Social services & welfare, criminology
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Social services & welfare, criminology
paperback. Shows how two well-established, traditional criminal law defenses - the doctrines of provocation and self-defense - enable certain defendants to more easily justify their acts of violence than others. This work suggests three tentative legal reforms to address problems of bias and undue leniency. Series: Critical America. Num Pages: 371 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKV; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814751169
- ISBN
- 9780814751169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Paperback. * This comprehensive, edited work provides a historical overview, as well as a practical and state-of-the-art look at HIV prevention strategies, populations served, and advocacy responses for helping professionals, patients, and caregivers. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFH2; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470260937
- ISBN
- 9780470260937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.11
€ 68.11
Paperback. Latin America is a profoundly philanthropic region with deeply rooted traditions of solidarity with the less fortunate. This volume brings together groundbreaking perspectives on such diverse themes as corporate philanthropy, immigrant networks, and new grant-making and operating foundations with corporate, family, and community origins. Editor(s): Portocarrero, Felipe. Series: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 390 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JHM; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 29. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press Massachusetts
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019652
- ISBN
- 9780674019652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.92
€ 27.99
€ 24.92
Hardback. Where do concepts such as "welfare state" and "social security" come from and how has their meaning changed over time?. This edited collection, written by a cross-disciplinary group of leading social policy researchers, analyses the concepts and language used to make sense of contemporary social policy. Editor(s): Beland, Daniel; Petersen, Klaus. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Bristol University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447306443
- ISBN
- 9781447306443
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.87
€ 105.87
Paperback. "Leading family sociologist David Morgan revisits his highly influential 'family practices' approach in this new book. Exploring its impact, and how it has been critiqued, Morgan shows the continued relevance of the approach with reference to time and space, the body, emotions, ethics and work/life balance"-- Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JHBK; JKSN; JPQB; PDZ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 240 x 16. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349358021
- ISBN
- 9781349358021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.27
€ 71.27
Hardback. Editor(s): Richards, Donna P. Num Pages: 125 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVM; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 125
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781613246634
- ISBN
- 9781613246634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.66€ 110.66
€ 158.66
€ 110.66
hardcover. Psychiatry is increasingly dominated by the reductionist claim that mental illness is caused by neurobiological abnormalities. Critical psychiatry disagrees with this and proposes a more ethical foundation for practice. This book describes an original framework for renewing mental health services in alliance with people with mental health problems. Editor(s): Double, D. B. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSM; JMP; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230001282
- ISBN
- 9780230001282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Focusing on the basic skills that facilitate communication in therapy (empathy, respect, authenticity and confrontation) and methods of using them, this book aims to enable therapists and counselors to empathize in a caring way, become receptive in a warm, respectful and nonjudgmental way, and share feelings with clients in a natural, open manner. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787948061
- ISBN
- 9780787948061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.16
€ 59.16
Paperback. This volume explores the strategies available to non-governmental organizations in order to enhance their development work. It reviews appropriate development programmes, plus the likely problems to be encountered in each, and relates them to a range of specific case studies. Editor(s): Edwards, Michael. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: GTF; JKSN1; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408. Library markings to spine, with usual markings inside. However, remains in a good to very good condition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KI20000612
- ISBN
- 9781853831447
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Jeffreys explores the spiritual consequences and ethics of modern solitary confinement and emphasizes how solitary confinement damages our spiritual lives. He focuses particularly on how it destroys one's relationship to time and undermines our creativity, and proposes institutional changes in order to mitigate profound damage to prisoners. Series: Content and Context in Theological Ethics. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; HRA; HRAB; HRAM; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456086
- ISBN
- 9781349456086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.37
€ 71.37
Hardcover. This book focuses on the transformation of the WFP into the world's largest humanitarian agency, providing an in-depth account of responses to increasingly large and complex natural and man-made disasters. It examines food aid and looks to the new modalities that are required to make food more available to those in dire need. Num Pages: 455 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSR; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230580992
- ISBN
- 9780230580992
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.07
€ 130.07
Hardcover. This text constitutes a history of the World Food Programme (WFP). It tells the story of the circumstances and origins of WFP and growth from modest beginnings in 1963-65, to become the main source of international food aid for both disaster relief and development. Num Pages: 330 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKSR; JPSN1; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333676684
- ISBN
- 9780333676684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.27
€ 68.27
Paperback. This book explores what 'critical' means for the talking therapies in a climate of increasing state influence and intervention. It looks at theoretical and practical notions of 'critical' from perspectives including queer theory, feminism, Marxism, the psychiatric survivor movement, as well as from within counsellor training and education. Editor(s): Loewenthal, Del. Num Pages: 348 pages, 3 black & white tables, 2 figures. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137460578
- ISBN
- 9781137460578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.20
€ 83.20
Paperback. Designed for the generalist practice course, this book uses students' own experiences rather than abstract discussion to build competency and professional identity. Full of rich case examples and exercises, the book lets students visualize and carry out skills in an applied, experimental way. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 271 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470551707
- ISBN
- 9780470551707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.38
€ 97.38
Paperback. Examining multi-agency working in response to anti-social behaviour, this book investigates the way in which the police, social work teams and the youth justice service work together on early intervention initiatives to help young people, and explores the complexities and practical struggles of these partnerships. Series: Crime Prevention and Security Management. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN; JKV; JKVQ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349452729
- ISBN
- 9781349452729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSG; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781593320904
- ISBN
- 9781593320904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 8.43
€ 43.99
€ 8.43
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349383634
- ISBN
- 9781349383634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.26€ 31.03
€ 82.26
€ 31.03
Paperback. The book looks at the development of policing in a town noted for its high levels of crime. Through a detailed study of policing and police work over the period c. 1840-1914 it shows how the turbulent community of the early Victorian years was turned into a policed society by the end of the century. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBL; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349396733
- ISBN
- 9781349396733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.94
€ 126.94
Paperback. A second revised edition of this text, originally published in 1984. The author shows professionals working with divorcing families how to resolve custody disputes fairly and efficiently, without protracted courtroom battles, demonstrating ways of co-operating and negotiating that will reduce tensions and help arrive at a final mediation agreement. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780787940515
- ISBN
- 9780787940515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardcover. Japan is often described as an inclusive society, and yet the media reports record highs in crime and suicide figures. This book examines criminal justice in Japan, and questions whether Japan really is facing social malaise, or if the media are simply creating a 'moral panic'. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JHB; JKS; JKVC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230235540
- ISBN
- 9780230235540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40