Social welfare and social services

Bringing together cutting-edge theory and research that bridges academic disciplines from criminology and criminal justice, to developmental psychology, sociology, and political science, Thinking About Victimization offers an authoritative and refreshingly accessible overview of scholarship on the nature, sources, and consequences of victimization.

This comprehensive and highly practical 'how to' book guides researchers from start to finish through the research process.

Setting Relations Right in Restorative Practice is a practical guide to using restorative processes, both in justice systems, to provide a healing response to harm, and in broader community contexts, to help people co-exist peacefully.

When this book was originally published in 1972 very little had been written about prison staff.

Few experiences carry more shame, stigma, and misunderstanding than the life-altering trauma of sexual abuse.

Beate Schwarz hat über dreißig Jahre als soziale Betreuerin in Altenpflegeeinrichtungen gearbeitet.

This accessible textbook on transactional analysis (TA) provides a comprehensive overview of TA theory, with a strong emphasis throughout on practical application.

This book aims to assist therapists in helping their clients decide if Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) is for them and, if so, how to get the most out of the model.

Exploring the cultural history of surveillance practices of the Securitate, Romania's secret police during its communist period, the book blends biographical details in a historical inquiry to establish the concepts of psuchegraphy, dossierveillance, and banalization of evil in the study of Securitate Archives.

Ce livre présente l’action humanitaire de ses origines à aujourd’hui.

This groundbreaking A-Z of neurodiversity provides an accessible and definitive resource for professionals, families, and anyone seeking to better understand the vast landscape of neurodiversity as well as the experiences and potential of neurodivergent people.

Exploring the cultural history of surveillance practices of the Securitate, Romania's secret police during its communist period, the book blends biographical details in a historical inquiry to establish the concepts of psuchegraphy, dossierveillance, and banalization of evil in the study of Securitate Archives.

Menschen mit Behinderungen haben ein Recht auf inklusive Berufsausbildung und Arbeit.

Most states in the world make some provision for the welfare of their citizens.

Au sujet de la représentation des conflits comme « guerre des races », Foucault demande s’il est possible de filtrer la « violence barbare ».

This book explores the concept of pluralism in therapy, emphasising the value of multiple therapeutic approaches.

Wohnungslosigkeit ist ein soziales Problem, mit dem sich die moderne Soziale Arbeit seit ihren Anfängen beschäftigt.

Wohnungslosigkeit ist ein soziales Problem, mit dem sich die moderne Soziale Arbeit seit ihren Anfängen beschäftigt.

Das Buch bildet die rechtliche Grundlage zum Thema Pflegehaftung in der gerontopsychiatrischen Pflege und Betreuung.

As we deepen our understanding of the interplay between money and psychology, financial therapy has emerged as a popular field of study.

Este libro tiene la finalidad de ofrecer algunas reflexiones en torno a nuevos enfoques y perspectivas en la investigación social, como es el método de la Investigación Aplicada y su potencial utilidad en la elaboración de investigaciones diagnósticas o bien, en lo que en este texto propongo pensar como prácticas investigativas en Trabajo Social.

This book is invaluable to nurses and all health and social care practitioners working with people living with dementia in a variety of contexts.

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of child well-being within the context of Indian states, focusing on the progress made in eight Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) targets.

This widely used clinical reference and text provides a wealth of knowledge on culturally sensitive practice with families and individuals from over 40 different ethnic groups.

This diverse, global, and interdisciplinary volume explores the existing research, practice, and ethical issues pertinent to the field of human-animal interactions (HAIs), interventions, and anthrozoology, focusing on the perceived physical and mental health benefits to humans and the challenges derived from these relationships.

This book presents a research-based solution-focused applied psychology approach (SoFAP-P) that is efficient and effective in helping clients address challenges and can be applied to a wide range of psychological domains.

This book presents a research-based solution-focused applied psychology approach (SoFAP-P) that is efficient and effective in helping clients address challenges and can be applied to a wide range of psychological domains.

This diverse, global, and interdisciplinary volume explores the existing research, practice, and ethical issues pertinent to the field of human-animal interactions (HAIs), interventions, and anthrozoology, focusing on the perceived physical and mental health benefits to humans and the challenges derived from these relationships.

Eine chronische Erkrankung, eine schlechte Anbindung zur Praxis oder die Weiterführung der Therapie vom Studienort aus - auch abseits der Corona-Pandemie gibt es viele Gründe, die das Setting der videobasierten Therapie attraktiv machen.

Eine chronische Erkrankung, eine schlechte Anbindung zur Praxis oder die Weiterführung der Therapie vom Studienort aus - auch abseits der Corona-Pandemie gibt es viele Gründe, die das Setting der videobasierten Therapie attraktiv machen.

Therapists intuitively know that the families, partnerships, and individuals they treat have strengths, but may not know how to identify or utilize them.

This trusted practitioner resource and course text is grounded in James Morrisons experience with more than 15,000 mental health patients.

Updated for todays health care climate, the revised and expanded second edition of this popular volume offers a thorough introduction to clinical work with this difficult-to-treat population.

"e;Parenting a distressed child puts us in an extraordinary situation, which demands extraordinary parenting.

In an age of government imposed austerity, and after 30 years of neoliberal restructuring, the future of the welfare state looks increasingly uncertain.

Both law and weather affect us every day of our modern lives, yet most people do not know how the weather has affected developments in the law, nor are they aware of how the law has attempted to develop ways to affect the weather.

The standoff and ultimate tragedy in Waco, Texas, highlights the potential volatility and uncertainty of crisis negotiations and demonstrates the challenges law enforcement officials face as they attempt to resolve these situations.

This book provides a unique analysis of provider-, environment-, client-, and societal-based obstacles to the empowerment of frail elderly persons in a philosophical framework of social values, as well as an applied framework wherein a variety of international case studies by a distinguished board of contributors provide concrete examples of the feasibility of achieving real empowerment.

Although many people consider excessive police violence disconcerting, if, when, and how they voice their opinion or respond by taking some sort of action has generally remained empirically unknown.

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There is an unsettledness now in after-school childcare.

Research suggests that approximately 129 million children and 366 million adults worldwide have ADHD.

This book aims to be a comprehensive resource for crafting strategies to help private companies navigate and thrive in unpredictable and challenging operational landscapes.

As we deepen our understanding of the interplay between money and psychology, financial therapy has emerged as a popular field of study.

The relationships within boards can make or break an organisation, but well-functioning relationships take skill and effort to maintain.

This handbook explores ways to unify the study and application of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) across multiple fields and disciplines, including clinical child and adolescent psychology, school psychology, pediatrics, social work, public health, education, and other health and human services.