Social services and welfare, criminology

Get a deeper understanding of police shootings through interviews with officers involved in real-life casesToday's media is filled with discussions about officer-involved shootings.

A comprehensive guide to civic participation and the best opportunities for volunteering.

Shares with readers America's first and most infamous serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 World's Fair in ChicagoThe first comprehensive book following the life and career of H.

The story behind the attack that shocked a nation and opened a new chapter in the history of American crime.

This edited book brings together a range of expert voices - academics, researchers, practitioners, activists, and policy leads - who are responding to domestic and sexual violence (DASV) in various settings.

From the author of Station Eleven, Emily St.

The gripping human story of how American volunteers fought famine in Bolshevik Russia, saving Lenin's revolutionary government from chaos and millions of people from starvation.

From the bestselling author of Addicted to Anxiety 'I thoroughly recommended it' - Rob Rinder'Could change your life' - Daily Telegraph'Loved by stressed-out celebs' - Daily MailTen to Zen is a simple, effective and fuss-free guide to help you start your day in the right headspace to prepare for the challenges it may bring.

A comprehensive guide to mental health from one of the UK's foremost experts.

'A powerful way to break even the most stubborn bad habit so you can live the life you deserve' - Steven Bartlett, The Diary of a CEOMap your habits, set your own goals and treat yourself with the kindness you truly deserve.

Would you have the strength to fight to change the fortunes of an abandoned child?

From Torey Hayden, the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of One Child comes Lost Girl, a poignant and deeply moving account of a lost little girl and an extraordinary educational psychologist's courage and determination.

'In my world, the word inspirational gets bandied around a lot, but Jonny Benjamin is truly deserving of that adjective.

'There is always hope, even when we cannot seem to seek it within ourselves.

Longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2021'Excellent, lucid, intelligent and gripping' - Scotsman'An utterly riveting read' - Guardian, Thriller of the Month6 December 1993.

Meet Brick and Wax, two bright eighteen-year-olds looking for a route out of poverty.

When she fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent at Roscrea in Co.

How do you begin to help a child combat their demons?

How would you respond when asked to take in a traumatised child?

'Superb - one of the best real-life copy books ever written.

Warm, funny and moving; the perfect summer read.

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How do you begin to rebuild the confidence of a child with no home?

This comprehensive, informative and witty guide offers expert advice on everything you need to know about the industry.

Sonny Liston was a legend, described by Mike Tyson as "e;the baddest man boxing ever produced"e;.

Within days of the first reports of patients suffering from a mysterious pneumonia in Wuhan, scientists in China had produced a complete genetic sequence of the virus and confirmed that it was a novel SARS-like coronavirus.

How do you begin to help a psychologically traumatised child?

What lengths would you go to to save a troubled little girl?

My Lovely Wife is a powerful memoir of one man's overwhelming love for his wife through mental illness and psychosis.

Dive into Brighton's darkest corners in Death Comes Knocking - uncovering the true crimes that inspire the bestselling Roy Grace series, by Peter James and long-serving detective Graham Barlett.

This book tells the story of the turbulent decades when the book publishing industry collided with the great technological revolution of our time.

Poverty remains one of the most urgent issues of our time.

Colonial Trauma is a path-breaking account of the psychosocial effects of colonial domination.

Welfare states face profound challenges.

Despite the criticisms that have been leveled at news organizations in recent years and the many difficulties they face, journalism matters.

How elections are reported has important implications for the health of democracy and informed citizenship.

The public, James Carey famously wrote, is the 'god-term' of journalism, 'the term without which the entire enterprise fails to make sense.

These are turbulent times in the world of book publishing.

How do human societies provide for the wellbeing of their members?

James Raven, a leading historian of the book, offers a fresh and accessible guide to the global study of the production, dissemination and reception of written and printed texts across all societies and in all ages.

Over the last quarter of a century a new system of global criminal justice has emerged.

In the mediated digital era, communication is changing fast and eating up ever greater shares of real-world power.

Crime is a source of endless fascination and fear.

Mediated Intimacy looks at contemporary sex and relationship advice, exploring how our intimate lives are shaped through different media, from manuals and magazines to television and Twitter.

Social Work and Disability offers a contemporary and critical exploration of social work practice with people with physical and sensory impairments, an area that has previously been marginalized within both practice and academic literature.

What Journalism Could Be asks readers to reimagine the news by embracing a conceptual prism long championed by one of journalism's leading contemporary scholars.

The prison is a recent invention, hardly more than two centuries old, yet it has become the universal system of punishment.

A singular development in the post-Cold War era is the use of military force to protect human beings.

In the context of profound transformations in the professional, business, technological and social context of journalism, it is crucial for journalism studies and education to move beyond limited approaches to the discipline.

Contemporary social work cannot be understood without an appreciation of the broader context of social policy in which it takes place.