Social services and welfare, criminology Books

Agnes must step into Lottie's world to find answers...Agnes knew about Aunt Lottie's gifts but never realized those gifts came with many secrets. When Lottie passes away and leaves Agnes everything, she discovers that her cottage on Isle of Hope is...

This story is for all those great fathers out there that have taken the responsibility of being called daddy, an honor and privilege. For those fathers that enjoy and look forward to leading and guiding their children through this journey called life,...

A Fireman's Edge is about the life of a career firefighter. As a Christian from an early age, the author felt a calling to serve his fellow man through the fire service. Through many circumstances and many close calls throughout his career, the...

Who watches the watchers? Nothing could have prepared Cynthia Wilkinson on that first day in February 1990, for what she was about to experience as an officer in the Cook County jail.She would meet inmates from all walks of life, of diverse...

The title Jeff Cop is a tribute to the author’s father. Billy Fleeman retired from the Jeffersonville Police Department in the 1970s. While the author was growing up, it was common for the author’s friends to comment that his father was a...

<p><b>Test Prep Books' Private Investigating Study Guide: Private Investigator Training Handbook and Practice Exam Questions [3rd Edition]</b></p><p>Taking the Private Investigator license test? Want to get a good...

As we approach the year 2000, infant mortality rates, child placement dilemmas, and appropriate socialization of children continue to challenge the field of child welfare. It is thus especially significant to reflect on the history of child welfare. The...

Known as the Queen of the Rumrunners on the East Coast, Nellie Green led a captivating life full of bootlegging adventures. Nellie fearlessly stood up to all those who tried to stand in her way, receiving respect and financial support from many...

From the duel on Bloody Island to the Missouri Miracle kidnapping and recovery of Shawn Hornbeck, Missouri has seen its share of notorious crimes. It was home to the first western gunfight on the town square between Wild Bill Hickok and Dave Tutt. The...

Ohio history overflows with tales of enterprising thieves. Vault teller Ted Conrad walked out of Society National Bank carrying a paper sack containing a fifth of Canadian Club, a carton of Marlboros and $215,000 cash. He was never seen again. Known as...

Wise Advice for Caregivers was inspired by the author's experience as a caregiver. She gives advice and guidance about how to best perform your job as a caregiver to a parent, family member, patient, or client, and also provides support for doing home...

Around the Clock...Diary of a Street Cop is the story of one man's coming of age, and career in the New York City Police Department. The author escorts you through a journey inside the world of a content young man who came upon this profession quite by...

When developmental psychologists set forth the theory that the roots of adult psychopathology could be traced to childhood experience and behavior, the idea quickly took hold. Subsequently, as significant research in this area advanced during the past...

<P>In <I>My Adopted Life</I>, author Lauren Lynne tells her adoption story from her perspective. She shares lessons, questions, and letters written by her and her birth family. Through these letters, Lauren learned answers to the...

Justice-a word of great simplicity and almost frightening scope. When we were invited to edit a volume on justice in law, we joked about the small topic we had been assigned. Often humor masks fear, and this was certainly one...

The Control of Violence in Modern Society, starts from the hypothesis that in modern society we will face an increasing loss of control over certain phenomena of violence. This leads to unpredictable escalations and violence can no longer be contained...

Who Lies? An Interrogation is a book written by Emil Blum in 1892. The book explores the concept of lying and deception through an interrogation of various individuals. Blum uses a conversational style to present his ideas, questioning the motives and...

Voluntaries For An East London Hospital is a book written by H. B. Donkin in 1887. The book is a collection of poems that were written to raise funds for the East London Hospital. The poems are reflective of the author's experiences in the hospital and...

""Tour Through Ireland V2"" is a travelogue written by James Hall in 1813. The book provides a comprehensive account of his travels through the interior and least known parts of Ireland. Hall takes the reader on a journey through the different provinces...

The Honors Examination Digest is a comprehensive book that includes all the questions in various areas of law and practice. Written by John Frederick Haynes and published in 1883, the book covers topics such as conveyancing, equity, common law,...

The Life Work Of Edward A. Moseley In The Service Of Humanity is a book written by James Morgan and published in 1913. The book is a biography of Edward A. Moseley, a prominent figure in the field of social work and philanthropy in the early 20th century...

""The Story Of A Strange Career"" is an autobiography written by a convict named Stanley Waterloo and was first published in 1902. The book is an authentic document that provides an insight into the life of a criminal and his experiences in prison. The...

The Hope Chest is a novel written by Mark Lee Luther and published in 1918. The story follows the life of a young girl named Pollyanna, who is left orphaned after her parents die in a car accident. Pollyanna is sent to live with her strict and unloving...

The Daughter of the South V1 is a novel written by Clara Walbey and published in 1854. The story is set in the American South during the early 1800s and follows the life of a young woman named Mary, who is the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner. Mary...

The Great Matlock Will Case: Cresswell V. Jackson (1864) is a book written by Richard Keene that delves into the legal battle between two wealthy families over a disputed will. The case took place in the mid-19th century and involved the estates of two...

""Minutes Of The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge V12, 1875 To 1880"" is a historical book that was published by the ""Committee On Library"" in 1907. The book contains detailed records of the meetings held by the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of...

On June 6, 1996, a mother named Darlie Routier did the unthinkable: she murdered her two sons, Damon aged 5, and Devon just one week shy of his 7th birthday, in cold blood while they slept in their luxurious home in Rowlett, Texas. This capital...

Chaplains to the Imprisoned begins to fill the information gap through its in-depth study of prison chaplains as seen by co-workers, inmates, and the chaplains themselves. They describe their roles, share difficulties which are encountered in their...

In recent decades, research into the legitimacy of criminal justice has convincingly demonstrated the importance of procedural justice to citizens' sense of trust and confidence in legal authorities and their resulting willingness to conform to the law...

Most people who read an article in the newspaper about the brutal rape of a woman by a stranger, or the long-standing sexual abuse of a young boy by his step-father have a strong visceral reaction which is a mix of anger, fear, and incomprehension. Apart...

This book explores how restorative justice is used and what its potential benefits are in situations where the state has been either explicitly or implicitly involved in human rights abuses. Restorative justice is increasingly becoming a popular...

Care for the elderly, disabled and mentally-ill within and by the community forms a vital part of current social policy. Martin Bulmer argues that this policy is inadequately thought out and rests on a series of poorly founded sociological assumptions...

This book examines some of the key issues around violence at work which have emerged in the new millennium, including the events of September 11th 2001 and other terrorist-related incidents, identifying these as an extreme form of workplace violence. It...

Organized crime is now a major threat to all industrial and non-industrial countries. Using an inter-disciplinary and comparative approach this book examines the nature of this threat. By analysing the existing, official institutional discourse on...

Mental illness causes a substantial health burden in all regions of the world, and is a major contributor to world poverty.Developing a National Mental Health Policy is designed to support those involved in developing locally appropriate mental health...

The field of surveillance studies is growing at a rapid rate, fuelled by a growing interest in the questions that lie at its heart and a deep unease about the future of individual privacy. What information is held about us, to what extent that...

Alcohol is massively associated with crime. Evidence from the British Medical Association found that alcohol use is associated with 60-70 per cent of murders, 70 per cent of stabbings, 50 per cent of fights or assaults in the home. For non-violent...

Elder abuse has been increasingly recognised over the past ten years in many countries and progress has been made in both understanding and addressing the issue. This volume provides a much-needed international overview of the topic.Opening with an...

This book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary examination of disability, hate crime and violence, exploring its emergence on the policy agenda. Engaging with the latest debates in criminology, disability and violence studies, it goes beyond...

Crime, Inequality and Power challenges the dominant definitions of crime and the criminal through its uniquely comparative approach. In this book Eileen Leonard analyzes multiple forms of criminal behavior in the United States, including violence, sexual...

This book compares post-civil war societies to look at the presence or absence of organized violence, analysing why some ex-combatants return to organised violence and others do not.Even though former fighters have been identified as a major source of...

In the welfare provision of today, power takes both the shape of juridical sanctions and of attractive offers for self-development. When state institutions punish criminals, remove children at risk, or enforce sanctions upon welfare recipients the...

Adolescent violence and abuse towards parents is increasingly recognised as a global problem. Inverting how we normally understand power to operate in abusive relationships, it involves actors who cannot easily be categorised as victims or perpetrators,...

This volume intends to fill the gap in the range of publications about the post-transition social housing policy developments in Central and Eastern Europe by delivering critical evaluations about the past two decades of developments in selected...

First published in 1998, this study investigates the effectiveness of services for helping women who are survivors of domestic violence. Looking at a sample from Western and Central Oregon, it examines the utilization and perceived effectiveness of...

This book outlines key developments in understanding social harm by setting out its historical foundations and the discussions which have proliferated since. It examines various attempts to conceptualise social harm and highlights key sites of...

This groundbreaking collection is the first to focus specifically on LGBT* people and dementia. Multi-disciplinary and international in scope, it includes authors from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia, from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, including...