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The Handbook of Autism

A Guide for Parents and Professionals

By Maureen Aarons, Tessa Gittens

This updated edition of the Handbook of Autism explores and expands on the practical and jargon free information of the best-selling first edition. The authors…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16035-3 (Routledge)

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Prisoners' Work and Vocational Training

By Frances H. Simon

Most prisoners in the UK are required to work. Yet prison work is a relatively neglected subject in the existing literature on imprisonment and few…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-14677-7 (Routledge)

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Policing Sexual Assault

By Jeanne Gregory, Sue Lees

Policing Sexual Assault provides a detailed account of current police practice in the UK in response to sexual assault. The authors use case studies and…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16388-0 (Routledge)

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Criminal Conversations

An Anthology of the Work of Tony Parker

Edited by Keith Soothill

This anthology, selected by Tony Parker shortly before his death in 1996, provides the very essence of his quite distinctive contribution to criminology. In it…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-19740-3 (Routledge)

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Managing Mental Health in the Community

Chaos and Containment

Edited by Angela Foster, Dr Vega Zagier Roberts, Vega Zagier Roberts

Managing Mental Health in the Community is a guide to best practice in the management of community care for people with mental health problems.

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1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16797-0 (Routledge)

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Someone to Lend a Helping Hand

Women Growing Old in Rural America

By D. Shenk

By providing descriptions of the experiences of thirty rural Minnesota women, often in their own words, this timely and topical book examines the expectations, beliefs…

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1999 | Paperback: 978-9057005350 (Routledge)

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Moral Agendas For Children's Welfare

Edited by Michael King

Moral Agendas for Children's Welfare examines the roles played by politics, religion, ethics, aesthetics, law and science in identifying children's needs and rights and critically…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18013-9 (Routledge)

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Social Welfare Policy Analysis and Choices

By Hobart A. Burch

Social Welfare Policy Analysis and Choices gives you a thorough introduction to social welfare policy analysis. The knowledge you’ll gain from its pages will enable…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-7890-0603-5 (Routledge)

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Effective Staff Training in Social Care

From Theory to Practice

By Jan Horwath, Tony Morrison

Effective Staff Training in Social Care provides a theoretical framework for training and professional development, focusing on group learning in a social care context. It…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16031-5 (Routledge)

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Social Work and Minorities

European Perspectives

Edited by R.D. Johnson Mark, Haluk Soydan, Charlotte Williams

Social Work and Minorities examines the new challenges presented to Social Workers throughout Europe by the complex problems occasioned by increased migration and settlement and…

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1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16963-9 (Routledge)

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