Violence and abuse in society

This book provides social work practitioners and allied professionals with an applied understanding of the formal legislation, policy and guidance relating to young people who are considered 'at risk' of, accused of, or convicted of involvement in offending or anti-social behaviour.

This volume is the first major attempt to systematically examine the etiology of violence in American Indian communities.

The book revisits a study conducted in 1994 on subjects defined as historically disadvantaged by the apartheid regime.

Any teenage boy who discloses sexual abuse is facing an emotional ordeal.

Children have a right enshrined within the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to participate in decisions that affect them, and their participation in social care services can have a positive impact on their own self-esteem and confidence, but also the quality of service and decisions made by the social care professionals working with them.

Methamphetamine not only destroys the lives of those who become addicted to it, but affects all corners of society, including innocent children.

This book provides social work practitioners and allied professionals with an applied understanding of the formal legislation, policy and guidance relating to young people who are considered 'at risk' of, accused of, or convicted of involvement in offending or anti-social behaviour.

["The Sanctioning of Insubordinate Patient Behaviour.

This book investigates the widespread and persistent relationship between disasters and gender-based violence, drawing on new research with victim-survivors to show how the two forms of harm constitute 'layered disasters' in particular places, intensifying and reproducing one another.

A groundbreaking and profoundly moving exploration of the Armenian genocide, told through the traces left in the memories and on the bodies of its women survivors.

In recent years, international attention has been recurrently drawn to violence against civilians including sexual violence during war as a means of furthering military or political goals.

How our reliance on Child Protective Services makes motherhood precarious for those already marginalizedIt's the knock on the door that many mothers fear: a visit from Child Protective Services (CPS), the state agency with the power to take their children away.

A must-read for psychologists-clinical and academic alike-as well as for political scientists, policy analysts, and others working in the realm of terrorism, political violence, and extremism, this book carefully explores the theories, observations, and approaches of authorities in the field and addresses how and why terrorism has perpetuated for so long.

Represents the largest recorded dataset based on human skeletal remains from archaeological sites across the continent of Europe.

In Domestic Violence: Intersectionality and Culturally Competent Practice, experts working with twelve unique groups of domestic abuse survivors provide the latest research on their populations and use a case study approach to demonstrate culturally sensitive intervention strategies.

Children throughout the world are engaged in a great number of activities classifiable as work.

Sex Addiction: A Guide for Couples and Those Who Help Them is a practical book that provides empathic support, guidance, information and pragmatic strategies for couples who want to survive sex and porn addiction - whether that's together, or apart.

The post 9/11 era has produced structured rehabilitation programmes in a wide range of countries including Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Pakistan, Malaysia, Egypt, Iraq, and Uzbekistan.

Get up-to-date information on children's and parent's rightsChildren have a basic human right to be free of abuse and maltreatment.

At least 750,000 children a year worldwide witness domestic violence.

Cultivating respectful and productive academic relationships is a priority within higher education.

Reproductive Justiceis a first-of-its-kind primer that provides a comprehensive yet succinct description of the field.

Kinship care - the care of children by grandparents, other relatives or friends - is a major part of foster care, yet there are distinct issues that arise in care involving family rather than 'stranger' foster carers.

This new edition of A Clinician's Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy integrates the latest empirical research from the field of sex therapy and demonstrates how clinicians can optimize their treatment for a wide range of clients.

By conservative estimates, more than 16,000 violent crimes are committed or attempted every day in the United States.

This book powerfully sets out the case for Transitional Safeguarding, a new approach to protection and safeguarding designed to address the needs and behaviours of young people in their mid-teens to mid-twenties who are falling between gaps in current systems, with often devastating results.

Presents essays by feminists of theory and literature that examine contemporary feminism and the most pressing issues of today.

Values and their application are a continuing area of concern for those involved in work with children and families.

This collection spotlights the impact of hate violence on individuals and communities as well as how people form biases and are indoctrinated into hate groups, why they participate in violent hate crimes, and how hate may become extreme.

If you are in search of a concise yet authoritative overview of mediation as a process of dispute resolution, then you need look no further.

Innovative Skills to Support Well-Being and Resiliency in Youth emphasizes the step-by-step procedures readers will need to implement evidence-based, innovative techniques and skills that emphasize well-being and resilience in youth.

Intended primarily for mental health professionals, Demystifying Love deals plainly with topics rarely written about for clinicians.

A compelling and harrowing examination of the violence that marked the Partition of India.

This book gives readers a rich and detailed understanding of what it is like to work with a diverse range of couple presentations from a CBT perspective.

Discover theories of persuasion that show how terrorist messages promote radicalization and how counter-messages fight terrorist propaganda.

This professional guidebook and training manual introduces the Sexual Attitudes Reassessment and Restructuring (SAR) training program for professionals working in the broad field of sexology.

Based on a qualitative study of child protection practices this book takes a detailed look at what professionals actually 'do', contrasting the relatively straightforward process illustrated in procedural guidance with the uncertainty of the 'real world' of child protection work.

This book explores how the increasing need for specific kinds of parental engagement impacts care-experienced young peoples' trajectories.

Appropriate for both sex therapists and art therapists, When Art Therapy Meets Sex Therapy explores sexuality and gender through the use of art making, connecting relevant theories and research from both fields.

Vegas Concierge tells the tale of domestic sex trafficking in America through the riveting inside story of a decade-long investigation into sex trafficking, police corruption, and hip-hop music in Sin City.

This book examines after-school programs, exploring how – and why – young people thrive in good programs and suffer in weak ones.

Residential Child Care draws on the latest research to offer guidance for developing best practice, policy and improved outcomes for children and young people.

Kevin Denys Bonnycastle’s Stranger Rape is an in-depth study of the lives of fourteen men who raped women unknown to them.

In our society, medication is often seen as the treatment for severe mental illness, with psychotherapy a secondary treatment.

On July 9, 1883, twenty men stormed the jail in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, kidnapped Henderson Lee, a black man charged with larceny, and hanged him.

This Element explores violence and nonviolence in Christianity.