A user-friendly book that explores and reflects on effective practice in this key area of the social work curriculum, children and families.

Now in its fourth edition, The SAGE Dictionary of Criminology continues to be an authoritative reference text for the key concepts, theories, and methods in criminology and criminal justice.

A comprehensive introduction to all the key topics, criminological theories, and important themes that students will cover when studying criminology and criminal justice.

A comprehensive account of the myriad ways that sex and crime interact in contemporary social life, sensitively confronting topics such as nationhood, abortion, child sexual exploitation, war, disability, pornography, and digital cultures.

Revised edition of the authors' Gangs in America's communities, [2016]

Best-selling text on direct practice learning for degree students

A lively and timely overview of a modern preoccupation

Guides social work and social care students through working with disabled people. Unique in its aspirational, outcomes-focused approach.