Rehabilitating and resettling offenders in the community /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Goodman, Anthony (Anthony Harvey)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester ; [Hoboken, NJ] : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
• Θέματα: Criminals > Rehabilitation > Great Britain.; Ex-convicts > Services for > Great Britain.; Prisoners > Deinstitutionalization > Great Britain.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.; Criminals > Rehabilitation.; Ex-convicts > Services for.; Prisoners > Deinstitutionalization.; Great Britain.; Electronic books.

Rehabilitating and Resettling Offenders in the Community is a significant examination of the historical development of work with offenders and their treatment by the state and society. It offers unique perspectives and a wealth of information drawn from numerous interviews with probation staff. High...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: how should we treat offenders and what can we learn from the past?
• The early history of punishing offenders: punishments and help offered to those incarcerated
• The changing nature of punishing and supervising offenders: the probation service from inception until 1984: from idiosyncratic individual officers "rescuing the fallen" to a centrally managed organisation
• The changing nature of punishing and supervising offenders: the probation service after 1984: from social work to social control and punishment
• Deconstructing national standards for the supervision of offenders in the community
• Views of front line staff
• 289 Borough High Street, the Aftercare and Resettlement Unit (A.C.U.) in the inner london probation service 1965-1990
• Through-care and after-care of offenders by the National Offender Management Service
• Issues around rehabilitation.