By Mary Bryna Sanger (Auth.)

ISBN-10: 0126186502

ISBN-13: 9780126186505

By Catherine McDonald

ISBN-10: 023050549X

ISBN-13: 9780230505490

ISBN-10: 1403935459

ISBN-13: 9781403935458

This booklet explores the demanding situations dealing with social paintings, prepares readers for the realities of perform, and engages the reader in a complete, theoretically educated but obtainable research of why social paintings must reconstitute itself.

By Dennis L. Peck, Norman A. Dolch

ISBN-10: 0275970159

ISBN-13: 9780275970154

ISBN-10: 0275970574

ISBN-13: 9780275970574

This certain selection of case reports introduces readers to some of the universal but awesome social difficulties in modern American society. utilising a symbolic interplay method of the case reports, the authors determine the origins of the issues, outline the problems, and discover the results and power treatments. The case experiences themselves introduce readers to the very own facet of the issues because the feelings, activities, and perceptions of the topics are printed and analyzed. the issues studied listed here are prepared into 3 categories--health-related matters, relatives concerns, and behaviour past the boundaries--and comprise many difficulties that frequently obtain too little realization within the current literature, making this ebook an unique and well timed contribution. all the 3 sections is preceded by way of a basic evaluate of the chapters to persist with and provides readers a prelude to the exploration of human notion, language, and behaviour captured and illustrated within the case reports. within the first component of the booklet, difficulties coated contain suicide, anorexia nervosa, alcohol and drug abuse, and AIDS/STDs. the second one part covers teenage moms, household violence, divorce and poverty, baby help and deadbeat dads, and homelessness. The final part makes a speciality of sexual harassment, equivalent safety and racial exclusion, prostitution, occupation criminals, mass homicide, and serial killers. This ebook represents a clean new method and a great addition to the learn of social difficulties in the USA this day.

By Janet Warren

ISBN-10: 1844450740

ISBN-13: 9781844450749

This can be the 1st textual content to check the vital parts of carrier consumer involvement and participation throughout either grownup and kid's prone. A invaluable studying source, it attracts jointly info from examine, provider clients, carers and practitioners throughout either teams. furthermore, it supplies an outline of the explicit wisdom, angle and talents that social employees want for education at qualifying point and integrates conception with proof to notify daily social paintings perform. moreover, case reviews and actions motivate mirrored image and the appliance of this data to perform occasions.

By James Ptacek

ISBN-10: 0195335481

ISBN-13: 9780195335484

Regardless of major accomplishments over the last 35 years, antiviolence activists understand that justice for many abused ladies continues to be elusive. so much sufferers don't name the police or search support from the courts, making it the most important to spot new methods for survivors to discover justice. This path-breaking publication examines new justice practices for sufferers which are getting used within the usa, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. those casual, dialogue-based practices, known as ''restorative justice,'' search to diminish the position of the kingdom in responding to crime, and bring up the involvement of groups in assembly the wishes of sufferers and offenders. Restorative justice is most typically used to deal with adolescence crimes and is usually now not steered or disallowed for circumstances of rape, family violence, and baby sexual abuse. however, restorative practices are starting to be used to handle violent crime. Restorative Justice and Violence opposed to Women considers either the risks and strength merits of utilizing restorative justice in line with those crimes. The individuals comprise antiviolence activists and students from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. a few are strongly in desire of utilizing restorative practices in those instances, a few are strongly adverse, and plenty of lie someplace in among. Their chapters introduce a number of views on substitute justice practices, delivering wealthy descriptions of latest courses that mix restorative justice with feminist antiviolence methods. debatable and forward-thinking, this quantity provides a much-needed research of restorative justice practices in instances of violence opposed to ladies. Advocates, neighborhood activists, and students will locate the theoretical views and brilliant case descriptions awarded the following to be beneficial instruments for growing new methods for abused ladies to discover justice.

By David Smith (auth.)

ISBN-10: 0333587510

ISBN-13: 9780333587515

ISBN-10: 1349239011

ISBN-13: 9781349239016

By Mark Doel

ISBN-10: 0754641201

ISBN-13: 9780754641209

Smooth Social paintings perform is a considerably new textual content which builds upon the luck and magnificence of Social paintings perform (1993) and the hot Social paintings perform (1998). Mark Doel and Steven M. Shardlow have reshaped the publication to take account of the nationwide Occupational criteria for Social paintings, aiming to supply an inventive, useful and up to date studying source according to new practices. this can be an interactive publication designed to supply readers with a chance to have interaction with key facets of contemporary social paintings perform, whereas additionally offering a good digest of crucial literature. each one bankruptcy is brought with an job or workout, designed to help scholar studying in discrete features of perform and construction to a whole curriculum for perform studying. glossy Social paintings perform contains a lot new or prolonged insurance of issues together with: provider clients' involvement in educating and studying coping with hard behaviour operating with teams and groups responsibility and confidentiality Whistleblowing operating with possibility This e-book may be a useful textbook for college students of social paintings in all 3 years of the recent measure. it is going to even be of curiosity to working towards social staff, in particular these engaged in education, instructing and assessing scholars.

By Robert M. Emerson

ISBN-10: 022623780X

ISBN-13: 9780226237800

By Katherine Van Wormer

ISBN-10: 0190211091

ISBN-13: 9780190211097

Human habit and the Social atmosphere, Micro point draws on a resilience version to discover the dynamics of human habit around the lifestyles span. organic, mental, and non secular dimensions are lined. Illustrations and vignettes from social paintings, psychology, literature, philosophy, and present occasions spotlight the turning issues in our lives. severe pondering questions are supplied. the result's an important booklet that bridges concept and perform in keeping with the 2015 Council on Social paintings schooling (CSWE) standards.

By V Coombe, A Little

ISBN-10: 0203992741

ISBN-13: 9780203992746

ISBN-10: 0415090938

ISBN-13: 9780415090933

A complete education advisor for social staff keen on education scholars that gives valuable source fabric during this very important region.