1st Edition

The Welfare State Crisis and the Transformation of Social Service Work

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

This book has emerged in response to social service workers' vivid descriptions of changes in the practice of their craft during the past 15 years and to the scanty literature that addressed their concerns. Few works have attempted to explore the interplay between the recent broader changes affecting the welfare state (fiscal crisis, cost containment, privatization, etc) and the restructuring of... Read more
A comparative study of crime prevention methods and strategies, based on a four-year cross-cultural examination of crime and delinquency prevention methods in America and Japan. The sister cities of Salem, Oregon, USA and Kawagee, Saitama, Japan are used as illustration.

Biography

Michael B. Fabricant, Steve Burghardt