Using case studies, activities and research summaries, this accessible guide to child and family social work will provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to practice with confidence.

Using case studies, reflective questions and checklists for practice, this hands-on guide will provide busy social workers with the knowledge and skills they need to effectively and confidently make a difference to the lives of children and young people.

By introducing each step taken in a criminal investigation, this text allows students to gain a clear understanding of the processes involved and helps them to critically assess the interplay of investigations, criminology and forensics.

An indispensable international resource for students and researchers of all levels studying the rapidly developing, interdisciplinary field of criminology.

This book sees leading national and international scholars provide a critical assessment of the relation between 'evidence' and contemporary youth justice policy formation, and it has been fully updated to recognize the major reforms of recent years in the youth justice policy environment.

Bringing together a range of expert voices to tackle the essential topics relevant to the study of disability from a social perspective, this interdisciplinary introduction includes over 50 chapters relevant across health and social care.

This comprehensive textbook engages in the essential discussion of what professional leadership means in the context of contemporary social work and why this is considered to be important for the future of the profession.

The fifth edition of Robert Brown's introduction to mental health law for health and social care professionals training to be Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMPHs).

Dit boek focust op de integratie van kennis om het optimaal functioneren van mensen met dementie te bevorderen, geheel in de geest van het Deltaplan Dementie.Kernpunt is steeds: om de kwaliteit van het leven te optimaliseren zijn erkenning van de individuele behoeften, wensen en mogelijkheden een voorwaarde naast een maximum aan respect voor de persoon met dementie.

In de eerste vier hoofdstukken: de diagnostiek, de symptomen en de medicamenteuze behandeling van de aandoening en de non-medicam...