Social services and welfare, criminology

Disability Studies erzählen 'andere' Geschichten über Behinderungen (Rosemarie Garland-Thomson), die diese nicht als defizitäre, sondern als produktive Kategorie erschließen und damit einen Perspektivwechsel initiieren.

This book presents a theory-historically grounded blueprint for a responsive sociology of law.

'Entertaining and vivid.

As social networking continues to evolve and expand, the opportunities for deviant and criminal behavior have multiplied.

This book analyses trends and data relating to issues affecting social policy in mature welfare states in Europe, and uses these elements to further our understanding of, and ability to try to say something about, the future of social policy, its direction and content.

This book explores the relationship between the English law of unjust enrichment and legal obligations arising from other branches of the law.

Concepts like freedom, equality and justice have many uses and even more misuses.

This book is a first-of-its-kind critical interdisciplinary introduction to the economic, political, cultural, and technological dimensions of work in the rapidly growing digital media and entertainment industries (DMEI).

Die Gestaltung inklusiver Gemeinden, integrativer Sozialräume und solidarischer Gemeinwesen bedarf einer Kultur des Zusammenwirkens zwischen diakonischen Einrichtungen und Kirchengemeinden.

Challenging the Northern-centric approach that has dominated the literature on punishment-and-society, Punishment in Latin America draws on innovative theoretical perspectives to make sense of punishment, penal trends, institutions and practices in peripheral settings, taking Latin American countries as its case studies.

Legendary treasures.

Fils légitime de la Révolution, le XIXe siècle doit créer un nouveau monde, il hésite entre l’empire, la monarchie, la république.

2024 Weatherford Award Winner, Nonfiction This Book Is Free and Yours to Keep presents a captivating collection of letters and artwork by people in prison that highlights the crucial work done by the Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP), a nonprofit that provides books to incarcerated people in West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, and Maryland.

The World White Web provides an interdisciplinary analysis of far-right radicalisation in the digital age, drawing from criminology, history, and computer science to explore how technology and imagery accelerate extremist recruitment.

The Origins of the Criminal Justice System: Historical Explorations by the Justice-Involved provides an introduction to the historical roots of modern-day Western systems of justice.

The 22nd Annual Meeting of the International Police Executive Symposium was held in August 2012 at the United Nations Plaza in New York.

"e;It is hoped that, through this series, it will be possible to accelerate the process of building knowledge about policing and help bridge the gap between the two worlds the world of police research and police practice.

From opposing the local CPA to tackling the Big Five - Everything you need to know about accounting in the courtroomWith the recent boom in litigation and malpractice charges concerning tax, accounting, financial litigation, and fraud disputes, more and more accounting professionals are being hired as expert witnesses.

The World White Web provides an interdisciplinary analysis of far-right radicalisation in the digital age, drawing from criminology, history, and computer science to explore how technology and imagery accelerate extremist recruitment.

Encouraged by the medicinal success of quinine, early 19th century scientists hoped strychnine, another plant alkaloid with remarkable properties, might also become a new weapon against disease.

There are more than 26 million refugees in the world, and the population is expected to grow.

This book provides a comprehensive guidance for mental health professionals to humanitarianism and humanitarian culture.

This distinctive volume examines the psychological claims of spirit possession and psychosis as they are linked to child sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, and poor mental health.

Durante la dictadura civico militar del general Augusto Pinochet Ugarte opero una agrupacion ilicita organizada por el y por oficiales de su circulo de mayor confianza, acusada de cometer graves ilicitos, como el secuestro y asesinato del coronel Gerardo Huber y el trafico de armas a Croacia, entre otros delitos, orientados al enriquecimiento indebido.

A one-stop resource for understanding historical and contemporary perspectives on ideological extremism in law enforcement, as well as its wider impacts on American society.

With more than 60% new material reflecting advances in evidence-based treatments and the evolving roles of military mental health providers, the authoritative resource in the field is now in a significantly revised third edition.

Dans les productions télévisuelles, les policières et policiers sautent, courent, hurlent, évitent explosions et collisions, sauvent la population ou la tyrannisent.

Providing you with a complete foundation of knowledge and understanding for each process, this step-by-step guide will introduce you to the four main aspects of social work practice - Assessment, Planning, Intervention and Review - and help you to apply theory to practice across settings and service user groups.

Inequality and injustice have long been part of the structure of our society, including law, crime, and the criminal justice system.

Financial Aid through Social Work (1979) examines the way in which financial aid through social work has been used and the consequences of such use.

This reader presents a comprehensive review of the research on mass incarceration as it relates to causes, impact, and solutions.

From pioneering clinician-researchers, this book provides crucial guidance for treating co-occurring concerns that virtually all therapists are likely to encounter--and many feel ill equipped to handle.

This book centres the voices of a group of marginalized residents in Grenada's ghetto to examine questions of poverty and survival and how, within this context, residents are able to focus on improvement and equity for their children through education.

Detailing the resettlement narratives of five men who have committed different types of murder (confrontational/revenge, financial gain, random, intimate partner femicide, and family feud), this book counters narratives of neoliberal, 'responsibilizing' messages of individualism to investigate what informs their experiences of resettlement.

Offering a lively, international, and interdisciplinary introduction to research on arts programmes in prisons, Arts in Criminal Justice and Corrections is the first volume to bring together leading figures from the USA, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Belgium to explore key methodological approaches and issues through the lens of the researchers themselves.

Women around the world face substantial barriers to reporting their victimization, and in some contexts, the classical criminal justice response to violence can be muted, corrupted, or even inappropriate.

Women around the world face substantial barriers to reporting their victimization, and in some contexts, the classical criminal justice response to violence can be muted, corrupted, or even inappropriate.

This book explores the effectiveness of art therapy as treatment for cumulative trauma survivors.

When Face Recognition Goes Wrong explores the myriad ways that humans and machines make mistakes in facial recognition.

This book sheds light on the role and impact of sustainability mediation, an effective tool for political authorities and business enterprises to persuade consumers of the integrity of their actions, products, and services.

The Origins of the Criminal Justice System: Historical Explorations by the Justice-Involved provides an introduction to the historical roots of modern-day Western systems of justice.

This book develops principles of proper sentence justification, presents results of comparative empirical study on sentence justifications in the post-communist countries and provides practical measures to improve the current situation.

You cant take a leap of faith without it.

This book explores natural medicine and natural prevention methods.