Social services and welfare, criminology Books

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Detective Jerome Caminada was a Victorian super-sleuth and a real-life Sherlock Holmes. A master of disguise and an expert in deduction, he pursued ruthless criminals through the dangerous streets of nineteenth century Manchester’s underworld...

Dive into the heart of identity, family, and the unforeseen twists of genetics in Cinematic Roots: Explore Adoption, Assisted Reproduction, and DNA Surprises Terms Through Movies. This innovative book bridges the gap between the personal experiences of...

In Parables from Poachers, Joel D. Glover shares a compilation of sometimes harrowing, often hilarious tales from his thirty plus years as aCertified Wildlife Biologist and Conservation Enforcement Officer with the Alabama Division of Wildlife...

This updated edition reexamines the impact of cocaine production, trade, and consumption on society beginning in the 16th century. Featuring all new and reorganized chapters, A Brief History of Cocaine, Second Edition contains the latest data and...

Engineering Analysis of Fires and Explosions demonstrates how professional forensic engineers apply basic concepts and principles from engineering and scientific disciplines to analyze fires and explosions. It describes how forensic engineers use a...

This book was initially written with the express purpose of making fire dynamics science accessible to Firefighters and practitioners at all levels. Although fire dynamics is a scientific discipline, we have kept jargon and mathematics to a minimum...

Interceptors is an exhilarating ride and front-row seat into the dangerous and harrowing work of law enforcement on America's southern border.Author Matthew Thomas pulls back the curtain and takes the reader on a rarely seen, eye-witness journey.Spanning...

Youth Work Process and Practice provides an overview of the central concerns in youth work today, exploring what youth work actually consists in and developing an authentic theoretical framework for practice.This accessible textbook places the role of...

Relational Theory for Clinical Practice offers students and practitioners a conceptual framework for thinking relationally about social work with clients within a biological, psychological, and socio-cultural framework.　 Integrating relational theory...

Offering an historical perspective on the development of mental health consultation and community mental health, this book's intent is twofold. First, it describes and evaluates Harvard psychiatrist Gerald Caplan's innovative approach to consultation and...

Women, the State, and Welfare is the first collection of essays specifically about women and welfare in the United States. As an introduction to the effects of welfare programs, it is intended for general readers as well as specialists in sociology,...

In the updated, fourth edition of this classic text which has been translated into over a dozen languages, constitutional scholar and Columbia Law School professor E. Allan Farnsworth provides a clear explanation of the structure and function of the U.S...

The study of crime has focused primarily on why particular people commit crime or why specific communities have higher crime levels than others. In The Criminology of Place, David Weisburd, Elizabeth Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang present a new and different...

""The Voices of Our Leaders"" is a historical book that compiles a collection of speeches delivered by prominent statesmen of the United States and its allies during the Great War in 1917. The book, authored by William Mather Lewis, features speeches...

The Trial and Acquittal of Ezra Haskell for the Charge of Forgery is a book written by Thomas Towndrow and published in 1833. The book provides a detailed account of the trial of Ezra Haskell, who was accused of forgery, and the subsequent acquittal. The...

The Ideas Of The Day On Policy is a book written by Charles Buxton and published in 1866. The book is a collection of essays and speeches that discuss various policy issues of the time, including education, taxation, and social welfare. Buxton was a...

""The Great Problem Of The Times"" is a thought-provoking essay written by Edward Smith in 1883, which won the prestigious Fifty Guinea Prize. The book delves into the relationship between the churches and their involvement in evangelistic work, which...

The Great Forgeries of William Roupell is a book that provides a detailed account of the trial at Guildford in the case of Roupell vs. Waite, which took place in 1862. The book is written by G. Blagrave Snell, who was an official reporter of the trial...

""The Church Club Lectures"" is a collection of speeches delivered in 1894 and 1895 by various speakers under the auspices of the Church Club of Delaware. The book covers a range of topics related to the Christian faith, including the history of the...

The Christian Philanthropist's Pilgrimage: A Poem, Cantos 1 and 2 (1850) is a book written by Joseph Ayre. The book is a poem that follows the journey of a Christian philanthropist on a pilgrimage. The first two cantos of the poem are included in this...

""History Of The Monetary Legislation And Of The Currency System Of The United States: Embracing Rare And Invaluable Documents"" is a book written by Robert E. Preston and published in 1896. The book provides a detailed account of the monetary...

""Hints To Young Men On The True Relation Of The Sexes"" is a book written by John Ware and published in 1884. The book is a guide for young men on how to approach relationships with women in a respectful and honorable way. It discusses the importance of...

For decades, framing an issue as a 'human rights' issue carried certain power and effect in politics and international relations, one that has been challenged by the recent rise of populist political forces. Ford explores the recent impact of populist...

Providing an innovative contribution to our thinking about the political nature and significance of restorative justice from the specific perspective of political theory, this book will appeal to both students and scholars of restorative justice...

This important book provides a much-needed exploration and examination of honor abuse, violence, and killings from psychological perspectives. Written by a leading authority on the subject, the book draws on a wide range of research and theory on victims...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

An unbelievable true-life story about one man's rise from poverty to extreme wealth. How much money do you want to make a year? Whatever your answer is, it's not enough. Lorenzo "Larry" Formato began this wild ride in the early 70's and stayed on top for...

Parent Guides are a resource that create trust, credibility and confidence in families to deal with issues affecting young people, in this case using and abusing drugs. We want to encourage open and honest conversations between parents, carers, teachers...

Fundraise For Australia is the first Australian fundraising textbook that captures all the unique fundraising vehicles, approaches, and regulations that exist within the Australian for-purpose sector, ensuring new and early career fundraisers have the...

When it comes to Emotions when dealing with the feelings after finding your biological family, it's like a spider web meaning your emotions can go all over the place. How you deal with those emotions will determine how your soul can be set free.

Imagine your worst nightmare as a parent...D'Ashon was born three months early, weighed just over one pound and tested positive for several drugs, including cocaine and marijuana, which most likely contributed to his premature birth. Shortly after birth,...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of female terrorism in America, both past and present. The volume takes a fresh look at women's actions of left-wing political violence, right-wing political violence, and religious extremist violence (among...

This book goes beyond other police leadership books to teach practitioners how to think about policing in a structured way that synthesizes criminological theory, statistics, research design, applied research, and what works and what doesn't in policing...

Inequality in a Context of Climate Crisis after COVID uses a complex realist approach to examine the crisis of three interconnected problems: economic inequality, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic.Widely acknowledged as the key driver of...

Better Crime Prevention provides a critical guide to theory, research, ethics and politics in relation to crime prevention policy and practice, demonstrating what is involved in doing theoretically informed and realistic applied social science orientated...

This book offers a comprehensive and integrative introduction to cybercrime. It provides an authoritative synthesis of the disparate literature on the various types of cybercrime, the global investigation and detection of cybercrime and the role of...

Fear, Society, and the Police examines elements of fear and how they can be controlled and turned into an effective and proper response in an emergency situation. Readers of this book will be exposed to ways fear can become an uncontrolled emotion, often...