Social services and welfare, criminology Books

Meet Trista, a woman whose present-day world has been falling apart for years. How can she stay close to God when insurmountable obstacles meet her time and time again? As advised by her counselor, she starts journaling, which inadvertently tells a...

"A golden girl can only tell you what it's like to conquer while a broken one can tell you what it's like to burn."This book looks beyond the shadows, into the kids lost on the streets, with a hope found in a haven. Witness the power of compassion...

Finite rational beings can create (invent) nothing out of nothing. Finite rational beings can create something (technology) out of something (science). So, science comes prior to technology. It is our Inborn Rights (Inalienable Natural Rights)...

One warm Arizona morning, Daisy Jenkins was talking with God during her daily walk and lamenting to Him about the negativity, vitriol, and hatred permeating US news media. Whatever happened to kindness and goodness? Jenkins wondered. Why didn't...

Iskra Books is honored to present the latest in our Red Poetry Series, the brilliant and poignant Letters of Gratitude: I Am Because We Are, by Leon Benson. Benson, who spent twenty-five years wrongfully incarcerated by the state of Indiana, only...

Business Forensics combines the aspects of Forensic Accounting, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, and Organizational Psychology into one discipline. Learn how ot solve problems inside and outside ones' organization order to keep employees...

Brilliant and creative, she was an extraordinary woman in every way: teacher, Registered Nurse, entrepreneur, Mensa member, wife, mother and grandmother. Then Alzheimer's came to steal it all away. In this candid and moving memoir, Robert D. Thacker...

This is the unique story of how A.J. "Alonzo" Wind, retired Foreign Service Officer and international development executive, assumed the position of Mission Director for International Medical Corps in the occupied Palestinian territories, living in Gaza...

The Adventures of Nina and the Dengue Detective Squad by Ninette Victory is an inspiring and educational journey into the heart of the global fight against dengue fever. Set in a vibrant tropical community where the threat of dengue looms large, this...

At one point in his law enforcement career, John's relationship with God took a backseat to everything else. In fact, he knew he needed to talk to someone about his struggles on the job, in his marriage, and all the bitterness and hate inside, all the...

This "A Collection of Stories" book written by Willa Cather, gives a literary mosaic that encapsulates the essence of American existence in the early 20th century. Known for her evocative prose and eager insights into the human circumstance, Cather...

This report presents an analysis of 2018 social protection data from the Asian Development Bank's 14 Pacific developing member countries. It uses the bank's Social Protection Indicator to assess the level of resources invested in social protection, the...

The soul is with its soul group, then goes and visits the Elders who give the soul advice on how to be happy when it's born.  The soul is then shown glimpse of possible lives and choses the parents it wants.  Understanding that it cannot be...

El alma está reunida con su grupo de almas. Más tarde, visita a los Sabios, quienes le dan importantes consejos para ser feliz una vez que haya nacido. Entonces, los Sabios le muestran destellos de las posibles vidas que puede elegir y...

Seit 2005 sieht das Sozialgesetzbuch die Wahrnehmung des Schutzauftrags bei Kindeswohlgefährdung vor. Die Novellierung des SGB zielt darauf ab, dass Fachkräfte im Einzelfall besser eingreifen können. Das Gesetz sieht dabei vor, dass mehrere Fachkräfte...

Auch in der Sozialen Arbeit sind Leitungskräfte notwendig, damit die Arbeit zielgerichtet und erfolgreich durchgeführt werden kann. Geht es um die praktische Ausführung der sozialarbeiterischen Aufgaben, sehen die Fachkräfte Leitung und Führung dagegen...

Die fortschreitende Digitalisierung und Nutzung neuer Technologien und Medien gehören heutzutage wie selbstverständlich zum Alltag. Dabei bereichern sie nicht nur den Strukturwandel in großen Unternehmen, sondern beeinflussen auch private Haushalte,...

Das vorliegende Buch ist die Dissertationsschrift von Stefan Hoffmann zur Partizipation Jugendlicher in Burundi. In dieser Abhandlung wird die Frage verfolgt, wie Jugendliche in dem ostafrikanischen Land sich unter Bedingungen der politischen...

Dieses Buch enthält 17 Vorlesegeschichten - speziell für Pflegekräfte oder pflegende Angehörige von Senioren oder Menschen mit Demenz. Es gibt Geschichten aus dem Alltag mit Oma und Opa. Geschichten mit Redewendungen, die von den Senioren ergänzt werden...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Recht, Kriminalität abw. Verhalten, Note: 1,7, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität - Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Veranstaltung: Abweichendes Verhalten und Soziale Kontrolle, Sprache: Deutsch,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1, Hochschule Koblenz (ehem. FH Koblenz) (Sozialwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Modul 24 - Innovative Soziale Dienstleistungen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Rolle der...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Recht, Kriminalität abw. Verhalten, Note: 2,0, Katholische Fachhochschule Mainz, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die folgende Hausarbeit befasst sich mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen abweichendem...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,0, Hochschule Niederrhein in Mönchengladbach , Veranstaltung: Qualitätsmanagement, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Hausarbeit möchte ich zunächst die zentralen...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2016 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,3, Technische Universität Dortmund (Erziehungswissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Soziale Arbeit als gute Arbeit, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In den Medien wird das...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1,3, Katholische Hochschule NRW; ehem. Katholische Fachhochschule Nordrhein-Westfalen, Abteilung Aachen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit versucht, folgende...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften allgemein, Note: 1,7, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Hausarbeit wird der Begriff der Schulsozialarbeit erklärt und der geschichtliche Hintergrund...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 1.0, Fachhochschule Dortmund, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Betreuung demenzerkrankter Senioren durch Unterstützung von Musik in...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Soziale Arbeit / Sozialarbeit, Note: 2,7, Technische Universität Dortmund, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Hausarbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Historie der ErzieherInnenausbildung. Beginnend bei Friedrich...

This book examines the mutual recognition of judicial decisions in European criminal law as a cornerstone of judicial co-operation in criminal matters in the European Union. Providing comprehensive content and combining theoretical and practical aspects,...

Prison Tales From the West Coast contains the most unbelievable backstories of many unsung heroes, their horrific experiences in many cases conveniently forgotten. These real-life stories are both shocking and graphic. Researched from an insider's...

Expanding your family via adoption is a huge choice and step in your life, therefore it's crucial that you go about it eyes wide open so as to make the experience good instead of a bad one.This book will lead you through the whole process and discuss...

<h2>A parenting journal designed to capture all the crazy, silly, funny, serious and hilarious stuff your kid says and does.</h2> The moments that made you proud, happy, curious and laugh out loud! Let's face it, out of the mouths of babes...

It is our human right to know who we are. After her adoptive parents passed away, Diane decided to take the DNA plunge to find her biological family. Learn how she found her biological family after years of wondering who she was and why she was born...

1913. Veteran Jim Bishop takes a job with a motion picture company that is filming a movie based on a famous western gunfight. As the filming proceeds, Jim begins to wonder what really happened in Contention City, Arizona, those thirty-three years ago...

THIS IS THE STORY of an honest cop. Lewis Valentine was just that. He had no illusions. He was not anything else and did not want to be anything else. He was a modest man. Anyone can tell that when he reads the pages of his story. He served during a...

An Outrageous Theory For Murder!On December 9, 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her Durham, NC home. Her scalp was laced with deep incisions, and her blood was strewn from outside to inside the house. The...

12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder and MayhemVolume 10 of the True Crime Case Histories Series (2022)Readers Love This Series - Over 7,000 Five-Star Ratings on Amazon & GoodreadsTrue crime is not for everyone. But chances are, if you've...

Dawn Williams is a mom, author, and fertility guide who is passionate about helping women who are longing to conceive. Also known as Your Fertility Angel, she will help you find inner peace on your path to motherhood.Dawn Williams knows the pains,...

Twenty-Year San Diego Police Department (SDPD) veteran Jamie Newbold was just one of a cadre of big city San Diego cops that joined the street battle against drugs and gangs as a member of The Walking Enforcement Campaign Against Narcotics (W.E.C.A.N.)...

A PSYCHOLOGIST DESCRIBES HER EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE DANGEROUS AND UNPREDICTABLE WORLD OF THE FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEMBy focusing on her experience working in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a female psychologist gives an account of the world inside the...

This book provides students and professional social workers with 101 different everyday scenarios and challenges them to think about what the ethical and unethical choices might be in each situation. Through examining these scenarios on their own and...

The name of the book, 'FROM BAGGY GREENS TO A BLUE SUIT' was decided upon by the Author having served as an Infantry Soldier with the 4th Royal Australian Regiment from 1964-1969. After a two year break from Army Service the Author decided to re-enlist,...

Restorative justice has developed rapidly from being a barely known term to occupying a central role in debates on the future of criminal justice. But as it has become part of the mainstream of debate, so new tensions and issues have emerged. One of the...

In this book six leading criminologists address the central issues of ideology, crime and criminal justice in a series of essays originally presented at a symposium held in honour of Sir Leon Radzinowicz in Cambridge in March 2001. This book is concerned...

Concerns over insecurity and questions of safety have become central issues in social and political debates across Europe and the western world. Crucial changes have followed as a result, such as a redefinition of the role of the state in relation to...

Punished for Working is a collection of the experiences, thoughts, and feelings of a social service worker who has started to question the effectiveness of the services that the government provides when it comes to encouraging independence and...

On the public roads boy racers are a foreboding presence, viewed with suspicion and derision by the 'respectable' motorist. The problem of the young (male) driver is one which has plagued authorities and governments due to youths' acclaimed propensity to...