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  • Sport and Criminal Justice

    Practitioner Insights and Theoretical Directions

    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    This book examines the use of sport and physical activity-based interventions as a means by which to address crime and antisocial behaviour.Covering a range of different sporting and physical activities across an array of social contexts involving both adult and youth populations, this book provides insight into the way in which sport and physical activity are interpreted by participants and ... Read more

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  • Sport, Physical Activity and Criminal Justice

    Politics, Policy and Practice

    Edited by Haydn Morgan, Andrew Parker ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
    This book explores the various ways in which participation in sport and physical activity might contribute to effective solutions within criminal justice systems.Focusing on a range of different sporting and physical activities across an array of social contexts involving both adult and youth populations, the book offers insight into the way in which sport and physical activity is interpreted by ... Read more

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    Developing Critical and Reflective Practice

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    Mental health social work is at an impasse. On the one hand, the emphasis in recent policy documents on the social roots of much mental distress ,and in the recovery approaches popular with service users seems to indicate an important role for a holistic social work practice. On the other hand, social workers have often been excluded from these initiatives and the dominant approach within mental ... Read more

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  • Social Work with Children and Families

    Developing Advanced Practice

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  • Understanding Family Support

    Policy, Practice and Theory

    Understanding Family Support provides a definition of family support and a clear perspective on the role that it has in promoting the welfare of children and their families.Family support is a concept that has been used in a range of ways to describe various aspects of child welfare policy and practice. The authors argue that this weakens family support as an overarching child welfare paradigm. ... Read more

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    Who's Keeping the Score?

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