A practical introduction developed to underpin core aspects of commissioning services in health and social care with tools and strategies that really work, this is a step-by-step guide to the commissioning process and will help the reader better understand the skills required for good commissioning, the challenges they may face and how to approach them and what makes a good commissioning manager.

A grounding to the key issues in safeguarding today, highlighting the key skills and knowledge necessary for effective practice

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.

A volume that is at the forefront of engaging in the conversation about the future of the American prison.

Transnational Organized Crime: An Overview from Six Continents explores the expansive topic of transnational organized crime, incorporating expert perspectives found throughout the world's six inhabited continents: North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.

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

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

Best-selling text on direct practice learning for degree students

A lively and timely overview of a modern preoccupation