Social Work

Intimate partner violence touches everyone. With more than 1 million cases reported each year, this pervasive social problem has devastating effects on victims, families, and communities. Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence presents a comprehensive overview of the wide range of efforts and appro..

Intimate partner violence touches everyone. With more than 1 million cases reported each year, this pervasive social problem has devastating effects on victims, families, and communities. Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence presents a comprehensive overview of the wide range of efforts and appro..

This unique teaching text gives exclusive and in-depth coverage of practice principles of social work and integrates them into the common base of practice. Chapters show readers how central ethical and method principles and attributes of the social worker that are crucial to the professional use of ..

A hard-hitting analysis of Conservative policies on crime which highlights the way in which legislation has seriously impinged upon civil liberties, whilst at the same time creating the social conditions in which crime has flourished...

The contributions to this book bear testimony to the value of a progressive form of academisation and the existence of discipline-specific research methods of social work education across Europe. It exemplifies the conceptualisation of different and interacting dimensions of diversity, and the defen..

This book presents leading authorities offering various broad and specific aspects of the controversial topic along with the latest research. Issues discussed range broadly from mental health considerations to rehabilitation options...

A practical text that examines a range of sensitive issues concerned with managing and maintaining professional boundaries between worker and client...

A comprehensive training guide for social workers involved in training students that provides invaluable resource material in this important area...

A comprehensive training guide for social workers involved in training students that provides invaluable resource material in this important area...

This vital book examines recent research on poverty and inequality, identifies strategies for ensuring adequate services, and challenges many of the inaccurate beliefs that were used to justify welfare reform legislation in 1996. You'll find up-to-date information on various marginalized groups and ..

Public and political support for boot camps as alternative correctional facilities has rarely faltered since their inception decades ago, though their efficacy remains uncertain. Rehabilitation Issues, Problems, and Prospects in Boot Camp explores all facets of the controversial issue, from the atti..

This text introduces social workers to the burgeoning feminist scholarship on relational theories and their practical application with diverse populations. It emphasizes the application of the basic relational concepts in a readable and comprehensive way, developing an approach to practice which is ..