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Social Work and Evidence-Based Practice

Social Work and Evidence-Based Practice

Edited by David Smith

Number 45 in the Research Highlights in Social Work series

Paperback: £19.99 / $32.95

2004, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 192pp
ISBN: 978-1-84310-156-7, BIC 2: JKSN

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1. Introduction: Some Versions of Evidence-Based Practice, David Smith, Lancaster University. 2. What Professionals Need from Research: Beyond Evidence-Based Practice, Jan Fook, La Trobe University. 3. The Extremes of Child Abuse: A Macro Approach to Measuring Effective Prevention, Colin Pritchard, Bournemouth University. 4. Effective Social Work: A Micro Approach - Reducing Truancy, Delinquency and School Exclusions, Colin Pritchard. 5. Domestic Violence: Evidence-led Practice? Julie Taylor-Browne, Kanzeon Consulting. 6. Evidence-Based Practice in Young People's Substance Misuse Services, Paul Keeling, Karen Kibblewhite and Zoe Smith, Lifeline Project, Manchester. 7. Social Work and Looked After Children, Claire Taylor, University of Nottingham. 8. Practice for What? The Use of Evidence in Social Work with Disabled People, Bob Sapey, Lancaster University. 9. Seven Ways to Misunderstand Evidence-Based Probation, Peter Raynor, University of Wales. The Contributors. Subject Index. Author Index.