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  Practical Tips for Publishing Scholarly Articles: Writing and Publishing in the Helping Professions

  Rich Furman

  Writing scholarly articles can be a daunting experience, but it is a necessary task for many in the human service field. Furman takes a handson approach to helping readers succeed at scholarly writing and publishing. Using practice guidelines, case examples, and written exercises, he leads readers through each step of the publication process, from idea generation to revision and submission. The result is an invaluable reference book for scholars and practitioners alike.

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  Little Book of Restorative Justice for People in Prison: Rebuilding The Web Of Relationships

  Barb Toews

  Restorative justice, with its emphasis on identifying the justice needs of everyone involved in a crime, is helping restore prisoners' sense of humanity while holding them accountable for their actions.

  Toews, with years of experience in prison work, shows how these practices can change prison culture and society.

  Written for an incarcerated audience, and for all those who work with people in prison, this book also clearly outlines the experiences and needs of this underrepresented part of our society. A title in The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series.

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  Critical Issues in Restorative Justice

  Barb Toews and Howard Zehr

  In a mere quartercentury, restorative justice has grown from a few scattered experimental projects into a worldwide social movement and field of study. The contributors to this book critically examine restorative justice, identifying the main threats to its integrity and effectiveness. The ground that they cover ranges from victim, offender, and practitioner issues, to the role of the state, to broad questions of social justice.

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  HIV/AIDS and Older Adults: Challenges for Individuals, Families, and Communities

  Charles A. Emlet

  This volume focuses on the ways in which HIV/AIDS can affect older adults. The chapters in this book discuss the variety of HIV/AIDS problems that we face at the individual, family, and community levels. Topics examined include demographics and epidemiological aspects of HIV disease with this population; prevention of HIV disease; issues impacting individuals in a medical, psychological, and social context; and service needs. Originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Mental Health and Aging, the volume contains new chapters on demographics, HIV prevention and education, and effective coalition building among systems of care. Contributors include Diane Zablotsky, Michael Kennedy, Janice Nichols, and Timothy Heckman, among others.

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  Jazz and Some Sorrow Selected Early Works: 19911993

  Rich Furman

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  Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery

  Jerry Finn and Gary Holden

  Will your agency or students have the training to use the Internet in practice?

  Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery focuses on ways that Human Services are using the Internet for service delivery, community education, collaboration, advocacy, social change, and resource development. This valuable book highlights the array of innovative services now being offered on the Internet and provides guidelines and cautions for human service professionals in using the Internet to enhance their services.

  Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery provides muchneeded research and empirical evaluation related to human service online activities and points to areas where future research efforts should be directed. The book describes and evaluates cuttingedge Internetbased services, ethical and legal threats to agencies and consumers that may result from online activities, and theoretical discussions of issues that impact human services as consumers and human service agencies increasingly come online.

  Topics addressed in Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery include:

  online therapy/counseling online fundraising online recruitment of volunteers and virtual volunteer programs online consultation, continuing education, and training ethical, legal, and liability issues related to Web sites and online support online support groups and selfhelp online advocacy and activism promoting access for underrepresented populations use of the Internet to impact specific social problems such as domestic violence or HIV/AIDS

  Human Services Online: A New Arena for Service Delivery provides guidelines and specific suggestions for agencies considering developing online services. The book examines model programs and their effectiveness so that other agencies can replicate them in their own areas, describes cuttingedge online services that today's human services students will need to be aware of as they enter the job market, and provides information for agencies that will enhance their ability to solicit volunteers and contributions on the Internet.