Research
Our monographs, multi-authored and edited works include original scholarly research, thorough and structured reviews of important subjects and engaging works that push forward the boundaries of the disciplines in which we publish.
Moral Regulation
This byte teases out some of the fundamentally moral questions that continue to perplex us, about life and death, good and evil, and sex and the body.
- AvailablePaperback
- AvailableEPUB
- AvailableKindle
Agenda for Social Justice
Solutions for 2016
The Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions 2016 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems. It offers recommendations for action around key issues for social justice.
- AvailablePaperback
- AvailableEPUB
- AvailableKindle
Our stories, our lives
Inspiring Muslim women's voices
This book presents the stories of 20 women from Bradford between the ages of 14 and 80. It offers an intricate mosaic of the experiences, views and hopes of these women and in so doing emphasises the power of people's lives to aid deeper debate and understanding and gives voice to an important and often marginalised group.
- AvailablePaperback
Agenda For Social Justice
Solutions For 2020
Examining topics from criminal justice to media concerns, environmental problems, economic problems and issues concerning sexualities and gender, the 2020 agenda provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems.
- AvailablePaperback
Good Policing
Trust, Legitimacy and Authority
Renowned criminologist Mike Hough considers how the police service might build trust, legitimacy and compliance with the law in this important book. He challenges conventional thinking on crime, contrasts ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ policing styles and offers a fresh approach that secures compliance with the law through ethical policing.
- AvailablePaperback
- AvailableEPUB
White Minds
Everyday Performance, Violence and Resistance
In this powerful book, Kinouani uniquely examines the psychological and psychic factors involved in the reproduction of ‘whiteness’ and reveals how these intersect with race dynamics, race inequality and racial violence.
- AvailablePaperback
- AvailableEPUB
- Currently not availableHTML
Psychology at the Heart of Social Change
Developing a Progressive Vision for Society
This book shows why we need, and can create, a progressive politics that is profoundly informed by insights from the psychotherapeutic and psychological domain, moving us from a politics of blame to a politics of understanding.
- AvailablePaperback
- AvailableHardback
- AvailableEPUB
Global Agenda for Social Justice 2
Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), this second volume of The Global Agenda for Social Justice provides accessible insights into some of the world’s most pressing social problems and proposes international public policy and social responses to those problems.
- AvailablePaperback
- AvailableEPUB
Agenda for Social Justice 3
Solutions for 2024
The Agenda for Social Justice 3 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems. Chapters include discussion of social problems related to criminal justice, the economy, food insecurity, education, healthcare, housing and immigration.
- ForthcomingPaperback
- Currently not availableEPUB
Global Agenda for Social Justice
Volume One
The Global Agenda for Social Justice provides accessible insights into some of the world’s most pressing social problems and proposes international public policy responses to those problems. Chapters examine topics such as criminal justice, media concerns, environmental problems, economic problems, and issues concerning sexualities and gender.
- AvailablePaperback
- AvailableEPUB
- AvailableKindle
Tracing the Consequences of Child Poverty
Evidence from the Young Lives Study in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book draws on evidence on two cohorts of children, from 1 to 15 and from 8 to 22 growing up in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam over the past 15 years. It examines how poverty affects children’s development in these countries, and how policy has been used to improve their lives.
- AvailablePaperback
- AvailableEPUB
- AvailableKindle
- AvailablePDF