Written to guide students through complex groupwork situations, this book explores the knowledge, skills and values required for groupwork practice.

The book is a thematic examination of crime prevention, covering core areas of race, youth, community, and globalisation. Written in an accessible style with a focus on pedagogy, this is a key text for undergraduates in criminology.

This excellent study skills book arms social work students with all the essential knowledge they will need to succeed in qualifying and becoming a practitioner

Two of the world's leading experts explore the connections between crime and economic conditions, covering a range of theoretical and empirical approaches, in a lively and readable manner.

An agenda-setting and topical textbook that looks at how ICTs have become an important part of social work and how they can improve and affect practice

This accessible, comprehensive and up to date book looks at the reality of social work in practice. It will be essential reading for all social work students.

Exploring essential topics, this text covers themes and issues for students studying social policy or related disciplines such as sociology, social work, or nursing and social care.

Relationship-based practice is at the heart of social work, so this book is really what social work is about.

Revised edition of the author's Hate crimes, c2013.