Social welfare & social services books

First published in 1978, Radicals in Social Work by Daphne Statham urges social workers to challenge institutional...  Read More >>

This book offers a new vision on urban gun violence that focuses on public space-centered concepts, events, and...  Read More >>

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DOGA 2025. A documentary book on identity theft. Based on evidence, DNA, and court rulings, it tells a real struggle...  Read More >>

A revealing account of parenting in a country that neglects the needs of poor families—through the humble diaper....  Read More >>

Who Deserves Welfare? explores how the media shapes Canadians' perceptions of who deserves social assistance, examining...  Read More >>

Now in a fully revised second edition, this authoritative manual presents the only dialectical behavior therapy...  Read More >>

The first-ever insider account of the Shakur family, the iconic hip hop group THUG LIFE, and the life and death...  Read More >>

This handbook addresses the role of the criminal-legal system in projecting and enforcing racial injustice across...  Read More >>

Assessment in Counseling takes a different approach to assessment courses, which students often experience as a...  Read More >>

Therapists face many challenges—suicidal clients, struggling parents, substance abusers, victimized children, borderline...  Read More >>

Covering critical Black studies, queer studies, and intersectionality, this book explores anti-oppressive decolonial...  Read More >>

The Foundling Hospital was established to save impoverished infants from destitution and abandonment by separating...  Read More >>

The remarkable true story of one man's journey from the edge of death to the heart of a hidden past  Read More >>

Covering critical Black studies, queer studies, and intersectionality, this book explores anti-oppressive decolonial...  Read More >>

Why did charity become the chosen outlet for global compassion? This study examines the history of British humanitarian...  Read More >>

The Foundling Hospital was established to save impoverished infants from destitution and abandonment by separating...  Read More >>

This book offers a critical examination of the collaborative turn unfolding across the Nordic welfare states. Focusing...  Read More >>

„Haltung“ ist in der Sozialpädagogik ein vielbeachteter Begriff mit einer langen Tradition. Umso bemerkenswerter...  Read More >>

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Die Evaluation von Interventionen, Programmen und Alltagshandeln in der Sozialer Arbeit bildet einen essenziellen...  Read More >>

Everyone struggles sometimes. This book teaches you what to do about it. The proven skills of Dialectical Behavior...  Read More >>

Every day mental health professionals are faced with making practice decisions involving cultural, ethical, moral,...  Read More >>