Policy Press: 559 books
Poverty and social exclusion in the UK: Vol. 1
Volume 1 - The nature and extent of the problem
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
The largest UK research study on poverty and social exclusion ever conducted reveals startling levels of deprivation. 18m people are unable to afford adequate housing; 14m can’t afford essential household goods; and nearly half the population have some form of financial insecurity. Defining poverty...
Micro-enterprise and personalisation
What size is good care?
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
Shifts to independent delivery of health and social care services have led to increased numbers of micro-enterprises. Could these tiny organisations with just 5 or fewer employees be the best way of delivering cost-effective health and social care services in the context of decreased budgets and increased...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Childhood and youth have often been the targets of moral panic rhetoric. This Byte explores a series of pressing concerns about young people: child abuse, child pornography, child sexual exploitation, child trafficking and the concept of childhood. With an appraisal of the work of the influential...
Evidence-based skills in criminal justice
International research on supporting rehabilitation and desistance
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
How can evidence-based skills and practices reduce re-offending, support desistance, and encourage service user engagement during supervision in criminal justice settings? How can those who work with service users in these settings apply these skills and practices? This book is the first to bring...
by Roberts, Helen
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
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The Right Amount of Panic
How women trade freedom for safety
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2018
Have you ever thought about how much energy goes into avoiding sexual violence? The work that goes into feeling safe goes largely unnoticed by the women doing it and by the wider world, and yet women and girls are the first to be blamed the inevitable times when it fails. We need to change the story...
by O'Neill, Martin
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
What are the current and future challenges in criminal investigation carried out by the police in the UK? How has the role of the detective changed over time and is there a real journey towards professionalism? Written by an author with extensive practical and training experience, this book provides...
Blamestorming, blamemongers and scapegoats
Allocating blame in the criminal justice process
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2016
We live in a society that is increasingly preoccupied with allocating blame: when something goes wrong someone must be to blame. Bringing together philosophical, psychological, and sociological accounts of blame, this is the first detailed criminological account of the role of blame in which the authors...
From Here to Maternity (Reissue)
Becoming a Mother
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Ann Oakley is a pioneer in the field of sociological research. In this classic re-issue, she interviewed 60 women to find out what it’s really like to have a baby. Covering pregnancy, birth and child care, she relies on the stories mothers tell to discuss whether and why women want to become pregnant,...
by Oakley, Ann
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2018
In this ground-breaking book, acclaimed sociologist Ann Oakley undertook one of the first serious sociological studies to examine women’s work in the home. She interviewed 40 urban housewives and analysed their perceptions of housework, their feelings of monotony and fragmentation, the length of...
Intimacy and ageing
New relationships in later life
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017
To begin new relationships in later life is increasingly common in large parts of the Western world. This timely book addresses the gap in knowledge about late life repartnering and provides a comprehensive map of the changing landscape of late life intimacy. Part of the Ageing in a Global Context...
Internationalizing social work education
Insights from leading figures across the globe
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Social work education has developed internationally over the past 50 years as part of wider processes of economic and cultural globalization. Diverse political and social events across the world have shaped social work and its education, leading to aims and methods that are shared and contested. This...
The New Fundraisers
Who organises charitable giving in contemporary society?
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Charitable fundraising has become ever more urgent in a time of extensive public spending cuts. However, while the identity and motivation of those who donate comes under increasingly close scrutiny, little is known about the motivation and characteristics of the ‘askers’, despite almost every...
Mental health service users in research
Critical sociological perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
This book aims to show the value but also the difficulties encountered in the application of 'insider knowledge' in service user research. Mental health service users in research considers ways of 'doing research' which bring multiple understandings together effectively, and explains the sociological...