Goodman, Anthony

Rehabilitating and resettling offenders in the community / Anthony H. Goodman. - Chichester ; [Hoboken, NJ] : John Wiley & Sons, 2012. - x, 235 p. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-226) and index.

Introduction: how should we treat offenders and what can we learn from the past? -- The early history of punishing offenders: punishments and help offered to those incarcerated -- The changing nature of punishing and supervising offenders: the probation service from inception until 1984: from idiosyncratic individual officers "rescuing the fallen" to a centrally managed organisation -- The changing nature of punishing and supervising offenders: the probation service after 1984: from social work to social control and punishment -- Deconstructing national standards for the supervision of offenders in the community -- Views of front line staff -- 289 Borough High Street, the Aftercare and Resettlement Unit (A.C.U.) in the inner london probation service 1965-1990 -- Through-care and after-care of offenders by the National Offender Management Service -- Issues around rehabilitation.

9780470990995 (cloth) 9780470991701 (pbk.)

2012009203


Criminals--Rehabilitation--Great Britain.
Ex-convicts--Services for--Great Britain.
Prisoners--Deinstitutionalization--Great Britain.

HV9345.A5 / BLA 2012

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