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

• Pubblicazione: London, : Jessica Kingsley, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 volume (363 pages); ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 364.44
• Soggetto topico: Social work with criminals - Great Britain; Social case work - Great Britain; Probation - Great Britain; Criminals - Services for - Great Britain; Criminals - Rehabilitation - Great Britain
• Altri autori: McIvorGill <1959-> RaynorPeter
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Developments in social work with offenders
• ISBN: 1-281-14329-4; 9786611143299; 1-84642-682-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784980903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research highlights in social work ; ; 48.