The Treatment and Rehabilitation of OffendersIain D Crow SAGE, 28 mei 2001 - 248 pagina's `[A] useful and informative book. ...I would recommend it to students wanting a good introduction to the current issues in criminal justice and probation′ - Vista: Perspectives on Probation `The three chapters on treatment in practice are all excellent; the treatment of sex offenders, mentally disordered offenders and the treatment of drug misuse are all described within the social context of public concern... Ian gives a good overview of the sex offenders′ treatment program as operated in prisons and Finkelhors model which is typically used by probation in working with offenders′ - Simon Bass, Caring Magazine Treatment and rehabilitation have been central to the development of criminal justice policy, and have played an important role in the development of criminology. In recent years punishment and retribution have attracted more attention than rehabilitation, but there has been a resurgence of interest in treatment and rehabilitation, with indications that some things do ′work′, and an emphasis on ′evidence-based′ policy making. It is also the belief of many that a penal policy without an adequate treatment strategy is unjust and a denial of human rights. In this book Iain Crow provides an accessible overview of the concepts of treatment and rehabilitation, adopting a deliberately broad definition, and considers the historical basis of treatment, and its place within the penal system and British criminology. The collapse of the ′rehabilitative ideal′ is examined, along with what followed it and the development of the more recent ′what works′ movement. The basis for evaluating ′what works′ is also subjected to critical examination. In the second part, the book looks at the part that particular agencies such as the Probation Service, prison and non-statutory organisations have played in the treatment of offenders. In Part Three, the issues raised by treatment and rehabilitation are illustrated with reference to three groups of offenders: sexual offenders, drug misusers and mentally disordered offenders. The Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders will be essential reading for students of criminology and criminal justice at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. |
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... Home Office Research and Statistics Directorate published a major review of criminal justice policy which started by saying that, 'It was not true that “nothing works”' (Nuttall et al., 1998: 1). This is somewhat ironic since, as ...
... (Home Office, 1971: para. 108). The treatment of young offenders also tended to be couched in terms of 'welfare'. Welfare in this context usually meant a social work response to young people which regarded their welfare and well-being as ...
... Home Office, 1999), less likely to be fined (Hedderman and Gelsthorpe, 1997: Part 1), more likely to get probation, but less likely to get a community service order and less likely to get a custodial sentence (Moxon, 1988; Hedderman ...
... Home Office, who had responsibility for promoting the changes which led to the Criminal Justice Act 1991: Any general theory of punishment would have to start with the recognition that people sometimes freely choose to be bad, by quite ...
... Home Office guidelines for the Criminal Justice Act 1991, where it is stated that: Most penalties restrict the offender's liberty in some way. It is that restriction of liberty which is the punishment for the offence. Although fines and ...
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Chapter 4 What Works? | 58 |
The Institutions of Treatment | 81 |
Chapter 5 On Probation | 83 |
Chapter 6 In Prison | 103 |
Treatment in Practice | 119 |
Chapter 7 The Treatment of Sex Offenders | 121 |
Chapter 8 Mentally Disordered Offenders | 141 |
Chapter 9 The Treatment of Drug Misuse | 165 |
Beyond Treatment | 197 |
Chapter 10 Treatment and Social Policy | 199 |
References | 217 |
Index | 232 |