Addressing Offending Behaviour

Context, Practice and Value

Simon Green, Elizabeth Lancaster, Simon Feasey (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

480 Seiten

2008
Willan Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84392-243-8 (ISBN)

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Offending behaviour is one of the most talked about issues in contemporary society. What can be done to stop people reoffending? What can be done to help people escape their criminal lifestyles? This book aims to review and analyse the different ways in which these questions are addressed in practice, drawing upon the expertise of academics and practitioners.

The book provides a critical reference text for practitioners, students and researchers interested in devising the most effective means of addressing offending behaviour. Its focus is on the actual work undertaken with offenders, and draws upon generic issues of practice applicable across the voluntary, community and statutory sectors.
Addressing Offending Behaviour aims to bridge the gap between practice and research. It explores a wide range of innovative techniques for offender intervention, along with some of the most challenging academic theories. It also considers the wider social, political and legal context in which this work takes place, and explores the values and bias which operate at both individual and institutional levels.

It will be key reading for both students and practitioners involved in the fields of criminology and criminal justice, law, policing, probation, prisons, youth justice and social work.

Simon Green is Lecturer in Community Justice and Criminology at the University of Hull; Elizabeth Lancaster was formerly Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Bradford; Simon Feasey is Principal Lecturer in Criminal Justice at Sheffield Hallam University.

Introduction Part 1: Context 1. The Legal Framework 2. The Policy Context 3. The Evidence Base 4. Offending Media: The Social Construction of Offenders, Victims and the Probation Service Part 2: Practice: Generic Skills 5. Engagement Skills: Best Practice or Effective Practice 6. Written Communication 7. Evaluating Practice 8. Models of Intervention 9. Desistance-focused Approaches 10. Beyond the Risk Agenda 11. Enforcement and Compliance 12. Multi-agency Practice: Experiences in the Youth Justice System Part 3: Practice: Specialist Skills 13. Working with Dangerous Offenders 14. Understanding and Engaging with Problematic Substance Use 15. Delivering Accredited Programmes: Key Knowledge and Skills for Programme Staff 16. Life After Prison 17. Victims 18. Working with Mentally Disordered Offenders 19. Working with Perpetrators and Victims of Domestic Violence Part 4: Values 20. 'Values Talk' in the Criminal Justice System 21. Working with Female Offenders 22. Working with Ethnic Diversity 23. Discrimination and the Poor: Using Incentives and Privileges as a Framework for Anti-discriminatory Practice, Conclusion: A Time of Fear and Excitement, Appendix: Useful Websites.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.10.2008
Verlagsort	Cullompton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	890 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-84392-243-6 / 1843922436
ISBN-13	978-1-84392-243-8 / 9781843922438
Zustand	Neuware