Foundations for Offender Management: Theory, Law and Policy for Contemporary Practice

ISBN-13: 9781847427649 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 360 str.

Anne Robinson

Opis

'Offender management' for probation means continuing commitment to constructive work with individuals who break the law but in a changing multi-agency context. Providing a comprehensive introduction to criminal justice work, this book negotiates the structures set by law and policy.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part one: Offender management key considerations: Respecting rights and diversity; Modernisation and changing structures; Partnership and interagency-agency working; Reducing re-offending; Part two: Offender management key law and policy: Human Rights; Equalities; Dealing with risk and danger; Safeguarding Children; Procedures at court; Community sentencing; Custodial sentencing; Engagement and enforcement; Part three: Offender management key areas of practice: Work with victims; Youth justice; Substance misuse; Mentally disordered offenders; Sex offenders; Life sentence prisoners.