Social work as a profession has tended to be characterised by its failure to draw systematically upon empirically derived evidence and knowledge about effective practice. The absence of a sound research base has also typified social work policies which, it could be argued, often owe more to political expediency than to an explicit concern to promote an empirically informed approach. By contrast, criminal justice social work polic
The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of the discipline of social work and to argue tha...
The movement to utilize evidence-based practices within the social work profession began in the lat...
This paper outlines the main arguments for resources to be directed towards developing practice meth...
The quest for making social work a discipline based entirely on empirical research findings is not n...
The quest for making social work a discipline based entirely on empirical research findings is not n...
Starting from the premise that the two goals framing social work practice are self-determination and...
A note for the reader: This is an unpublished manuscript written in 2000 to be published in a book, ...
Contemporary scholars who are critical of social work insist that its status is one of a semi-profes...
Currently, social work is witnessing a quite polarized debate about what should be the basis for goo...
Evidence-based practice is now a core element of many governments’ approaches to policy making and s...
Evidence-based practice is now a core element of many governments’ approaches to policy-making and s...
The reported experience of many front-line social workers and of others in the social welfare field ...
At a time when the credibility of social work is again being questioned, this book offers a critical...
Pressure within health and social services to provide evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness o...
This paper concerns the impact of social work research, particularly on practice and practitioners. ...
The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of the discipline of social work and to argue tha...
The movement to utilize evidence-based practices within the social work profession began in the lat...
This paper outlines the main arguments for resources to be directed towards developing practice meth...
The quest for making social work a discipline based entirely on empirical research findings is not n...
The quest for making social work a discipline based entirely on empirical research findings is not n...
Starting from the premise that the two goals framing social work practice are self-determination and...
A note for the reader: This is an unpublished manuscript written in 2000 to be published in a book, ...
Contemporary scholars who are critical of social work insist that its status is one of a semi-profes...
Currently, social work is witnessing a quite polarized debate about what should be the basis for goo...
Evidence-based practice is now a core element of many governments’ approaches to policy making and s...
Evidence-based practice is now a core element of many governments’ approaches to policy-making and s...
The reported experience of many front-line social workers and of others in the social welfare field ...
At a time when the credibility of social work is again being questioned, this book offers a critical...
Pressure within health and social services to provide evidence that demonstrates the effectiveness o...
This paper concerns the impact of social work research, particularly on practice and practitioners. ...
The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of the discipline of social work and to argue tha...
The movement to utilize evidence-based practices within the social work profession began in the lat...
This paper outlines the main arguments for resources to be directed towards developing practice meth...