An essential guide on effective supervision for managers and their staff.

A beginner's guide to critical thinking and learning for social work

This book introduces policy and shows how it has changed and evolved over time, how it reflects changes in society, and how it is applied to everyday practice.

Combining inter-disciplinary resources from sociology, history, communication and media studies and cultural studies, Matthew David unpacks the economics, psychology and philosophy of file-sharing.

Covering a core topic on the curriculum, this book provides students with the key knowledge and skills that they need for practice and is fully up-to-date, incorporating the findings of the Munro Report (2011).

An introduction to performance management for social workers

Community-Based Corrections covers the necessary topics in community corrections enriched with edited articles taken from current research literature. This unique text/reader format presents a more practical viewpoint than other texts on the market. The authors' expertise with both special needs populations and in the comparative field give the book a unique perspective.

Provides law enforcement professionals with a comprehensive, easy-to-follow model designed specifically to improve communications with victims, witnesses, subjects, and other members of the public.

Victimology and Victim Assistance offers insights into the criminal justice system from the victims' perspective. Investigating victim involvement in the criminal justice system, the impact of crime on victims, and new directions in victimology and victim assistance.

Provides readers with the essential knowledge and skills to undertake effective assessments and appropriate interventions. It focuses on key issues such as resilience, professional values, ethics, complexity and reflective practice.