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Social services & welfare, criminology
Paperback. In sheer numbers, no form of government control comes close to the police stop. Police stops are among the most frequently criticized incidences of racial profiling, and studies have shown that minorities are pulled over at higher rates. This book deftly traces the strange history of the investigatory police stop. Series: Chicago Series in Law and Society. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JFSL; JKSW1; JPVH1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226113999
- ISBN
- 9780226113999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.45
€ 33.99
€ 26.45
Paperback. This book analyses the key debates about the role that inspection plays in increasing public accountability and encouraging service improvement. Contributors describe current inspection methods across the key public sectors, and examine the underlying issues and tensions associated with public services inspection. Editor(s): Davis, Howard; Martin, Steve. Series: Research Highlights in Social Work. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843105275
- ISBN
- 9781843105275
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.14
€ 38.14
Paperback. Provides an analysis of public protection and criminal justice. This book explores the concept of 'dangerousness' and its application to criminal justice. It is a practical and useful reference for students and academics working in the area. It is also a useful reference for probation officers, police officers and policy makers. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBKW; JKSW1; JKV; LNFX5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199289431
- ISBN
- 9780199289431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.84
€ 51.84
Paperback. 'Community' continues to attract the attention of policy makers and scholars. Taking account of changes since the publication of the first edition, this new edition explores the challenges of empowering communities and assesses the lessons for policy and practice of community-based approaches to social disadvantage and exclusion. Series: Public Policy and Politics. Num Pages: 376 pages, 4 black & white tables, 13 figures. BIC Classification: JFS; JKS; JPQB; RP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230242654
- ISBN
- 9780230242654
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.41
€ 60.41
Public Policy For Women: The State, Income Security, and Labour Market...
. Ed(S): Cohen, Marjorie Griffin; Pulkingham,...
paperback. Containing essays from leading feminist academics, and social activists, Public Policy for Women addresses important public policy issues that fail to address women's needs. Editor(s): Cohen, Marjorie Griffin; Pulkingham, Jane. Series: Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 figures. BIC Classification: JKS; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780802095008
- ISBN
- 9780802095008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.54
€ 42.54
Hardback. This book assesses financing strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean, in pursuance of the United Nations' millennium development goals (MDGs) and their achievement in 2015. It looks at how to make public policies more conducive to support sustained growth and reduce the still widespread poverty and inequality in the region Editor(s): Lofgren, Hans; Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina; Sanchez, Marco; Vos, Rob; Ganuza, Enrique. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; JKS; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 604. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America. 424 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Lofgren, Hans; Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina; Sanchez, Marco; Vos, Rob; Ganuza, Enrique. This book assesses financing strategies in Latin America and the Caribbean, in pursuance of the United Nations' millennium development goals (MDGs) and their achievement in 2015. It looks at how to make public policies more conducive to support sustained growth and reduce the still widespread poverty and inequality in the region. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KL; JKS; KCM. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 28. Weight: 604.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230247765
- ISBN
- 9780230247765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.35€ 20.39
€ 129.35
€ 20.39
Paperback. Public Housing That Worked offers a comprehensive history of America's largest and most successful housing authority. The New York City Housing Authority pioneered, and still maintains, rigorous systems of public housing management that allowed it to avoid the downward spiral experienced by most American public housing authorities. Num Pages: 368 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: JK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812220674
- ISBN
- 9780812220674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.73
€ 36.99
€ 33.73
Hardback. Editor(s): Friedman, Bruce D. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: JFFG; JKSN; MBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 262 x 21. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634828383
- ISBN
- 9781634828383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 308.11€ 228.65
€ 308.11
€ 228.65
Paperback. How can psychotherapists, counsellors and medical practitioners best determine the most appropriate treatment for individual patients in primary care? The growth of counselling and therapy in primary care has been accompanied by pressure for shorter-term, brief treatments and evidence-based, managed care. Num Pages: 270 pages, form. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471982289
- ISBN
- 9780471982289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.75
€ 89.75
Hardback. Methuselah is the elderly patient and Echo is the admiring soul, the therapist, who gives Methuselah back to himself by joining, mirroring, and reflecting in the course of creating a treatment alliance. The author brings transpersonal, psychodynamic, and behavioral approaches to bear on the existential problems of old and late old age. Num Pages: 364 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: JKSG; MJX; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765700513
- ISBN
- 9780765700513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.49
€ 127.49
Paperback. This book presents an integrative relational model for psychotherapy supervision. Series: Supervision in Context. Num Pages: 206 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Open University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780335201389
- ISBN
- 9780335201389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.01
€ 47.01
Paperback. Provides an outline of the law relating to counselling and psychotherapy, for use by trainees, therapists, trainers, supervisors and managers. Series: Questions and Answers for Counsellors and Therapists. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; LAY; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861564191
- ISBN
- 9781861564191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.72
€ 62.72
paperback. A practical guide to working with people suffering from depression. It outlines how to work with general negativity, sense of failure and abandonment, and feelings of powerlessness, anger, shame and guilt. It examines the essential stages of the therapeutic process from conceptualization and formulation through to a wide variety of interventions. Series: Therapy in Practice. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MBPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781412902779
- ISBN
- 9781412902779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.35
€ 60.35
Paperback. Having sold over 15,000 copies since first publication, this book is the definitive introduction to the principles and techniques of psychosynthesis. Pitched clearly and accessibly, it explains how the counsellor or psychotherapist can incorporate psychosynthesis into their own work with clients. Series: Counselling in Action Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781446252932
- ISBN
- 9781446252932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 49.83
€ 52.99
€ 49.83
Paperback. How to weigh genetic factors while choosing the best psychosocial interventions Psychosocial Interventions for Genetically Influenced Problems in Childhood and Adolescence explores empirically supported psychosocial interventions in light of our current understanding of the genome. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JKSN; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118016992
- ISBN
- 9781118016992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Paperback. What makes people commit crime? This book demonstrates how a psychosocial approach can illuminate the causes of particular crimes, challenging readers to re-think the similarities and differences between themselves and those involved in crime. It is suitable for upper level undergraduates, postgraduates and teachers of criminology. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV; JMK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 169 x 10. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781412900799
- ISBN
- 9781412900799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.67
€ 55.67
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 figures, 9 Tables. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSN; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506. 384 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSN; JM. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 20. Weight: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148214
- ISBN
- 9780231148214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
€ 40.99
€ 28.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 figures, 9 Tables. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSN; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148207
- ISBN
- 9780231148207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.20€ 81.45
€ 108.20
€ 81.45
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Critical Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909682979
- ISBN
- 9781909682979
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.22
€ 32.99
€ 30.22
Hardback. Presents a study of the psychological and social histories of more than a dozen serial killers - and the red flags that might have saved some victims. It shows us how - many years before the crimes were committed - the perpetrators of lust homicides exhibited behaviors demonstrating certain mental disorders which grew to fuel the horrific murders. Series: Forensic Psychology. Num Pages: 185 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313366215
- ISBN
- 9780313366215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 61.71
€ 68.21
€ 61.71