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  • Therapeutic Community for Women Prisoners

    Re-imagining Rehabilitation and the Loss of Liberty

    by Elaine Player, Elaine Genders ...
    Based upon an extensive empirical study of a democratic therapeutic community for women serving long and medium sentences, this book explores the opportunities it provided for restorative rehabilitation. In so doing it identifies some of the interconnected ways in which these ambitions are undermined by pervasive, yet often tacit, assumptions that underly penal policies and practices.Drawing on a ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Prisons After Woolf

    Reform through Riot

    Edited by Elaine Player, Michael Jenkins ...
    For the past few years prisons have attracted much media attention, due to substantial increases in the prison population and the deteriorating conditions in which prisoners are held. In addition, there has been industrial action by prison officers and a series of disturbances and riots by prisoners.Following the riot at Strangeways prison in Manchester in 1990 Lord Justice Woolf was called to ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

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    Understanding the principles of the youth justice system

    by Raymond Arthur ...
    When is it fair to hold young people criminally responsible? If young people lack the capacity to make a meaningful choice and to control their impulses, should they be held criminally culpable for their behaviour? In what ways is the immaturity of young offenders relevant to their blameworthiness? Should youth offending behaviour be proscribed by criminal law? These are just some of the questions ... Read more

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  • Disability Studies

    A Student′s Guide

    Edited by Colin Cameron ...
    This textbook brings together a wide range of expert voices from the field of disability studies and the disabled people′s movement to tackle the essential topics relevant to this area of study. From the outset disability is discussed from a social model perspective, demonstrating how future practice and discourse could break down barriers and lead to more equal relationships for disabled people ... Read more

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  • Criminology: A Complete Introduction

    A step-by-step Teach Yourself guide to use at home, school or college

    by Peter Joyce, Wendy Laverick ...
    'A great and educational read..' Amazon 5 star reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐**'**Would definitely recommend to anyone thinking .' Amazon 5 star reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Criminology is a multi-disciplinary subject - but it doesn't have to be difficult. This book, complete with case studies and key facts, forms a course which will take you from beginner or intermediate level to having a confident grasp of th... ... Read more

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  • Forensic Psychology

    Concepts, Debates and Practice

    Edited by Joanna Adler, Jacqueline Gray ...
    This book brings together academics, practitioners and experts in the field of forensic psychology to demonstrate the scope of the discipline and push its parameters. Its aim is to go beyond introductory texts to challenge perceptions, to raise questions for research and to pose problems for practice. The editors hope to inspire and stimulate debate about how forensic psychology can aid the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Social Work and Domestic Violence

    Developing Critical and Reflective Practice

    by Lesley Laing, Cathy Humphreys, Kate Cavanagh ...
    Domestic violence affects all areas of social work. This book shows how social workers can intervene in everyday practice with victims, their families and perpetrators of domestic abuse. It provides students with knowledge of theory, research and policy to put directly in practice across a variety of legal and service-user contexts.Topics covered include:Child protectionInterprofessional ... Read more

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  • Need, Risk and Protection in Social Work Practice

    Edited by Steve Hothersall, Mike Maas-Lowit ...
    Series series Transforming Social Work Practice Series
    This book provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to working with risk. It begins by looking at notions of need, vulnerability and protection and looks at the theoretical concepts of each before applying them to practice. By using this combination of theory and practice the authors are able to integrate policy for a wide range of services users, from older people to children, families and ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Handbook of Policing

    Edited by Tim Newburn ...
    This new edition of the Handbook of Policing updates and expands the highly successful first edition, and now includes a completely new chapter on policing and forensics. It provides a comprehensive, but highly readable overview of policing in the UK, and is an essential reference point, combining the expertise of leading academic experts on policing and policing practitioners themselves. ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Child Abuse: An Evidence Base For Confident Practice

    by Brian Corby ...
    This book is an accessible knowledge base for the whole area of child abuse and child protection, now fully updated in terms of policy, cases and research. ... Read more

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  • Criminology and Criminal Justice

    A Study Guide

    by Peter Joyce, Wendy Laverick ...
    A broad and comprehensive guide to the study of criminology and criminal justice at undergraduate level, this book is essential reading for new students. Assuming no prior knowledge, it offers an essential overview to key themes and issues, brings together theory with practice, and provides useful hints and suggestions for developing the skills required to see you on your way throughout your ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • The Blackwell Companion to Social Work

    Edited by Martin Davies ...
    Fully revised and restructured, this fresh edition offers students and trainee social workers an incisive and authoritative introduction to the subject. As well as entirely new sections on theory and practice, the expert contributions which have shaped the companion’s leading reputation have been updated and now include innovative standalone essays on social work theory.Comprehensively reworked ... Read more

    $75.00 USD