murder mystery - a chilling tale of identity, family secrets, and...  Read More >>