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Understanding crime and social policy
Emma Wincup
Understanding crime and social policy encourages readers to reflect upon the close connections, and sometimes tensions, between crime reduction and social policy agendas.
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International community organising
Dave Beck, Rod Purcell
Taking power, making change
This book is the first to explore the diverse history of community organising, telling stories of how it developed, its successes and failures, and the lessons that can be applied today.
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Criminalisation and advanced marginality
Peter Squires, John Lea
Critically exploring the work of Loïc Wacquant
Written by criminologists and policy analysts, Criminalisation and advanced marginality offers a constructive but critical application of Wacquant's ideas.
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Transitions to parenthood in Europe
Ann Nilsen, Julia Brannen, Suzan Lewis
A comparative life course perspective
This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context.
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