This collection of 12 new and revised essays on child care and children's services, written by leading child welfare historian Roy Parker, draws on his lifetime of research in this area.
A Restorative Approach to Family Violence looks back at an early and successful demonstration of a family and culturally based model to stop severe family violence.
Spanning the years just before (and just after) Nelson Mandela's 1962 arrest, this entirely fresh history of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), or Spear of the Nation, and its revolutionary milieu brings to life the period in which Mandela and his comrades fought South Africa's apartheid regime not only with words and protests, but also with bombs and fire.
Restorative justice occupies an important place in criminological literature and criminal justice policies and is about facilitating communication between victims, offenders and communities in search of conciliation.
This work provides an authoritative survey of America's long and turbulent history of rebellion, sedition, and treason against government authority and institutions.
Domestic Violence Against Men and Boys: Experiences of Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence is a unique book that brings together contemporary research and practice around working with men and boys who are victims of domestic violence and abuse.
Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers is a classic text for students and practitioners in the child care and protection field which summarises important current thinking on child development and applies it directly to practice.
Rethinking Children, Violence and Safeguarding explores the victimization of children as well as children who use violence towards others and presents an overview of key developments in research, policy and practice within the context of the recent major shift in thinking from 'child protection' towards 'safeguarding' and evidencing better outcomes.
Synopsis of the BookBurying Jane Doe: A Journey of Courage and Strength is written to encourage survivors of rape and sexual assault, especially women, since they make up the largest of the population of those who have been affected by this.
Perfect for fans of Conversations with Friends, Luster and My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Wet Paint is a novel exploring the highs and lows of friendship, love and loss that is incisive, darkly funny and achingly poignant.
Do you have secrets locked insideDeep, dark secrets you thought you had to hideIs your world sad and grayDo you think this is where you have to stayDo you think you're weak, not very strongAnd there's no one brave enough to help and bring alongDo you wish that someone could understandAnd possibly have a better planOpen this book, and you will seeThat's not the way it has to beThere's light and hope and people that careAnd spiritual beings that will always be thereDon't hesitate one minute moreOpen the book; step through the door
No Nation for Women takes a hard, close look at what makes India unsafe for its women from custodial rapes and honour killings to rapes of minors and trafficking the author uncovers many unpalatable truths behind what we are familiar with as newspaper headlines only.
Reflecting back on her college graduation in 2011, Dawn thought her life was finally coming together, that all of the hard work she put in working full-time, attending college, and being a parent was finally going to pay off.
In diesem Heft werden aktuelle Anforderungen an die Wohnungsnotfallhilfe in Deutschland thematisiert: steigende Zahlen wohnungsloser Menschen, prekärer Wohnungsmarkt, neue Adressat/innengruppen wie junge Menschen, Geflüchtete, Familien.