Social services & welfare, criminology

The Criminal Alphabet: An A-Z of Prison Slang [9781846141669]

'I have spent almost 33 of the last 53 years in and out of prison, but mainly in. I was a juvenile offender back in the mid 1970s and went on to becom…

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Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs [9781408857823]

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What if everything we think we know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari's TED talk on this subject - and the animat…

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Mafia Life: Love, Death and Money at the Heart of Organised Crime [9781781252543]

The Japanese Yakuza. The Chinese Triads. The Sicilian Cosa Nostra. The Calabrian N'Drangheta. The New York Mafia. The Russian Vory -v -Vakone. Today, …

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Criminal: The Truth About Why People Do Bad Things [9780241960431]

'As enlightening about crime in modern society as any book I have read' The Times'A richly researched, supremely sane discussion of the causes of and …

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Kids: Child Protection in Britain: The Truth [9781785901195]

What was lost when Kids Company imploded last summer? More than reputations. The charitys founding vision, that there is a gap called love in how the …

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30-Second Forensic Science: 50 key topics revealing criminal investigation from behind the scenes, each explained in half a minute [9781782405511]

Humanity's most appalling crimes are solved by experts presenting painstakingly gathered evidence to the court of law. Investigators rely on physical,…

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All Day: A Year of Love and Survival Teaching Incarcerated Kids at Rikers Island, New York's Most Notorious Jail [9781455570911]

Eighteen years ago, performance artist Liza Jessie Peterson never thought that her day of substitute teaching at Rikers Island C-74 would change the c…

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Among the Hoods: My Years with a Teenage Gang [9780571289172]

They changed me a lot more than I changed them . . . I went in as Anne Widdecombe and came out an anarchist. In 2008 Harriet Sergeant - think tank…

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Anti-discriminatory Practice: A Guide for Those Working with Children and Young People [9781441177414]

This title provides a comprehensive guide to promoting inclusive practice in childcare and educational settings, and to taking account of children's c…

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Babies and Young Children in Care: Life Pathways, Decision-Making and Practice [9781843102724]

Babies and very young children in care often experience several changes of placement and carer, which can have a negative impact upon their long-term …

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Banana Man: The Inspirational Story of How One Man's Mission to Save a Child Led Him to Become an Accidental Father to a Thousand More [9781905823734]

As Kevin Allen sat and watched TV one cold, wet evening, he had no idea his life was about to change forever. Six days later he was standing in Zul…

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Bed For The Night, A: Humanitarianism in an Age of Genocide [9780099597919]

Timely and controversial, A Bed for the Night reveals how humanitarian organizations trying to bring relief in an ever more violent and dangerous worl…

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Beyond the Victim: The Politics and Ethics of Empowering Cairo's Street Children [9789774160639]

Street children - abandoned or runaway children living on their own - can be found in cities all over the world, and their numbers are growing despite…

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BTEC First Health & Social Care: Student Book [9780007479801]

BTEC First Health and Social Care is a brand new textbook for the revised 2012 specification. Packed with learning and teaching features including: Ca…

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Care in Chaos: Frustration and Challenge in Community Care [9780304335251]

This text-book examines the policy and organizational context for community care, and consists of interviews and case studies, showing how community c…

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Charity Detox: What Charity Would Look Like If We Cared About Results [9780062307262]

The veteran urban activist and author of the revolutionary Toxic Charity returns with a headline-making book that offers proven, results-oriented idea…

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Child Protection and Child Welfare: A Global Appraisal of Cultures, Policy and Practice [9781849051910]

Child Protection and Child Welfare draws on the knowledge of child protection experts and social care professionals to provide an authoritative intern…

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Children in Custody: Anglo-Russian Perspectives [9781849660006]

Despite their very different histories, societies, political and legal systems, Russia and the UK stand out as favouring a punitive approach to young …

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Children, Families and Violence: Challenges for Children's Rights [9781843106982]

This book examines the risk factors surrounding children at risk of experiencing and perpetrating violence, and looks at the positive role that childr…

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Client Centred Therapy (New Ed) [9781841198408]

Presenting the non-directive and related points of view in counselling and therapy, this book defines the progress recently made in the development …

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