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“vicky seaman”

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  • Criminal Women

    Gender Matters

    by Sharon Grace, Maggie O'Neill, Tammi Walker, Hannah King, Lucy Baldwin, Alison Jobe, Orla Lynch, Fiona Measham, Kate O'Brien, Vicky Seaman ...
    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

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  • Child Protection

    The Essential Guide for Teachers and Other Professionals whose Work Involves Children

    by Freda Briggs ...
    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

    $18.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    $67.49 USD

  • Mad World

    The Politics of Mental Health

    by Micha Frazer-Carroll ...
    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

    $9.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • A Good Childhood

    Searching for Values in a Competitive Age

    by Judy Dunn, Richard Layard ...
    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

    $11.59 USD

  • 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

  • Mental Health

    Edited by Jeremy Weinstein ...
    Series series Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work
    Mental health social work is at an impasse. On the one hand, the emphasis in recent policy documents on the social roots of much mental distress ,and in the recovery approaches popular with service users seems to indicate an important role for a holistic social work practice. On the other hand, social workers have often been excluded from these initiatives and the dominant approach within mental ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Partnerships for Inclusive Education

    A Critical Approach to Collaborative Working

    by Liz Todd ...
    Shortlisted for the NASEN/TES 2007 Book AwardIncreased partnership between professionals, particularly through the integration of services, indicates a major opportunity for child and parent participation, but one that seems in danger of being side-stepped. Drawing on substantial research evidence, this book looks at reasons for this situation; what is happening now, what developments and ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Disabled Women and Domestic Violence

    Responding to the Experiences of Survivors

    by Brenda Ellis, Ruth Bashall, Gill Hague, Professor Audrey Mullender, Dr Ravi Thiara ...
    Domestic violence is encountered by disabled women more frequently than non-disabled women, yet disabled women are less likely to receive appropriate services, and there has been little research on their experiences and how this problem can be addressed.This book, drawing on the first UK national study of disabled women who have suffered domestic violence, highlights the experiences of these women ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

  • Effective Safeguarding for Children and Young People

    What next after Munro?

    by Maggie Blyth, Enver Solomon ...
    The number of children entering the child protection system has risen dramatically in the last three years with implications for children's services and partner agencies. This timely volume takes a critical look at the impact of the Munro Review (2011) on child protection and the Government's response. It looks at questions including how effective Local Safeguarding Children Boards are in ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Violence Against Women

    Current Theory and Practice in Domestic Abuse, Sexual Violence and Exploitation

    by Aisha Gill, Lorraine Radford, Christine Barter, Elizabeth Gilchrist, Marianne Hester, Alison Phipps, Nel Whiting, Melanie McCarry, Marsha Scott, Evan Stark, Kirstein Rummery ...
    Series series Research Highlights in Social Work
    Violence against women is a pervasive problem in society and responding appropriately to those who experience it and those who perpetrate it is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professions today.This volume seeks to address issues surrounding violence against women at all levels, from its root causes to the specific needs arising in victims of gendered abuse from a ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Children Behaving Badly?

    Peer Violence Between Children and Young People

    Edited by Christine Barter, David Berridge ...
    Series Book 31 - Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series
    Children Behaving Badly?Violence between children is a controversial and frequently misunderstood issue, one that has seen media-fuelled moral panic come to dominate public perceptions and debate. Children Behaving Badly? presents a powerful challenge to commonly held beliefs about peer violence and portrays it as an important child welfare concern.By gathering together the most updated ... Read more

    $49.00 USD