Social Services & Welfare, Criminology

Our current culture is dominated by the ideology of creativity. One is supposed to create the new and not to care about the things as they are. Thi...

With a contemporary overview of global social policy formation, the third edition of this leading textbook identifies key issues, debates and prior...

'The authentic inside track... Gripping' Lemn Sissay'An important and hugely powerful book... So inspiring, I loved The State of It' Neil Morrissey...

A call to replace Canadas incarceration model, which has proven destructive, discriminatory, expensive, counterproductive, and most of all unnece...

A moving account of working mothers daily livesand the revolution in public policy and culture needed to improve themThe work-family conflict that ...

In the first full length analysis of the rise of left-wing hobbyists, performative radicals and the 'Identity Left', A Left for Itself interrogates...

Although several decades of feminist social action have made significant progress to the social, economic and political condition of many women, ch...

This best-selling book is a step-by-step guide to doing a literaturereview for students in all areas of health and social care. It is vitalreading ...

Sam Smith explores the development of a human rights based approach to social care, thus she contributes to the development of a culture of awarene...

An essential toolkit that helps students, qualified nurses and other healthcare professionals to become confident reflective practitioners. Develo...

The first hand stories in this book, collected through The Children's Society's campaign The Debt Trap, offer a unique understanding of life for fa...

Social policy, as executed in western civilization, is apparently at a crossroads, with forgotten contradictions between the rich and the poor havi...

In 1837, the power of Daniel O'Connell's oratory focused the attention of Europeans on Ireland. They were horrified at what they saw there. The Iri...