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Reducing Reoffending
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.50Reducing Reoffending provides a critical overview of social work and community justice in Scotland, taking full account of recent developments. The book is divided into three comprehensive sections. Part one of the book provides a critical analysis of the challenge of reducing reoffending in Scotland and locates this challenge within its historical... more...
Working with Offenders
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 39.95This book provides a theoretically informed guide to the practice of working with offenders in different settings and for different purposes. It deals with topics such as offender rehabilitation, case management, worker-offender relationships, working with difficult clients and situations, collaboration, addressing complex needs, and processes of integration.... more...
Effective Practice in Youth Justice
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 51.95Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date review of research and the implications for practice, the second edition of Effective Practice in Youth Justice considers core areas of youth justice practice, such as how to engage young people effectively within the context of recent changes to the youth justice system brought about by the introduction... more...
Youth and Crime
SAGE Publications 2009; US$ 66.00Now in its third edition, this definitive best-seller offers the most comprehensive and authoritative overview of youth and crime available. more...
Psychosocial Criminology
SAGE Publications 2007; US$ 56.00The book critiques existing psychological and sociological theories before outlining a more adequate understanding of the criminal offender. It sheds new light on a series of crimes?rape, serial murder, racial harassment, ?jack-rolling? (mugging of drunks), domestic violence?and contemporary criminological issues such as fear of crime, cognitive-behavioral... more...
Developments in Social Work with Offenders
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2007; US$ 45.00Developments in Social Work with Offenders explains the organisational and legislative changes that have occurred in social work and probation across the UK in the past 10 years, in the context of the accumulating body of knowledge about what constitutes effective practice in the assessment, supervision and management of offenders in the community. more...
Handbook of Forensic Mental Health with Victims and Offenders
Springer Publishing Company 2007; US$ 95.00Provides information on the forensic social work issues encountered on a daily basis, such as: prevention of prisoner sudden deaths; expert witness testimony in child welfare and women battering; treating dually diagnosed adolescents; jail mental health services for adults; drug courts and PTSD in inmates with substance abuse histories; and more. more...
Social Work in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings
Charles C Thomas 2006; US$ 74.95In this completely revised and updated classic, Professors Roberts and Springer, along with 51 justice-oriented and forensic experts, have set the standard of care for mental health treatment and the delivery of social services to crime victims, juvenile and adult offenders, and their families. The second edition of Social Work in Juvenile and Criminal... more...
Girls in Trouble with the Law
Rutgers University Press 2006; US$ 25.95In Girls in Trouble with the Law, sociologist Laurie Schaffner takes us inside juvenile detention centers and explores the worlds of the young women incarcerated within. Across the nation, girls of color are disproportionately represented in detention facilities, and many report having experienced physical harm and sexual assaults. For girls,... more...
Victims of Crime and Community Justice
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2005; US$ 39.95Dr Brian Williams lays bare the assumptions about victims and offenders that currently restrict efficient policy-making. He evaluates proposed solutions, including restorative justice and informal community justice, and draws on evidence and experiences from the UK and around the world to investigate which measures have proved effective. more...









