Routledge Library Editions: Social Administration & Social Policy
The English Prison Officer Since 1850: A Study in Conflict
1st Edition
By J. E. Thomas
July 15, 2025
When this book was originally published in 1972 very little had been written about prison staff. The author acknowledges that interest should of course be concentrated on the prisoner community but maintains that the prison staff must also be examined if prisons are to be fully understood. This ...
The Study of Social Policy: A Comparative Approach
1st Edition
By Barbara Rodgers
July 15, 2025
Originally published in 1979, this book enabled students and practising professionals who wished to deepen their understanding of their subject by using a comparative approach. The book begins with a stringent treatment of methodological problems, moves on to suggest how they can be tackled, and ...
To Do The Sick No Harm: A Study of the British Voluntary Hospital System to 1875
1st Edition
By John Woodward
July 15, 2025
What part did the British voluntary hospital system play in the health of the community in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? Did hospitals kill or cure? Originally published in 1974, this study investigates these questions through a pioneering examination of the extant hospital records, ...