Policy Press: 559 books
Leading policing in Europe
An empirical study of strategic police leadership
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Little is known about those at the command end of policing in Europe. Over the last two years, Bryn Caless and Steve Tong have had unique access to those at the top of Europe's police forces, obtaining detailed comments from more than a hundred strategic police leaders in 22 countries and presenting,...
Young, Muslim and criminal
Experiences, identities and pathways into crime
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
In recent years there has been significant negative attention towards young British male Muslims, who are perceived to be increasingly dangerous and criminal. However, very little is known about those who offend, as few studies have attempted to understand their lived experience. After spending four...
Islamophobia
Lived experiences of online and offline victimisation
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Islamophobia examines the online and offline experiences of hate crime against Muslims, and the impact upon victims, their families and wider communities. Based on the first national hate crime study to examine the nature, extent and determinants of Muslim victims of hate crime in the virtual and...
The moral marketplace
How mission-driven millennials and social entrepreneurs are changing our world
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
Enter the world of the social entrepreneur. A global community of doers, thinkers and leaders who mix business with grass-roots activism to make social change possible. Vinod Kapur created a new breed of chicken that feeds some of the world’s poorest villagers. Betty Makoni empowers young women...
The future of development
A radical manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
On January 20, 1949 US President Harry S. Truman officially opened the era of development. On that day, over one half of the people of the world were defined as underdeveloped and they have stayed that way ever since. This book explains the origins of development and underdevelopment and shows how...
Austerity bites
A journey to the sharp end of cuts in the UK
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Voted one of the Guardian best books of 2014 by Owen Jones. After coming to power in May 2010, the Coalition government in the United Kingdom embarked on a drastic programme of cuts to public spending and introduced a raft of austerity measures that had profoundly damaging effects on much of the population....
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Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Adult social care in Britain has been at the centre of much media and public attention in recent years. Revelations of horrific abuse in learning disability settings, the collapse of major private care home providers, abject failures of inspection and regulation, and uncertainty over how long-term...
Health inequalities
From Titanic to the crash
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
The third digital-only ebook taster of Unequal health: The scandal of our times by Danny Dorling. Competitively priced, it gives a flavour of one of the major themes: health inequalities and contains three chapters from the book, preceded by an all-new introduction specially written by Danny Dorling. This ‘must-read’ will introduce an even wider readership to his work.
Getting By
Estates, class and culture in austerity Britain
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
While the 1% rule, poor neighbourhoods have become the subject of public concern and media scorn, blamed for society's ills. This unique book redresses the balance. Lisa Mckenzie lived on the St Ann’s estate in Nottingham for more than 20 years. Her ‘insider’ status enables us to hear the stories...
For youth workers and youth work
Speaking out for a better future
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
In this unique and passionate book, Doug Nicholls proposes a cultural revolution within youth work. He draws on the best of youth work's past to redesign the youth work map for today. He speaks with wit, wisdom and warmth to youth workers about their craft. Yet he takes no intellectual prisoners in...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Neoliberalism and austerity have led to a growing inequality gap and increasing levels of poverty and social harm. In this short form book, part of the Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work series, Chris Jones and Tony Novak look at consequences of poverty and inequality and the challenge they...
Public health
Cholera to the coalition
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
The first digital-only ebook taster of Unequal health: The scandal of our times by Danny Dorling. Competitively priced, it gives a flavour of one of the major themes: public health and contains three chapters from the book, preceded by an all-new introduction specially written by Danny Dorling. This ‘must-read’ will introduce an even wider readership to his work.
Fatherhood in the Nordic welfare states
Comparing care policies and practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2016
The five Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, are well-known for their extensive welfare system and gender equality which provides both parents with opportunities to earn and care for their children. In this topical book, expert scholars from the Nordic countries, as well...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Sweden is often considered one of the most gender-equal countries in the world and held up as a model to follow, but the reality is more complex. This is the first book to explode the myth of Swedish gender equality, both offering a new perspective for an international audience, and suggesting how...