British Journal of Social Work

Editorial

Eric Blyth and Helen Masson

Editorial
BJSW Advance Access published on February 24, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 215-217; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn020 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael Ungar

Resilience across Cultures
BJSW Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 218-235; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl343 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daniel Fu Keung Wong

Differential Impacts of Stressful Life Events and Social Support on the Mental Health of Mainland Chinese Immigrant and Local Youth in Hong Kong: A Resilience Perspective
BJSW Advance Access published on October 24, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 236-252; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl344 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nigel Parton

Changes in the Form of Knowledge in Social Work: From the ‘Social’ to the ‘Informational’?
BJSW Advance Access published on October 27, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 253-269; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl337 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul Michael Garrett

How to be Modern: New Labour’s Neoliberal Modernity and the Change for Children programme
BJSW Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 270-289; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl345 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Colin Pritchard and Tony Sayer

Exploring Potential ‘Extra-Familial’ Child Homicide Assailants in the UK and Estimating their Homicide Rate: Perception of Risk—The Need for Debate
BJSW Advance Access published on November 8, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 290-307; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl333 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael Sheppard and Graham Crocker

Locus of Control, Coping and Proto Prevention in Child and Family Care
BJSW Advance Access published on October 13, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 308-321; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl338 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cheryl-Anne Cait

Identity Development and Grieving: The Evolving Processes for Parentally Bereaved Women
BJSW Advance Access published on November 8, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 322-339; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl347 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joane Martel and Renée Brassard

Painting the Prison ‘Red’: Constructing and Experiencing Aboriginal Identities in Prison
BJSW Advance Access published on October 31, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 340-361; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Malcolm Millar

‘Anti-Oppressiveness’: Critical Comments on a Discourse and its Context
BJSW Advance Access published on October 18, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 362-375; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl336 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gavin Heron

Using Students’ Written Feedback on ‘Race’ Issues to Enhance Self-Regulated Learning
BJSW Advance Access published on November 8, 2006
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 376-394; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcl348 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dave Ward

BJSW Critical Commentary: What Works in Probation Offender Management: evidence for a new direction?"
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 395-405; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn018 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews

David Hardcastle

The Welfare State and Social Work: Pursuing Social Justice, Josefina Figueira-McDonough, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications, 2007, pp. xvi + 436, ISBN 0761930248, $55.95
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 406-407; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn003 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dave Ward

A Quarter Century of Classics (1978–2004): Capturing the Theory, Practice, and Spirit of Social Work with Groups, Andrew Malekoff and Roselle Kurland (eds), Binghampton, NY, The Howarth Press, 2005, pp. xxv+266, ISBN 13: 978-0-7890-2873-0, $24.95 • Effective Groupwork (2nd edn), Michael Preston-Shoot, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp. ix+212, ISBN 978-1-4039-0552-9, £18.99
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 407-409; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn004 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gillian Bridge

International Social Work: Social Problems, Cultural Issues and Social Work Education, Stefan Borrmann, Michael Klassen and Christian Spatscheck (eds), Opladen, Barbara Budrich Publishers, 2007, pp. 189, ISBN 978 3 86649 0871, £12.95
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 409-411; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn005 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julia Warrener

Mental Health Care for People of Diverse Backgrounds, Julia D. Buckner, Yezzennya Castro, Jill M. Holm-Denoma and Thomas E. Joiner Abingdon, Oxon, Radcliffe Publishing Ltd, 2007, pp. xi + 164, ISBN 10 1 84619 0904, £21.95/$39.95
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 411-413; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn006 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin Brown

Going Local: Working in Communities and Neighbourhoods, John Pierson, Abingdon, Routledge, 2008, pp. xvi + 195, ISBN 978 0 415 32840 1, £19.99
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 413-414; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn007 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Klara Janouskova

Understanding Social Work Research, Hugh McLaughlin, Sage, London, 2007, pp. 210, ISBN 9781412908481, £19.99
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 414-416; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn008 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark Lymbery

International Social Health Care: Policy, Programs and Studies, G. Rosenberg and A. Weissman (eds), New York, Haworth, 2006, $19.95
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 416-418; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn009 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steve Clarke

Revitalising Communities in a Globalising World, Lena Dominelli (ed.), Aldershot, Ashgate, 2007, pp. xiii + 451, ISBN 978 7546 4498 9, £60.00 (hb)
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 418-419; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn010 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Avril Butler

Doing Anti-Oppressive Practice: Building Transformative Politicized Social Work, Donna Baines (ed.), Nova Scotia, Fernwood Publishing, 2007, pp. 229, ISBN 978 1552662236, £24.95
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 420-421; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn011 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudia Bernard

Cross-Cultural Child Development for Social Workers: An Introduction, Lena Robinson, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, pp. 222, ISBN 978-0-333-72610-5, £18.99
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 421-422; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn012 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received

Books Received
Br J Soc Work 2008 38: 423-426; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn002 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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