Social services and welfare, criminology

Americas first and most notorious serial killer and his diabolical killing spree during the 1893 Worlds Fair in Chicago, now updated with a new afterword discussing Holmes exhumation on American Ripper.

“A fascinating look into a world many of us never see, and a powerful story about one woman’s journey to find her own strength, with a clear message of the importance of books and information for all.

If you came upon an overturned truck on the highway that was leaking, would you be able to identify if it was hazardous and know what steps to take?

In the summer of 1937, with the Depression deep and World War II looming, a California triple murder stunned an already grim nation.

Accessing the Media takes the reader behind the scenes to understand how best to work with press to get publicity.

One ordinary spring morning in Reykjavik, Iceland, Thordis Elva kisses her son and partner goodbye before boarding a plane to do a remarkable thing: fly seven thousand miles to South Africa to confront the man who raped her when she was just sixteen.

An in-depth look at revolutionary new ways to handle sexual assaults.

Generation Oxy is the story of a group of friendsclean cut, all-American high school kidswho stumbled into the Sunshine State's murky underworld of illegal pill mills and corrupt doctors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.