Forensic Social Work Books

New and Published Books

1. Criminal Justice

   An Introduction, 2nd Edition

   By Peter Joyce

   This new and expanded edition builds upon material from the highly successful first edition. A comprehensive textbook on the criminal justice system, the book assesses the main theories concerned with the causes of crime (including white-collar and corporate crime), discusses the...

   Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
2. Managing Clinical Risk

   A Guide to Effective Practice

   Edited by Caroline Logan, Lorraine Johnstone

   Series: Issues in Forensic Psychology

   Violence directed towards others and violence directed towards oneself cause an immense amount of physical and psychological damage – to the harmed and the harmful person alike, to their families, and to the public at large. Managing clinical risk is an authoritative manual for practitioners...

   Published August 8th 2012 by Willan
3. Sociology for Social Workers and Probation Officers

   2nd Edition

   By Viviene E. Cree

   Series: Student Social Work

   How does a social work student make the connection between sociological knowledge and day-to-day social work? Sociology for Social Workers and Probation Officers provides an introduction to sociological ideas and research and places them firmly into the context of actual social work practice. It...

   Published May 25th 2010 by Routledge
4. New Horizons for Policy Practice

   By Richard Hoefer

   This book provides fresh perspectives on the state of policy practice. Leading scholars explore such vital conceptual topics such as how to impact social justice, what the strengths-based perspective means to policy practitioners and how to bridge the all-too common gap between community organizing...

   Published March 25th 2009 by Routledge