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  • Criminal Women

    Gender Matters

    Accounts of female offenders’ journeys into the criminal justice system are often silenced or marginalized.Featuring a Foreword from Pat Carlen and inspired by her seminal book ‘Criminal Women’, this collection uses participatory, inclusive and narrative methodologies to highlight the lived experiences of women involved with the criminal justice system. It presents studies focused on drug use and ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Tackling Sexual Violence at Universities

    An International Perspective

    Series series New Frontiers in Forensic Psychology
    Sexual violence is a problem well beyond universities, however universities are uniquely well placed to contribute to reducing sexual violence, encouraging those affected to come forward and speak about their experiences and actively encourage increased reporting. This book is unique, in that it offers an international perspective on the incidence, reporting and impact of sexual violence at ... Read more

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  • Preventing Self-injury and Suicide in Women's Prisons

    by Tammi Walker ...
    Examines all aspects of the history, present practices, causes and prevention prospects connected to self-injury and suicide in women's prisons. ... Read more

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    This exceptionally well-researched book's intention is to reveal what is really happening in our society and to spur people into action to turn this shameful and complex problem around so that abuse stops and healing can begin. It should be a compulsory handbook for all whose work involves children, especially in the legal system, all human services, schools, pre-schools and foster care. It covers ... Read more

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  • Forensic Psychology

    Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions

    Series series BPS Textbooks in Psychology
    Introduces forensic psychology to students and professionals who want to better understand psychology’s expanding influence on the study of law, crime and criminalityForensic psychology is a constantly growing discipline, both in terms of student interest and as a profession for graduates. This book highlights the often sizeable gap between media myths surrounding forensic practice and reality. ... Read more

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  • Social Work and Domestic Violence

    Developing Critical and Reflective Practice

    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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  • Psychology and Crime

    An Introduction to Criminological Psychology

    Crime is an expensive aspect of society, and each year huge amounts of public money are spent on the courts, police, probation services, and prisons, while the human costs in terms of pain, fear and loss is incalculable.Psychology and Crime comprehensively covers the vital role of psychological theories and methods in understanding and managing criminal behaviour. It analyzes in depth the ... Read more

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  • Mad World

    The Politics of Mental Health

    Series series Outspoken by Pluto
    ‘A radical antidote to the constraints of our current conceptualisation of mental health’ Dazed‘Exposes the underlying truth that capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with our wellbeing, and teaches us how to transform the ways we understand madness, illness, and disability to build a better world’ Beatrice Adler-Bolton, co-author of Health CommunismMental health is a political issue, but we ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology

    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
    Forensic psychology has developed and extended from an original, narrow focus on presenting evidence to the courts to a wider application across the whole span of civil and criminal justice, which includes dealing with suspects, offenders, victims, witnesses, defendants, litigants and justice professionals. This Handbook provides an encyclopedic-style source regarding the major concerns in ... Read more

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  • A Good Childhood

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    Every day the newspapers lament the problems facing our children - broken homes, pressures to eat and drink, the stress of exams. The same issues are discussed in every pub and at every dinner party. But is life really more difficult for children than it was, and if so why? And how can we make it better?This book, which is a result of a two year investigation by the Children's Society and draws ... Read more

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  • The Psychology of Interpersonal Violence

    The Psychology of Interpersonal Violence is a textbook which gives comprehensive coverage of interpersonal violence — exploring the various violent acts that occur between individuals in contemporary society.Examines in detail the controversial use of corporal punishmentExplores ways that psychology can add to our understanding of interpersonal violenceOffers directions for future research that ... Read more

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  • Need, Risk and Protection in Social Work Practice

    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