Helen Roberts

Vicky Jaggers

'He was Mummy's favourite. I was the little sister, and his victim.' When Vicky was growing up she idolised her big brother David. Their mother worshipped the ground he walked on and as far as she was concerned, David could do no wrong. But then he betrayed little Vicky in the most shocking way imaginable. David began raping his sister. Vicky's happy home life was brutally twisted into a nightmare - he whispered threats into her ear over the kitchen table and she was crippled with fear about what he would do next. Then, at just twelve years old, Vicky discovered she was pregnant with her brother's baby. Vicky was terrified of her brother, and convinced that no one would believe her, so she felt she had no choice - she had to keep the dreadful truth of who her baby's father was a secret. She kept the secret for 18 years, until David had become so dangerous that she could stay silent no longer... This is the heartbreaking story of a little girl who finally found the courage to speak out and bring her brother to justice.

Silenced

There are More Things in Heaven and Earth...

This revised edition of Helen Roberts’ classic study of child health inequalities features new case studies, updated research references, and a new section on cost effectiveness—an important tool in an era of government spending cutbacks. Applying tools from a variety of disciplines and drawing on evidence from the UK and beyond, Roberts tests the effectiveness of public policy, community, and individual efforts to reduce health inequalities among children at different life stages—including infancy, early years, middle childhood, and adolescence—and to address the particular needs of disabled children.

What Works in Reducing Inequalities in Child Health 2nd Edn.

Sarah Walker

Charles, Henry, David and Paula are very best Sheep Friends. Find out what happens when they each decide to throw a party. Things get a little crazy! An adorable story with illustrations that make you laugh and a lesson about friendship and flexibility. And where to draw the line. Ages 2 and up.

A Child's Story

A Sheep Story

Mark Petticrew

Such diverse thinkers as Lao-Tze, Confucius, and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld have all pointed out that we need to be able to tell the difference between real and assumed knowledge. The systematic review is a scientific tool that can help with this difficult task. It can help, for example, with appraising, summarising, and communicating the results and implications of otherwise unmanageable quantities of data. This book, written by two highly-respected social scientists, provides an overview of systematic literature review methods: Outlining the rationale and methods of systematic reviews; Giving worked examples from social science and other fields; Applying the practice to all social science disciplines; It requires no previous knowledge, but takes the reader through the process stage by stage; Drawing on examples from such diverse fields as psychology, criminology, education, transport, social welfare, public health, and housing and urban policy, among others. Including detailed sections on assessing the quality of both quantitative, and qualitative research; searching for evidence in the social sciences; meta-analytic and other methods of evidence synthesis; publication bias; heterogeneity; and approaches to dissemination.

Helen Roberts

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