Working with offenders : issues, contexts and outcomes

Author(s)

• May, Tim
• Vass, Antony A.

Bibliographic Information

Working with offenders : issues, contexts and outcomes

edited by Tim May and Antony A. Vass

（New directions in social work）

SAGE Publications, 1996

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Working with Offenders examines the current knowledge, skills and values which are needed by those working as probation officers and social workers for effective and competent practice. As well as looking at areas of practice which are of central importance to the altering roles of practitioners, this original textbook provides a critical appraisal of the policies and requirements which guide those roles. Written in an accessible style by experienced academics and professionals, the book examines: the issues which inform practice - training, skills and competences, antidiscriminatory practice, autonomy and accountability, masculinity and the causes of crime; the contexts in which work with offenders take place - probation committees, boards, pre-sentence reports, community penalties, prison, and the community; and the outcomes of good practice - including partnerships against crime, efficiency, effectiveness and an evaluation of crime prevention and broader methods of intervention.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Tim May and Antony A Vass The Shifting Sands of Working with Offenders PART ONE: ISSUES Probation Training - Mike Nellis The Links with Social Work The Essential Skills of Probation Work - Gwyneth Boswell Discrimination and Anti-Discrimination in Probation - David Denney Values in Context - Ellis Finkelstein Quality Assurance, Autonomy and Accountability Masculinity, the Probation Service and the Causes of Offending Behaviour - Karen Buckley PART TWO: CONTEXTS The Role of Probation Committees in Policing the Development of the Probation Service - Simon Holdaway Pre-Sentence Reports - David Smith Community Penalties - Antony A Vass The Politics of Punishment The Transition from Prison to Community - Brian Williams PART THREE: OUTCOMES New Partnerships in Work with Offenders and Crime Prevention Work - Bob Broad Crime Prevention - Daniel Gilling Evaluating Probation - Peter Raynor The Rehabilitation of Effectiveness

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Details

• NCID: BA27646910
• ISBN:
  • 0803976216
  • 0803976224
• LCCN: 96124026
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 265 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA27385930