Social services and welfare, criminology

Privatising Justice takes a broad historical view of the role of the private sector in the British state, from private policing and mercenaries in the eighteenth century to the modern rise of the private security industry in armed conflict, policing and the penal system.

Long sentenced young people are a small but significant part of the juvenile prison population.

No one wants to be robbed at gunpoint, or have his car stolen, or his house robbed.

Intended for forensic scientists and students, this book provides the necessary statistical tools and methodology for introducing forensic glass evidence into the laboratory.

'Breaking Bad meets City of God' Roberto Saviano, author of GomorrahHUSBAND.

Get the inside look at an FBI undercover operation that exposed an Italian mafioso's global crime network.

This practice-building resource examines the psychology behind non-adherence and the importance of building commitment to treatment as the foundation of successful therapy.

This book presents the proceedings of CRIOCM2018, 23rd International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, sharing the latest developments in real estate and construction management around the globe.

There is an increased emphasis on self awareness and self care in counselling and psychotherapy training, with a focus on how the therapist as a person affects the therapeutic outcome.

Depression has become the most frequently diagnosed chronic mental illness, and is a disability encountered almost daily by mental health professionals of all trades.

Published in 1996, Clinical Social Work is a valuable contribution to the field of Psychiatry/Clinical Psychology.

Hailed as one of the "e;most significant books of the twentieth century"e; by Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Mediating the Message has long been an essential text for media effects scholars and students of media sociology.

This book is an invaluable resource for those looking to lead high-functioning women groups, and a testament to the power of group coaching for women leaders.

Die Studie legt erstmalig eine umfassende Ethnografie zum Alltag des Schulessens vor.

Presents a fascinating theory of crime as globalized social force.

The first textbook to emphasize the importance of critical thinking skills to practice, this third edition of the classic Social Work Practice retains its unique focus on thinking critically about decisions that social workers make daily.

Changes within the interdisciplinary field of intellectual and developmental disabilities are evolving at a rapid pace.

When You Have to Go to Prison was written to help anyone who is preparing to go to prison with the possibilities, expectations, and realities of their situation - from the strain it will put on a marriage to the conversations you will need to have with your children.

Masculinity has a powerful effect on the health of men and boys.

This book explores how the media was used by the armed forces during the India-Burma campaigns of WWII to project the most positive image to domestic and international audiences of a war that often seemed neglected or misunderstood.

This updated and expanded second edition of Resilience in Aging offers a comprehensive description of the current state of knowledge with regard to resilience from physiological (including genetic), psychological (including cognitive and creative), cultural, and economic perspectives.

This highly practical guidebook will help you develop the critical and analytical skills essential to your successful social work education and evidence-informed, reflective practice.

What drives the lone wolf terrorist to commit mass violence?

China's emerging financial markets reflect the usual contrast between the country's measured approach toward policy, regulatory, and market reform, and the dynamic pace of rapid economic growth and development.

Kompetentes Handeln basiert allgemein auf der Kombinationpraktischer Erfahrung und wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse.

The Practice of Evaluation: Partnership Approaches for Community Change provides foundational content on evaluation concepts, approaches, and methods, with an emphasis on the use of evaluation and partnership approaches to effect change.

Sex Crime, Third edition offers a comprehensive and integrative introduction to sex crime, written by an expert in the field.

Communicating Trauma explores the various aspects of language and communication and how their development can be affected by childhood trauma and overwhelm.

This book demonstrates how housing systems are built from political struggles over the distribution of welfare and wealth.

This Brief explores school funding reform in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.

Adoption is one of the great, untold stories of our recent past.

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How should we analyze and assess new terrorist behaviors?

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest theory and practice for volunteer involvement.

This book is an essential clinician's guide to understanding, unpacking, treating, and healing individual, familial, and communal wounds associated with parental incarceration.

First published in 1997, in this second volume Gould and Moultrie compile writings from various professionals in the public service sector, researchers and other academics in support of the Social Services Research and Development Unit (or SSRADU) at the University of Bath.

Challenging the assumption that the capitalist transformation includes a radical break with the past, this edited volume traces how historically older forms of social inequality are transformed but persist in the present to shape the social structure of contemporary societies in the global South.

This comprehensive guide introduces aspiring storytellers to the ins and outs of writing fiction and nonfiction for young adults.

This comprehensive guide provides an accessible introduction to the philosophy of restorative justice and its practical application in a wide range of settings, showing how it can help both victims and offenders when harm has been done.

This book approaches the gun control debate by asking what it takes to achieve acceptance of, and compliance with, gun control regulations in a community thought to be opposed and resistant.

Crime Scene Investigation offers an innovative approach to learning about crime scene investigation, taking the reader from the first response on the crime scene to documenting crime scene evidence and preparing evidence for courtroom presentation.

Policing is changing rapidly and radically.

Adolescence is a period characterized by both increased susceptibility to risks and new-found strength to withstand them.

Disability hate crimes are a global problem.

Firearms: Global Perspectives on Consequences, Crime and Control explores the many dimensions of the illicit use of firearms across the globe, including legal, social science, technical and research perspectives on the issue.

Exploring human trafficking in the US - Mexico borderlands as a regional expression of a pressing global problem, Borderline Slavery sheds light on the contexts and causes of trafficking, offering policy recommendations for addressing it that do justice to border communities' complex circumstances.

This evidence-based text puts a human face on mental disorders, illuminating the lived experience of people with mental health difficulties and their caregivers.

Disability and Digital Television Cultures offers an important addition to scholarly studies at the intersection of disability and media, examining disability in the context of digital television access, representation and reception.

Basic Counselling Skills for Teachers provides teachers and school staff with an accessible guide, and easy-to-apply skills, to providing counselling to students in a school setting.

Critical Discursive Psychology addresses issues in critical discursive research in psychology, and outlines the historical context in the discipline for the emergence of qualitative debates.