Reparation and Victim-focused Social Work
Will be published approx. on 18. September 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-84310-023-2 (ISBN)
Description
Reparation and the place of the victim in the criminal justice process have been the focus of recent legislation and policy initiatives. As a result practitioners are required to place more emphasis on working with victims. The contributors to this book bring together research material from the wide range of disciplines involved and present an overview of the information needed for effective practice.
They examine the practicalities of reparation orders, family group conferencing, restorative cautioning schemes and the workings of youth offending teams. They also evaluate the effects of legislation such as the Crime and Disorder Act and the Victim's Charter and explore issues raised by specific types of crime such as urban and rural crime, 'hate crimes' and male violence in the home. This book is essential reading for all agencies and individuals working with offenders and their victims.
They examine the practicalities of reparation orders, family group conferencing, restorative cautioning schemes and the workings of youth offending teams. They also evaluate the effects of legislation such as the Crime and Disorder Act and the Victim's Charter and explore issues raised by specific types of crime such as urban and rural crime, 'hate crimes' and male violence in the home. This book is essential reading for all agencies and individuals working with offenders and their victims.
Reviews / Votes
This book will be of great interest to practitioners in Probation and Youth Offending Teams, Victim Support, Police and others who are involved in the delivery of services to victims if crime. -- VISTA It is a valuable reader for those more directly engaged in the production of policy, training and professional practice in a field that has been relatively neglected by research... The book is accessible, clear and the chapters are well paced. This edited collection of research informed chapters on victim-focused interventions introduces us to a range of key themes, issues and problems around involving victims in the process and the outcomes of the UK justice system. It is a valuable reader for those more directly engaged in the production of policy, training and professional practice in a field that has been relatively neglected by research. The book is accessible, clear and the chapters are well paced... it deserves to be read widely. -- The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Last year I said that the proponents of restorative justice had made their point and what was now required was some more critically minded discussion of this new approach in practice. Step forward Reparation and Victim-Focused Social Work, a collection of 10 essays on initiatives to better serve the interests of victims of crime. -- Community Care Williams has used a most comprehensive approach. The range of issues covered includes family group conferencing, restorative justice, victims of racial abuse, victim impact statements, and listening to the victims of abusive men. They examine the practicalities of a number of schemes, and the workings of youth offending teams. They also evaluate the effects of he victims Charter and legislation such as the recent Crime and Disorder Act. -- Quakers in Criminal Justice Newsletter Students, practitioners and academics from a multidisciplinary and multidimensional array with a common interest in reparation and victim-support services will benefit from reading the book. -- Southern African Journal of Criminology This is a challenging collection of papers which should have a well-deserved place on the bookshelf of agencies or individuals working with offenders or their victims. -- Quakers in Criminal JusticeMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
3180 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84310-023-2 (9781843100232)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Barbara Tudor is Area Victim/Offender Development Officer for the National Probation Service, West Midlands, UK.
Content
1. Introduction, Brian Williams, De Montfort University, Leicester. 2. Compensating Victims of Crime in the European Union: The Case for State Restitution, Jo Goodey, Centre for International Crime Prevention, United Nations, Vienna. 3. Restorative Justice: The Choice between Bilateral Decision-making Power and Third Party Intervention, Jo-Anne Wemmers, School of Criminology, University of Montreal. 4. Family Group Conferencing: A Victim Perspective, Guy Masters, Australian National University. 5. Reparation Orders, Jim Dignan, University of Sheffield. 6. Responding to Victims of Crime in Rural Areas, Susan R. Moody, University of Dundee. 7. Supporting Victims of Racist Abuse and Violence, Charlotte Knight, De Montfort University, Leicester and Karen Chouan, De Montfort University, Leicester. 8. Probation Work With Victims of Crime, Barbara Tudor, Development Officer, West Midlands Probation Service. 9. Victim Impact Statements: Voices to be Heard in the Criminal Justice Process? Sandra Walklate, Manchester Metropolitan University. 10. Addressing Victim Issues in Pre-sentence Reports, Jane Dominey, Probation Officer, Cambridge. 11. Effective Work with Abusive Men: Listening to Women. David Morran, University of Stirling, Moira Andrew, Domestic Violence Probation Programme, Edinburgh and Rory Macrae, Domestic Violence Probation Programme, Edinburgh. Index.