Social services and welfare, criminology

This wide-ranging collection of essays offers valuable insights into the cultural issues involved in the practical application of social work theories.

Featuring contributions from key commentators including Lena Dominelli, Sarah Banks, Peter Beresford, Michael Flood and George Ritzer, this diverse text explores an array of concepts and themes that are vital to our understanding of the value base in social work.

Art Therapy and the Neuroscience of Trauma, 2nd edition, lays out a unified framework of neural plasticity and resilience and places it within a broader social context.

"e;Tell me what you eat, I'll tell you who you are,"e; said Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

Originally published in 1954, this was a new study of aggressive behaviour and phantasies in children of school age, combining the scientific-experimental with the clinical approach.

This title, first published in 1930, examines the events of eleven female criminals and the conditions that surrounded their crimes.

This book shows how the police functioned in the cities of the Napoleonic Empire.

Welfare, Work, and Poverty provides the first systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the impacts and effectiveness of China's primary social assistance program -- Minimum Livelihood Guarantee, or Dibao -- since its inception in 1993.

This book examines the position of 'contextual elements' as a constitutive element of the legal definition of the crime of genocide, and determines the extent to which an individual genocidaire is required to act within a particular genocidal context.

This textbook provides students across Social Sciences, Humanities, Politics, and International Studies with an in-depth understanding of the issues, policies, and strategies for addressing the symptoms and root causes of violence against women (VAW) in sub-Saharan Africa.

A revelatory look at how the NYPD has resisted change through strategic and selective community engagement.

This pragmatic guide spells out how to use motivational interviewing (MI) to have productive conversations about behavior change with adolescents and young adults in any clinical context.

Emotions can be complicated at the best of times.

In 1996, Democratic president Bill Clinton and the Republican-controlled Congress "e;ended welfare as we know it"e; and trumpeted "e;workfare"e; as a dramatic break from the past.

Supervision has been a major component of initial training and an important element for professional development in the very wide field of mental healthcare.

Japan is one of the world's most literate societies.

The second edition of Transactional Analysis: 100 Key Points and Techniques synthesizes developments in Transactional Analysis (TA) and psychotherapy research, making complex ideas accessible and offering therapists practical guidance on refining TA psychotherapy skills.

Spanning almost a century of penal policy and practice in England and Wales, this book is a study of the long arc of the rehabilitative ideal, beginning in 1895, the year of the Gladstone Committee on Prisons, and ending in 1970, when the policy of treating and training criminals was very much on the defensive.

Revitalizing Victimization Theory: Revisions, Applications, and New Directions revises some of the major perspectives in victimization theory, applies theoretical perspectives to the victimization of vulnerable populations, and carves out new theoretical territory that is clearly needed but has yet to be developed.

Considering a range of neglected material, this book provides a richer view of how crime and criminality were understood between the wars.

„Das ist ja alles ganz schön und gut, was wir hier lernen, aber in der Praxis weht ein ganz an- rer Wind!

"e;Good government"e; is commonly seen either as a formidable challenge, a distant dream, or an oxymoron, and yet it is the reason why Wisconsin led America toward welfare reform.

Despite the critical role that community-based supervisors play in the training of social work students, there has been no comprehensive resource for core informationuntil now.

This collection of essays highlights ethical issues in social work which are often overlooked as well as recurring clashes that influence how they play out, for example among different values and related moral judgements.

Forensic genetic technologies are popularly conceptualized and revered as important tools of justice.

Metaphors of Confinement: The Prison in Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy offers a historical survey of imaginings of the prison as expressed in carceral metaphors in a range of texts about imprisonment from Antiquity to the present as well as non-penal situations described as confining or restrictive.

Originally published in 1979.

The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media provides an authoritative and comprehensive examination of the diverse forms, practices and philosophies of alternative and community media across the world.

Bringing together both leading international scholars and emerging academic talent, Media Accountability in the Era of Post-Truth Politics maps the current state of media accountability in Europe and provides fresh perspectives for future developments in media and communication fields.

Although much is being published on the subject of juvenile delinquency, this volume of selected British and American source material provides something new.

Environmental Justice as Social Work Practice places the natural environment as central to practice.

This book has been replaced by Music Therapy Handbook, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5692-2.

Fachkräfte der Sozialen Arbeit werden in ihrem Alltag häufig mit Tätern und Opfern von Straftaten konfrontiert.

Using international case study material, this book examines how ideas of visionary leadership have been developed and discusses their applicability to the public sector.

Perspectives in Social Work was originally published in 1977 and provides a text for social workers in training to use.

Each year, too many law enforcement officers die in the line of duty and too many people are killed by the police.

It's often assumed that criminologists know a great deal about violent offenders, but in fact, there is little consensus about what distinguishes them from those who commit less serious crimes.

Avant la mise en œuvre du programme d’égalité sociale, dans les années 1960, la plupart des Néo-Brunswickois, dont de nombreux francophones, avaient un accès limité à l’aide sociale, à l’éducation et aux services de santé.

This book critically examines the colonial dimensions of restorative justice through the lens of justice policy reform in Jamaica.

A Complete, Fully Updated Guide to COMMERCIAL AVIATION SAFETYPresenting the latest procedures and standards from U.

Focusing on the neglected journalism of writers more famous for their novels or plays, this new book explores the specific functions of journalism within the public sphere, and celebrate the literary qualities of journalism as a genre.

This groundbreaking book examines the ways in which questions of culture and diversity impact on the values and ethics of social work.

A "e;superb account"e; of the disastrous loss of a Russian submarine off the nation's northern coast and its repercussions (Publishers Weekly).

First published in 1934, International Narcotics Control is concerned with dangerous drugs solely as a subject of international administration.

SchülerInnen ohne Ausbildungsplatz oder Schulabschluss soll durch ihre Teilnahme an einjährigen schulischen Bildungsangeboten zur Ausbildungsreife verholfen werden.

Grief and Addiction illuminates the role of grief work in addiction counseling, encouraging counselors to be more comprehensive in their treatment and to increase empathy for what the treatment process is asking of clients.

This book provides the first consideration of quantum principles in legal decision making.

The disproportionate criminalisation and incarceration of particular minority ethnic groups has long been observed, though much of the work in criminology has been dominated by a somewhat narrow debate.

Too many juvenile delinquents persist in their offending into adulthood.