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Social services & welfare, criminology

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Social services & welfare, criminology

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

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

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

€ 130.12
€ 20.56

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

€ 45.99
€ 40.84

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

€ 60.96

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

€ 52.41

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

€ 38.44

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
€ 26.89

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226113852
ISBN
9780226113852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Paperback. Examines the difficult lives of young Latino and African American boys caught in a cycles of delinquency in a legal system that limits their opportunities Series: New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFSL3; JFSL4; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
237
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814776384
ISBN
9780814776384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814749036
ISBN
9780814749036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. A sociologist explains how over the past two decades neoliberal societies have sought to control the poor through a combination of penal sanction and welfare supervision. Series: Politics, History, & Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKVP; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 52. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First edition, paperback issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344223
ISBN
9780822344223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226766102
ISBN
9780226766102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.94

Hardback. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226766096
ISBN
9780226766096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 79.10

Hardback. This volume in the series Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance deals with aspects of punishment, including sentencing, incarceration, and prison conditions, in a variety of settings at local, national, and/or regional levels. Editor(s): Deflem, Mathieu. Series: Sociology of Crime, Law & Deviance. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783509102
ISBN
9781783509102
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.23

Paperback. The kinds of punishment used in a society have been considered an important criterion in judging whether a society is civilized or barbaric, advanced or backward, modern or premodern. This title asks how such distinctions have affected our understanding of the past and contributed to the proliferation of kinds of barbarity in the modern world. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 halftones. 1 line illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJF; HBTB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130309
ISBN
9780691130309
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.81

Hardback. In Punishment and the History of Political Philosophy, Arthur Shuster offers an insightful study of punishment in the works of Plato, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Beccaria, Kant, and Foucault. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HB; HPS; JKV; JPA; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647282
ISBN
9781442647282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.83

Paperback. A look at some current forms of penal governance in Canadian federal women?s prisons and a suggestion that the prison system itself, given its primary functions of custody and punishment, is consistent in thwarting attempts at progressive reform. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFSJ1; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802082749
ISBN
9780802082749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138694668
ISBN
9781138694668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.23

Paperback. New edition of a classic work exploring the philosophical justifications for our penal system. 'A pleasure to read.' TLS Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780745321318
ISBN
9780745321318
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.49

Paperback. This book demonstrates how puppetry and associated art forms such as singing and story-telling can be used to nurture and support connections with people with dementia. Strategies for using puppetry in daily care are suggested and step-by-step instructions for making the puppets are included. Num Pages: 264 pages, 22 black and white and 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849053921
ISBN
9781849053921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.25

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