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This book examines questions and issues surrounding PACE providing unique insights into the demands and challenges of the regulation of policing.

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Examines not only how therapeutic strategies deviate from traditional judiciary proceedings, but also how these differences reflect changes afoot in American culture and conceptions of justice. This work analyzes a different type of courtroom drama in which the judge engages directly and regularly with the defendant-turned-client.

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This wide-ranging text explores how relational depth is experienced by therapists and clients, how it can best be conceptualized and key messages from the latest research. Bringing together inspiring case studies and practical strategies, this is an essential text for counseling trainees and practitioners wanting to work at relational depth.

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(Hardback)

Emphasizing the role of residential choice and its relationship to satisfaction, eleven essays consider sociological, psychological, and geographical aspects of where people live. Self-help building projects, symbolic values, social interactions between neighbors, the effect of neighborhood reputati

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This book provides an up to date and critical account of recent developments in criminal justice which reflect restorative justice principles.

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This book provides an up to date and critical account of recent developments in criminal justice which reflect restorative justice principles.

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This is a review and synthesis of the literature on white-collar crime. One of the unique themes of the work is an ongoing comparison between white-collar and conventional crime with the implication that learning about white-collar crime simultaneously teaches us something about conventional crime and criminal justice.

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In recent years, people's experience of welfare has undergone dramatic transformation, with the responsibility for managing risk being shifted from state institutions to non-governmental agencies and individuals. In this transformation moral and ethical questions about collective responsibility for social and economic risks abound.

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This concise and accessible new text examines the correlations between runaway children and teenage prostitution in the United States from a criminological, sociological, and psychological perspective.

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This concise and accessible new text examines the correlations between runaway children and teenage prostitution in the United States from a criminological, sociological, and psychological perspective.

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Addresses questions such as: Are congregations effective vehicles for providing broad-based social programs, or are they best at supporting their own members How many local congregations have formal programs to assist needy families This book represents an evenhanded benchmark of information for the coming-debate.

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The standoff and ultimate tragedy in Waco, Texas, highlights the potential volatility and uncertainty of crisis negotiations and demonstrates the challenges law enforcement officials face as they attempt to resolve these situations.

(Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

Families need child care more in the 1990s than ever before. The concept of a child care professionalism which reflects respect, partnership, and caring, is sustained throughout this practical manual.

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

Families need child care more in the 1990s than ever before. The concept of a child care professionalism which reflects respect, partnership, and caring, is sustained throughout this practical manual.

(Paperback, 3rd Revised edition)

Now in its third edition, this widely acclaimed resource provides an honest and detailed guide for adoptees and their birthparents. Drawing from personal experience as well as from extensive research, author Jayne Askin presents creative ways to overcome obstacles and attack problems that occur during the search process.

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This is a comparative analysis of the micro and macro characteristics of self-help organizations of people with disabilities (SHOPs) in seven selected countries and territories in Asia, namely China Mainland, Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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A review of local and national studies to provide a complete analysis of senior centres. It stresses the need for increased research into various areas, and looks at a number of issues which relate to the ageing population and particularly to social services for the elderly.