Social services & welfare, criminology
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Social services & welfare, criminology
Paperback. This provocative short book is a valuable introduction to social security in Britain and the potential for its reform. Num Pages: 124 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKS; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447337324
- ISBN
- 9781447337324
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.66
€ 15.99
€ 12.66
Paperback. Offering a rare glimpse of an elite Southern Californian community of drug dealers, this volume traces the lives of the author's key informants over a 15-year span as they entered, ascended and then quit the drug world. This revised edition reveals the current fate of several of the informants. Num Pages: 220 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231081337
- ISBN
- 9780231081337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.85
€ 43.99
€ 30.85
Paperback. Since the crime explosion of the 1960s, the prison population in the United States has multiplied fivefold, to one prisoner for every hundred adults - a rate unprecedented in American history and unmatched anywhere in the world. This book explains how we got into the trap and how we can get out of it: to cut both crime and the prison population. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JKV; JPRB; LNFX1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148649
- ISBN
- 9780691148649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
When Caregivers Kill: Understanding Child Murder by Parents and Other ...
Alt, Betty L.; Wells, Sandra K.
hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781442200777
- ISBN
- 9781442200777
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.15
€ 92.15
Paperback. Examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narco-trafficking along the US - Mexico border. This book explores the everyday reality of the drug trade by living alongside its low-level workers: those living at the edges of the violence generated by the militarization of "the war on drugs." Series: California Series in Public Anthropology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JHMC; JKVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 209 x 17. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276789
- ISBN
- 9780520276789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.68
€ 33.99
€ 24.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Wolf, Kristeen V. Num Pages: 109 pages. BIC Classification: JKSG; MJND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781631177446
- ISBN
- 9781631177446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.19€ 70.24
€ 101.19
€ 70.24
paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 230 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552663226
- ISBN
- 9781552663226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.60
€ 25.99
€ 22.60
paperback. This book focuses on middle-class urban women as participants in new forms of consumer culture. Abelson argues that in the interest of concealing the darker side of consumerism, women of the middle class, but not those of the working class, were allowed to shoplift and lead incapacitating illness--kleptomania. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: HBTB; JHMC; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195071429
- ISBN
- 9780195071429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 104.26
€ 104.26
Paperback. Accounts for the origins of Social Security as we know it. This book tells the story of the Townsend Plan - a political organization that sought to alleviate poverty and end the Great Depression through a government-provided retirement stipend of $200 a month for every American over the age of sixty. Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International and Comparative Perspectives. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 halftones. 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSB; JKSG; JPA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138268
- ISBN
- 9780691138268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSG; VFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Hampton Roads Publishing Co United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571745002
- ISBN
- 9781571745002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.99
€ 21.99
€ 20.99
Paperback. Based on a nation-wide survey, this text examines the implications of the financial relationship between church and state, whereby hundreds of millions of public dollars flow annually to religiously based non-profit organizations in America. Series: Religious Forces in the Modern Political World. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRC; JKSN1; JPH; KFFD; KJVX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742508187
- ISBN
- 9780742508187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.15
€ 57.15
Paperback. Since the early twentieth century, technological transfers from the United States to Latin American countries have involved technologies of violence for social control. This title includes essays that addresses the topic of state-sponsored terrorism in a variety of ways. Editor(s): Menjivar, Cecilia; Rodriguez, Nestor P. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1 graph, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; JKV; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292706798
- ISBN
- 9780292706798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Paperback. Arguing that the capital punishment must be stopped, this book exposes us to the realities of state killing and examines its foundations in ideas about revenge and retribution. It takes us inside the courtroom of a capital trial, and presents interviews with jurors and lawyers who make decisions about life and death. Num Pages: 360 pages, 17 color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691102610
- ISBN
- 9780691102610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSC; JFSL; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608467433
- ISBN
- 9781608467433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.45
€ 20.99
€ 19.45
Hardback. This unique perspective on the academia-society nexus is the first cross-national comparative study on academic engagement in social policy formulation. Editor(s): Gal, John; Weiss-Gal, Idit. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Policy Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447320197
- ISBN
- 9781447320197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.55
€ 97.55
Hardback. Many urban residents, especially persons of colour, are or have been involved in the juvenile and/or criminal justice system. This volume discusses correctional supervision and the needs of individuals. It aims to address the strengths of individuals and how can they can be capitalized on. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JKSN; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231120401
- ISBN
- 9780231120401
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.13€ 89.70
€ 119.13
€ 89.70
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Policy Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847428912
- ISBN
- 9781847428912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.92
€ 33.99
€ 32.92
Hardcover. Editor(s): Brooks, Evelyn. Num Pages: 153 pages. BIC Classification: JKSW1; LATC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634831475
- ISBN
- 9781634831475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 232.16€ 171.00
€ 232.16
€ 171.00
Hardback. Editor(s): Arcelloni, Daryl R. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624172113
- ISBN
- 9781624172113
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.20€ 137.56
€ 201.20
€ 137.56
With increasing numbers of transracial adoptions in the U.S., White Parents, Black Children brings to light the difficult racial issues that are often challenging for families to talk about. This book helps parents, educators, and others working with children to understand the issues, and help children develop a healthy understanding of themselves. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL3; JHBK; JKSF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442207622
- ISBN
- 9781442207622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.13
€ 82.13