1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457923603321

Autore

Walker Alan

Titolo

Understanding Quality of Life in Old Age [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

ISBN

1-280-94837-X

0-335-22824-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

362.6

Soggetti

Older people

Social Welfare & Social Work - General

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

What constitutes quality of life for older people? How can quality of life be measured? How might policy makers improve quality of life for older people? This book considers key findings from Growing Older research programme and presents them in a thematic format. It discusses topics such as environment, family, bereavement, identity, and more.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910971559303321

Autore

Cornwell David J

Titolo

Doing justice better : the politics of restorative justice / / David J. Cornwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

WInchester, UK, : Waterside Press

Portland, Or., : North American distributor, ISBS, c2007

ISBN

9786611124434

9781281124432

1281124435

9781906534110

190653411X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

210 p.

Disciplina

364.6/8

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of

Restorative justice

Criminals - Rehabilitation

Reparation (Criminal justice)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. The Politics of Restorative Justice, Critique, Analysis and the Basis of the Discussion -- 2. Making Justice Restorative: the Need  for a New Penology -- 3. Victims' Voices: The Place of Victims in a Restorative Justice Setting -- 4. Penal Politics, Reparation and Restoration: Towards a Pragmatic Position -- 5. Making Prisons Reparative and Restorative: Designing for Outcomes in Custodial Corrections -- 6. Community Justice: The Potential for Expanding Non-custodial Corrections -- 7. Doing Justice Better: Making Restorative Justice Work -- POSTSCRIPT -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover.

Sommario/riassunto

An uncompromising appraisal of the unique penal crisis affecting Britain and other Western-style democracies. Escalating resort to prisons, longer sentences, overcrowded and ineffective regimes, high



rates of re-offending and eclectic penal policy all combine to fuel this crisis, whilst failing to reduce offending. In this new book, David J Cornwell, author of the acclaimed Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice (ISBN 9781904380207), argues that the symptoms of this penal malaise are grounded in media sensationalism of crime and the need of politicians and their advisers to retain electoral credibility. Change is long overdue, but it requires a fresh, contemporary penology based on Restorative Justice. The book challenges the status quo, asks 'different questions' and places victims of crime at the centre of the criminal justice process.