Social services & welfare, criminology books

This lavish full-colour hardback tells the complete history of the Mafia, from 19th-century Sicily to 20th-century...  Read More >>

This book is the first guide on independent prescribing for paramedics reflecting the 2018 legislation. Bringing...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of renowned fire investigator John J. Lentini’s 50 years as a forensic scientist. In recounting...  Read More >>

A warm, funny, and honest look at navigating aging parents, big emotions, and everyday calamity with more clarity,...  Read More >>

In 1662, in the aftermath of the Restoration, parliament passed new legislation for the settlement and removal of...  Read More >>

The sixth edition of Alternatives to Domestic Violence is an interactive treatment workbook designed for use with...  Read More >>

In this groundbreaking volume, leading bereavement scholars Robert Neimeyer and Edith Steffen provide a rich trove...  Read More >>

Meta-Meditation educates readers about the evolving possibilities of meditation practice using technology-assisted...  Read More >>

Spanning from the end of World War II to present, this book discusses theories of adolescent development and case...  Read More >>

The book argues that justice needs to be imbedded in innovation and development, so that the fruits of technologies...  Read More >>

""This book is everything a reader could want. It will crack your whole heart open.""--Rachel Louise Snyder, author...  Read More >>

En la primera biografía crítica de Fethullah Gülen publicada en español, el historiador Jon Pahl nos invita a recorrer...  Read More >>

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling, prizewinning author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain, a spellbinding account...  Read More >>

A vital guide to centering community knowledge to generate effective solutions to inequality When organizations...  Read More >>

After decades organizing from within the labor establishment, Joe Uehlein realized that winning real climate and...  Read More >>

Bereits im Juli 2025 wurden Ergebnisse einer prospektiven Beobachtungsstudie mit knapp 300.000 Teilnehmenden aus...  Read More >>

What if the heartland's darkest legends aren't just stories? The American Midwest is known for its quiet farm towns,...  Read More >>

This book offers a rigorous and accessible examination of missing persons that moves beyond the dominant true crime...  Read More >>

Navigate reproductive health systems with confidence and get the care you’ve always deserved We Deserve More:...  Read More >>

Discover the rambunctious early history of Roanoke, a Wild West town in Virginia's Blue Ridge. During the 1880s,...  Read More >>

An empirically powerful account of why interpersonal violence across the globe exacts a far greater cumulative cost...  Read More >>

The racial politics of police warfare shatters prevailing myths about British police as an impartial public service....  Read More >>

This is a study of disasters cyclones, earthquakes and famines in British India, 1770-1934, through a reading...  Read More >>

This book offers a concise and authoritative interpretation of China’s strategic direction in the new era. Led by...  Read More >>

How slave rebellions influenced lawmakers as they shaped the legal traditions that led to the modern prison The...  Read More >>