Social services and welfare, criminology

McCall contests assumptions that Americans care little about income inequality, believe opportunities abound, admire the rich, and dislike redistributive policies.

Traditionally, dementia has been defined primarily in terms of loss: loss of cognitive and communicative competencies, loss of identity, loss of personal relationships.

Clinical sociology is an action-oriented field that seeks to prevent, reduce, or resolve the seemingly overwhelming number of social problems confronting modern society.

The Handbook of the Criminology of Terrorism features a collection of essays that represent the most recent criminological research relating to the origins and evolution of, along with responses to, terrorism, from a criminological perspective.

This book charts the change, critically evaluating progress, take-up, inclusion and access to direct payments by different user groups.

Native Advertising examines the emerging practices and norms around native advertising in US and European news organizations.

First published in 1997, this book identifies the problems that face black women in the criminal justice system as the result of the articulation of unequal and oppressive class, race and gender relations; the research aims to be aware of all three rather than prioritising, isolating or reducing one or two of these relations.

For effective use, this book should be purchased alongside the storybook.

Conversations about rehabilitation and how to address the drugs-crime nexus have been dominated by academics and policymakers, without due recognition of the experience and knowledge of practitioners.

This volume explores different models of regulating the use of restrictive practices in health care and disability settings.

Learn how advances in technology can help curb bank fraud Fraud prevention specialists are grappling with ever-mounting quantities of data, but in today's volatile commercial environment, paying attention to that data is more important than ever.

Corrections: Exploring Crime, Punishment, and Justice in America provides a thorough introduction to the topic of corrections in America.

The police service in England and Wales is facing major challenges in its financing, political oversight and reorganisation of its structures.

Originally published in 1997.

Social pedagogy is an innovative discipline that supports children's upbringing and overall development by focusing on the child as a whole person.

Measuring Russian legal reform in relation to the rule-of-law ideal, this study also examines the legal institutions, culture and reform goals that have actually prevailed in Russia.

Here is the most comprehensive introduction to and explanation of the most infamous crime organization in history.

Working with Challenging Youth, Second Edition is a practical, reader-friendly guide through the pitfalls and problems that arise when working with at-risk youth.

'Systematically exposes the neoliberal myths in unequal societies' - Niels Rosendal Jensen'A call to arms to challenge inequality and social exclusion.

This book analyses the voluminous and meandering case law on gambling of the Court of Justice from an empirical perspective.

Welche Fragestellungen sind vor dem Hintergrund des aktuellen sozialen und ge­sellschaftlichen Wandels für sozialpädagogische Forschung besonders relevant?

Between 1885 and 1960, laws and policies designed to repress prostitution dramatically shaped London's commercial sex industry.

The Law of Interrogations and Confessions traces the evolution of the primary approaches that U.

While worldwide crime is declining overall, criminality in Latin America has reached unprecedented levels that have ushered in social unrest and political turmoil.

Originally published in 1987, Cost-Benefit Analysis in Urban and Regional Planning, outlines the theory and practice of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in the context of urban and regional planning.

To penetrate the United States and Britain's markets with illicit drugs, Jamaican traffickers employed diverse and novel transportation methods and techniques in the post-1990 era that were more sophisticated than the trafficking of the 1980's.

This unique book clearly depicts a need for supervision in gerontological social work settings and provides a framework for approaching supervision.

This thoroughly updated and extended eighth edition of the long-running bestseller Research Methods in Education covers the whole range of methods employed by educational research at all stages.

In a typical working environment in which 'fraud and corruption' is as normal as a headache or as common as a cold, everyone in the organization has a role to play in finding and deterring fraudsters.

It is now generally accepted by development theorists and policy-makers that the popular policies of reducing or eliminating social welfare programs over the past several decades have increased inequalities and injustices throughout the world.

Having the ability to focus, relax and concentrate is key to enabling children and young people to achieve emotional well-being, and is also important for a child's development of skills and abilities.

This book offers a powerful new approach to policy studies.

On November 3, 1870, on a San Francisco ferry, Laura Fair shot a bullet into the heart of her married lover, A.

This book reveals what is happening in small communities across the United States as their newspapers struggle to survive.

Social Problems in the UK: An Introduction contextualises the most pressing social problems of our times drawing upon the disciplines of sociology, social policy, education studies and health studies.

The vast majority of care provided to adults and elders with chronic illness is given in the home, most often by family members.

'The book covers a fascinating range of theory, policy and practice research not covered elsewhere in one text.

In this health-conscious age there is increasing concern about tobacco smoking and inappropriate consumption levels of alcohol.

Featuring over 70 affirming interventions in the form of homework assignments, handouts, and activities, this comprehensive volume helps novice and experienced counselors support LGBTQ+ community members and their allies.

This book contains a collection of articles on different aspects of EU law written by one of Europe's most distinguished jurists during the past twenty years, some of which appear here for the first time in English.

Since its creation the British Olympic Association (BOA) has been one of the most important institutions in sports governance.

The third edition of Animal-Assisted Therapy in Counseling is the most comprehensive book available dedicated to training mental health practitioners in the performance of animal assisted therapy in counseling (AAT-C).

What role does emotion play in child and family social work practice?

Evidence-based policing is based on the straightforward, but powerful, idea that crime prevention and crime control policy should be based on what works best in promoting public safety, as determined by the best available scientific evidence.

This handbook explains the rationale behind supervised practice, and addresses design, supervision, and ethical components that are relevant to both faculty teaching supervised practice courses and supervisors overseeing students on-site.

Practical, step-by-step strategies for helping your own family, first responders and vulnerable community members during any emergency situation.

This book provides an accessible and balanced introduction to positive psychology scholarship and its applications, incorporating an overview of the development of positive psychology.