
Working With Offenders
A Guide to Concepts and Practices
Willan Publishing
1st Edition
Published on 14. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-84392-793-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a theoretically informed guide to the practice of working with offenders in different settings and for different purposes. It deals with topics such as offender rehabilitation, case management, worker-offender relationships, working with difficult clients and situations, collaboration, addressing complex needs, and processes of integration. The book offers a unique perspective on working with offenders in that it incorporates three key elements. As part of the latter, it provides different types of data, including descriptions of programs and selected statistics from each jurisdiction, and presents this information in easy-to-read formats. The chapters are structured around a dual focus of workers and their environments on the one hand, and the nature of the offenders with whom they work on the other. The condition and situation of workers is thus considered in the context of the condition and situation of offenders, and the relationship between the two. The book is intended to be relevant and familiar to those already working in the field, as well as to introduce contemporary principles and practices to those wishing to do so in the future. Each chapter concludes with two key features. The first, Further Reading, is oriented toward concepts and the 'why' questions of practice. The second, Key Resources, alerts readers to appropriate manuals and handbooks, and the 'how' questions of practice. This includes reference to evidence-based examples of good practice and specific intervention models.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cullompton
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
585 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84392-793-8 (9781843927938)
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Persons
Rob White, Hannah Graham
Content
1. Setting the Scene 2. Key Approaches to Offender Rehabilitation 3. Institutional Dynamics and the Workplace 4. Case Management Skills 5. Tools and Interventions 6. The Worker-offender Relationship: Roles and Respect 7. Working with Complex Needs and Special Populations 8. Difficult Work: Managing Risk, Crisis and Violence 9. Continuums of Care and Collaborative Alliances 10. Pathways and Possibilities: The Process of Reintegration