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This Volume Engages With Questions Of Justice And Equality, And How These Can Be Achieved In Modern Society. It Explores How Theory And Research Can Inform Policy And Practice To Bring About Real Change In People's Lives, Helping Readers Understand And Interrogate Patterns And Causes Of Inequality, While Investigating How These Might Be Remedied. Chapters Outline Ways In Which Theories Of Justice Inform And Are Factored Into Effective Actions, Programmes And Interventions. The Book Includes An International Selection Of Case Studies. These Range From Global Inequalities In Development And Health To Cross-border Conflict; From Gender Justice To Disability Violence; From Child Protection To Disability-inclusive Research; From Illicit Drug Use To Torture Prevention; And From Prison Wellbeing To Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights. Practical Justice: By Way Of Introduction / Peter Aggleton, Alex Broom And Jeremy Moss -- Perspectives And Accounts -- Concepts Of Justice And Practical Injustices / Paul Patton And Jeremy Moss -- Homeless Women: Histories Of Emotion And Justice / Anne O'brien -- Worlds Apart And Still No Closer To Justice: Recognition And Redress In Gendered Disability Violence / Leanne Dowse -- Supporting Mental Health In Low-income Communities: Implications For Justice And Equity / Felicity Thomas And Lorraine Hansford -- Critical Theories Of Justice And The Practice Of Torture Prevention / Danielle Celermajer -- Poverty In Rich Countries: Damage, Difference, And Possibilities For Justice / Kylie Valentine -- Engaging Global Institutions To Achieve Practical Justice: The Case Of Sexual Rights / Sofia Gruskin And Alexandra Nicholson -- From Principles To Practice -- Practical Justice In Social Work And Social Welfare: Contested Values / Richard Hugman -- A Just Child Protection System: Is It Possible? / Ilan Katz -- Collaborative Disability Inclusive Research And Evaluation As A Practical Justice Process / Karen Fisher And Rosemary Kayess -- Just