Working with Offenders

Significant changes have occurred in recent years in the nature and delivery of social work services to offenders and their families. Working with Offenders considers the implications for policy and practice of research which has focused upon a range of social work activities.

List of contents

Introduction, Gill McIvor. 1. Social Work and Penal Policy David Smith, Lancaster. 2. Developments in Probation in England and Wales 1984-1993 George Mair. 3. Recent Developments in Scotland Gill McIvor. 4. Probation in Northern Ireland Breidge Gadd. 5. Gender, Criminal Justice and Probation Anne Worrall. 6. Race, Culture and the Probation service Duncan Lawrence. 7. Risk Prediction and Criminal Justice Bryan Williams, University of Dundee and Anne Creamer, University of Dundee. 8. What Works with Sex Offenders? Mary Barker. 9. Intensive Probation George Mair. 10. Evaluating Work with Offenders: Community Service Orders Jean Hine and Neil Thomas, University of Birmingham. 11. Widening Circles: Mediation in Criminal Justice Tony F. Marshall. 12. Social Work with Prisoners Brian Williams, University of Keele. 13. Effectiveness Now: A Personal and Selective Overview Peter Raynor.

About the author

Gill McIvor is a Senior Research Fellow in the Social Work Research Centre, Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling.

Summary

Significant changes have occurred in recent years in the nature and delivery of social work services to offenders and their families. Working with Offenders considers the implications for policy and practice of research which has focused upon a range of social work activities.

Product details

• Authors: Gill McIvor
• Assisted by: Gill McIvor (Editor)
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1995
• EAN: 9781853022494
• ISBN: 978-1-85302-249-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 209 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 276 g
• Series: Research Highlights in Social Work; Research Highlights in Social; Research Highlights in Social Work; Research Highlights in Social
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education