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

Offers an examination of social policy through a social constructivist and economic lens. This book illuminates the root causes of common social problems and how policy has attempted to ameliorate them. It focuses on how social policies in the United States can be transformed to promote social justice for all groups.

This text presents biological and genetic research associated with criminality and examines research into specific environmental agents that cause, facilitate or maintain criminal propensity.

Providing a contemporary approach to the nature versus nurture debate, this book encourages reflection on the contest between environmental factors and the interplay between biology/genetics and environmental factors on criminal behaviour.

This book is intended to help students and professionals become more aware of group decision making processes and how each member contributes to it to make better quality decisions.

Provides students with a snapshot of a particular theory/approach, the major thinkers associated with each theory, application to a single case study, and critical thinking and application questions to help students internalize the content presented and apply it to their own development as a counselor.

Bringing together a range of expert voices to tackle the essential topics relevant to the study of disability from a social perspective, this interdisciplinary introduction includes over 50 chapters relevant across health and social care.

The first textbook to take a comprehensive look at the history, theory and treatment of child and adolescent sexual abuse, this book covers all aspects of child and adolescent sexual abuse from the history, theory and treatment to special issues such as pornography and the Internet. There are also dedicated chapters on assessment, intervention, treatment and prevention.

"Provides an important step in the ongoing evolution of generalist practice in social work. It continues a rich tradition [that] challenges the profession to become more and more explicit about the revolutionary aspect of practice" - Christian Itin, Metropolitan State University of Denver