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The book promotes better integration of theory, practice, policy, and research in working with clients who are members of the adoption triad: adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families.

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A timely collection looking at communication in elderly care and how we can best understand and improve its quality. >

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The study shows how that one neighborhood is fighting crime through a community education (comprehensive) approach.

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Reviews the history and present practice of community service in the United States. While aware of the strengths of community service programmes to the development of schools and society, the author believes that behind these good intentions, there is a certain ambivalence.

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The chapters deal with general issues in comparative criminology, cross-national data, perceptions of crime, violent crime, crimes against property, economic and political crime, transnational corporate crime, correlates of crime, underdevelopment and modernization, social control and dispute resolution, and criminal justice and penal policies.

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Originally published in 1948, "Con Man" is undeniable proof that "Yellow Kid" Weil was the virtuoso scam artist, bar none. Here is Weil's story as never before, with a smart and witty Afterword by Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow, who profiled "Yellow Kid" for "The Reporter" in 1956.

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The sixth book in the bestselling Confessions series.

What is life like for a female Undercover Cop

Ash Cameron gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at life in the Police. Funny, moving and irreverent, youll never look at a bobby the same way again!

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This work examines the principle of confidentiality in social work from three points of view: social work theory and practice, principles of natural moral law or moral philosophy, and prescriptions of civil law and legal philosophy.

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Investigates the history of the detection and treatment of child abuse through the lens of the Children's Protection Society from 1896 to the end of the 20th century. The text explores the inner world of the organization within history and the changes in law and the social constructions of abuse.

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This work examines the historical, political, and social backdrops to the social welfare systems in the most developed welfare state systems of East Asia: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the People's Republic of China.

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The first definitive examination of the practice of corporate regulation and enforcement from the foundation of the Irish State to the present day. -- .

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Corporate Crime examines the ever-present problem of white-collar and corporate crime, not only within the United States but also worldwide.

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This is a resource for helping professional caregivers respond sensitively and competently to individuals who present religious concerns in counseling and psychotherapy. The book provides psychological profiles of adults who typify each stage and shows how spiritual and psychological problems are inextricably intertwined.

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In recent years, counseling ideas in the Asia-Pacific region developed from construct, originating from a Euro-American framework. Counseling in elementary through higher education, ethnic and gender issues in counseling, counselor professionalization, and indigenous counseling, receive a special focus.

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Experts have made a state-of-the-art survey of sources that are important in counseling older persons, an increasingly important segment of the nation's population.

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This book defines the worldview of personal well-being for the Inuit Eskimo in order to establish guidelines for counselling strategies.

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Offering an innovative account of Britain's counter-radicalisation policy, Prevent, this book provides a timely analysis of the UK's response to the threat of 'homegrown' terrorism. -- .

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For countless street kids across America and beyond, Covenant House is a beacon of hope in a world of darkness and blight. In this compelling book, readers see the homeless runaways and castaways, teenage prostitutes and addicts the author has encountered in his work. 5 drawings.

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Useful for newcomers to the children's library staff as well as longtime children's librarians, the second edition of this popular handbook provides easy-to-follow instructions to make innovations in children's library materials work for you.

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Creating the Welfare State investigates how private business and public bureaucracy worked together to create the structure of much of the modern welfare state in America.

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Tells the tale of how a corner of medicine dating back to ancient times matured into modern forensic science. This title introduces readers to the cases and personalities across history, countries, and cultures. It helps them translate the popularity into the reality of forensic science and laboratory investigation.