British Journal of Social Work

Articles:

Bob Pease

Rethinking Empowerment: A Postmodern Reappraisal for Emancipatory Practice
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 135-147; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.135 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lorraine Green and Helen Masson

Adolescents Who Sexually Abuse and Residential Accommodation: Issues of Risk and Vulnerability
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 149-168; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.149 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carol Robinson and Val Williams

Carers of People with Learning Disabilities, and their Experience of the 1995 Carers Act
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 169-183; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.169 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Donna Baines

Storylines in Racialized Times: Racism and Anti-Racism in Toronto's Social Services
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 185-199; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.185 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Derek Clifford and Glen Williams

Important Yet Ignored: Problems of ‘Expertise’ in Emergency Duty Social Work
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 201-215; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.201 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Strijker, Tj. Zandberg, and B. F. van der Meulen

Indicators for Placement in Foster Care
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 217-231; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.217 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research Notes:

Arthur Cropley

Problems and Concerns of Welfare Paraprofessionals Working with Refugees
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 233-238; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.233 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Critical Commentaries:

Ian Butler

A Code of Ethics for Social Work and Social Care Research
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 239-248; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.239 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews:

Joe Wilson

Nobody Ever Told Us School Mattered—Raising the Educational Attainments of Children in Care, Sonia Jackson (ed.), London, British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering, 2001, 295pp, ISBN 1 873 868 98 7, £15.95
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 249-250; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.249 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gail C. Tucker

Women, Work and Pensions: International Issues and Prospects, Jay Ginn, Debra Street and Sara Arber (eds), Buckingham and Philadelphia, Open University Press, 2001, pp xvi + 260, ISBN 0 335 20594 1 £19.99 (pkb), ISBN 0 335 20595 X , £65.00 (hbk)
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 250-251; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.250 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gurnam Singh

Beyond Racial Divides: Ethnicities in Social Work Practice, Lena Dominelli, Walter Lorenz and Haluk Soydan (eds.), Hampshire, Ashgate, 2001, pp. 312, ISBN 0754614379, £42.50
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 251-254; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.251 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Britt Hysing-Dahl

Geronticide: Killing the Elderly, Mike Brogden Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London, and Philadelphia USA, ISBN 1 85302 709 X, US $23.95
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 254-255; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.254 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bob Holman

Community: Description, Debate and Dilemma, Mary Searle-Chatterjee, David Boulton and Michael Harnor (eds), Birmingham, Venture Press, 2000, pp. ii + 277, ISBN 1 873878 81 8
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 255-256; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.255 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suki Desai

The Politics of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia, Elizabeth N. Anionwu and Karl Atkin, Open University Press, 2001, pp. 164, ISBN 0335196071 £18.99
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 256-257; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.256 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Dawes

[un] comfortably numb: a prison requiem, Maureen Maquire, Edinburgh, Luath, 2001, pp. xx + 233, ISBN 1 84282 001 X, £8.99
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 258-259; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.258 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dave Ward

Using Groups to Help People, Dorothy Stock Whitaker, Hove, Brunner-Routledge, 2001, pp. 356, ISBN 0–415–19562–4, £17.99
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 259-260; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.259 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alastair Christie

Families as Educators for Global Citizenship, Judith A. Myers-Walls, Péter Somlai with Robert N. Rapport, (eds.), Ashgate, Aldershot, 2001, pp. xxxi + 212, ISBN 1 85972 356 X, £39.95
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 260-261; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.260 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adrian Ward

Children's Homes and Social Exclusion. Redefining the Problem, Isabelle Brodie, London, Jessica Kingsley, 2001, pp. 192, ISBN 1 85302 943 2, £16.95
Br J Soc Work 2002 32: 262-263; doi:10.1093/bjsw/32.2.262 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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