Böcker av Tony Ward

What is state crime? This book sets out the parameters of state crime and highlights the complex issues involved. The authors provide a clear chapter-by-chapter assessment of state violence, corruption, state involvement in organised and corporate crime, avoidable 'natural' disasters, torture, criminal policing, war crimes and genocide.*BR**BR*Penny Green and Tony Ward put forward a powerful argument drawing from a range of disciplines including law, criminology, human rights, international relations and political science. They develop a theoretical approach to understanding the boundaries of state crime, employing the concepts of deviance and human rights. Making distinctive use of original research and using a variety of international case-studies, this compelling book offers a fresh and sophisticated approach to this controversial and difficult subject.

A modern, 'easy on the mind' poetry collection written by the author of Unravelling Sussex. The collection includes well-researched biographical poems of famous people with a connection to Sussex, bringing them to life.

In doing so they provide a perspective that will enable practitioners to more fully appreciate each client's unique inner world, based on their individual history and environment.The authors point towards the brain's innate ability to understand and learn from experience so as to direct the growth of that inner world.

Describes, collates, and summarises a body of research, both theoretical and empirical, that explores the issue of treatment readiness in offender programming. This book unpacks a model of treatment readiness and how it has been operationalised, and discusses how the construct has been applied to the treatment of different offender groups.

Examines national identity - and especially Australia's image as a sporting country. This book traces the ebb and flow of Australia's sporting passions since the period when Archer won the first Melbourne Cup in 1861.

The first introduction to criminal law written specifically for students and scholars of criminology and the social sciences.

Argues that rehabilitation should focus both on promoting human goods (providing the offender with the essential ingredients for a 'good' life) as well as reducing/avoiding risk. This book provides a summary and critique of the scientific approach to offender rehabilitation, and is for students of criminology, sociology and clinical psychology.

This book offers a fresh perspective on treating a population that is often demonized by policymakers, the public, and even clinicians. The authors argue that most sex offenders are "e;people like us,"e; with the potential to lead meaningful, law-abiding livesif given a chance and appropriate support. They describe an empirically and theoretically grounded rehabilitation approach, the Good Lives Model, which can be integrated with the assessment and intervention approaches that clinicians already use. Drawing on the latest knowledge about factors promoting desistance from crime, the book discusses how encouraging naturally occurring desistance processes, and directly addressing barriers to community reintegration, can make treatment more effective and long lasting.

This manual is intended for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, probation officers, or counselors who have the responsibility for evaluating and treating sexual offenders.

Australian discussion of asylum seekers is polarised by slogans of 'Stop the Boats' and 'Bring them here'. Both sides have good arguments and blind spots. Surveying a wide range of evidence, new insights are presented.

If you enjoy puzzle solving you will enjoy the novel approach of Unravelling Sussex. Based on Tony Ward's Poetry+ series in Sussex Life, each famous Sussex person or place is introduced by a 'puzzle-poem'. The challenge is to unravel the embedded clues, solved by the chapter that follows.

A no-holds barred memoir from one of Ireland's greatest sporting figures of yesteryear.

Work within the human services is increasingly influenced by rights-based thinking, and this book offers advice for the practitioner on how to translate abstract rights theory into their everyday practice. It will be a useful source of guidance and advice for professionals working across the human services.