Human Services

More than any other challenging behaviour, the sexual abuse of one child by another generates anxiety, puzzlement and confusion.Adults confident in dealing with a defiant or delinquent child find their confidence leaves them when confronted with sexual...

Through a series of remarkable events, Sarah de Carvalho left her glittering career in film promotion and TV production to join a missionary organisation in Brazil. There she met children from the age of seven living on the streets, taking drugs,...

This study, first published in 1982, is concerned with the nature of crime in nineteenth-century Britain, and explores the response of the community and the police authorities. Each chapter is linked by common themes and questions, and the topics...

Some people have always had to find ways of living with long term conditions such as diabetes or coeliac disease, but as people live longer, increasing numbers of us now experience long-term poor health. While some conditions that previously limited the...

This valuable resource for people working with adults with learning disabilities provides over 60 sessions of fun and engaging activities that aim to entertain and stimulate the minds of people with learning disabilities.The sessions are divided into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737781806Author David Alton HedgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint Ex LibertasPublisher Ex Libertas

The pub is a prominent social institution integral to British identity. From Taverns of Gastropubs: Food, Drink, and Sociality in England charts the historical development of the English public house from the Restoration period to the twenty-first...

Sometimes, we can all try so hard to avoid causing ourselves pain that we don't live our lives to the full - and people with intellectual disabilities are no different. Based on principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Living Your Best Life...

Family Support introduces and explores the state of the art in preventative social work with children and young people. Drawing on contemporary thinking and research, the book aims to make a contribution to current debates about how we can best support...

The histories of the trans and sex worker rights movements are closely intertwined and, particularly in the UK, it's rare to find a carceral feminist who isn't also a rabid transphobe. What does it mean to write as part of a community that is under...

The author does a commendable job of taking what is known about groups, the unconscious, and psychodynamics in an academic sense, and grounding it in relevant experiential education examples. This book is appropriate for intermediate and advanced...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906308193Author David CopperfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Monday BooksPublisher Monday BooksWeight(grams) 194g

This manual is primarily designed for Investigators, Enforcement Officers and Intelligence Operators who use digital stills (SLR) cameras and video cameras in order to obtain photographic evidence. Whether you are new to digital photography or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767905541Author Jack MapleFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 276gDimensions(mm) 272mm *...

While the use of imprisonment continues to rise in developed nations, we have little sociological knowledge of the prison's inner world. Based on extensive fieldwork in a medium-security prison in the UK, HMP Wellingborough, The Prisoner Society: Power,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774641491Author M K GandhiFormat HardbackPage Count 426Imprint Must Have BooksPublisher Must Have BooksWeight(grams) 794gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839013614Author Harry McCallionFormat PaperbackPage Count 276Imprint Lume BooksPublisher Lume BooksWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 16mm

This fully-updated and revised third edition addresses the changes to law and practice in relation to adoption and permanency, the children's hearing system and the implications of the provisions of the Children and Young People (S) Act 2014 and other...

The No. 1 bestselling story of one of Ireland's top homicide investigators 'Thrilling and insightful' Ray D'Arcy, RTE 'Intriguing . . . a great read . . . it's the story of Ireland in a way' Nicola Tallant'Important and compassionate' Irish Times* * *'A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585424627Author Roberta SatowFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915972231Author Maureen ShettleFormat PaperbackPage Count 532Imprint YouCaxton PublicationsPublisher YouCaxton Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905664351Author Renee WolfsFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)Publisher CoramBAAFWeight(grams)...

This book introduces an approach to CBT for depression that integrates cognitive-behavioural models, evidence and therapies. Rooted in evidence-based practice and practically focused, it draws on components of first, second and third-wave CBT to help...

A fully revised, new edition of Person-centred Active Support self-study guide, including new video. This book is designed to provide the learner with knowledge about what active support is, why it is important, what it looks like in practice, and...

Providing an accessible introduction to attachment thinking, this practical book offers early years practitioners' advice on translating attachment principles into practice in their settings. It clearly explains how knowledge about attachment theory...

Ever wondered what it's like living with a brain that's trying to kill you? If you've struggled with an eating disorder, you'll know exactly how that feels. This book follows an ordinary girl on one of the most extraordinary and difficult journeys of her...

Fire Dynamics for Firefighters simplifies the science behind fire dynamics for all frontline and trainee firefighters. Firefighters are accountable for keeping up to date with their professional development and training through self-study.Book...

The Welfare State Reader has established itself as a vital source of outstanding original research since its original appearance in 2000. In the third edition, Pierson, Castles and Naumann have comprehensively overhauled the content, bringing it wholly...

Birmingham's Front Line offers a fascinating and unique insight into police culture and the problems faced by those on the thin blue line during a tumultuous time in Britain's second city. Containing accounts from the author and his former colleagues...

A raw, eye-opening memoir from a North East firefighter, charting her journey into the male dominated heart of the British Fire and Rescue Service.Lifting the Fire Hydrant Lid follows young, idealistic recruit, Kate Fullen, as she negotiates training...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorEsther Farmer (Editor) Esther Farmer is the director and playwright of "Wrestling with Zionism." In addition to producing storytelling workshops around the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307948090Author Gene RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Over the past decade, Beyond the Welfare State? has become established as the key text on the emergence and development of welfare states. It offers a comprehensive and remarkably well-informed introduction to the ever more intense debates that surround...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250190437Author Ralph FriedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692488386Author Rocky ElmoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Duffin CreativePublisher Duffin CreativeWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

When we hear news stories about displaced people, people running away from war, living in exile, they're always accompanied by big numbers, presented as waves of immigrants. The Last Day Before Exile re-focuses the narrative to the human side, sharing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780547247960Author Paul ToughFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland is the first book to integrate the description and analysis of social policy in Scotland since devolution in 1999. It has been designed to support the delivery of social policy and related courses in Scotland...

This remarkable book recalls the history of the four police forces: the Northampton Borough Police; the Daventry Borough Police; the Higham Ferrers Borough Police, and the Northamptonshire County Constabulary, which have combined over the years to form...

Dust: Life, Alice thinks, isn't worth living. So, Alice kills herself. Sort of. Forced to watch the aftermath of her suicide and its ripple effect on her family and friends, Alice quickly learns that death changes people. And that death isn't the change...