Social services and welfare, criminology Books

This book is a light hearted look at overcoming life's many trial and tribluations. With a capacity to still laugh at the funny things and cry at the sad. Finding humour in the face of adversity is not always easy but is preferable to being unhappy, as...

Analyzes the tensions and triumphs of a unique, faith-based, addiction recovery organization in a high poverty neighborhood.

Raid and Reform: By a Pretoria Prisoner (1898) is a historical book written by Alfred Peter Hillier. The book is a first-hand account of the author's experiences during the Second Boer War, which took place between 1899 and 1902. Hillier was a British...

""The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Feudal System"" is a prize-winning essay presented by Henry Boothby Barry at the Sheldonian Theater in Oxford on June 28, 1843. The book explores the feudal system, which was a social and economic structure that...

""The Identification of the Human Skeleton: A Medico-Legal Study"" is a book written by Thomas Dwight and published in 1878. The book is a comprehensive study of the human skeleton and its identification, particularly in forensic and medico-legal...

Substance Of The Speech Of Robert Peel In The House Of Commons, On Thursday, March 9, 1826 is a book written by Robert Peel, a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice in the 19th century. The book is a transcript of a...

""Separate Courts of Justice for Children: Probation and Probation Officers"" is a book written by Nettie Adler in 1908. The book discusses the need for separate courts of justice for children and the role of probation officers in the juvenile justice...

El libro ""Memoria Del Gobernador Del Chaco Con Una Esploracion Del Pilcomayo Y Decretos Del Gobierno Nacional (1875)"" escrito por Napole������n Uriburu, es una recopilaci������n de informes y documentos oficiales relacionados con la gesti������n del...

Le livre intitul����� ""Lettre ������ Sa Majest����� Louis XVIII: Sur la vente des biens nationaux (1814)"" �����crit par Ambroise Falconnet, est une correspondance adress�����e au roi Louis XVIII concernant la vente des biens nationaux. L'auteur y...

Le livre ""Le Congr�����s P�����nitentiaire International de Stockholm V1, Partie 1: 15-26 Ao�����t 1878 (1879)"" �����crit par Louis Guillaume, relate les �����v�����nements du Congr�����s P�����nitentiaire International qui s'est tenu ������ Stockholm...

Die Verhandlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft f�����r Psychiatrie und Gerichtliche Psychologie und der Section f�����r Staatsarzneikunde und Psychiatrie (1857) ist ein Buch von A. Erlenmeyer. Es enth�����lt die Protokolle und Diskussionen der...

meus Cornelis van de Sande Bakhuyzen is een historisch boek dat zich richt op de oprichting en ontwikkeling van het kultuurstelsel in Nederlands-Indi����� tijdens de 19e eeuw. Het kultuurstelsel was een economisch systeem dat door de Nederlandse regering...

This book brings together an international group of experts to present cutting-edge psychological research on crime, policing and courts. With contributors from the UK, Germany, Italy, Norway, Cyprus, Israel, Canada and the USA, this volume explores some...

The Aristocracy of England: A History for the People is a historical book written by William Howitt and published in 1846. The book is a detailed account of the English aristocracy, its origins, and its evolution over the centuries. The author provides...

""Stephen Lyle: Gentleman and Philanthropist"" is a biographical book written by Belle V. Chisholm, first published in 1891. The book tells the story of Stephen Lyle, a wealthy and respected gentleman who dedicated his life to philanthropy and improving...

""Smuggling And Smugglers In Sussex: The Genuine History Of The Inhuman And Unparalleled Murders Of William Galley And Daniel Chater (1749)"" by William Durrant Cooper is a non-fiction book that explores the history of smuggling in Sussex, England,...

""Six Months In A House Of Correction: Or The Narrative Of Dorah Mahony"" is a memoir written by Dorah Mahony and published in 1835. The book chronicles Mahony's experiences during her six-month stay in a house of correction, a type of prison for women...

Secrets of the Prison House V2: Or Gaol Studies and Sketches is a book written by Arthur Griffiths and first published in 1894. The book is a collection of studies and sketches on the subject of prisons and the penal system. In this second volume,...

Riches and Poverty is a book written by Leo George Chiozza Money and was first published in 1908. The book discusses the nature of wealth and poverty in society and how they are intertwined. Money argues that poverty is not caused by individual failure,...

Histoire Politique De La Revolution De Hongrie, 1847-1849, Part 2 (1860) est un livre �����crit par Daniel Iranyi. Il s'agit d'une description compl�����te de la r�����volution hongroise de 1847-1849, qui a �����t����� l'un des �����v�����nements les...

Le Philanthrope Chr�����tien V1: Ou Revue P�����riodique des Soci�����t�����s Philanthropiques et Religieuses de Londres (1824) est un livre publi����� par G. Schulze Publisher. Ce livre est une revue p�����riodique qui traite des soci�����t�����s...

Il libro ""Svolgimento Storico Della Amministrazione Comunale Di Genova (1885)"" di Raffaele Drago fornisce una dettagliata descrizione dell'amministrazione comunale di Genova dal Medioevo fino alla fine del XIX secolo. L'autore esamina la struttura...

Repertorium Juris est liber a Nicolao Vigelio scriptus anno MDCCIV. In hoc libro, Vigelius disputationes viginti causarum continet, ex quibus maxima hujus repertorii utilitas apparet. Liber iste est repertorium juris, quod significat, omnes leges et...

How does international criminal procedure differ from any domestic legal principles and why? What premises of international criminal procedure do give rise to such differences? Can we provide any unified socio-legal explanation for the differences...

This book describes relevant theories, such as task-centered and strength-perspective interventions for the practice of social group work, within contemporary India. These two theories are complemented by additional theories including Gestalt Therapy,...

This open access book explores the use of technologies for urban safety and security. Rather than focusing on the technologies themselves, it provides and in-depth analysis of the complex urban transformations linked to the increasing...

This book constructs the theoretical framework based on a range of prominent social theories to address how juvenile delinquency is socioeconomically constructed. Here the presentation of conceptual details is supported by Chinese literature that...

This book uses humanity-rationality and experience and the freedom of human will as a theoretical perspective to examine the basic framework of criminal law theories constructed by the criminal classic school and the criminal empirical school. The author...

This book reports on the results of a survey of 38 major Chinese cities' public service performances and provides an overview of the development of basic public services in the larger cities. The quality of urban public services is examined from 9...

​This book examines the complex issue of familicide-suicide - the murder of a partner and children followed by suicide. The purpose of the book is two-fold: to advance a feminist sociological analysis of familicide as a form of gender-based violence, and...

COVID-19 has changed not only human lives since the beginning of the year 2020, but systems of human society as well. Legal measures have been employed in every country to mandate the state's control of human behavior in order to stop the pandemic. But...

This book examines the law in relation to how it has responded to sexual and gender issues in the context of Hong Kong, and addresses the implications of those responses for the global context. It aims to develop a localized theory of justice which...

​This book addresses and compensates for the lack of poverty measurement research in China. With regard to the multi-dimensional measurement of poverty, it is clear that the situation of Chinese farmers is problematic in terms of five major aspects:...

This book investigates the relationship between social capital and loneliness of older adults living in urban China during the COVID-19 outbreak period. It also tested the mediation role of community-based cognitive social capital on the relationship...

This book explores the conundrum that political fortune is dependent both on social order and big, constitutive crime. An act of outrageous harm depends on rules and protocols of crime scene discovery and forensic recovery, but political authorities...

The book examines the process and the impact of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), otherwise known as the Tokyo Trial, which was convened in 1946 to try the Japanese leaders accused of committing war crimes during World War II...

This book explains the causes, process, and results of group disputes in urban communities (the empirical experiences from Shanghai) in China. It explores the means and characteristics of as well as the differences in conflict resolution in various forms...

This book focuses on how diverse developments are reflected in the rise of the security groups in Bali, Indonesia. Bali's security groups pose many interesting questions. Why did they put up so many huge posters around the streets of southern Bali...

The dramatically increasing aging population of Hong Kong has elicited new risks and opportunities to facilitate a positive life for older adults. This book offers a holistic review of gerontological theories and literature, and constructs a conceptual...

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of local governance in China, and offers original analysis of key factors underpinning trends in this field drawing on the expertise of scholars both inside and outside China. It explores and analyzes the...

This book presents the outcomes of a field action project at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). Project Chunauti (English translation: Project Challenge) focused on a group of intellectually disabled, orphan children who were survivors of...

This book offers a broad overview of transition practices for incarcerated youth, shaped by local culture, politics, ideologies, and philosophies. It highlights the similarities and differences in international approaches, as well as promising practices...

What is the role of a leader? Why do you want to be a leader? Can anyone be a leader? Public Service Leadership will help you answer these questions and more.Drawing on the rich public service leadership experience of the author, this book...

This book demonstrates the central role of ethical character in effective social work practice. Showcasing select biographies of social workers, it reveals how skilled practitioners have developed such core virtues as compassion, love, commitment,...

Since its accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in December 2001, China has been committed to full compliance with the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. This text considers the development of intellectual property in...

This book considers a burgeoning social phenomenon, compensated dating in Hong Kong, that facilitates direct commercial sex exchange between consenting females from their mid-teens through the late 20s and males from their early 20s to mid-adulthood...

This book presents and uses a major, new database of the most serious forms of internal resistance to the Nazi state to study empirically the whole phenomenon of resistance to an authoritarian regime. By studying serious political resistance from a...