Engaging and thoroughly updated, this text provides a global perspective on the use and regulation of legal and illegal drugs. It examines drug policies in terms of their scope, goals, and effectiveness, as well as the effects of drugs, the patterns and correlates of use, and theories of the causes of drug use.

Responding to Domestic Violence explores the response to domestic and intimate partner violence by the criminal justice system as well as public and non-profit social service and health care agencies. Thoroughly revised by an expert author team, this book provides a thorough exploration of modern strategies to address the realities and needs of all survivors.

Measures for Community and Neighborhood Research is a reference guide that compiles and organizes key measures for community research, and also compiles the major measures of community practice and assesses them for reliability and validity.

Counseling Adolescents Competently is a comprehensive text for students and professionals compiling foundational and emerging skills in the counseling field.

A short, authoritative, innovative assessment of an emerging issue.

Helps social workers to develop a rounded and considered approach to their practice with substances misusers.

Looking at both the techniques and logic of inquiry surrounding methods used in criminological research, this progressive handbook brings together work from internationally renowned experts to provide readers with an important resource on the application of methods.

Criminological Theory: The Essentials, Fourth Edition is a brief yet comprehensive overview of the major concepts and perspectives of the key theories in the evolution of criminology. The new edition has been thoroughly updated with the latest theoretical extensions and empirical research, with links made to specific theories and recent events.