Working with Offenders

Informationen zum Autor Tim May is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Durham. He is the author of Probation:Politics,Policy and Practice (Open University Press, 1991); and the co-editor (with Dick Hobbs) of Interpreting the Field: Accounts of Ethnography (Oxford University Press, 1993) and Social Research: Issues, Methods and Process (Open University Press, 1993). Antony A Vass is Professor of Social and Penal Studies and Head of the School of Social Work and Health Sciences at Middlesex University. He has also authored of Alternatives to Prison (Sage, 1990). CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE Gwyneth Boswell University of East Anglia Bob Broad London School of Economics Karen Buckley Probation Service Nottinghamshir e David Denney Roehampton Institute Ellis Finkelstein University of Central England Daniel Gilling University of Plymouth Simon Holdaway Sheffield University Mike Nellis University of Birmingham Peter Raynor University of Wales Swansea David Smith Lancaster University Brian Williams Keele University Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Reflects recent changes in the training of probation and social workers. This text addresses issues of knowledge! skills and practice as well as contemporary social issues. It also appraises policies and professional requirements critically. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...

Klappentext

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.

Zusammenfassung
Reflects recent changes in the training of probation and social workers. This text addresses issues of knowledge, skills and practice as well as contemporary social issues. It also appraises policies and professional requirements critically.

Inhalt

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