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Sub-Categories of Social services & welfare, criminology
Social services & welfare, criminology titles - 31,710 results
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Searching for Our Angel
Liz Peter
Biography: general; Child welfare; International law; Health & Self-Help; Family & health
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Liz and Darryn were encouraged to keep a journal when they began the adoption process. This is the moving story of one couple's... [more]
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A Secret Gift
Ted Gup
Biography; Biography: general; Encyclopaedias & reference works; History of the Americas; Social & cultural history; Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy
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A timely and powerful work of America at its worst - and Americans at their best - woven from the stories of Depression-era... [more]
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Gulag Boss: A Soviet Memoir
Fyodor Vasilevich Mochulsky
Memoirs; History; European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; The Cold War; Prisons; Political oppression & persecution
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The searing accounts of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Evgeniia Ginsberg and Varlam Shalamov opened the world's eyes to the terrors... [more]
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Flagging the Problem: A New Approach to Mental Health
Harry Barry
Care of the mentally ill; Mental health services; Health & Self-Help
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Dr. Harry Barry seeks to address the deficit in public knowledge relating to the understanding of mental health. He presents... [more]
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Nothing to Do With Justice
Diane Fingleton
Biography; Biography: general; Crime & criminology
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Charged wrongly under a criminal code in a disagreement over conditions of employment, Diane Fingleton, the former lawyer,... [more]
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On Deadly Ground: The Assassination of John Newman
Tim Priest
Biography; True crime; Crime & criminology
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John Newman (8/12/46---5/9/94) was a member of the NSW State Parliament for the seat of Cabramatta. He was the second politician... [more]
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Forensic Investigations and Miscarriages of Justice: The Rhetoric Meets...
Bibi Sangha, Kent Roach, Robert Moles
Forensic science; Criminal law & procedure; Environment, transport & planning law
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Miscarriages of justice have been the focus of judicial and public inquiries in Britain, Canada, and Australia. The objective... [more]
$88.00 $79.20
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The Dark Side of Creativity
Arthur J. Cropley, David Cropley, James C. Kaufman, Mark A. Runco
Violence in society; Crime & criminology; Psychology; Cognition & cognitive psychology
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This book brings together essays by experts to illustrate the nature of negative creativity. [more]
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Born or Bred: Martin Bryant: the Making of a Mass Murderer
Paola Totaro, Robert Wainwright
Biography; True crime; Crime & criminology
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Martin Bryant murdered 35 people and injured 37 during the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania in 1996, a crime for which he... [more]
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Catching the Wolf of Wall Street
Jordan Belfort
Biography; Biography: general; Memoirs; Corporate crime; Finance; Stocks & shares
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In this astounding account, Wall Street's notorious bad boy leads us through a drama worthy of The Sopranos, from his early... [more]
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Stones into Schools
Greg Mortenson
Biography; Memoirs; Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy; Schools
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Presents the author's extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005. This... [more]
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The Second Father: An Insider's Story of Cops, Crime, and Corruption
Domenico Cacciola
Biography; Biography: general; Autobiography: general; Police & security services; Crime & criminology; Political corruption
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Former undercover cop Domenico 'Mick' Cacciola finally breaks his silence. After he joined the Queensland police force, Mick... [more]
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A Mob Story
Michele R McPhee
Biography; True crime; Organised crime
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Chris Paciello seemed to have it all. With his good looks and A-list roster of clients and friends at his nightclub, he was... [more]
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Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid
Peter Gill
Development studies; History; Aid & relief programmes; Development economics
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This book tells the story of Ethiopia, the place, the people, and the westerners that tried to help. The first journalist... [more]
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Genetic Justice: DNA Data Banks, Criminal Investigations, and Civil Liberties...
Sheldon Krimsky, Tania Simoncelli
Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments; Forensic science; Civil rights & citizenship
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National DNA databanks were initially established to catalogue the identities of violent criminals and sex offenders. However,... [more]
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Cyberbullying: Activities to Help Children and Teens to Stay Safe in a Texting,...
Vanessa Rogers
Child welfare; Bullying & anti-bullying strategies; Health & Self-Help; Child care & upbringing; Personal & social issues: bullying, violence & abuse (Children's&YA)
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Children and teenagers text, network and twitter online as second nature. This book helps young people to understand what... [more]
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Blood Secrets: A Forensic Expert Reveals How Blood Spatter Tells the Crime...
Rod Englert
Biography; True crime; Criminal investigation & detection
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An inside look at what really happens during the reconstruction of a crime scene. When Rod Englert began his career in law... [more]
$34.99 $31.50
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Monkey House Blues: A Shanghai Prison Memoir
Dominic Stevenson
Biography; Memoirs; Drugs trade & trafficking; Prisons
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In 1993, Dominic Stevenson left a comfortable life with his girlfriend in Kyoto, Japan, to travel to China. From Afghan gun... [more]
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Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is Another Way for Africa...
Dambisa Moyo
History; Aid & relief programmes
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Reveals why millions are actually poorer because of aid, unable to escape corruption and reduced, in the West's eyes, to a... [more]
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When Doctors Kill
Joshua A. Perper, Stephen J. Cina
Forensic science; Medicine; Forensic medicine; Popular medicine & health
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Physicians are generally viewed as caring and compassionate members of society, dedicated individuals charged with healing... [more]
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The Match King: Ivan Kreuger and the Financial Scandal of the Century
Frank Partnoy
Biography; Biography: business & industry; Corporate crime
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An all-too prescient parable of how unregulated markets, greed, and unchecked ambition can wreak havoc on our economic system... [more]
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The Psychology of Criminal Conduct
D.A. Andrews, James Bonta
Crime & criminology; Psychology; Criminal or forensic psychology
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Presents an interdisciplinary general personality and social psychology of criminal behavior that is open to a wide variety... [more]
$79.95 $71.95
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The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness...
Oren Harman
Biography: science, technology & engineering; Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy; Mathematics & Sciences; Science: general issues; Philosophy of science; History of engineering & technology
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The moving tale of one man's quest to crack the mystery of altruism, an evolutionary enigma that has haunted scientists since... [more]
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Greater Guilt
Noeline Kyle
Biography; True crime; Criminal investigation & detection
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A measured look at the less chronicled half of Constance Kent's life, finding a fulfilling career and a gradual acceptance... [more]
$32.95 $29.65
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Saucy Jack: The Elusive Ripper
Gavin Baddeley, Paul Woods
Biography; British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Crime & criminology
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A study of the mystery of Jack the Ripper - the perpetrator of five brutal prostitute murders that shocked London in the summer... [more]
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