Social services & welfare, criminology
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Social services & welfare, criminology
Hardcover. Editor(s): Finer, Catherine Jones; Smyth, Paul. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFC; JFF; JKSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 453.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403921666
- ISBN
- 9781403921666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.41
€ 64.41
Paperback. This collection examines the subject of identification and surveillance from 16th C English parish registers to 21st C DNA databases. The contributors, who range from historians to legal specialists, provide an insight into the historical development behind such issues as biometric identification, immigration control and personal data use. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 344 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKV; JPP; JPQB; JPS; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 453.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349346431
- ISBN
- 9781349346431
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Condition: New
€ 132.27
€ 132.27
Hardcover. Security concerns increasingly influence foreign aid: how Western countries give aid, to whom and why. With contributions from experts in the field, this book examines the impact of security issues on six of the world's largest aid donors, as well as on key crosscutting issues such as gender equality and climate change. Editor(s): Brown, Stephen; Gravingholt, Jorn. Series: Rethinking International Development Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13 black & white tables, 8 figures. BIC Classification: JKSR; JPVH; JPWH; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137568816
- ISBN
- 9781137568816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.85
€ 153.85
Hardcover. This book examines the role and practical dynamics of governmental environmental law enforcement agencies and individuals who combat environmental crime. It will inform researchers about the 'real world' experiences of practitioners and provide an intellectual space for practitioners to examine critically what it is they do and why. Editor(s): Pink, Grant; White, Professor Rob. Series: Palgrave Studies in Green Criminology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 6 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKVQ; LNFR; LNKJ; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137562562
- ISBN
- 9781137562562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.08
€ 122.08
Paperback. Designed to promote reflection and 'better practices' among the prospective volunteers and organizers of travel-for-service experiences, International Volunteer Tourism provides narratives on short-term international volunteering in Central America written by North American organizers, student participants and Central American partners. Editor(s): Borland, Katherine; Adams, Abigail E. Num Pages: 236 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JKSN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137551801
- ISBN
- 9781137551801
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Condition: New
€ 57.61
€ 57.61
Hardcover. This book explores the dynamics of excessive violence, using a broad range of interdisciplinary case studies. It highlights that excessive violence depends on various contingencies and is not always the outcome of rational decision making. The contributors also analyse the discursive framing of acts of excessive violence. Editor(s): Ziegler, Daniel J.; Gerster, Marco; Kramer, Steffen; Oliver, M. Num Pages: 263 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE; JHB; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137514424
- ISBN
- 9781137514424
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Condition: New
€ 122.05
€ 122.05
Hardcover. This volume draws together both theoretical and empirical contributions reflecting on, and developing, the growing scholarship being produced at the intersection of 'queer' and 'criminology'. The contributions each highlight how such scholarship is essential to achieving greater social and criminal justice for LGBTIQ communities. Editor(s): Dwyer, Angela; Crofts, Thomas. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JFSK; JHBA; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137513335
- ISBN
- 9781137513335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.11
€ 143.11
Hardcover. Over the past three decades, professions across the European Union have faced significant and radical challenges. This book analyses three professional groups involved in the academic and health sectors and how they are affected by different national Welfare State models such as Mediterranean, Scandinavian and Anglo Saxon. Editor(s): Carvalho, Teresa; Santiago, Rui. Series: Issues in Higher Education. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JKS; JNM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137486998
- ISBN
- 9781137486998
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardcover. As death rates continue to rise, this collection brings together scholars engaged in policy associated with death to analyse the challenges these trends present. Examining a range of issues including inheritance, palliative care, euthanasia, funeral costs and marginalised deaths, this unique volumes portrays how death factors in social policy. Editor(s): Foster, Liam; Woodthorpe, Kate. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 figures, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFFH; JFME; JHBZ; JKSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137484895
- ISBN
- 9781137484895
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Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Hardcover. Youth Work, Early Education, and Psychology re-examines the set of relations generally referred to as working with children and youth. It presents a series of propositions that highlight politicized strategies to working with young people under current conditions of late liberal capitalism. Editor(s): Skott-Myhre, Hans; Skott-Myhre, Kathleen; Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica. Series: Critical Cultural Studies of Childhood. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; JMC; JNC; JNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 470.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137480033
- ISBN
- 9781137480033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Hardcover. This book demonstrates that alternative approaches to criminal rehabilitation succeed in developing pro-social attitudes and in improving mental, physical and spiritual health for youth and adults in prison and community settings. The use of mindfulness is highlighted as a foundational tool of self-reflexivity, creative expression and therapy. Editor(s): Joseph, Janelle; Crichlow, Wesley. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSN; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137476814
- ISBN
- 9781137476814
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Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Hardcover. This book explores the burgeoning interest in alternative and innovative justice responses to sexual violence both within and outside the legal system. It explores the limits of criminal law for achieving 'rape justice' and highlights possibilities for expanding how we think about justice in the aftermath of sexual violence. Editor(s): Powell, Anastasia; Henry, Nicola; Flynn, Asher. Num Pages: 261 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFE2; JFSJ1; JKV; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137476142
- ISBN
- 9781137476142
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.60
€ 153.60
Hardcover. This volume examines developmentality and the archeology of its social practices, unfolding systemic failures that muffle progress. Economic, climate, and social justice are the areas of focus for this analysis of human-social development in the fog of ideological-institutional meltdowns. Editor(s): Mohan, Brij. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JF; JK; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137460707
- ISBN
- 9781137460707
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardcover. The book presents discussions of the application of Stan Cohen's theories alongside empirical contributions in the fields of critical and green criminology. Taken together, the authors critically address harms and crimes against the environment, as well as against human and nonhuman victims. Editor(s): Sollund, Ragnhild Aslaug. Series: Critical Criminological Perspectives. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JKV; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137456250
- ISBN
- 9781137456250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.32
€ 174.32
Hardcover. The US-led war on drugs has failed: drugs remain purer, cheaper and more readily available than ever. Extreme levels of violence have also grown as drug traffickers and organized criminals compete for control of territory. This book points towards a number of crucial challenges, policy solutions and alternatives to the current drug strategies. Editor(s): Rosen, Jonathan D.; Brienen, Marten W. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFH1; JKVG; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137450982
- ISBN
- 9781137450982
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.59
€ 132.59
Hardcover. Through studies of beheaded Irish traitors, smugglers hung in chains on the English coast, suicides subjected to the surgeon's knife in Dresden and the burial of executed Nazi war criminals, this volume provides a fresh perspective on the history of capital punishment. This book has two open access chapters under a CC BY license. Editor(s): Ward, Richard. Series: Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife. Num Pages: 329 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBTB; JKVP; LNFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443991
- ISBN
- 9781137443991
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.50
€ 112.50
Hardcover. The public provision of early childhood education has developed at different rates across individual countries over the past two centuries. This book provides the historical background to explain how these national differences occurred, with particular reference to welfare and educational systems, to highlight how particular influences grew. Editor(s): Willekens, Harry; Scheiwe, Kirsten; Nawrotzki, Kristen. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; JKSB1; JNB; JNF; JNLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137441973
- ISBN
- 9781137441973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.69
€ 185.69
Hardcover. Based on extensive ethnographic and historical research conducted in diverse field locations, this volume offers an acute analysis of how actors at local, national, and international levels govern disasters; it examines the political issues at stake that often go unaddressed and demonstrates that victims of disaster do not remain passive. Editor(s): Revet, Sandrine; Langumier, Julien. Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; JKSR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 456.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137435453
- ISBN
- 9781137435453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.97
€ 63.97
Hardcover. This volume concerns the day-to-day individual suffering of interpersonal violence. Bringing together an international range of scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplines and fields of practice, this book maps and expands research into response based approaches to the study of interpersonal violence. Editor(s): Hyden, Margareta; Gadd, David; Wade, Allan. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTJ; JFFE2; JFFE3; JKVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 176 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137409539
- ISBN
- 9781137409539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.14
€ 185.14
Hardcover. Since the Second World War, art crime has shifted from a relatively innocuous, often ideological crime, into a major international problem, considered by some to be the third-highest grossing criminal trade worldwide. This rich volume features essays on art crime by the most respected and knowledgeable experts in this interdisciplinary subject. Editor(s): Charney, Noah. Num Pages: 400 pages, 23. BIC Classification: ABK; JKVM; LAR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137407566
- ISBN
- 9781137407566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.85
€ 185.85
Hardcover. This handbook presents a rich collection of chapters that focus on the method and experience of in-depth, ethnographic research in prisons. It provides an authoritative and diverse array of international perspectives that collectively demonstrate the social and political dimensions of the use and experience of imprisonment worldwide. Editor(s): Drake, Deborah H.; Earle, Rod; Sloan, Jennifer. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; JHMC; JKVP1; JKVQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137403872
- ISBN
- 9781137403872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 272.55
€ 272.55
Hardcover. Social Work for Sociologists introduces important frameworks, concepts, models, and skills from social work that will help sociologists as they plan their human service careers and will prepare them to tackle social problems with practical solutions. Editor(s): Van Heugten, Kate; Gibbs, Anita. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137392961
- ISBN
- 9781137392961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.77
€ 63.77
Hardcover. This volume provides a unique collection of essays in honour of the work of Marcus Felson and his notable contribution to routine activity theory, environmental criminology and the discipline more broadly. Editor(s): Andresen, Martin A.; Farrell, Graham. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JKVC; JKVF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137391315
- ISBN
- 9781137391315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.31
€ 101.31
Hardcover. This volume explores how children's rights has influenced research with children and how research can in turn shape policies and practices to enhance children's rights. The book examines the impact children's rights and Childhood Studies has had on how children are constructed and regulated internationally. Editor(s): Smith, Anne B. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JKSB1; JNL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137386090
- ISBN
- 9781137386090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.71
€ 64.71