Policy Press imprint: 558 books
by Dickinson, Helen, O'Flynn
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
In recent years collaborative working has moved from being an optional extra of public service practice to being a core competency for individuals and teams. Has this led to better outcomes for those who use services? How to understand and to measure these outcomes and demonstrate these to a variety...
Islam and social work (second edition)
Culturally sensitive practice in a diverse world
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
This unique textbook enables social work practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of how Islamic principles inform and influence the lives of Muslim populations. Designed to support work with families and faith communities, this completely revised and updated edition examines religious precepts,...
Female serial killers in social context
Criminological institutionalism and the case of Mary Ann Cotton
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
To date, approaches to understanding serial murder have focused on individual cases rather than the social context in which they occurred. Written by leading criminologists and world experts on serial murder, this book marks a departure by situating nineteenth century serial killer Mary Ann Cotton...
Miscarriages of justice
Causes, consequences and remedies
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
Miscarriages of justice occur far more frequently than we realise and have the power to ruin people’s lives. It is crucial for criminal justice practitioners to understand them, given significant developments in recent years in law and police codes of practice. This text, part of the Key themes...
Research & evaluation for busy students and practitioners 2e
A time-saving guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
Research doesn't exist in a bubble but co-exists with a multitude of other tasks and commitments, yet there is more need for people to save time than ever before. Brilliantly attuned to the demands placed on researchers, this book considers how students, academics and professionals alike can save...
Connecting Families?
Information & Communication Technologies, generations, and the life course
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Are Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) connecting families? And what does this mean in terms of family routines, relationships, norms, work, intimacy and privacy? This edited collection takes a life course and generational perspective covering theory, including posthumanism and strong...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
A key sociological insight is that institutions, whether education, the economy, politics or the media, shape the contours of individual life and drive inequality. In this Byte, the contributions take up the way that digitally meditated social processes are transforming institutions. The writing here...
by Mayo, Marjorie
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Access to justice for all, regardless of the ability to pay, has been a core democratic value. But this basic human right has come under threat through wider processes of restructuring, with an increasingly market-led approach to the provision of welfare. Professionals and volunteers in Law Centres...
Consultancy in public services
Empowerment and transformation
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Based on the authors' twenty-five year experience of consultancy in the public services, this book develops an empowering approach to thinking about and doing consultancy with public services. It challenges the traditional view that the consultants are brought in as experts and instead examines ways...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
This Byte offers readers insight into some of the central debates and questions about gender and the family, examined through the lens of moral panic. It begins with an overview of the part played by moral panics, together with an appraisal of the work of Stanley Cohen, one of the chief architects...
Like mother, like daughter?
How career women influence their daughters' ambition
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2017
Women are encouraged to believe that they can occupy top jobs in society by the example of other women thriving in their careers. Who better to be a role model for career success than your mother? Paradoxically, this book shows that having a mother as a role model, even for graduates of top universities,...
Mapping environmental sustainability
Reflecting on systemic practices for participatory research
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
While there is growing interest in participatory research to address issues around environmental sustainability, the focus of analysis tends to be on the results or products of the research rather than the processes involved. Addressing this gap, the authors draw on their experience of specific mapping...
Doing reflexivity
An introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Reflexivity is vital in social research projects, but there remains relatively little advice on how to execute it in practice. This book provides social science researchers with both a strong rationale for the importance of thinking reflexively and a practical guide to doing reflexivity within their...
Writing for research
A time-saving guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Writing is more difficult than it seems. Even experienced writers often find it hard to get started, and looming deadlines can cause paralysis. This e-book will get you started and keep you going. It demystifies the craft of writing, and offers lots of tips and ideas to make writing manageable.