Social Services & Welfare, Criminology

The reconstruction of Kosovo after 1999 was one of the largest and most ambitious international interventions in a post-conflict country. The Unite...

Caring for the wounded in the World War II Pacific Theater posed serious challenges to doctors and surgeons. The thick jungles, remote atolls and h...

Amid all the complicated economic theories about the causes and solutions to poverty, one idea is so basic it seems radical: just give money to the...

Disasters, both natural and man-made, are on the rise. Indeed, a catastrophe of one sort or another seems always to be unfolding somewhere on th...

Supporting students on placements in health and social care settings, this accessible guide provides a framework for understanding the theory behin...

Women''s Health in Canada considers the challenges relating to the conceptualization of women''s health. While emphasizing the importance of taking...

This book brings together leaders in the field of community practice and social development in social work. The chapters discuss the implications ...

This book offers a practical introduction to the areas of leadership, management and supervision for line managers, supervisors and senior practiti...

Our ability to communicate is a key part of everyday life and is an essential skill, particularly when communicating with vulnerable people in a he...

The Oxford Handbook of Methods for Public Scholarship presents the first comprehensive overview of research methods and practices for engaging in p...

There are certain assumptions about the practice of counseling that are accepted as truths, beliefs that are so pervasive that they remain unchalle...

As the seat of the origin of social work profession, the global North has dominated the production of social work knowledge while the global South ...

Working with Young People offers a new outlook on social, cultural, and educational work with young people. It utlizes the perspective of social pe...

Featuring an interdisciplinary, developmental, ecological-systems framework, Human Behavior for Social Work Practice, Third Edition helps students ...

This practical guide will help students navigate through all core areas of their course by providing them with a comprehensive introduction to cont...

Understanding how theory informs social work practice is an area that students can often find challenging.  This book will help students understand...

This is an ambitious book. It aims at nothing less than a comprehensive account of the state of the art of social work research internationally an...

An understanding of social policy is crucial for social workers as it underpins and shapes the legislative framework that they work within. From sa...

11-year-old Harry Hunter is missing. While they wait for news, Anahera a newly qualified Maori social worker supports Harrys distraught parents...

Following the lives of four fictional time-travelling characters, it examines the changing functions of social work by unpicking the changing socia...

Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Social Work are at the heart of effective social work practice. This book offers students a solid groundi...

Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Social Work are at the heart of effective social work practice. This book offers students a solid groundi...

This book describes the origin, development and current state of volunteerism in Asia and Hong Kong. It also presents a field-tested model of empow...

Over the past six decades, there have been dramatic changes in the dynamics of family life in the United States. Today, about seven out of 10 babie...

Click on the Supplements tab above for further details on the different versions of SPSS programs.The canonical Handbook is completely updated with...

This one-of-a-kind text brings together contemporary theories of addiction and helps readers connect those theories to practice using a common mult...

Our ability to understand others and help others understand us is essential to our individual and collective well-being. Yet there are many barrier...