Social services and welfare, criminology

This book contributes conceptually, theoretically and morally to a deeper understanding of the distinctive Asian perceptions of punishment, justice and human rights.

Laura Kasinof studied Arabic in college and moved to Yemen a few years laterafter a friend at a late-night party in Washington, DC, recommended the country as a good place to work as a freelance journalist.

From the perspective of institutionalism and theories of clusters, this book provides a concept of organized crime as an institutional cluster in contrast to the concept of multiple offences, associated with organized criminal groups or/and criminal organizations.

This book examines the connections between poverty and innovation in Africa.

How can criminological, sociological and historical perspectives illuminate the elusive concept of crime prevention?

The book critically engages with the right to play and other Convention rights to explore their interdependence and interconnectivity.

This book provides a machine-generated overview of social work across the globe, providing an in-depth understanding on social work education, practice and research.

The 2nd edition of this book builds on the success of its predecessor, offering a comprehensive overview of recent advances and emerging applications in the area of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS).

This book provides examples of how social workers have pushed back against civic and private corporate powers that attempt to control women, children, racialised and stigmatised groups, migrants, and indigenous peoples, and public policy agendas that continue to vulnerabilise and marginalise people.

The volume uses an ethnographical approach to examine all three stages of the Correctional Services Canada's federal Correctional Officer Training Program offered for recruited individuals.

This handbook brings together global research on violence in Africa from academics, practitioners and activists across a multitude of subjects.

This book provides a machine-generated overview of social work across the globe, providing an in-depth understanding on social work education, practice and research.

This book presents a wide array of innovative and cutting-edge practice models, research-based conceptualisations and theorisations as well as policy contributions which will serve as resource material for social work professionals across the globe.

As natural disasters increase in number, strength, and frequency in the United States and around the world, local government managers must confront the reality that their community may be the next to experience a natural disaster.

Data Security Breaches and Privacy in Europe aims to consider data protection and cybersecurity issues; more specifically, it aims to provide a fruitful discussion on data security breaches.

This book is a critical and thorough examination of the relationship between the criminal justice and mental health systems.

This book is a product of human-machine collaboration in social work and is a premier in global social work education and practice.

This collection of classic texts offers a longitudinal overview of the Italian mafia through the eyes of those who have questioned it in the past 144 years.

This collection of classic texts offers a longitudinal overview of the Italian mafia through the eyes of those who have questioned it in the past 144 years.

This book critically analyzes how European countries manage family-related challenges as they grapple with social and political transformations.

This short Pivot explores the the physical, emotional, and psychological impact of the lived experiences of asylum seekers on the staff and volunteers of third sector organisations who assist and support them.

This book bridges the disciplines of micro-economics and social policy in general, and, in particular, behavioral/explanatory social policy and public choice theory, plus Leibenstein's X-efficiency theory.

Taking the Goki-Shichido (Five Home Provinces and Seven Circuits of Ancient Japan) as a theoretical framework, this book examines shrinking Japan from a regional variation perspective by municipality along the ancient Sannyodo, which comprises eight provinces and four prefectures today.

This book is a study of the legal aspects of the birth and development of an international organisation, using the example of INTERPOL as a detailed case study.

Nigeria has become one of the hotbeds of cybercrime since the liberalization of the telecommunication industry began in 1996.

This book is a product of human-machine collaboration in social work and is a premier in global social work education and practice.

As natural disasters increase in number, strength, and frequency in the United States and around the world, local government managers must confront the reality that their community may be the next to experience a natural disaster.

This book contends with the question of how to decolonise criminology and discusses a number of key aspects of the debate.

Why do people stop offending?

As the world undergoes huge demographic shifts with aging populations and increasing life expectancy, it is essential to recognize the importance of understanding aging in different international, cultural, social, and economic contexts.

This book delves into the values, attitudes, and behaviours of Koreans over the course of the past twenty years.