Books in the Welfare and Society series

This anthology explores the welfare systems of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Its 14 contributors seek to examine how these systems operate at street-level: that is, at those sites where professional helpers encounter persons seeking help, financial assistance and other welfare services.

The issue of child sex abuse has gained widespread attention over the last three decades, but minimal attention has been paid to sexual abuse by women. In this book Myriam Denov aims to fill these critical gaps in the literature.

At a time when placing children and young adults in residential care and foster care is ranking high on the political agenda the need to reflect anti-oppressive practice has never been greater. These essays represent many of the challenges that child and youth care workers have to confront in the new millennium.

Provides an account of the history of probation. This book also provides a comparative perspective by exploring the history of probation in the USA. It is based in part upon original documents and interviews with retired and serving officers. It is suitable for criminologists, social workers, social historians and social policy specialists.

Across the traditional welfare states of Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada there has been an emphasis on 'activation' by the unemployed as a tool for fighting unemployment. This book is based on a detailed ethnographic study of the highly praised Swedish rehabilitation organization Samhall.