Reducing Reoffending

ISBN-13: 9781138460355 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Fergus McNeill

Opis

Provides a critical overview of social work with offenders in Scotland, taking account of the developments. This book aims to provide an analysis of the challenges faced in community justice in Scotland and locates these challenges within their historical context. It also explores the contemporary challenge of reducing re-offending.

Spis treści

Introduction: challenging times, Part One: Analysing the Challenge. 1. The history of social work with Offenders in Scotland, 2. Re-offending: Understanding the 'Problem', 3. Ending Offending: Supporting Desistance, Part Two: The legal Context. 4. Advice and services to Court, 5. Supervising Offenders in the Community, 6. Prisons and Resettlement, Part Three: Towards Effective Practice. 7. Offender management or Change Management? 8. Developing Human Capital, 9. Developing Social Capital Conclusion: Reducing Re-offending and Community Justice

O autorze

Fergus McNeill is Professor of Criminology and Social Work at the University of Glasgow.

Bill Whyte is Professor of Social Work Studies in Criminal and Youth Justice at the University of Edinburgh.