Split into three parts, this book considers what is meant by disadvantage and marginalisation, how this can come about and the impact this may have on lives, before unpicking the key knowledge and skills needed to practice effectively with individuals and groups.

Provides an overview of the field of policing, and includes a collection of carefully selected classic and contemporary articles that have previously appeared in leading journals, along with original material in a mini-chapter format that contextualizes the concepts.

Social Work Research Methods: Learning by Doing instills in students an appreciation for science-informed practice as a means of evaluating client outcomes. The book includes a step-by-step journey through the process of conducting research.

This book provides social work students with a clear and accessible guide to the process of conducting a literature review, giving them the skills, confidence and knowledge required to produce their own successful review.

This text comprehensively and accessibly explores the relationship between surveillance and crime.

The only Social Work specific, pure study skills book on the market, which guides the student through every step of the qualifying degree.

Bringing together conceptual, practice, and advocacy knowledge, this book explores the complexities of human trafficking and modern-day slavery through a global perspective.

This book is a complete guide for those practitioners who facilitate action learning and who can, in turn, develop the reflective practice and critical thinking skills now demanded of Newly Qualified Social Workers.

Containing original chapters written by experts and scholars in the field, this text will highlight the current debates about criminal justice policy and discuss the implications for the system and society at large.

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.