Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories.This book rethinks social work’s legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using a comparative approach with international case studies, the book uncovers the role of social workers in politically tense episodes of recent history, including the anti-racist struggle in the...

Der Jesuit Jakob Balde (1604–1668), der "deutsche Horaz", ist als einer der bedeutendsten Lyriker der Frühen Neuzeit bekannt. Wenig Beachtung hat man hingegen seinem vielfältigen dramatischen Werk geschenkt, dem sich der vorliegende Band widmet. Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung steht ein Kernelement der dramatischen Technik Baldes: Der tragische Chor. Baldes Chor entsteht aus der selbstbewussten intellektuellen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Chor der senecanischen Tragödien, für dessen Funktion...

Worldwide, social workers have many functions and roles to play in the areas of crime and criminal justice, and they work with service users at both sides of criminal justice: crime perpetrators, crime victims and, very often, vulnerable people who are part of the two groups.This handbook provides both a critical exploration of the roots and theoretical foundations of Criminal Justice Social Work as well as cutting-edge research and practice in the field, from a global and inclusiv...