A text on working with aggressive or resistant groups and individuals

A clear and concise guide to social work in a modern, digital society.

Taking a humanistic perspective and following an evidence-based approach, the book presents basic case conceptualization skills and is followed by a specific chapter on the most common disorders diagnosed by counselors.

Authors Judy Esposito and Abbi Hattem present basic knowledge on working with families and apply various theoretical models to cases that run throughout the text.

Well-known editors and contributors across a span of disciplines, including social work, criminology, and sociology, ensure the highest quality contributions for studying violence against women.

Using a case-based approach to connect the classroom and the practice environment, this text incorporates a broad set of themes that include advocacy, social justice, global focus, ethics, theory, and critical thinking. It helps readers to develop the basic skills of engagement, assessment, intervention, and reflective practice, and more.

This first book in the Prevention Practice Kit overviews the prevention field and Kit contents, and highlights key points emerging through the historical evolution of prevention. It gives special attention to elements that are infused throughout all books: a systemic, ecological approach and community and multi-disciplinary collaboration.

With its topical focus and lucid style, this is a thoroughly international analysis of how terrorism and the war on terror is communicated through a variety of global media outlets. The editors and contributors are all very high profile in the field, and the content is both global and interdisciplinary.

This is a clear and engaging introduction for students involved with data analysis in criminology and across the social sciences.

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