Social Sciences

This second edition of 'Children's Needs - Parenting Capacity' provides an update on the impact of parental problems, such as substance misuse, domestic violence, learning disability and mental illness, on children's welfare. ...more

• Published: 12 Oct 2011
• ISBN: 9780117063655
• £25.00

Published jointly with the Youth Justice Board, 'Children and Young People in Custody 2011-12' is the eighth review from HM Inspectorate of Prisons examining the perceptions of young men and women detained in young offender institutions across England and Wales. ...more

• Published: 07 Dec 2012
• ISBN: 9780108512131
• £38.50

The Coalition Government is committed to ending child poverty; the consultation document 'Measuring Child Poverty: A Consultation on Better Measures of Child Poverty (Cm. 8483)' asks how the Government can best ...more

• Published: 15 Nov 2012
• ISBN: 9780101848329
• £10.75

The report 'The Census and Social Science (HC 322)' is the result of an inquiry undertaken to consider the use of the data from the census by the Government, whether there were elements of the census that would be ...more

• Published: 21 Sep 2012
• ISBN: 9780215048486
• £15.50

'Supporting Separated Families; Securing Children's Futures (Cm. 8399)' sets out the Government's approach for the future of child maintenance, building on existing legislation. It also launches a consultation on the details ...more

• Published: 19 Jul 2012
• ISBN: 9780101839921
• £10.75

'Child Poverty in the UK: The Report on the 2010 Target' finds that the target set by the Child Poverty Act 2010 to reduce the number of children living in relative income poverty by half from 1998-99 to 2011-12, was not met....more

• Published: 15 Jun 2012
• ISBN: 9780108511820
• £6.25

'Putting Victims First: More Effective Responses to Anti-Social Behaviour (Cm. 8367)' sets out the Government's proposals to deal with anti-social behaviour. ...more

• Published: 22 May 2012
• ISBN: 9780101836722
• £16.00

'Social Justice: Transforming Lives (Cm 8314)' sets out the Government's vision for its social justice strategy, exploring how we can tackle the root causes of problems to promote real and sustained changes in peoples' lives. ...more

• Published: 13 Mar 2012
• ISBN: 9780101831420
• £14.75

'Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Cost Reduction: Department for Work and Pensions (HC 1763)' examines the high risks involved in the plans of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission to reduce its spending. ...more

• Published: 29 Feb 2012
• ISBN: 9780102975413
• £16.00

'Parenting Plans' is a publication designed to help parents and other relatives to reach agreement about contact arrangements for their children following parental separation and divorce. ...more

• Published: 19 Apr 2007
• ISBN: 9780117037618
• £0.00

Detailed in 'The Government Response to the Family Justice Review: A System with Children and Families at its Heart (Cm. 8273)', the Government accepts the overwhelming majority of the recommendations made in the final ...more

• Published: 06 Feb 2012
• ISBN: 9780101827324
• £21.25

Effective oversight of the care market is essential to protect the interests of both social care users and of taxpayers. 'Oversight of User Choice and Provider Competition in Care Markets (HC 1530)' discusses a growing ...more

• Published: 06 Dec 2011
• ISBN: 9780215038913
• £10.00

The 'Family Justice Review: Final Report' examines the effectiveness of the family justice system and the outcomes it delivers. ...more

• Published: 28 Nov 2011
• ISBN: 9780108511158
• £38.50

'The Proposed Abolition of the Youth Justice Board (HC 1547)' follows the Government proposal to abolish the Youth Justice Board (YJB), while its inclusion in the Public Bodies Bill is currently the subject of 'ping pong' between the two Houses ...more

• Published: 23 Nov 2011
• ISBN: 9780215038791
• £13.00

'Children and Young People in Custody 2010-11: An Analysis of the Experiences of 15–18-Year-Olds in Prison' looks at how young people aged 15 to 18 found their own experience of imprisonment in 2010-11....more

• Published: 26 Oct 2011
• ISBN: 9780108511011
• £29.75

The Joint Committee on the Draft Defamation Bill welcomes many of the reforms proposed in the draft Bill. However, the report 'Draft Defamation Bill (HL 203 & HC 903-I)' proposes many detailed amendments to the defences available against libel claims, mainly designed to strike a fairer balance between the ...more

• Published: 19 Oct 2011
• ISBN: 9780108473814
• £14.50

'Localisation Issues in Welfare Reform (HC 1406)' examines the implications of the Government's welfare reform plans for the localism agenda....more

• Published: 13 Oct 2011
• ISBN: 9780215561640
• £14.50

These tables have been prepared by the Government Actuary's Department to provide an aid for those assessing the lump sum appropriate as compensation for a continuing future pecuniary loss, consequential expense, or cost of care, in ...more

• Published: 10 Oct 2011
• ISBN: 9780115601460
• £19.99

'Legislative Scrutiny: Protection of Freedoms Bill (HL 195 & HC 1490)' welcomes the enhanced human rights protection which the Protection of Freedoms Bill (listed below) would provide, ...more

• Published: 07 Oct 2011
• ISBN: 9780108473777
• £17.50

This report, 'The Brixton Disorders, April 10-12 1981: Report of an Inquiry by the Rt. Hon. The Lord Scarman, O.B.E. (Cmnd. 8427)' describes the Brixton riot – a confrontation between the Metropolitan Police and protesters in ...more

• Published: 25 Nov 1981
• ISBN: 9780101842709
• £28.00