Social services and welfare, criminology Books

Thomas Mott Osborne presents a thoughtful and insightful analysis of the prison system and its impact on society. Drawing on his own experiences as a prisoner, Osborne argues for reforms that prioritize rehabilitation over punishment. This book is a...

A newsletter created by the Illinois State Penitentiary in Joliet, Illinois, providing updates on prison life and rehabilitation efforts. This issue includes news about educational programs, sporting events, and the day-to-day workings of the prison. A...

This book contains the official proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction. The sessions cover a wide range of topics, from prison reform to child welfare. Anyone interested in social reform should read this important historical...

Written during the height of the Irish potato famine, George Poulett Scrope argues that the Irish poor-law needs to be expanded to match the scope of the English version. He lays out the moral and economic arguments for doing so in a persuasive and...

This timely book exposes the financial crimes of wealthy corporate executives and the systemic flaws that allow them to go unpunished. Hill argues that corporate crime is a major social justice issue that hurts vulnerable communities and undermines...

Dans ce livre, l'auteur explore les conditions de vie dans les prisons françaises et propose une étude ethnographique de cet environnement particulier. Les lecteurs y trouveront une analyse originale et pertinente sur ce sujet méconnu.This work has been...

This fascinating account of the English penal system during the Victorian era offers a detailed look at the administration of sentences of penal servitude and the conditions endured by inmates in British prisons. Written by a former director of convict...

Un libro che racconta la storia dell'Ospizio di Beneficenza di Catania, uno dei più importanti istituti di assistenza della città. Dal suo fondatore, il vescovo Franchi, alla sua espansione nel XIX secolo, questo libro offre uno sguardo dettagliato sulla...

Christian Longo.Jeremy Bryan Jones.Joel Patrick Courtney.Patrick Wayne Kearney.Russell Obremski.Robert Spangler.Gabriel Morris.Killers all.Veteran author Elizabeth Engstrom dives into the horrific stories of these seven serial killers, along with a...

Based on the conviction that the arts as integrated into education can transform both teaching and learning, the artist/teachers who contributed to this book describe the effects of bringing arts into prisons, small rural communities in The Far East and...

Never has the need for a compendium of self-help workbooks been so great! From the founder of the world’s first PhD program in Family Psychology comes an extensive guide to nearly all of the mental health workbooks published through 2002. Placed...

Between 1850 and 1950, at least 115 women were lynched by mobs in the United States. The majority of these women were black. This book examines the phenomenon of the lynching of women, a much more rare occurence than the lynching of men. Over the same...

John Marshall remains one of the towering figures in the landscape of American law. From the Revolution to the age of Jackson, he played a critical role in defining the "province of the judiciary" and the constitutional limits of legislative action. In...

Many prosecutors and commentators have praised the victim provisions at the International Criminal Court (ICC) as 'justice for victims', which for the first time include participation, protection and reparations. This book critically examines the role of...

The feeling of insecurity is a little known phenomenon that has been only partially explored by social sciences. However, it has a deep social, cultural and economic impact and may even contribute to define the very structures of the state. In Latin...

Land of White Gloves? is an important academic investigation into the history of crime and punishment in Wales. Beginning in the medieval period when the limitations of state authority fostered a law centred on kinship and compensation, the study...

Forensic practice in the community is a neglected subject. There are many books looking at forensic work in secure settings, such as prisons or hospitals, but very little has been written about forensic practice in the community. This book describes the...

This new textbook will provide students of criminology with a better understanding of criminal justice policy and, in doing so, offers a framework for analysing the social, economic and political processes that shape its creation. The book adopts a...

Helping Every Child to Thrive in the Early Years shows how a personalised and relationship-based approach to education and care can help overcome the 'disadvantage gap' in the early years. It examines the challenges that children from disadvantaged...

The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work reflects on and dissects the challenging issues confronting social work practice and education globally in the post-colonial era. By analysing how countries in the so-called developing and developed...

Building on her leading research in creative methodology, in this book Wendy Fitzgibbon explores and illustrates how Photovoice, a participatory, active research tool, can enable new insights and engagement with both marginalised people and those working...

Life can be a struggle for some families and support from skilled human service workers can make a real difference.Collaborative Family Work offers practical strategies for working with families, always emphasising the importance of collaboration in...

This collection bridges the voices of international scholars and adopted persons to share knowledge about clinical practice with adopted people in adolescence and early adulthood. Coming at a time when countries are beginning to focus on adoption reform,...

Tracking technologies are now ubiquitous and are part of many people's everyday lives. Large sections of the population voluntarily use devices and apps to track fitness, medical conditions, sleep, vital signs or their own or others' whereabouts...

Recasting burnout as a crucial phase of service, Building Resilience Through Contemplative Practice uses real-world case studies to teach professionals and volunteers unique skills for cultivating resilience.Viewing service and burnout as interdependent...

Studies have shown that arts-based programming in juvenile detention settings can be an effective tool in rehabilitating and reintegrating youth who have come into contact with the juvenile justice system. Implementing a Gender-Based Arts Program for...

We are two retired RNs who took care of our husbands with Alzheimer's and Brain Injury Dementia at home. This book is designed to help you through all parts of your journey, explaining what is happening in your loved one's brain as the changes occur. We...

The police force, no matter what state or country you live, is the same. They see and do things that no civilian person understands: blood, guts, physical violence and pushing your limits of mental, physical, and spiritual endurance. In the end these...

This collection focuses on the existential predicaments and choices that underpin current debates and developments in the governance of crime and criminal justice and argues for the relevance of existentialist thought for enhancing a critical and...

One of the largest and most destructive prison riots in British history occurred in Dartmoor Convict Prison in 1932. Between 1932 and into the 1960s the Dartmoor 'mutiny' was the most widely-known outbreak in British prison history. This was partly due...

This book investigates issues related to health inequality with a particular interest on developing countries. It provides rigorous empirical work on both trends and causal factors behind health inequality, analyzes the implications of health...

This book proposes a new conceptual framework for theorising young people's relationship with crime. It emerges from a critique of the narrow approach advocated by developmental criminology and argues for an analysis that recognises and includes the...

Family-based service (FBS) programs have been developing rapidly across the country at a time of increasingly scarce human resources and in a politically volatile climate. Such a context has made evaluation of such programs imperative. The present volume...