Otto Rank: Pioneering Ideas for Social Work Theory and Practice

SOcIAL wORK In THEORy AnD pRAcTIcE Of RESTORATIvE juSTIcE

The honour of becoming guest editors of this journal is closely connected with collaborating in a European action research project. The EU-funded project “Restorative Justice at post-sentencing level; supporting and protecting victims” was carried out in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and in several partner countries, among them Croatia, between 1st January 2013 and 31st December 2014. The lead pa...

Evaluation and Social Work Practice

This book is a collection of thirteen edited chapters from different contributors, each presenting their perspective on the nature of evaluation and research and their application to practice. The editors aim to provide a ‘comprehensive treatment of the central issues confronting evaluation in social work’, however, their claims that it is likely to appeal to students, researchers and practitio...

Neuroimaging Evidence for Social Rank Theory

Recent advances in imaging have enabled the study of social rank, which refers generally to an individual’s social standing as either dominant or subordinate in a group, in relation to brain structure and function. From an evolutionary perspective, the mind is a modular structure from which various psychological traits and processes evolved in order to promote the success of the individual and ...

An Ecological Approach for Social Work Practice

Research on Social Work Practice