Social welfare and social services Books

A Blueprint for Community Action From Award-Winning Journalist Larry HayesWritten with authority and compassion, this is the book that rescues mental illness from the shadows and takes the disability into the community.Learn how each person can play a...

Since he was ten years old, he wanted to join the police service more than anything. But those in authority, as well as friends, said it was a bad idea and having left school with insufficient qualifications, his chances of a police career didn't look...

In It’s Just the Way It Was: Inside the War on the New England Mob and other stories, Joe Broadmeadow and Brendan Doherty take you inside the investigations, covert surveillances, and murky world of informants in the war against Organized Crime...

Over his thirty-year career as a wildlife protection officer for the California Department of Fish and Game, Steve Callan and his longtime working partner, Dave Szody, conducted some of the most fascinating, complex and highly successful wildlife...

Our book examines the role of three factors, God, Money, and Politics, in theepistemological theory of blindness, (the theory of the construction of knowledgeon blindness and touch by social and cultural change). This book also illustratesthis...

A volume in Research in Public ManagementSeries Editors: Lawrence R. Jones and Nancy C. Roberts, Naval Postgraduate SchoolVolunteer management has many challenges, not the least of which is how we study it and view it.Academics examine it from a variety...

A volume in Research in Public ManagementSeries Editors: Lawrence R. Jones and Nancy C. Roberts, Naval Postgraduate SchoolVolunteer management has many challenges, not the least of which is how we study it and view it.Academics examine it from a variety...

Lessons From The Street Volume I is a collection of articles written by John M. Wills who spent twelve years as a Chicago police officer, and twenty-one years as an FBI agent. He worked in the busiest police districts in the city, which allowed him to...

Listen to Me, I Am Still Somebody introduces the Alzheimer's disease sufferer to their caregivers and the community at large.Alzheimer's disease is a devastating disease process, yet the reader will laugh and perhaps cry a little, but begin to understand...

This study examines suicide perceptions of police officers from two groups, east coast officers and west coast officers. To investigate this problem, the researcher conducted a quantitative analysis utilizing a previously validated instrument...

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and Francis, an informa company.

Navajoland... It's a place of beauty where flat deserts are interrupted with rugged rock formations and forested mountains. Its home to the Navajo, the largest nation of Native Americans in America. It also became home to Jim and Kay Baker in 1975 when...

The health care arena has changed from the old days of just checking a patient into a facility for a illness or accident and leaving them to be cared for by the providers.  Health care is what you choose to invest into it.  Any person admitted...

Young and old readers alike are fascinated by stories of life in an orphanage. In a carefully researched book about orphans and half-orphans at the turn of the last century, Nancy Price Freedman weaves an eye-opening tale of institutional life, based on...

Taken from the real lives and experiences of the clients we serve. You'll laugh. You'll cry. Most of all, you'll receive hope, secondhand.

This is an introduction to hybrid organizations and the visionaries behind the concept.

To sum up, I hope Dorothy and I can survive a few more years together, even though we are not in excellent health. But as they say "keep taking the tablets!"We both, like alot of people, had alot of things to put up with in our lives, but we have managed...

Originally published in 1913, during the construction of the Panama Canal, Harry A. Franck tells the story of his service as a police officer in the Canal Zone. Franck was a well-known travel writer in the first half of the twentieth century. He missed...

Das Buch ""Das Stadtrecht von Wiener-Neustadt (1846)"" von Joseph von Wurth ist eine historische Abhandlung �����ber das Stadtrecht der ������sterreichischen Stadt Wiener-Neustadt im Jahr 1846. Der Autor beschreibt detailliert die rechtlichen...

""Conf�����rences sur la question ouvri�����re"" est un livre �����crit par F. Gohiet en 1892. Ce livre traite de la question de la classe ouvri�����re et des conditions de travail dans la France du XIXe si�����cle. Gohiet y aborde plusieurs th�����mes...

Die ""Chronik der Kirchgemeinde Neum�����nster"" ist ein historisches Buch, das von der Gesellschaft f�����r Gemeinn�����tzige Zwecke im Jahr 1889 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es beschreibt die Geschichte der Kirchgemeinde Neum�����nster von ihren...

A Guide to Compassionate Healthcare looks at how to maintain wellbeing in today's challenging healthcare environments, enabling practitioners to make a positive difference to the care environment whilst providing compassionate care to patients.

This edited collection brings together a broad range of research on governors in the American states, examining governors as potentially powerful leaders who are subject to a range of constraints, as well as considering how individual governors may...

In recent years child protection issues have dominated media and public discourse in the UK. This book offers a unique perspective by giving voice to those social workers working within a profession which has become increasingly embedded in a culture of...

This major study examines the successes and failures of the full transitional justice programme in Sierra Leone. It sets out the implications of the Sierra Leonean experience for other post-conflict situations and for the broader project of evaluating...

Harry Hartley or Social Science for the Workers is a seminal work in the field of social science. It sheds light on the key theories and practices of social science and offers readers a comprehensive overview of the subject matter. With its engaging...

This publication contains the proceedings of the annual conference of charities and correction, providing valuable information on the latest research and practices related to social welfare and criminal justice. The conference brings together experts...

Written by the Scottish social reformer Alexander Somerville in the mid-19th century, this book is a powerful call to action for anyone looking to make a difference in the world. With a focus on practical examples and real-world solutions, Somerville...

This book contains the official acts and by-laws governing the erection, organization, and government of the Alabama Insane Hospital at Tuscaloosa, known today as Bryce Hospital. With historical documents and legal provisions, this book provides valuable...

Joseph John Gurney was an early champion of prison reform, and his 1823 visit to prisons in Scotland and England with the famous Quaker activist Elizabeth Fry helped to inspire much of his subsequent work in this field. This book documents his...

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...

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...

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...