Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


“philip mccormack”

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “philip mccormack”
Skip side bar filters

  • Responding to Domestic Violence

    Emerging Challenges for Policy, Practice and Research in Europe

    by Philip McCormack, Ingunn Rangul Askeland, Gemma Carney, Matt Barnard, Elizabeth Martin, Hana Smitkova, Sibel Korkmaz, Zuzana Ocenasova, Claire Houghton, Davina James-Hanman, Marius Råkil, Gene Feder, Nusha Yonkova, Nicola McConnell, Lucy Potter, Dalila Cerejo, Per Moum Hellevik, Julie Taylor, Maria Pentaraki, Els Leye, Gloria Kirwan, Joanna Goodey, Declan Coogan ...
    This book offers a critical overview of established and emerging manifestations of domestic violence across Europe.It describes how countries within and outside the EU are responding to the problem in policy, practice and research. Eminent academics and professionals from a range of European countries share their findings from new groundbreaking victim surveys, and weigh up the legal, social and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

People who read this also enjoyed

  • Half the Sky

    by Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn ...
    **#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A passionate call to arms against our era’s most pervasive human rights violation—the oppression of women and girls in the developing world. From the bestselling authors of Tightrope,two of our most fiercely moral voicesWith Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn as our guides, we undertake an odyssey through Africa and Asia to meet the ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $8.99 USD

  • Bought and Sold

    by Megan Stephens ...
    A heart-stopping story of lies, brutality and fear. British girl Megan Stephens tells the true story of how an idyllic Mediterranean holiday turned into an unimaginable nightmare when she was tricked into becoming a victim of human trafficking and held captive for six years by deception, threats and violence.While on holiday with her mother at a popular Mediterranean coastal resort, Megan fell in ... Read more

    $2.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Parents Who Kill - Shocking True Stories of The World's Most Evil Parents

    by Carol Anne Davis ...
    The bond between parent and child is the strongest natural connection imaginable. But in rare and shocking cases, that bond can be brutally broken. The Philpott family, 'baby P' and jasmine Beckford are just three cases that have made a nation's blood run cold. But what could possibly drive a parent to commit the cruellest crime of all - the killing of their own child.In Parents Who Kill, renowned ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Sophia's Story

    A story of the unspeakable horror of child abuse

    by Susan McKay ...
    In 1995, Sophia McColgan's father was sentenced to prison for the serial rape and abuse of his children over many years. He had first raped Sophia when she was only six. It had taken immense courage on the part of Sophia and her family to bring the murky, hidden world of family child abuse to the public gaze. Then, in 1998, Susan McKay published Sophia's Story, one of the most acclaimed Irish ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Dream

    Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare

    by Jason DeParle ...
    In this definitive work, two-time Pulitzer finalist Jason DeParle, author of A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, cuts between the mean streets of Milwaukee and the corridors of Washington to produce a masterpiece of literary journalism. At the heart of the story are three cousins whose different lives follow similar trajectories. Leaving welfare, Angie puts her heart in her work. Jewell bets on an ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life [You Are Raoul Moat]

    by Andrew Hankinson ...
    Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction and a Northern Writers AwardThese are the last days of Raoul Moat.Raoul Moat was the fugitive Geordie bodybuilder-mechanic who became notorious one hot July week when, after killing his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, shooting her in the stomach, and blinding a policeman, he disappeared into the woods of Northumberland, evading discovery for seven days ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Married to Crazy

    A Man's Story of Abuse, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Recovery

    by Clarkson Graham ...
    Clarkson Graham met and fell in love with Olga, the woman of his dreams. Their courtship, engagement, and eventual marriage followed. As their relationship progressed, Olga’s behavior became progressively more volatile and abusive. All along, Clarkson lived in the hope that he could “fix” her problems and live up to her perplexing expectations, until one appalling event drove him to his breaking ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shattered Lives

    Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity

    by Camila Batmanghelidjh ...
    *Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Prize 2006*Shattered Lives bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic episodes. Chapters take the form of letters to a child capturing their life experiences, hugely impacted by sexual abuse, parental substance misuse and loss, leading to feelings of shame, rejection and ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Raising Government Children

    A History of Foster Care and the American Welfare State

    by Catherine E. Rymph ...
    In the 1930s, buoyed by the potential of the New Deal, child welfare reformers hoped to formalize and modernize their methods, partly through professional casework but more importantly through the loving care of temporary, substitute families. Today, however, the foster care system is widely criticized for failing the children and families it is intended to help. How did a vision of dignified ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Financial Diaries

    How American Families Cope in a World of Uncertainty

    by Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider ...
    What the financial diaries of working-class families reveal about economic stresses, why they happen, and what policies might reduce themDeep within the American Dream lies the belief that hard work and steady saving will ensure a comfortable retirement and a better life for one's children. But in a nation experiencing unprecedented prosperity, even for many families who seem to be doing ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Domestic Violence and Protecting Children

    New Thinking and Approaches

    by Joanne Westwood, Nicola Farrelly, Lorraine Radford, Marianne Hester, Nicole Westmarland, Stephanie Holt, Sue Alderson, Liz Kelly, Anita Morris, Kelsey Hegarty, Per Moum Hellevik, Christine Barter, Marsha Wood, Nadia Aghtaie, Cath Larkins, Jane Ellis, Soo Downe, Sandra Hollinghurst, Paula Wilcox, Michelle Pooley, Zahra Alijah, Khatidja Chantler, Cathy Sharp, Jocelyn Jones, Neil Blackenlock, Gene Feder, William Turner, Ruth Phillips, Carolina Øverlien, Dr. Wendy Bunston, Dr Ravi Thiara ...
    In this volume, the authors present an overview of the innovative work taking place in relation to domestic violence and child protection.This book looks at new prevention initiatives and how interventions for children exposed to domestic violence have been developed. It shows how services for abusive fathers have evolved and provides discussion and critique of a number of new initiatives in the ... Read more

    $40.99 USD