Social Services & Welfare, Criminology

Our current social security system operates on a pay-as-you-go basis; benefits are paid almost entirely out of current revenues. As the ratio of re...

Social security is the largest and perhaps the most popular program run by the federal government. Given the projected increase in both individual ...

This volume presents one of the pressing policy issues of the moment: the privatization of social security. While social security encounters enormo...

Is it true that the Social Security system is in serious trouble and must be repaired? As baby boomers begin to retire, will they inevitably, by fo...

This text examines actual attempts to "prepare" for catastrophes and finds that the policies adopted by corporations and government agencies are fu...

Is it true that the Social Security system is in serious trouble and must be repaired? As baby boomers begin to retire, will they inevitably, by fo...

Anticorruption reforms provide political cover for public officials, but do they really work? This text seeks to show how the proliferating regulat...

Anticorruption reforms provide political cover for public officials, but do they really work? This text seeks to show how the proliferating regulat...

From Henry Mayhew's classic study of Victorian slums to Studs Terkel's presentations of ordinary people in modern America, oral history has been us...

'A thrilling new talent' PETER JAMES'Creepy, twisted and gripping' SUN'Dark, compelling and expertly paced' M. W. CRAVEN ___________________On a co...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the ...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the ...

The shocking story of three generations of the Sackler family and their roles in the stories of Valium, OxyContin and the opioid crisis. The inspir...

Understanding statistical concepts is essential for social work professionals. It is key to understanding research and reaching evidence-based deci...

Unlike other athletes, the rock climber tends to disregard established norms of style and technique, doing whatever she needs to do to get to the n...

Examining a shocking array of fraud, corruption, theft, and embezzlement cases, this vivid collection reveals the practice of detecting, investigat...

“This book was written late in the North American night, with the rumbling thuds and booming train horns of the nearby rail yard echoing through my...

The honest, compassionate and vital guide to getting older, from dementia to finances, medication to care homes'The most important book about the s...

The contributors to Captivating Technology examine how carceral technologies such as electronic ankle monitors and predictive-policing algorithms a...

Unlike other athletes, the rock climber tends to disregard established norms of style and technique, doing whatever she needs to do to get to the n...

The word “mother” traditionally meant a woman who bears and nurtures a child. In recent decades, changes in social norms and public policy as well ...

***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***A Times and Telegraph Book of the Year'Shocking, scathing, entertaining.' Guardian 'Incredibly compelling.' The T...

What personal truths reside in biological ties that are absent in adoptive ties? And why do we think adoptive and biological ties are essentially d...

In this landmark work, four of the world's leading scholar-activists issue an urgent call for a truly intersectional, internationalist, abolitionis...