Developments in Social Work with Offenders explains the organisational and legislative changes that have occurred in social work and probation across the UK in the past 10 years, in the context of the accumulating body of knowledge about what constitutes effective practice in the assessment, supervision and management of offenders in the community.Three different aspects of working with offenders are covered: developments in policy; assessment, supervision and intervention; and iss...

Reducing Reoffending provides a critical overview of social work and community justice in Scotland, taking full account of recent developments. The book is divided into three comprehensive sections. Part one of the book provides a critical analysis of the challenge of reducing reoffending in Scotland and locates this challenge within its historical context. Part one also reviews the available evidence about when, how and why people stop offending; about desistance from crime. This analysis...

Timely and provocative reflections on the future of the wild in an increasingly human worldThe Heart of the Wild brings together some of today’s leading scientists, humanists, and nature writers to offer a thought-provoking meditation on the urgency of learning about and experiencing our wild places in an age of rapidly expanding human impacts.These engaging essays present nuanced and often surprising perspectives on the meaning and value of “wildn...

Ein rätselhafter Mord und ein Haus voller VerdächtigerMarchfield Square. Wie eine Oase im Herzen der Großstadt verströmt die elegante Londoner Wohnanlage das Gefühl von Behaglichkeit und Sicherheit. Bis zu jenem Tag, als Richard Glead, einer der Bewohner, erschossen in seiner Küche aufgefunden wird. Der gewaltsame Todesfall veranlasst die energische Vermieterin Celeste van Duren zu sofortigem Handeln. Ein Mord in ihrem Haus stört den Ordnungssinn der vornehmen alte...

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