Jennifer Frances: 7 books

"I should tell you up front. This is not a love story. Sure, it’s got a boy and it’s got a girl. They meet, fall in love, and get married. And they are happy. Classic fairy tale stuff. But the thing that they never tell you about fairy tales is what comes after. What comes after the “ever...

***"When we correct the factors that keep children at risk, we can make a difference in the lives of those children and the adults they’ll grow up to be."***— Mary Frances Bowley Children are meant to imagine bright futures and chase them. But for the millions of at-risk children...

It all started at an ice cream truck. In a typical American city on a typical neighborhood street, fifteen-year-old Mary Frances found herself the object of interest to Dirty Dan, a biker gang member more than a decade her senior. Neglected, abused, and hungry, Mary thought she had found the...

We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us...

The Idea of the PhD: The doctorate in the twenty-first-century imagination analyses the PhD as it is articulated in diverse areas of contemporary discourse at a time in which the degree is undergoing growth, change and scrutiny worldwide. It considers not just institutional ideas of the PhD, but...

As arts therapists are increasingly working in schools, there is growing interest in identifying applicable therapeutic approaches and expanding on relevant research evidence. This book outlines the potential uses of music, art, drama and dance movement therapies in educational settings, and the contribution...

Practitioners are faced with the complexity of health and social service work and are bombarded with policy directives, quick-fix prescriptions, new fads, and conflicting opinions. Emergent Practice Planning supports practitioners in working with the complexity of issues and developing an integrated...