Science and Social Work

Reviews / Votes

"This is a landmark book in the history of the relationship of social work research, as a science, and social work practice." -- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "[Kirk and Reid's] thoughtful new treatise is a significant contribution to the history of ideas in social work...well written, engaging... Science and Social Work should be required reading for graduate social work students and those of us who, by dint of age, do not have the long view of social work acquired by these two prominent scholars." -- Matthew O. Howard, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, Journal of Social Service Research "Kirk and Reid offer a clear eyed, empathic, yet sobering history, analysis and evaluation... of social work's failure to vigorously engage in the process of developing theories of practice and effective interventions." -- Social Thought