Constructive Work with Offenders

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Nigel Parton, Marilyn Gregory, Michelle Hayles, Kevin Gorman
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Jan 27, 2006 - Social Science - 224 pages

Constructive Work with Offenders offers a challenge to many of the assumptions of criminal justice policy and the dominant approaches to practice.

The contributors advocate an emphasis on constructive work with offenders that harnesses their positive strengths and resources, and offers inclusive approaches to effective offender assessment and intervention. Taking a fresh look at much received knowledge, they proclaim that constructive work with offenders is both possible and increasingly warranted, and encourage practitioners to develop new skills and adapt existing expertise to the rapidly changing requirements of the criminal justice system.

This book will be of interest to practitioners, trainers, managers, and researchers in the criminal justice system, as well as academics and students in the field of criminology and related disciplines.

 

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Contents

Acknowledgements
7
Prologue
9
Setting the Scene
13
Chapter 2 Collaborative and Constructive Frontline Practice with Offenders in a Climate of Tough Love and ThirdWay Politics
33
Socially Inclusive Strategies for Working with Offenders within the Community
49
A Collaborative Approach toManaging Risk and Building Responsibility
67
Chapter 5 The Constructive Use of Courtroom Skills and Enforcement to Achieve Client Cooperation and Change
87
The Art of Persuasive Storytelling within the Tight Constraints of Formal PreSentence Assessments for the Criminal Courts
105
A Probation in Prison Perspective
141
Male Forms of Life Language Games and Change
159
Young Peoples Views of the Criminal Justice System
177
The Story of This Book
193
Epilogue
207
Contributors
211
Subject Index
215
Author Index
221

Black Offenders in the Criminal Justice System
123
Copyright

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Bibliographic information

TitleConstructive Work with Offenders
EditorsNigel Parton, Marilyn Gregory, Michelle Hayles, Kevin Gorman
PublisherJessica Kingsley Publishers, 2006
ISBN1846424755, 9781846424755
Length224 pages
Subjects › 

Social Science / Criminology
  
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