Human Services

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955383007Author James HeartfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint audacityPublisher audacity

Authored by prominent scholars, the twelve essays in this volume use the historical perspective to explore American urban housing policy as it unfolded from the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries. Focusing on the enduring quest of policy...

Countries are facing increasing life expectancy and a shrinking family size and in effect, this may escalate demands for medical and supportive services. The role of families in providing informal care will remain important. However, the simultaneous...

From Rodney King and “driving while black” to claims of targeting of undocumented Latino immigrants, relationships surrounding race, ethnicity, and the police have faced great challenge. Race, Ethnicity, and Policing includes both classic pieces and...

In these hard times of global financial peril and growing social inequality, injuries to dignity are pervasive. ""Indignity has many faces,"" one man told Nora Jacobson as she conducted interviews for this book. Its expressions range from rudeness,...

Women come to Magdalene House in Nashville when they are ready to leave the streets. They live together, unsupervised and free of charge, for two years. During that time, the women are given time, space, and the resources they need to heal from what have...

This book offers a timely account of health reform struggles in developed democracies. The editors, leading experts in the field, have brought together a group of distinguished scholars to explore the ambitions and realities of health care regulation,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975765876Author Dave AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 346Imprint Millipede BooksPublisher Millipede BooksWeight(grams) 485g

Housing matters for everyone, as it provides shelter, security, privacy, and stability. For survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), housing takes on an additional meaning; it is the key to establishing a new life, free from abuse. IPV survivors...

In recent years there has been a growing trend towards increased communication among members of the adoption triad. Although many adoption agencies are moving towards increased information sharing, there is little research evidence available concerning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983762201Author Ed S Louis S SchaferFormat PaperbackImprint Schoolhouse PartnersPublisher Schoolhouse PartnersWeight(grams) 2672g

This book provides a broad analysis of the policy, programmatic, and research issues surrounding managed care services delivery systems that provide the majority of health and behavioral health care services in the United States. By including an...

In this sweeping narrative history from the Great Depression of the 1930s to the Great Recession of today, Caring for America rethinks both the history of the American welfare state from the perspective of care work and chronicles how home care workers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999149102Author B Wayne SimsFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Silver Tree PublishingPublisher Silver Tree PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

This is a study of the effects of racism on the protection and support of black children who have been sexually abused. The author explores the myths and realities surrounding the abuse of black children, and the actions of social workers and others who...

Investing in Communities Achieves Results fills an important gap in the global knowledge on community level results and resources related to HIV and AIDS. While communities, in spite of their limited resources, have played a key role in the HIV/AIDS...

Today the private security industry employs approximately 1.5 million people and spends over $52 billion annually. In contrast, public police forces employ approximately 600,000 people and spend $30 billion annually. Private policing promises to be a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633602014Author Vernon D FranklinFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Urban PressPublisher Urban PressWeight(grams) 186g

The decline of the welfare state in Western Europe has led to an increasing role both for citizen-led initiatives and for philanthropy in easing, solving or preventing social problems. Care and everyday help is being provided by strangers - people driven...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622123568Author Andy ElliottFormat HardbackImprint Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, LLCPublisher Strategic Book Publishing & Rights...

The report aims to meet two broad objectives: (a) enhance knowledge about the current state of existing social safety nets (SSNs) and assess their effectiveness in responding to new and emerging challenges to the poor and vulnerable in the region by...

New Labour deployed community as a conceptual framework to rearticulate the state / citizen relationship to be enacted at and through new spaces of governance. An important example of this was how successive New Labour governments sought to renovate the...

The point of leaving care has been identified as a potentially critical turning point at which services might moderate later outcomes. While there is growing evidence identifying social support and identity development as crucial elements, there remains...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504349819Author Phd Kateresea L FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Balboa PressPublisher Balboa PressWeight(grams) 358g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789769652576Author Sophia Elizabeth LambertFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Sophia Elizabeth LambertPublisher Sophia Elizabeth LambertWeight(grams) 152g

This book focuses on the Biafran humanitarian crisis of 1967-1970 which generated a surge of human rights anxieties and attracted the attention of world humanitarian organizations. For the first time in recent history, different church groups and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798885559690Author Debbie CastleFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Notion PressPublisher Notion PressWeight(grams) 308g

This important book offers unique insight into the experience of foster youth from 27 countries around the world. It provides a systematic review of literature reporting the experiences of youth in care, addressing a wide range of key topics in this...

For centuries, residential child and youth care systems worldwide have provided homes for vulnerable children and adolescents. The implementation of children's rights, especially the right of participation, is assessed as an important base for promoting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951131074Author Tara IjaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint As You Wish PublishingPublisher As You Wish PublishingWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm)...

This book explains and discusses how a child’s right to freedom of expression is upheld through practice and decision-making in Child Protection Services (CPS). Using the right to expression as stipulated in Article 12.2 of the United Nations Convention...

There are more senior citizens in the U.S. today than ever before. Public services for seniors are rapidly changing and expanding as this diverse population ages. This collection of essays describes key developments in services being provided in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784991051715Author Njikang Clovis MebinajiFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Emen PressPublisher Emen PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734570311Author Rebecca J Speelman Ed DFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Why Balance MattersPublisher Why Balance MattersWeight(grams) 145g

K-12 Career Development: An Integrative Social Justice Approach provides school counselors-in-training with a clear and comprehensive theoretical model to help them build and maintain a K-12 career development program within schools that feature a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504349833Author Phd Kateresea L FordFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Balboa PressPublisher Balboa PressWeight(grams) 522g

The Working Centre in the downtown core of Kitchener, Ontario, is a widely recognized and successful model for community development. Begun from scratch in 1982, it is now a vast network of practical supports for the unemployed, the underemployed, the...

This text provides an easy-to-read introduction to qualitative research methods in social work, taking into account contemporary contexts and social conditions.Drawing from a range of social work perspectives, it allows the reader to make the connection...

Policing the Pandemic explores how police agencies in United Kingdom and the United States have adjusted to their changing environments, both during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and later, when the restrictions have been relaxed and the societies...

Practicum in Counseling: A Developmental Guide is designed to guide counselors-in-training through a meaningful practicum experience. The text utilizes a developmental approach to empower students and encourage them to commit to professional growth and...