Offender supervision : new directions in theory, research and practice / / edited by Fergus McNeill, Peter Raynor and Chris Trotter

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (585 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.63
• Soggetto topico: Probation; Criminals - Rehabilitation; Ex-convicts - Services for; Halfway houses
• Altri autori: McNeillFergus RaynorPeter TrotterChris
• Note generali: First published by Willan Publishing 2010.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Offender Supervision: New directions in theory, research and practice; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction: 'What's new and exciting?'; Part One: New directions in theory; 2. Viewing offender assessment and rehabilitation through the lens of the risk-needs-responsivity model; 3. The Good Lives Model of offender rehabilitation: basic assumptions, aetiological commitments, and practice implications; 4. The desistance paradigm in correctional practice: from programmes to lives ; Part Two: Staff skills and effective offender supervision5. Technology transfer: the importance of ongoing clinical supervision in translating 'what works' to everyday community supervision; 6. Skills and strategies in probation supervision: the Jersey study; 7. Supervision skills in juvenile justice; Part Three: Improving offender supervision; 8. The role of risk, needs and strengths assessment in improving the supervision of offenders; 9. Managing chaos: implementing evidence-based practices in correctional agencies; 10. Can structured programmes improve one-to-one supervision? ; 11. Beyond supervision: judicial involvement in offender managmentPart Four: Significant others and social networks; 12. It's relational: integrating families into community corrections; 13. Justice for all: family matters in offender supervision; 14. Working with families in criminal justice; 15. Collaborating with the community, trained volunteers and faith traditions: building social capital and making meaning to support desistance; Part Five: Offenders' compliance with supervision; 16. Compliance with community penalties: the importance of interactional dynamics ; 17. Case management in corrections: evidence, issues and challenges18. The dynamics of compliance with offender supervision; 19. Exploring community service, understanding compliance; Part Six: Offender supervision in its contexts; 20. The socio-political context of reforms in probation agencies: impact on adoption of evidence-based practices; 21. Revising the National Outcomes and Standards for criminal justice social work services in Scotland; 22. The purposes of supervision: practitioner and policy perspectives in England and Wales ; 23. Pre-sentence reports in England and Wales: changing discourses of need, risk and quality24. Supervision in historical context: learning the lessons of (oral) history; 25. Electronic monitoring: towards integration into offender management?; 26. Conclusion: where are we now?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This major new book brings together leading researchers in the field in order to describe and analyse internationally significant theoretical and empirical work on offender supervision, and to address the policy and practice implications of this work within and across jurisdictions. Arising out of the work of the international Collaboration of Researchers for the Effective Development of Offender Supervision (CREDOS), this book examines questions and issues that have arisen both within effectiveness research, and from research on desistance from offending. The book draws out the lessons tha
• Titolo autorizzato: Offender supervision
• ISBN: 1-136-84007-9; 1-283-54779-1; 9786613860248; 1-136-84008-7; 0-203-83297-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791729303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II