Social welfare and social services Books

Sich freiwillig Schmerz zuzufügen, finden die meisten Menschen abschreckend und nicht nachvollziehbar. Dennoch gibt es bei vielen Jugendlichen ein impulsives selbstverletzendes Verhalten, das oft zur Sucht wird. Die Betroffenen fügen sich Schmerz zu,...

Today's public schools are in peril. High drop-out rates among our youth, teen pregnancy at an all-time high and parental apathy pervade mainstream American schools. Many schools and school districts are beginning to offer alternative means of educating...

Gender portrayals have known significant changes in print advertising over the last decades, but gender stereotypes remain widely controversial in the world of advertising nowadays. The verbal and visual language of advertising may reflect a ...

Being a newcomer is a great challenge we all face. It creates uncertainty, along with a need for new knowledge and skills in order to master a new job. This is the focus of my thesis - how newcomers learn to master their new job and how these learning...

Current research suggests that families who experience neglect have multiple economic and clinical needs. However little is known about the interrelationship between these diverse needs and what kinds of services best alleviate their impact. Service...

The challenges of retaining populations in treatment services who are hard-to-reach and suffer from multiple health issues continue to be studied. Informing health professionals about the latest knowledge in this regard is vital. This book can be used by...

This book explores how philanthropy is perceived and practiced in a predominantly Muslim society. It is the first academic quantification of philanthropic giving and volunteering using a representative sample of the Egyptian population, providing the...

This book is about the need for social reform programs along with the Department of Corrections to gain more appropriate and more satisfying treatments for affected individuals. Studies have shown that more inmates, upon release from incarceration, have...

From shootouts, suicide by cop, and violence of all kinds, to working undercover, and violent SWAT operations, this fast moving and hardhitting account puts you on the street with both the humor and the horror that real cops encounter. So, buckle up and...

TRUTH, LIES & ALZHEIMER'S Its Secret Faces is a concise guide to navigating the heartbreaking challenges of having a loved one diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias.Through a rich trove of stories culled from her years in the...

Critical incidents and career-altering traumas are daily risks that law enforcement officers must face. But, too often, officers turn to maladaptive habits to cope. Is there a better way? In Body, Mind, and Badge: Strategies for Navigating Trauma and...

"Al Sheppard was on the front lines of the most difficult job in police work. E-Men risk their lives every day in many different ways. They are great cops, and Al's memoir is right on the mark." -Detective Sgt. Joseph Coffey, NYPD, Ret., Author of The...

When I confronted with a mini-stroke, I recognised the symptoms immediately. The feeling within myself, was like being caught in the high-beam headlights of a car and not knowing what's behind them except I was caught up in fear, fright and a sense of...

Family Life Education with Diverse Populations provides readers with research-based strategies for designing and implementing culturally appropriate family life education programming with various populations. Each chapter is written by a member of the...

The third edition of Social Work Policy Practice: Changing Our Community, Nation, and the World demystifies policymaking for social work students and demonstrates why policy practice is a critical dimension of social work. The text provides a...

Facing death is one of the most difficult and challenging things in life. Patricia's stirring and emotional personal journey through the deaths of eight family members, empowers you to transform your fear of death and loss into a deeper appreciation of...

Sisterly Love Endures, Guidance for the Caregiver is a memoir of the caregiving journey of two sisters. What starts out as a response to a need for help for one sister, ends up with a heart that was forever changed in the other. You are invited to...

They received a devastating ultimatum. Then, God took them on a journey they never imagined. The fertility doctor gave them two options: try in-vitro or remain childless. This led Michael and Samantha to consider - and struggle - with a third...

A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER in Central Asia finds purpose in helping a friend escape a life of servitude.Johann Felmanstien is going nowhere in life. He has no money, no job, no girl, and a degree that would look better as a doormat than on his CV. He...

Jails are not outside of society, but a segregated society contained within a larger community.  The city within a city operates day and night with one goal; to provide safety and security for those who stand accused of criminal actions.  As a...

Meet Dang Guole.Found in a Chinese market in 2001, he was one of thousands of babies, mostly female, abandoned due to the government's one-child policy. The boy's path temporarily led to an abusive foster mother before he was shuttled among other...

The Devil and Dr. Fauci is an unsparing critique of what author James Driscoll calls the "Drug Testing, Licensing, and Marketing Complex," or DTLM. Quietly dominating America's healthcare industry, the DTLM poses threats comparable in magnitude, if not...

The Latte - pocket memo notebook is a blank lined journal or notebook that you can fit nicely in your backpack or purse to jot things down on the go or to use for keeping records of any kind. When I designed it I was thinking about people who like to...

A graphic medicine book looking at how Psychoanalytic, Jungian, Feminist, Narrative, and Mindfulness theory address Vicarious Trauma. Each of these theoretical concepts has something to offer in how to process difficult experiences. Are you feeling...

Would a creator of humankind form us without offering a plan for our aging? Does the Scripture's ancient wisdom really speak to our getting older and how we ought to think of aging in our day? Can we see how God anticipated our needs in aging from the...

Do you ever wonder how much good your charitable efforts do? Have you ever stood in the checkout line and considered if "rounding up" your purchase is doing the most good possible? Do you sometimes want to give back but aren't sure of the best way to...

A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource.This book provides a powerful and clear picture of some of the outstanding programs designed and implemented in the United States to provide young adolescents with rich,...

This book is an advanced, well-rounded and in-depth view about what it takes to be the best in the international arena, in a world where change is the only constant. It is endorsed by a wide range of industry experts. This well-researched book will take...

In 1949, Pete Seeger's song If I Had a Hammer summoned us to repurpose everyday work tools into tools for social justice. That call still resonates today. You Have a Hammer: Building Grant Proposals for Social Change urges you to build proposals from a...

Revolution in its Leninist guise has been a dominant force in the world for most of the 20th century, and the Chinese revolution has been, with the Russian revolution, one of its two most important manifestations. Mao Zedong, the architect of victory in...

How do you follow the promises of God when they feel like a puzzle without the picture?Wonder what it’s like to adopt four children all at once? Or follow a promise from God for ten years before it manifests in your life? Join the Moore family...

Dr. Michael D. Wright Sr, is a native Philadelphian, and a 23-year veteran of the Philadelphia Fire Department. He has functioned as a paramedic preceptor to many Fire Department Medics. Dr. Wright currently serves as the Director of the Philadelphia...

This book explores the major threats and roots affecting both America's most racially polarized periods as well as the major issues plaguing the African American community.

Modern families are economic institutions of great productivity. They contribute as much to a society's economic well-being as does worker productivity in formal markets. In Citizens, Families, and Reform, Stein Ringen shows how long-standing...

Everything you need to know to ensure that your older loved one is being properly cared for, from nationally acclaimed author, speaker and caregiver advocate Carolyn A. Brent. People today are not only living longer, they are also living sicker--making...

Peace Support Operations: Nordic Perspectives brings together Nordic academics working in the field of peace support operations broadly defined. It contains a collection of articles that present different theoretical approaches to the study of peace...

First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book is the first comprehensive study of international health worker-migration and -recruitment from the perspective of global governance, policy and politics.Covering 70 years of history of the development of this global policy field, this book...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most important themes in German HIV/AIDS prevention and care from the beginning of the epidemic to the present. Multidisciplinary in approach, it highlights the unique contributions of Germany to AIDS...

This volume brings together in a single source a set of perspectives by leaders in the clinical treatment of criminal offenders in outpatient settings, particularly those whose crimes have involved domestic violence and/or substance abuse. More than a...

Asia has long been a testing ground for efforts to augment financial and social security by developing assets that may support individuals and households and contribute to long-term social development. Rapid growth in the number and breadth of...

The impetus for this book is the shift in welfare policy in Western Europe from state responsibilities to individual and community responsibilities. The book examines the ways in which policies associated with advanced liberalism and New Public...

This book locates the malignant causes behind the factors leading to farmers' suicides in India. It argues that not only a combination of innovative managerial and economic policies is required to make farming profitable, but also food production within...

In a digital world in which lay people have an increasingly strong voice in the public sphere, how can health organisations best exert influence to contain the outbreak and spread of infectious diseases? This book considers the challenges facing public...