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Zusatztext 'This edited volume provides a thoughtful antidote to fears of an 'over-reliance on cognitive behaviourism as a theory of intervention and group work as a system of deliver' (p. 3) within work with offenders. The editors are forceful in their assertion that the 'What Works' agenda has 'led to the exclusion of other theories and forms of intervention and the downplaying of the relationship between the supervisor and supervised' (p. 3)! although they avoid being dogmatic in their approach.This volume has a lot to offer for a range of people and I would strongly recommend it to practitioners in any area of criminal justice! academics and! perhaps most wholeheartedly! policy makers interested in implementing more relational! inclusive and reflexive offender-focused practice.' - Jake Phillips! PhD Candidate! Institute of Criminology! University of Cambridge Informationen zum Autor Jo Brayford is the Criminal and Community Justice Subject Leader at the University of Wales! Newport. She has recently completed a project with Working Links (unemployment! drug misuse) and am currently evaluating a project funded by the Home Office but operational through Newport City Council that aims to reduce alcohol related violence in Newport city centre.John Deering is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Wales! Newport. His research interests focus on the criminal justice system! in particular theprobation service! and heis alsoa founder of the Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice. Klappentext Argues that it may be unhelpful to continually think of probation service users as 'offenders' and socially excluded people as 'problems' to be managed and treated and seeks to consider more creative alternatives to reduce both re-offending and social exclusion! for example in working separately with women and black and minority ethnic groups. Zusammenfassung Argues that it may be unhelpful to continually think of probation service users as 'offenders' and socially excluded people as 'problems' to be managed and treated and seeks to consider more creative alternatives to reduce both re-offending and social exclusion, for example in working separately with women and black and minority ethnic groups. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 1. Introduction 2. Creative Work: An Historical Perspective 3. Travelling Hopefully: Desistance Theory and Probation Practice 4. Bringing Sense and Sensitivity to Corrections: from Programmes to 'Fix' Offenders to Services to Support Desistance Part 2 5. Women Offenders: More Troubled than Troublesome? 6. Residential Work with Adult Offenders: Greenhouses or Warehouses? 7. Creative Working with Minority Ethnic Offenders 8. Asset-based Welfare and Youth Justice: Making it Local 9. Dancing through Gaps: a Welsh Approach to Personal Support in Custody for Young People 10. Contemporary Sex Offender Treatment: Incorporating the Circles of Support and Good Lives Model 11. Getting Out: Offenders in Forestry and Conservation Work Settings 12. Putting the OM into NOMS: Problems and Possibilities for Offender Management 13. What Else Works – Back to the Future? ...
