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Wie realistisch ist das Bild einer zunehmend punitiv geprägten Praxis sozialer Wohlfahrtsproduktion? Durch die Neufassung institutioneller sozialer Dienstleistungen ist in den vergangenen Jahren der Eindruck einer zunehmenden Lust am Strafen entstanden. Tatsächlich ist...
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VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Parution :
2011-08-31
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The practice of adoption has changed dramatically over the past half century, with profound implications for children and families. Perhaps the most remarkable and controversial transformation during this time has been the growing willingness of adoption professionals...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-08-25
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Drawing on longitudinal interviews, government records, and personal narratives, feminist sociologist Lisa Brush examines the intersection of work, welfare, and battering. Brush contrasts conventional wisdom with illuminating analyses of social change and social...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-07-28
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Improving Performance in Service Organizations guides professionals through the application of lean concepts and methods in the service sector. Agencies can use this innovative approach to analyze operations and determine ways to eliminate activities that are wasteful...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-07-01
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This concise text is written specifically to help students and practitioners hone their techniques and develop their skills when it comes to writing in a clear, accessible and, above all, rigorous manner. There are sections on good essay writing and how to construct an...
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Learning Matters
Parution :
2011-06-17
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The finest teachers attempt to make direct connections between classroom knowledge and its application to the varieties of practice. Ray Fox emphasizes that a teacher of future practitioners must expand upon lectures and mere memorization; the interaction between...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-06-01
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This fully-revised new edition looks at how students can make the most from their time studying on the social work degree. Focusing on each of the three years of study, the author skilfully unpicks the critical thinking, reflection and study skills essential for the...
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Learning Matters
Parution :
2011-05-24
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Child Protection Systems is a comparative study of the social policies and professional practices that frame societal responses to the problems of child maltreatment in ten countries: USA, Canada, England, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-05-01
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Since 1991, surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have shown that Latina teenagers attempt suicide at a far higher rate than other American youth in the same age group; one in seven Latinas attempt suicide while one in ten black and white...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-04-22
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Each year more than 25,000 youth age out of the American foster care system to face uncertain futures as young adults. Many of them have experienced the trauma of abuse, neglect, disrupted family relationships, and multiple foster care placements. The past two decades...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-03-08
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This all-in-one guide is designed to better equip clergy and the church leaders to meet their congregations' needs in a spiritually grounded and scientifically sound manner. Succinct, easy-to-read chapters summarize all a pastor needs to know about a given problem area,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-02-01
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It is essential for social work students to know about social policy, to know why studying social policy is important in the social work degree, and to understand how social policy, when implemented, has a real impact on the everyday life of vulnerable people. This book...
Editeur :
Learning Matters
Parution :
2011-01-04
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Working with lesbians and gay men is a largely neglected area of social work practice. This book provides social workers and other professionals with an overview of a number of key challenges and concerns that play a significant part in the lives of lesbians and gay...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2010-12-20
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Few books written for practitioners provide any practical information regarding grief and loss issues with children and adolescents. In a clear and concise manner, Children and Loss: A Practical Handbook for Professionals details the strengths perspective of grief and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-11-02
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isolierte Ecken bzw. vor die Türen der Restaurants und Kneipen verbannt wird. War das Zigarettenrauchen in den westlichen Ländern bis in die Nachkriegszeit hinein ein allgemein gebilligtes und bei bestimmten Gelegenheiten sogar - wünschtes Phänomen, so wird es...
Editeur :
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
Parution :
2010-11-01
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Perspektiven kritischer Sozialer Arbeit
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Public and academic interest in youth and community violence has grown with school shootings, horrific cases of child abuse, and reports of domestic abuse becoming regular news features. Research on interpersonal violence has had a corresponding progression, but there...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-10-29
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For the last thirty years, the nation's mental health and social service systems have been under relentless assault, with dramatically rising costs and the fragmentation of service delivery rendering them incapable of ensuring the safety, security, and recovery of their...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-10-28
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In recent decades, social work and other social science research disciplines have become increasingly reliant on large secondary data sets, which have increased in both number and accessibility. When starting a new research project, how does one determine whether to use...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2010-10-28
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