Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Part I: Researchandpolicy-Making -- (a) Policy-making and the Political Context of Research -- 1. Comparative Social Policy and the Politics of Comparison -- 2. Research and Policy in the PersonalSocial Services -- (b) Policy-making and the Assumptive Context of Research -- 3. Law Reform and Social Change: Community and Society, Social work and Social Work -- Part II: Policy and Practice -- (a) Obstacles to Planned Reform. -- 4. Knowledge and City Planning: a Case Study of the Role of the Environmental Health Officer -- 5. Anomie, Ritualism and Inertia among Custodial Staff in Canadian Prisons: Some Implications for Research and Policy -- 6. The Myth of Preventing Delinquency through Early Identification and Intervention -- (b) Some Potential Research Contributions. -- 7. Theory and Practice in Juvenile Justice: the Phenomenological Paradigm -- 8. Orientations to the Meaning of Help: Research and Implications -- 9. Social Work, Policy, Government and Research: a Mildly Optimistic View -- Part III: Conclusions -- 10. Policy, Practice and Research: an Overview