1st Edition
Improving Social Intervention Changing Social Policy and Social Work Practice through Research
Foreword – John Spencer: An Appreciation Susan Sinclair; Part One: Research and Policy-Making; 1. Comparative Social Policy and the Politics of Comparison Roy Parker 2. Research and Policy in the Personal Social Services Olive Stevenson 3. Law Reform and Social Change: Community and Society, SOCIAL Work and Social WORK Hans Mohr; Part Two: Policy and Practice; 4. Knowledge and City Planning: A Case Study of the Role of the Environmental Health Officer Norman Dennis 5. Anomie, Ritualism and Inertia among Custodial Staff in Canadian Prisons: Some Implications for Research and Policy Terence Willett 6. The Myth of Preventing Delinquency through Early Identification and Intervention Jack Byles 7. Theory and Practice in Juvenile Justice: The Phenomenological Paradigm Stewart Asquith 8. Orientations to the Meaning of Help: Research and Implications Ben Shapiro 9. Social Work, Policy, Government and Research: A Mildly Optimistic View Gilbert Smith; Part Three: Conclusions; 10. Policy, Practice and Research: An Overview Alex Robertson and John Gandy
Biography
John Gandy, Alex Robertson, Susan Sinclair
