Social welfare and social services Books

God�������s Answers is a historical book written by Clara M. S. Lowe in 1882. The book is a record of the work of Miss Annie Macpherson at the Home of Industry in Spitalfields, London, and in Canada. Miss Macpherson was a philanthropist who dedicated her...

From Romance to Reality is an autobiography written by Henry Clay Mabie in 1917. The book chronicles Mabie's life and his involvement in the world movement. Mabie was a prominent figure in the early 20th century, and his memoirs provide insight into the...

The Wolf and The Sheepdog is a personal account that graphically depicts the experiences of a police officer working the cold streets in one of Canada's largest cities. Join the author on his journey from a fresh recruit to an experienced street cop as...

The diversification of my life from Brooklyn New York, Fayetteville Georgia, Southfield Michigan and back to Georgia has not touched the surface of the mixed singnals my body has experienced with Multiple Sclerosis. Although this condition is designed...

Cathy Suitor Riley decided to write this book during her treatments for bi-lateral breast cancer. It seemed to help to put her experiences on paper and she was hoping that her story would inspire and strengthen anyone that was going through any type of...

What People Are Saying About" Fibro-My-What?! " You are truly amazing; I am so happy and proud to be in your book. Great job. I had no idea you were such a good writer. Paul Whitcomb; DC, CA Wow! Impressed AND stressed. I think just from what I have...

The story is based on my life in Institutions in Ireland in the 1930s and '40s, and my subsequent disposal (their word) to a strange woman who took me to an even stranger outside world. As a seventeen-year-old, free for the first time I made my way to...

Youth Community Inquiry offers a detailed look at how young people use new media to help their communities thrive. Chapters address questions about learning, digital technology, and community engagement through the theory of community inquiry. The book...

Caregiving comes with heartfelt devotion and heartbreaking inner turmoil. Caregiving, especially for an elderly family member, is a silent epidemic afflicting millions of people in the United States. While the caregiver is taking care of a loved one or...

Witness God's Handiwork...A Masterpiece of Joy!Does God really hear and answer very specific prayers? Can He really bring us from the depths of despair and bless us beyond belief? The answer to these questions is a resounding "yes"! This story details...

Cancer and Me, I am forty- two years old when cancer became a permanent part of my own personal life. I have had lumps remove before they were not cancer. I knew what cancer can do to you, I experience that with my mothers' cancer years ago. So this was...

A disturbing look at the suffering of one small orphaned, Irish boy and the abuse he endured between 1939-1948, when the Irish legal system and the church had gone mad with regard to the care of children.

Journal includes international military social work, theory in journals, coping with stress, students and Latinos, elders and depression, vulnerable populations, resiliency in Alzheimer's caregivers, and religion in social work education.

I sought to destroy myself in the battlefields of Iraq, thus taking to my grave, the tragic events and demons that brought so much devastation, and which shattered everything I held sacred.

True story of how a sixteen year old girl, forced to give up her baby girl at birth, finds her after thirty years with the help of a private detective.

Frank DeSario shares his almost forty year career in a vivid account of his experiences with the Boston Police department. The Mafia, the gangland slayings, the Combat Zone, bussing and the resulting racial issues and riots, the thugs and the corruption...

This collection of essays articulates theoretical and philosophical arguments, and advances practical applications, as to why animals ought to matter to social work, in and of themselves. It serves as a persuasive corrective to the current invisibility...

""Aus der Paulskirche: Berichte an den Schw�����bischen Merkur aus den Jahren 1848 und 1849"" ist ein Buch von Gustav Rumelin, das im Jahr 1892 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es enth�����lt Berichte, die Rumelin w�����hrend seiner T�����tigkeit als...

""Apuntes de Higiene Dom�����stica: Para las Ni�����as de la Beneficencia de Matanzas (1860)"" es un libro escrito por Jos����� Mar������a Casal. Esta obra es una gu������a pr�����ctica para las ni�����as que viv������an en la Beneficencia de Matanzas,...

""Alcuni Documenti Relativi Alla Liberazione Dei Principali Prigionieri Turchi: Presi A Lepanto"" ����� un libro scritto da M. Rosi nel 1898. Il libro contiene una raccolta di documenti storici riguardanti la liberazione dei principali prigionieri turchi...

Valenciennes Et Le Roi D'Espagne Au XVI Siecle (1879) est un livre �����crit par Emile Carlier qui relate l'histoire de la ville de Valenciennes et de son lien avec le roi d'Espagne au XVIe si�����cle. Le livre est une �����tude approfondie de l'histoire...

Un Projet De Republique A L'Ile D'Eden, L'Ile Bourbon, En 1689 (1887) est un livre �����crit par Henri Du Quesne. Ce livre relate l'histoire d'un projet de r�����publique qui a �����t����� propos����� sur l'�����le d'Eden, �����galement connue sous le...

Das Buch ""Philipp Von Schwaben Und Otto IV Von Braunschweig V1: Konig Philipp Von Schwaben, 1197-1208 (1873)"" von Eduard Winkelmann besch�����ftigt sich mit der Geschichte der deutschen K������nige Philipp von Schwaben und Otto IV von Braunschweig. Der...

Le livre ""Patriotisme Du Clerge Catholique Et Des Ordres Religieux: Pendant La Guerre De 1870-1871 (1873)"" �����crit par H.R. Blandeau est une �����tude sur le r�����le du clerg����� catholique et des ordres religieux pendant la guerre...

When parents form families by reaching across social barriers (the color line, or the boundaries between 'First World' and 'Third World' nations) to adopt children, where and how does race enter the adoption process? How do agencies, parents, and the...

In this cutting edge collection authors examine risk thinking in a range of policy and practice contexts, including special needs education, digital exclusion, domestic violence and abuse, child protection and youth work. Four key interlinking themes...

Why has the war on terror been so pervasive in Western democracies? How is it that the war on terror became such a potent organising principle after September 11, 2001? The answers to these questions go beyond the nature of 9/11 as an event and the...

Emotions remain largely invisible in the management of criminal justice practice. This book seeks to uncover some of the underground emotional work of practitioners and make visible the impact of both positive and negative emotions, which play a crucial...

From reporting crimes to volunteering for the police, it is clear that citizens and communities play fundamental roles in policing and the construction of crime control. Embedded in the examples of police-community consultation, community policing,...

The Nordic welfare states have found themselves in the firing line of post-industrial developments, resulting in fundamental changes in societal institutions at all levels. In particular, changes in the labour market and family, reinforced by...

'Non-standard' employment is becoming more common. Fewer people are working full-time and/or have permanent employment contracts; more are working part-time, have fixed-term contracts or are self-employed. Many scholars have pointed to the negative...

Una visión secreta del traicionero viaje de un hombre arrojado de una vida exitosa en Silicon Valley a la oscura y asfixiante prisión de San Quentin, con asesinatos, asesinos en serie, ratas y COVID en cada esquina. Esta historia real es contada por un...

More than 30 years after its birth, the Schengen area of free movement is under siege in Europe: new barriers are being erected along land borders, military assets are increasingly deployed to patrol the Mediterranean, while sophisticated surveillance...

Originally published in 1964, this was an introduction to social casework, that is social work with individuals and families. It was written for students at the beginning of their training and, while intended for the social worker, it would also prove...

First published in 1965, Marjorie Smith's classic little book traces the story of professional education for social workers in this country, which has been a pioneer and has influenced countries overseas. It traces the origin and gradual acceptance of...

This book examines how de-radicalisation programmes have been portrayed in the media and details the role of public relations (PR) strategies employed by such programmes and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) to create positive coverage of their work.CVE...

The authors of the chapters included in this volume provide preliminary answers to questions such as:How extensive were COVID-19 outbreaks in prisons, jails, and community corrections systems globally? Which regions and countries reported the largest...

Written by the co-founder and former board president of a non-profit shared-use commercial kitchen, Understanding Just Sustainabilities from Within presents an intersectional analysis of CLiCK (Commercially Licensed Co-operative Kitchen), in order to...

This annual report provides a thorough overview of the state of law enforcement in the Indian province of Assam. It includes information on crime statistics, initiatives to improve public safety, and ongoing challenges faced by the Assam Police...

This is an official government document, published by the Nevada State Police, which provides a detailed account of the work of the police department over a two-year period. The report includes statistics on crime rates, investigations, and arrests, as...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When Morgan Leichter-Saxby and Suzanna Law got into their little yellow car for the first time, they knew that an adventure of a lifetime was about to begin. Their objective was to connect play advocates in communities across the USA that had reached out...