Books published by Whiting & Birch Ltd

This book attempts to develop a recognition of the scale of the problem of prison suicide internationally, and to set in the context of the prison as an institution. The sequel to this book, Deaths in Custody: Caring for people at risk is, also published by Whiting and Birch.

his book provides a framework for professional expertise and practice for our times.Professionals must deal with complex and unpredictable situations and balance competing interests. What specific knowledge and skills should they develop to be able to work flexibly and confidently? How is the often stereotypical knowledge of the novice student transformed into responsive ways of working in uncertainty?This book grounds these issues in a study of contemporary professional practitioners as they developed their expertise over a period of five years beginning with their preliminary training. It describes their initiation into practice and their progression towards professional effectiveness. Using an analysis of patterns in the development of experienced practitioners, the authors create a theory of professional expertise for practice in conditions of uncertainty. The book also proposes educational strategies to help develop this expertise.

Groupwork literature and practice theory is largely eurocentric. The issues facing black groupworkers and the groupwork needs of service users from minority communities are inadequately addressed in available material. In some countries anti-racist and race equality perspectives are now under attack.Race and Groupwork provides a coherent overview of its subject. The Editors have included innovative material by front-line practitioners working with black and multiracial groups as well as articles on the theoretical and philosophical principals raised. Several articles reflect on some of the inhibiting and oppressive organisational factors which can hamper this important work, and suggest approaches which might enable more facilitative policies.

The answer depends to some extent on the work-setting you have in mind. In Ripples, leading groupworkersintroduce you to eleven applications.Assuming little prior knowledge, each tells you of the clients'/users' needs, the methods used and the ideas that guide workers in one setting. Further reading is suggested.Initiated by the interdisciplinary journal Groupwork, Ripples invites workers to learn form one another, in the belief that the ripples of shared learning can only strengthen groupwork practice.The settings include: personal growth, palliative care, occupational therapy, criminal justice, social work,mental health, health promotion, schools, community-based learning for adults, community development and social action.

Shifting the focus from poetry to the novel; from Afro-Cuban writing to the representation of Asian-Caribbean women; from the oral tradition to the scribal, this critical anthology develops the debate concerning ways of reading Caribbean women's literature. Framing The Word offers challenging perspectives from writers and critics alike writing and/or teaching in the Caribbean, the UK and the USA.Reflecting on the diversity within that body of literature generally known as Caribbean women's writing, Framing The Word moves beyond the celebratory to explore and substantiate the central questions of gender and genre. This book will be of special interest to students, teachers and a wider readership interested to become better informed about this remarkable and vibrant new writing. ContentsIsms and Schisms in the Critical FrameFraming The Word: Caribbean Women's Writing ?Merle Collins, Associate Professor in Creative Writing, University of Maryland, USAEn/Gendering Spaces: The Poetry of Marlene Nourbese Philip and Pamela Mordecai?Elaine Savory, New School for Social Research, New York, USAWriting for Resistance: Nationalism and Narratives of Liberation ?Alison Donnell, Lecturer in Post-Colonial Literatures, Nottingham Trent University, EnglandJamaica Kincaid's Prismatic Self and the Decolonialisation of Language and Thought ?Giovanna Covi, Researcher in English Language and Literature, University of Trento, ItalyViews from Within and Betwixt GenresFigures of Silence and Orality in the Poetry of M. Nourbese Philip?David Marriott, Lecturer in Literary and Cultural Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, EnglandSaint Lucian Lawòz and Lamagwit Songs Within the Caribbean and African Tradition?Morgan Dalphinis, Senior Lecturer/Caribbean Coordinator, Handsworth College, Birmingham, EnglandKeeping Tradition Alive?Jean Buffong, WriterNew Encounters: Availability, Acceptability and Accessibility of New Literature from Caribbean Women?Susanna Steele Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich. and Joan Anim-Addo in Conversation Children Should Be Seen and Spoken To: or ... Writing For and About Children?Thelma Perkins , Teacher, South East London, England'A World Of Caribbean Romance': Reformulating the Legend of Love or: 'Can a Caress be Culturally Specific?'?Jane Bryce, Lecturer in African Literature, Cave Hill Department of English, University of the West IndiesHouses and Homes: Elizabeth Jolley's Mr Scobie's Riddle and Beryl Gilroy's Frangipani House?Mary Condé Lecturer in English, School of English and Drama, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, England.Beyond the Divide of LanguageWomen Writers in Twentieth Century Cuba: An Eight-Point Survey?Catherine Davies, Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Manchester University, England.Patterns of Resistance in Afro-Cuban Women's Writing: Nancy Morejón's 'Amo a mi amo' ?Conrad James, Lecturer, Department of Spanish and Italian, University of Durham, EnglandEncoding the Voice: Caribbean Women's Writing and Creole ?Susanne Mühleisen, Lecturer in Linguistics, Department of English, University of Hanover, Germany.Surinam Women Writers and Issues of Translation?Petronella Breinburg, Head of the Caribbean Centre, Goldsmiths' College, London, England.Out of a Diverse Caribbean WomanhoodFrangipani House Beryl Gilroy Writer'One of the Most Beautiful Islands in the World and One of the Unluckiest': ?Jean Rhys and Dominican National Identity Thorunn Lonsdale, Researcher, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London, EnglandAudacity and Outcome: Writing African-Caribbean Womanhood Joan Anim-Addo Coming Out of Repression: Lakshmi Persaud's Butterfly in the Wind?Kenneth Ramchand, Professor of West Indian Literature, University of the West Indies, St Augustine, and Professor of English, Colgate University, New York.

Sport has long held a special place in the affections of western industrial societies. This status has protected sport from critical scrutiny and meant that social inequalities and other problems, such as sexual harassment and abuse, have all-too-often been ignored or tacitly condoned. Further, general research on institutional sex offending has been much slower to develop than individual, pathological analyses. There is reason to believe that sport research could contribute to a wider understanding of institutional abuse. But for that to happen there needs to be a concerted effort by both sport and non-sport researchers to share their work more often and more openly. The sport-based researchers whose work is reported here bring many different approaches to this work. It is their hope that this book will take this work to a wider audience, both to increase awareness of sexual abuse in extra-familial settings and to attract critical interest in the sharing of research perspectives between those working inside and outside sport. CONTENTS: Sexual harassment and abuse in sport: The research context Celia Brackenridge and Kari Fasting . Prevalence of sexual abuse in organised competitive sport in Australia Trisha Leahy, Grace Pretty and Gershon Tenenbaum . coping with sexual harassment in sport: Experiences of elite female athletes Kari Fasting, Celia Brackenridge and Kristin Walseth . Running the gauntlet: An examination of initiation/hazing and sexual abuse in sport Sandra Kirby and Glen Wintrup . Sexual harassment of women in athletics vs academia Karin Volkwein, Frauke Schnell, Shannon Devlin, Michele Mitchell and Jennifer Sutera . Defining appropriateness in coach-athlete sexual relationships: The voice of coaches Joy Bringer, Celia Brackenridge and Lynne Johnston . The Child Protection in Sport Unit Steve Boocock . Reflections on the special issue on sport: implications for education and professional practice Carole Oglesby . Review essay: Three books on sexual harassment and abuse in sport Keith Lyons (plus extensive bibliography, list of websites and other resources)

Social services are under pressure from Government and the public to demonstrate the effectiveness of what they do. If the search for useable and relevant measures of effectiveness is to succeed, practitioners, managers, and policymakers must have an understanding of the underlying social science concepts such as Evidence-based practice (EBP). This concept is now promoted as a 'scientific' approach to policy and practice. However, the concept was developed in the field of medicine, and many would ask whether we can safely apply it to the messy process of social problem solving? The promotion of evidence-based practice also has implications for the content and focus of social work education and training, and for the selection and recruitment of staff and students. Evidence-based Practice and Social Work provides a comprehensive overview of developments in this field and highlight many important debates and dilemmas. Writers give clear pointers to the need for a new partnership between research, policy and practice, able to promote effective services. They suggest a more inclusive version of EBP that is better able to respond to the uncertainties of social work practice in the real world. Contents include: An empirical study of the obstacles to evidence-based practice Brian Sheldon, Professor of Applied Social Research/Director, Rupatharshini Chilvers, Annemarie Ellis, Alice Moseley, and Stephen Tierney, CEBSS, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter . The limits of positivism revisited David Smith, Professor of Social Work, Dept of Applied Social Science, University of Lancaster . A problematic relationship? Evidence and practice in the workplace Nick Frost, Senior Lecturer in Continuing Education, University of Leeds . Promoting evidence based practice in a child care charity: The Barnardo's experience Tony Newman, Principal Officer, Research and Development, and Di McNeish, Head of Research, Barnardo's, Cardiff . The Social Care Institute for Excellence: The role of a national institute in developing knowledge and practice in social care Mike Fisher Professor and Director of Research and Reviews, Social Care Institute for Excellence, London . Evidence based social work practice: A reachable goal? Frank Ainsworth, Research Scholar and Lecturer (Adjunct), School of International, Cultural and Community Studies, Edith Cowan University and Patricia Hansen, Head, Department of Social Work, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick . Reframing an evidence-based approach to practice Stephanie Tierney, Research Assistant, CEBSS, Peninsula Medical School, Exeter . What works about what works? Fashion, fad and EBP Carolyn Taylor, Lecturer in Social Work, and Susan White, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Department of Applied Social Science, University of Manchester