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Improving social intervention : changing social policy and social work practice through research : a volume in memory of John Carrington Spencer (1915-1978) / edited by John Gandy, Alex Robertson, and Susan Sinclair.
LIBRA HV37 .I46 1983
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spencer, John Carrington.
- Social policy--Research.
- Social policy.
- Social service--Research.
- Social service.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 291 pages : portrait ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Croom Helm ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1983.
- Contents:
- John Spencer / Susan Sinclair
- Comparative social policy and the politics of comparison / Roy Parker
- Research and policy in the personal social services / Olive Stevenson
- Law reform and social change / Hans Mohr
- Knowledge and city planning / Norman Dennis
- Anomie, ritualism, and inertia among custodial staff in Canadian prisons / Terence Willett
- The myth of preventing delinquency through early identification and intervention / Jack Byles
- Theory and practice in juvenile justice / Stewart Asquith
- Orientations to the meaning of help / Ben Shapiro
- Social work, policy, government, and research / Gilbert Smith
- Policy, practice, and research / Alex Robertson and John Gandy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies.
- ISBN:
- 0312410700
- OCLC:
- 9465724
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