An article examined children’s understanding of family finances and how they perceived this to relate to eating healthily. Children had sophisticated ideas about the interrelationships between diet, cost, and health;
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An article examined the research literature on the prevalence of mental health disorders among offenders on probation.
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The Scottish Government published a strategy for justice – defined broadly to encompass criminal, civil, and administrative justice as well as community safety. It said that its outcomes-focused and evidence-based
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A report examined whether victims of crime were open to the greater use of community sentences, and if so, how their existing limited confidence in such sentences might be enhanced.
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A briefing paper said that personal health and social care budgets could help people with a mental health condition to set their own goals and rebuild their lives.
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This bulletin focusses on active ageing.
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Starting where it all began for him on the streets of his hometown and in Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow, Allan sets off to understand how individuals like himself get caught
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An article said that although metrics-based assessment could predict reasonably well the overall outcome of the 2008 research assessment exercise for social work/social policy and administration in terms of research
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In December 2011, the Scottish Government sought views on how social work complaints procedures could be improved to meet the needs of service users and to ensure they conform to
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