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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784980903321

Titolo

Developments in social work with offenders [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gill McIvor and Peter Raynor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Jessica Kingsley, c2008

ISBN

1-281-14329-4

9786611143299

1-84642-682-0

Descrizione fisica

1 volume (363 pages); ; 23 cm

Collana

Research highlights in social work ; ; 48

Altri autori (Persone)

McIvorGill <1959->

RaynorPeter

Disciplina

364.44

Soggetti

Social work with criminals - Great Britain

Social case work - Great Britain

Probation - Great Britain

Criminals - Services for - Great Britain

Criminals - Rehabilitation - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Developments in Social Work with Offenders; Contents; 1. Introduction and Overview; Part One Developments in Policy; 2. New Labour's Youth Justice: A Critical Assessment of the First Two Terms; 3. Youth Justice: Developments in Scotland for the Twenty-first Century; 4. Adult Offenders: Policy Developments in England and Wales; 5. Developments in Probation in Scotland; 6. Youth and Criminal Justice in Northern Ireland; 7. Accreditation; Part Two Assessment, Supervision and Intervention; 8. Risk and Need Assessment; 9. Programmes for Probationers

10. Case Managing Offenders within a Motivational Framework11. Pro-Social Modelling; 12. Giving Up and Giving Back: Desistance, Generativity and Social Work with Offenders; 13. Restorative Justice; 14. Paying Back – Unpaid Work by Offenders; Part Three Issues and Needs; 15. Developments in Work with Drug Using Offenders; 16. Dealing with Diversity; 17. The Resettlement of Prisoners in England and Wales: Learning from History and Research; 18. Postscri



Sommario/riassunto

Developments in Social Work with Offenders explains the organisational and legislative changes that have occurred in social work and probation across the UK in the past 10 years, in the context of the accumulating body of knowledge about what constitutes effective practice in the assessment, supervision and management of offenders in the community. Three different aspects of working with offenders are covered: developments in policy; assessment, supervision and intervention; and issues and needs. Contributions from experts in the field discuss issues such as community 'punishment', case manage