The focus of this series is on all aspects of social welfare including research, history, theory and practice. Characterised by a contemporary perspective on social welfare issues, published work has emanated from a wide range of subjects, including criminal justice, child welfare, community care, and social policy. The series is aimed at both an academic and professional readership.
By Maurice Vanstone
May 28, 2007
In this work Maurice Vanstone provides an authoritative and original account of the history of probation. This invaluable reference tool offers readers a new way of reading probation history and presents an original context for thinking about current policy and practice. While the study is ...
By Michael Seltzer, Christian Kullberg, Ilmari Rostila
September 14, 2017
Listening to the Welfare State presents, for the first time in English, central research findings from recent studies of the welfare systems of Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. The book’s contributors are leading investigators of face-to-face encounters between welfare professionals and clients...
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By Judith Bessant, Richard Hil
November 15, 2016
The past few decades have brought to light increasing evidence of systemic and repeated institutional abuse of children and young people in many western nations. Government enquiries, research studies and media reports have begun to highlight the widespread nature of sexual, physical and emotional ...
By Myriam S. Denov
September 06, 2016
The issue of child sexual abuse has gained widespread attention over the last three decades, but minimal attention has been paid to sexual abuse by women. Victims of female sex offenders have been virtually ignored or neglected from serious study. Consequently we have little knowledge of the ...
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By Hans Göran Eriksson, Torill Tjelflaat
June 28, 2004
Discussing key contemporary issues in residential and foster care for children, this theoretically and empirically rich volume draws on new research from across Europe and Canada. Contributions stem from a broad spectrum of researchers and practitioners in the field, engaging in comparative ...
By Mikael Holmqvist
November 22, 2016
Across the traditional welfare states of Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada there has been increasing emphasis on 'activation' by the unemployed as a tool for fighting unemployment. The core idea of activation programmes is the integration and empowerment of jobseekers through active ...