Social services & welfare, criminology
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Social services & welfare, criminology
Hardback. Looks at the politics behind child care legislation. Identifying junctures at which child care bills were introduced and debated, this book examines the politics surrounding each of these events and identifies the political structures and negotiations that evolved. It also looks at how child care legislation became part of other issues. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; JKSB1; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112369
- ISBN
- 9780231112369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.49€ 98.09
€ 128.49
€ 98.09
Hardback. Encompassing management approaches such as Theory Z, and research of nonprofit studies, this book addresses ways in which skills and activities of social administration can further social work practice in the areas of social justice, confronting oppression, and dealing with institutional "isms". Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: JHBA; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111980
- ISBN
- 9780231111980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 72.21
€ 94.31
€ 72.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 7 line drawings, 14 tables. BIC Classification: JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 482
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231110037
- ISBN
- 9780231110037
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Condition: New
€ 58.94€ 46.32
€ 58.94
€ 46.32
Hardback. The author offers practical applications for the social worker and client at the micro-, mezzo-, and macro-levels. Eye-opening case studies are provided for each age group and cover everything from defining problems, identifying the underlying issues causing them, understanding the role of homophobia, and the application of the empowerment perspective. Series: Empowering the Powerless: A Social Work Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, diags. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231109581
- ISBN
- 9780231109581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.88€ 89.47
€ 117.88
€ 89.47
Hardback. This volume assembles research on child neglect, kinship care, and the effects before, during and after the employment of foster care. Concluding with an account of family reunification efforts, the final section offers insight into alternative methods of reuniting children with their families. Editor(s): Barth, Richard P.; Berrick, Jill Duerr; Gilbert, Neil. Num Pages: 312 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106528
- ISBN
- 9780231106528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.35€ 111.05
€ 147.35
€ 111.05
Paperback. A set of task planners for psychosocial problems from alcoholism and anxiety to domestic violence and sexual abuse. This book presents clients with specific tasks for helping resolve their problems. It includes a menu of actions the client can undertake to effect problem resolution. It accompanies a CD. Num Pages: 320 pages, w/CD-ROM. BIC Classification: GBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106474
- ISBN
- 9780231106474
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Condition: New
€ 53.05€ 42.15
€ 53.05
€ 42.15
Hardback. This book chronicles the complex connections between race and class that have marked American social reform since the New Deal, revealing an aspect of the civil rights struggle that that has been too long overlooked or obscured: the struggle for policies to expand social and economic welfare for blacks and whites alike. Series: Power, Conflict, and Democracy: American Politics into the 21st Century. Num Pages: 335 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM; JKSB; JPQB; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 335
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231103640
- ISBN
- 9780231103640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.88€ 89.47
€ 117.88
€ 89.47
Hardback. Why do Americans know so much about "celebrity criminals" and so little about crime? If crime is down, why is there so much mayhem on television news and in the newspapers? This book seeks to answer these and other questions, to attempt to make sense of crime, crime news and crime policy in the US. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JKV; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102926
- ISBN
- 9780231102926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.45€ 82.56
€ 108.45
€ 82.56
Hardback. Freeman advocates strengths-centered policies as the means to empower clients and communities. Supplemented by case examples, this book outlines basic empowerment principles and practices, offers a context for power, policy, and funding decisions, and examines the needs of special populations. Series: Empowering the Powerless: A Social Work Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 51. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102360
- ISBN
- 9780231102360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.16€ 61.86
€ 80.16
€ 61.86
Hardback. Reamer demonstrates how case-workers, program directors, and administrators evaluate the effectiveness of interventions, conduct needs assessments, draw on empirically-based literature and findings to inform their practice, and, finally, create and disseminate information for use by other professionals. Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 488 pages, 31 figures. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102223
- ISBN
- 9780231102223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 72.40
€ 94.31
€ 72.40
Hardback. Tracking the distribution of disease and pinpointing relevant risk factors, this book reveals how social problems are intrinsically linked to the health of populations. This book shows how the growing field of social epidemiology is both practical and activist. It draws on empirical findings to conduct policymaking research. Num Pages: 632 pages, 91 illus. BIC Classification: JKS; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1070. Strategies for Public Health Activism. 632 pages, 91 black & white illustrations. Tracking the distribution of disease and pinpointing relevant risk factors, this book reveals how social problems are intrinsically linked to the health of populations. This book shows how the growing field of social epidemiology is both practical and activist. It draws on empirical findings to conduct policymaking research. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: JKS; MBNH. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 40. Weight: 1070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 632
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231100489
- ISBN
- 9780231100489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.09€ 56.67
€ 73.09
€ 56.67
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
€ 42.99€ 30.78
€ 42.99
€ 30.78
Paperback. This volume culls the most important and provocative research and policy analysis in the child welfare field and is an essential guide for understanding the burgeoning field of children's services. Editor(s): Barth, Richard P.; Berrick, Jill Duerr; Gilbert, Neil. Num Pages: 392 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080750
- ISBN
- 9780231080750
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Condition: New
€ 53.05€ 42.00
€ 53.05
€ 42.00
Hardback. This volume culls the most important and provocative research and policy analysis in the child welfare field and is an essential guide for understanding the burgeoning field of children's services. Editor(s): Barth, Richard P.; Berrick, Jill Duerr; Gilbert, Neil. Num Pages: 392 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080743
- ISBN
- 9780231080743
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Condition: New
€ 147.35€ 111.05
€ 147.35
€ 111.05
Hardback. This handbook offers an overview of group dynamic theory and the essentials for adolescent group work in a variety of locations, including schools, clinics and family violence programmes. The text has been revised and updated to emphasize the social problems that teenagers face today. Num Pages: 282 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB1; JKSN2; JMC; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231078344
- ISBN
- 9780231078344
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Condition: New
€ 73.09€ 56.67
€ 73.09
€ 56.67
Hardback. An in-depth examination of intervention strategies suitable for common problems encountered by clinical social workers: difficulties of families and children, anxiety, depression, alcohol abuse, inadequate resources, and psychosocial problems associated with mental and physical illness. Num Pages: 329 pages, 9 tables. BIC Classification: JKSN2; JMH; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075503
- ISBN
- 9780231075503
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Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 72.21
€ 94.31
€ 72.21
Hardback. -- "Social Work" Editor(s): Monk, Abraham. Num Pages: 696 pages. BIC Classification: JKSG; MJX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Sub
- Number of pages
- 694
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231069021
- ISBN
- 9780231069021
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.99€ 85.15
€ 111.99
€ 85.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231064521
- ISBN
- 9780231064521
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Condition: New
€ 73.09€ 56.67
€ 73.09
€ 56.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 247
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231055581
- ISBN
- 9780231055581
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.16€ 62.38
€ 80.16
€ 62.38
Hardback. This book discusses how individuals, groups, and organizations develop the means to deal with problems in their interaction with institutions, exploring what methods and practices should be implemented to address various issues. Num Pages: 441 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFS; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 441
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231054621
- ISBN
- 9780231054621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.52€ 63.58
€ 82.52
€ 63.58
Hardback. Each section, program planning, monitoring, and evaluation, begins with a description of the administrative function to which it is devoted, followed by a set of selected research techniques, each illustrated with a hypothetical case and an exercise for the reader in applying the technique. Num Pages: 178 pages, Illustrations, forms. BIC Classification: JHBC; JKSN; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 14. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231039444
- ISBN
- 9780231039444
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Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 72.21
€ 94.31
€ 72.21
Hardback. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1972
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231034661
- ISBN
- 9780231034661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.31€ 72.40
€ 94.31
€ 72.40
Hardback. Reports on the reactions of adoptive parents to the advantages, drawbacks, joys, and disappointments of accepting older children. Num Pages: 245 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231033220
- ISBN
- 9780231033220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.52€ 64.13
€ 82.52
€ 64.13
Paperback. Analyzes the justice system's response to sexual misconduct by children and adolescents in the United States. This book discusses our society's failure to consider the developmental status of adolescent sex offenders. Series: Adolescent Development and Legal Policy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 figures, 4 tables. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226983585
- ISBN
- 9780226983585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41