British Journal of Social Work

Editorial

Keith Popple

Editorial
BJSW Advance Access published on November 19, 2009
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 1-3; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp123 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles

Get checked abstract Nick Axford

Conducting Needs Assessments in Children's Services
BJSW Advance Access published on July 30, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 4-25; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn103 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Albert Z. Zhou and Marilyn Chilvers

Infants in Australian Out-of-Home Care
BJSW Advance Access published on May 12, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 26-43; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sarah Wendt

Building and Sustaining Local Co-ordination: An Australian Rural Community Responds to Domestic and Family Violence
BJSW Advance Access published on July 30, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 44-62; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn114 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ruth Emond

Caring as a Moral, Practical and Powerful Endeavour: Peer Care in a Cambodian Orphanage
BJSW Advance Access published on August 2, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 63-81; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jan Horwath and Janet Lees

Assessing the Influence of Religious Beliefs and Practices on Parenting Capacity: The Challenges for Social Work Practitioners
BJSW Advance Access published on August 27, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 82-99; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Monica Parsai, Flavio F. Marsiglia, and Stephen Kulis

Parental Monitoring, Religious Involvement and Drug Use Among Latino and Non-Latino Youth in the Southwestern United States
BJSW Advance Access published on July 3, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 100-114; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Cathy Murray

Conceptualizing Young People's Strategies of Resistance to Offending as ‘Active Resilience’
BJSW Advance Access published on August 20, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 115-132; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Judith L. M. McCoyd

Women in No Man's Land: The Abortion Debate in the USA and Women Terminating Desired Pregnancies Due to Foetal Anomaly
BJSW Advance Access published on May 27, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 133-153; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn080 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bridget McKeigue and Chris Beckett

Squeezing the Toothpaste Tube: Will Tackling Court Delay Result in Pre-Court Delay in its Place?
BJSW Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 154-169; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paul Clarkson

Performance Measurement in Adult Social Care: Looking Backwards and Forwards
BJSW Advance Access published on June 24, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 170-187; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn096 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Janet Leece

Paying the Piper and Calling the Tune: Power and the Direct Payment Relationship
BJSW Advance Access published on June 17, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 188-206; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn085 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Diane Seddon, Catherine Robinson, and Jenny Perry

Unified Assessment: Policy, Implementation and Practice
BJSW Advance Access published on June 19, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 207-225; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn097 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Caroline Rosenthal Gelman and Carol Tosone

Teaching Social Workers to Harness Technology and Inter-Disciplinary Collaboration for Community Service
BJSW Advance Access published on June 4, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 226-238; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn081 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hilda Loughran, Melinda Hohman, and Daniel Finnegan

Predictors of Role Legitimacy and Role Adequacy of Social Workers Working with Substance-Using Clients
BJSW Advance Access published on July 30, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 239-256; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn106 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stella Koritsas, Jan Coles, and Malcolm Boyle

Workplace Violence towards Social Workers: The Australian Experience
BJSW Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 257-271; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn134 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Surinder Guru

Social Work and the ‘War on Terror’
BJSW Advance Access published on September 22, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 272-289; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn129 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martin Stevens, Jill Manthorpe, Stephen Martineau, Shereen Hussein, Joan Rapaport, and Jess Harris

Making Decisions about Who Should Be Barred from Working with Adults in Vulnerable Situations: The Need for Social Work Understanding
BJSW Advance Access published on October 1, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 290-310; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn135 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kenneth McLaughlin

The Social Worker versus the General Social Care Council: An Analysis of Care Standards Tribunal Hearings and Decisions
BJSW Advance Access published on October 4, 2008
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 311-327; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcn136 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Critical Commentary

Jim Campbell

Deciding to Detain: The Use of Compulsory Mental Health Law by UK Social Workers
BJSW Advance Access published on November 5, 2009
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 328-334; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp121 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Reviews

Karen Lyons

Critical Edge Issues in Social Work and Social Policy: Comparative Research Perspectives, Shulamit Ramon and Darja Zavirek (eds), Ljubljiana (Slovenia), Faculty of Social Work, University of Ljubljana, 2009, pp. xi + 239, ISBN 978-961-6569-27-9 (pbk), 20
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 335-336; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp144 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ken McLaughlin

Modernising Social Work: Critical Considerations, John Harris and Vicky White (eds), Bristol, The Policy Press, 2009, pp. vi + 171, ISBN 978 1 84742 005 3 (pbk), £21.99
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 337-338; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp145 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steve Myers

Introducing Social Work, Lena Dominelli, Cambridge, Polity, 2009, pp. ix + 184, ISBN 978-0-7456-4087-7 (pbk), £13.99
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 338-340; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp146 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Paylor

Youth Offending and Youth Justice, Monica Barry and Fergus McNeill (eds), London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009, pp. 208, ISBN 978 18431 06890 (pbk), £19.99
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 340-341; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp147 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul Lloyd

Social Work Practice in Mental Health, Robert Bland, Noel Renouf and Ann Tullgren, Crows Nest, NSW, Australia, Allen and Unwin, 2009, pp. vi + 265, ISBN 978-1-74175-703-3 (pbk), AUD $45
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 342-343; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp148 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thomas Waldock

Children, Families and Violence: Challenges for Children's Rights, Katherine Covell and R. Brian Howe, London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009, pp. 288, ISBN 978 1 84310 698 2 (hb), £39.99
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 343-345; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp149 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Books Received

Books Received
Br J Soc Work 2010 40: 346-347; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcp150 [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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