Law & Social Work Books

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1. Social Work Practice in the Criminal Justice System

   By George T. Patterson

   The criminal justice system, with its complex policies and procedures and its focus on deterrence, punishment, and rehabilitation, can be a difficult system to understand. Forensic Social Work presents an overview of the the criminal justice system, exploring the network of systems which...

   July 2011 | 978-0-415-78116-9 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. 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...

   May 2009 | 978-0-415-99815-4 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Progressive Community Organizing: A Critical Approach for a Globalizing World

   By Loretta Pyles

   This interdisciplinary textbook offers a comprehensive view of the central issues facing progressive community organizers who seek to mobilize those negatively impacted by local, national, and global social policies and practices. Intended for both undergraduate and graduate students in social work...

   January 2009 | 978-0-415-95780-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Support for Victims of Crime in Asia

   Edited by Wing-Cheong Chan

   Giving victims of crime a greater role in the criminal justice system is a relatively recent development, a trend likely to continue and increase in the foreseeable future. In many jurisdictions it has led to compensation schemes funded by the state, support for victims of crime to help them...

   2007 | 978-0-415-43954-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Age of the Inquiry: Learning and Blaming in Health and Social Care

   Edited by Jill Manthorpe, Nicky Stanley

   The plethora of inquiry reports published in the fields of health and welfare in the 1990s covered the full range of user groups, individuals and institutions. What similarities or differences were there between these inquiries? How effective were they in bringing about change? Whose interest did...

   2004 | 978-0-415-28316-8 | Paperback (Routledge)