Social Services & Welfare, Criminology

How do governments and societies use prison to respond to underlying and fundamental social, economic and political issues? Using data on world imp...

The War on Drugs has led to millions of people dead, displaced and incarcerated. Disproportionately enforced on oppressed races, international drug...

The No 1 Bestseller'A fascinating read' Seán O'Rourke, RTÉ Radio One'Fat' Freddie Thompson first appeared in court in 1997. He was sixteen and alre...

DISCOVER THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MAFIA - FROM A MAN WHO'S SEEN IT ALL FROM THE INSIDEIn BORGATA: RISE OF EMPIRE, former mafia member...

College suicides are a growing social problem in the United States. Suicide is the second leading cause of death on university campuses and more th...

How embryo adoption advances the Christian Rights political goals for creating a Christian nation In 1997, a group of white pro-life evangelical C...

How embryo adoption advances the Christian Rights political goals for creating a Christian nation In 1997, a group of white pro-life evangelical C...

A vital source of solace and compassion for those whose loved one has dementia, rooted in the authors unflinching experience of caring for her moth...

This landmark volume commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the Children's Defense Fund, which has been an uncompromising champion of American yo...

The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish his...

The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Law reflects the continued transformation of criminal law into a global discipline, providing scholars with a compr...

Do you struggle to get your head around the application of theory and associated methods of intervention to social work practice? Making sense of t...

Real case studies on insurance fraud written by real fraud examiners Insurance Fraud Casebook is a one-of-a-kind collection consisting of actual c...

This book examines the next steps and new frontiers in social justice multicultural psychology and counseling. It addresses how culturally responsi...

You write something so that it can be read, not in order that it can be written write reports that achieve and illuminate! The third edition of t...

How one law tells the story of America's modern criminal justice movement In late 2018, the First Step Act was signed into law by President Donald ...