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Jim Campbell
Editorial
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 1-4; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn145 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elsbeth Neil
Post-Adoption Contact and Openness in Adoptive Parents’ Minds: Consequences for Children’s Development
BJSW Advance Access published on August 8, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 5-23; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm087 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Devaney
Chronic Child Abuse: The Characteristics and Careers of Children Caught in the Child Protection System
BJSW Advance Access published on July 31, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 24-45; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm089 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael Sheppard
High Thresholds and Prevention in Children’s Services: The Impact of Mothers’ Coping Strategies on Outcome of Child and Parenting Problems—Six Month Follow-Up
BJSW Advance Access published on August 29, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 46-63; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm088 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandy Wilson
Leading Practice Improvement in Front Line Child Protection
BJSW Advance Access published on August 31, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 64-80; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Judi Walsh, Gillian Schofield, Gillian Harris, Panos Vostanis, Femi Oyebode, and Helen Coulthard
Attachment and Coping Strategies in Middle Childhood Children whose Mothers Have a Mental Health Problem: Implications for Social Work Practice
BJSW Advance Access published on August 13, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 81-98; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrea Hollomotz
Beyond ‘Vulnerability’: An Ecological Model Approach to Conceptualizing Risk of Sexual Violence against People with Learning Difficulties
BJSW Advance Access published on August 29, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 99-112; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lieve Bradt and Maria Bouverne-De Bie
Social Work and the Shift from ‘Welfare’ to ‘Justice’
BJSW Advance Access published on July 31, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 113-127; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kirsi Juhila
From Care to Fellowship and Back: Interpretative Repertoires Used by the Social Welfare Workers when Describing their Relationship with Homeless Women
BJSW Advance Access published on August 4, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 128-143; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm092 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine McDonald and Lesley Chenoweth
(Re) Shaping Social Work: An Australian Case Study
BJSW Advance Access published on August 4, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 144-160; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joan Orme, Gillian MacIntyre, Pam Green Lister, Kate Cavanagh, Beth R. Crisp, Shereen Hussein, Jill Manthorpe, Jo Moriarty, Endellion Sharpe, and Martin Stevens
What (a) Difference a Degree Makes: The Evaluation of the New Social Work Degree in England
BJSW Advance Access published on August 14, 2007
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 161-178; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm095 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Malcolm Carey
Critical Commentary: Happy Shopper? The Problem with Service User and Carer Participation
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 179-188; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn166 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Robert Adams
Social Work: Making a Difference, Viviene Cree and Steve Myers, Bristol, The Policy Press, 2008, pp. 208 + iv, ISBN 9781861347787, £16.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 189-190; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn167 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Adams
Social Work and the Community: A Critical Context for Practice, Paul Stepney and Keith Popple, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, pp. x + 201, ISBN 13 9781403991263, ISBN 10 140239126X, £19.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 190-192; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn168 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gillian Bridge
Raising Parents: Attachment, Parenting and Child Safety, Patricia McKinsey Crittenden, Oregon, Willan Publishing, 2008, pp. xv + 381, ISBN 978 1 84392 498 2 (pb), £29.95
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 192-193; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn170 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alison Gilchrist
The Single Woman: A Discursive Investigation, Jill Reynolds, Hove, Routledge, 2008, pp. ix + 182, ISBN 978-0-415-40569-0, £14.95
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 193-194; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn171 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jacob Kornbeck
De l'Éducation Spécialisée, Maurice Capul and Michel Lemay, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Erès, (1996), 2008, pp. 450, ISBN 2-86586-398-0, 32.00 {euro} (pb) • Cent Mots Pour Être Éducateur: Dictionnaire Pratique du Quotidien, Philippe Gaberan, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Erès, 2007, pp. 160, ISBN 978-2-7492-0710-0, 10.00 {euro} (pb) • L'Acte Éducatif: Clinique de l'Éducation Spécialisée, Joseph Rouzel, Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Erès, (1998) 2007, pp. 232, ISBN 2-86586-602-5, 25.00 {euro} (pb)
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 194-199; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn172 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Terence Lovat
Islam and Social Work: Debating Values, Transforming Practice, Sara Ashencaen Crabtree, Fatima Husain and Basia Spalek, University of Bristol, The Policy Press, 2008, pp. ix + 198, ISBN 978 1 86134 947 7, £18.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 199-200; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn173 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jan Nordoff
Investing in Children: Policy Law and Practice in Context, Christine Piper, Devon, Willan Publishing, 2008, pp. vii + 254, ISBN 978-184392-324-4, ISBN 978-84392-325-1, £22.00
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 200-202; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn174 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karen Roscoe
Introducing Social Policy, Cliff Alcock, Guy Daly and Edwin Briggs (eds), Harlow, Pearson Longman, 2008, pp. ix + 481, ISBN 9781405858489, £25.99
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 202-204; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn175 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Books Received
Br J Soc Work 2009 39: 205-206; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn169 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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