Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sex offenders: punish, help, change or control? Sex offenders: punish, help, change or control? Jo Brayford "Sex offending, and in particular child sex offending, is a complex area for policy makers, theorist and practitioners. This book make an holistic contribution to this controversial field of study by… OL16361799W
Aging Aging Jim P. Heckles,Laura M. Bergin iv, 186 p. : 27 cm OL16450812W
Health tourism Health tourism David A. Reisman Spas, pilgrimages and trips to famous specialists are not new. What is new is the volume of patients willing and able to travel great distances for a variety of treatments and procedures. This book e… OL16651430W
Measuring outcome in the public sector Measuring outcome in the public sector Peter Smith 1 online resource (xi, 212 pages) OL18916892W
Women and children last Women and children last Ruth Sidel Includes material on welfare, family policy, day care, and Swedish practice. OL19670970W
Forty years in social work Forty years in social work Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema "Forty Years in Social Work is a personal memoir that blends a recounting of Christopher Rhoades Dÿkema's experience with the search for a theory of social work that helps to explain the social and p… OL20646161W
The World Health Report 2005 The World Health Report 2005 World Health Organization (WHO) The World Health Report 2005 - Make Every Mother and Child Count examines the reasons why so many children under five years of age and women in pregnancy, during childbirth or soon after continue to … OL22073513W
Social policy Social policy Michael J. Hill This is an overview of social policy which deals with policy issues. In doing so it introduces key concepts, issues about the performance of policies and the ways in which writers have sought to expl… OL26185596W
In the shadow of the poorhouse In the shadow of the poorhouse Michael B. Katz Examines the origins of social welfare in the United States, from the days of the colonial poorhouse through the current tragedy of the homeless, and explains why the disliked and often criticized sy… OL2815422W
World economic and social survey 2007 World economic and social survey 2007 United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs Greater longevity is an indicator of human progress in general. Increased life expectancy and lower fertility rates are changing the population structure worldwide in a major way: the proportion of o… OL29255638W
Breaking the conspiracy of silence Breaking the conspiracy of silence Donald E. Messer More than twenty years into the global AIDS pandemic, the efforts of Christian congregations and denominations have been less than minimal. This book is aimed to awaken Christian compassion in the co… OL3753824W
Politics in the age of Fox, Pitt, and Liverpool Politics in the age of Fox, Pitt, and Liverpool John W. Derry "For many people the late eighteenth century was a period of political corruption, with the political world waiting for the triumph of reform. In this study, now in a revised edition, John Derry show… OL4098168W
Dictionary of social welfare Dictionary of social welfare Noel Timms Over 500 entries to terminology as used by teachers, practitioners, and students. Each entry gives explanatory definition and reference. OL4105469W