Social Welfare & Social Services

Sophia F. Dziegielewski draws on her many years as a teacher and practitioner to put together this accessible, well-thought-out overview on a varie...

For the vast majority of human existence we did without the idea of race. Since its inception a mere few hundred years ago, and despite the volumin...

As Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward argued in the early seventies, in a capitalist economy, social welfare policies alternatingly serve politi...

With demographic changes and the reality of cultural diversity, social work researchers increasingly see the need to conduct cross-cultural researc...

The finest teachers attempt to make direct connections between classroom knowledge and its application to the varieties of practice. Ray Fox emphas...

There has been a surge of recent interest by social work researchers in conducting research in criminal and juvenile justice settings. This is larg...

Building on the successful outcomes of a five-year initiative undertaken in New York City, Alma Carten, Alan Siskind, and Mary Pender Greene bring ...

It is usually the case that ethical and pragmatic considerations preclude the use of randomly assigning social work clients to experimental and com...

For several decades conservatives set the political agenda in the United States, allowing them to focus the conversation on topics such as tax cuts...

Hoarding is a serious, time-consuming, and expensive problem for virtually every community across the United States. First responders often encount...

This pocket guide offers researchers a framework for conducting research in a culturally sensitive manner with individuals, families, and communiti...

In this second edition of Handbook of Evidence-Based Child and Adolescent Treatment Manuals, LeCroy gathers fifteen varied program manuals and brie...

Few books written for practitioners provide any practical information regarding grief and loss issues with children and adolescents. In a clear and...

Random sampling and random assignment are considered by many researchers to be the definitive methodological procedures for maximizing external and...

Social settings have enormous power to promote or hinder positive youth development. Researchers and practitioners know a great deal about features...

How do we define rural social work? How is rural social work practice different from practice in urban settings? Why is rural social work practice ...

Most social work researchers are familiar with linear regression techniques, which are fairly straightforward to conduct, interpret, and present. H...

The idea of family is not easily defined and is in a constant state of change. In order to create a more manageable environment for human service p...

Why do some countries construct strong systems of social protection, while others leave workers exposed to market forces? In the past three decades...

Social work is an exciting field full of demands and rewards. Social Work: Issues and Opportunities in a Challenging Profession, Third Edition, all...

The introduction of Universal Credit arguably stands as the most far-reaching reform so far this century. Clashing Agendas is the traumatic inside ...

Randolph Lucente examines the development of character in the adolescent stage, the process of a second separation-individuation, and ways to treat...

The art of writing up a completed research project in a format suitable for submission to a social work journal is an ability separate from one's s...

One of the most celebrated women of her time, a spellbinding speaker dubbed the Queen of the Lyceum and America's Joan of Arc, Anna Elizabeth Dicki...