Developments in Social Work with Offenders.

By: McIvor, GillContributor(s): Raynor, Peter | Bonta, James | Chapman, Tim | Crow, Iain | Gelsthorpe, Loraine | Goldson, Barry | Lewis, Sam | Maruna, Shadd | McGuire, JamesMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Research Highlights in Social Work SerPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (363 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781846426827Subject(s): Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain | Criminals -- Services for -- Great Britain | Probation -- Great Britain | Social case work -- Great Britain | Social work with criminals -- Great BritainGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Developments in Social Work with OffendersDDC classification: 364.440941 LOC classification: HV7428.D47 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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 Framework -- 11. 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. Postscript: Opportunities and Threats -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX -- Back cover.
Summary: 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.
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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 Framework -- 11. 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. Postscript: Opportunities and Threats -- THE CONTRIBUTORS -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX -- Back cover.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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