Developments In Social Work With Offenders

Author : Peter Raynor,Gill McIvor
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1846426820

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Developments in Social Work with Offenders by Peter Raynor,Gill McIvor Pdf

Developments in Social Work with Offenders explains the organisational and legislative changes that have occurred in social work and probation across the UK in the past 10 years, in the context of the accumulating body of knowledge about what constitutes effective practice in the assessment, supervision and management of offenders in the community. Three different aspects of working with offenders are covered: developments in policy; assessment, supervision and intervention; and issues and needs. Contributions from experts in the field discuss issues such as community `punishment', case management, accreditation and resettlement. The continuing concern with promoting evidence-based solutions to crime is addressed, and this book will assist professionals working with offenders with making focused interventions supported by research. This book will be essential reading for students of social work and probation and criminology, probation officers and social workers.

Author : Rosemary Sheehan,Gill McIvor,Chris Trotter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-12-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136839931

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Working with Women Offenders in the Community by Rosemary Sheehan,Gill McIvor,Chris Trotter Pdf

Though many more women offenders are supervised in the community than in custody, much less is known about their needs and effective approaches to their supervision, support and treatment. Whilst there has been recent attention paid to responding to the needs of women in prison, negligible attention has been paid to women exiting prison, or on community based orders, and what is needed to work with them to reduce re-offending or entry into prison. Contributions to this book challenge policy-makers and corrections systems to concentrate more on community provision for women offenders and resist popular calls for more punitive responses to all offenders, women included. Contributors come from a wide range of countries including Australia, Canada, UK and USA. They argue that the criminogenic lens applied to women’s offending must be gender-responsive if systems are to be successful at addressing the disadvantage and risk associated with offending behaviour. Working With Women Offenders in the Community builds on ideas presented in the editors’ previous book, What Works With Women Offenders (2007), extending the focus particularly on women offenders in the community rather than in prison. This book concentrates on women who have committed criminal offences and who may have been placed on probation or other community based court orders or who have been released from prison on parole. It discusses the work done by professional workers including probation officers, community corrections officers and specialist case managers in areas such as drug treatment, housing, mental health or employment programmes. This book will be of interest to professional probation officers, case managers, drug treatment workers and others who work with women offenders. It will also be essential reading for students of criminology, social work, psychology, sociology and other disciplines who have an interest in women offenders.

Author : Albert R. Roberts,David W. Springer
Publisher : Charles C Thomas Publisher
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780398076764

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Social Work in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings by Albert R. Roberts,David W. Springer Pdf

In this completely revised and updated classic, Professors Roberts and Springer, along with 51 justice-oriented and forensic experts, have set the standard of care for mental health treatment and the delivery of social services to crime victims, juvenile and adult offenders, and their families. The second edition of Social Work in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings was published almost ten years ago in 1997, and was also translated to Chinese. Now Dr. Roberts, Dr. Springer, and their team of 51 prominent chapter authors have done such a thorough job of updating and finding new authors, that the end result is a comprehensive new book. In this third edition, 16 of the 31 chapters are new and specially written for this book. A growing number of mental health professionals are recognizing the need to examine current evidence-based program developments, assessment, and treatment practices with crime victims and offenders. This book focuses on the multiple roles and practices of justice social workers, also known as forensic social workers and crisis counselors. Many professional social workers, counselors and field placement students work in corrections and probation, forensic mental health, addictions treatment, juvenile justice, victim assistance, and police social work settings. In the words of Dean Barbara W. White (former President, Council on Social Work Education, and NASW) in her laudatory Foreword to this edition: "This groundbreaking book provides the necessary blueprints and guidelines for best practices with crime victims as well as juvenile and adult offenders in institutional, community- based, diversion, and aftercare programs. . . . This is the first all-inclusive, authoritative, exceptionally well-written volume on social policies and social work practices in both juvenile justice and criminal justice settings. . . . This book is a landmark achievement." An increasing number of offenders and victims have been found to be

Author : Richard V. Ericson
Publisher : Farnborough, Eng. : Saxon House ; Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015005514628

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Young Offenders and Their Social Work by Richard V. Ericson Pdf

Author : Kevin Gorman
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781843103455

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Constructive Work with Offenders by Kevin Gorman Pdf

Constructive Work with Offenders offers a challenge to many of the assumptions of criminal justice policy and the dominant approaches to practice. The contributors advocate an emphasis on constructive work with offenders that harnesses their positive strengths and resources, and offers inclusive approaches to effective offender assessment and intervention. Taking a fresh look at much received knowledge, they proclaim that constructive work with offenders is both possible and increasingly warranted, and encourage practitioners to develop new skills and adapt existing expertise to the rapidly changing requirements of the criminal justice system. This book will be of interest to practitioners, trainers, managers, and researchers in the criminal justice system, as well as academics and students in the field of criminology and related disciplines.

Author : Halton, Carmel,Powell, Fred,Margaret Scanlon
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447307389

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Continuing Professional Development in Social Work by Halton, Carmel,Powell, Fred,Margaret Scanlon Pdf

Continuing professional development has become an important and widespread practice in twenty-first-century social work. This volume traces its emergence and evolution, identifying the characteristics of continuing professional development, the barriers to undertaking it, and the way social workers view it. Drawing on an international survey of practitioners and interviews with social workers and their managers, the authors provide unique insight into the possibilities and challenges of continuing professional development for newly qualified and experienced social workers alike.

Author : James Midgley,Amy Conley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190453503

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Social Work and Social Development by James Midgley,Amy Conley Pdf

Social workers have been involved in social development for many years, but it is only recently that these ideas have been explicitly applied to social work practice. The result is that a new and distinctive approach to social work practice known as developmental social work has emerged. Developmental social work emphasizes the role of social investment in professional practice. These investments meet the material needs of social work's clients and facilitate their full integration into the social and economic life of the community. Developmental social workers believe that client strengths and capabilities need to be augmented with public resources and services if those served by the profession are to live productive and fulfilling lives. Although developmental social work is inspired by international innovations, particularly in the developing countries, it highly relevant to practice in the United States and other Western nations. In the first book to lay out a clear framework for developmental social work practice, chapters will focus on the traditional fields of social work practice, showing how social investment strategies can be adopted by social workers in their daily practice with populations including families and children, people with mental illness, homeless youth, people with disabilities, the elderly, and those in the correctional system. By facilitating clients' full social and economic participation through a variety of strategies, such as microenterprise or asset-building programs, practitioners can help bring about meaningful changes in clients' lives and throughout their communities. The editors and contributors offer a highly original exposition of developmental social work theory and practice, providing a definitive guide to an emerging and exciting new approach to practice.

Author : Emma Zara O'Brien
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781352009668

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Psychology, Human Growth and Development for Social Work by Emma Zara O'Brien Pdf

An engaging and accessible introduction to understanding human behaviour and development from a psychological perspective. Written by a psychologist with extensive teaching experience, it offers a clear and systematic exploration of psychological concepts and research, and discussion of their relevance for social work practice. The psychological framework provides thematic coherence for a uniquely wide range of material, from brain development to communication skills, psychiatric diagnoses to forms of discrimination. With a logical and intuitive structure, it's perfect for Human Growth and Development modules and other Social Work modules with psychological content, enabling students to see how different elements of theory and research connect together for practical application.

Author : Cowburn, Malcolm,Myers, Steve
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447358787

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Social Work with Sex Offenders by Cowburn, Malcolm,Myers, Steve Pdf

This topical book engages with a wide range of issues related to social work practice with people who have sexually offended. It addresses the emotional impacts of ‘facing the sex offender’, the importance of values and ethics in practice, and reviews popular and academic understandings of sex offenders and sex crimes. Its accessible style and use of practice based learning exercises will help readers to reflect on theory, practice and developing emotional resilience.

Author : Sajid S.M.,Rajendra Baikady,Cheng Sheng-Li,Haruhiko Sakaguchi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1039 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030399665

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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Work Education by Sajid S.M.,Rajendra Baikady,Cheng Sheng-Li,Haruhiko Sakaguchi Pdf

This handbook addresses the issues and challenges of the delivery of social work education in the contemporary world. It provides an authoritative overview of the key debates, switching the lens away from a Western-centric focus to engage with a much broader audience in countries that are in the process of modernization and professionalization, alongside those where social work education is more developed. Chapters tackle major challenges with respect to curriculum, teaching, practice, and training in light of globalization, providing a thorough examination of the practice of social work in diverse contexts. This handbook presents a contribution to the process of knowledge exchange which is essential to global social work education. It brings together professional knowledge and lived experience, both universal and local, and aims to be an essential reference for social work educators, researchers, and students.

Author : Harry Blagg,David Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015015326286

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Crime, Penal Policy and Social Work by Harry Blagg,David Smith Pdf

A book examining planning for justice, crime prevention, juvenile justice and reduction in imprisonment. It is written for probation officers, senior youth social workers, voluntary agencies and students and those working with offenders.

Author : Lauren A. Ricciardelli
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190937249

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Social Work, Criminal Justice, and the Death Penalty by Lauren A. Ricciardelli Pdf

Social workers have their hands in a lot of big sociopolitical issues. When it comes to the death penalty, their involvement is especially crucial. Social workers might support those receiving the sentence, engage with the families of those sentenced, participate in mitigation work, examine the critical discourse (psychiatric, psychological, and legal) leading up to and after the sentence, contribute to research surrounding mental health as it relates to the criminal justice system, or even use social advocacy and policy practice to examine the death penalty. In Social Work, Criminal Justice, and the Death Penalty, professionals with backgrounds spanning, law, forensics, academia, and social work combine and explain their experiences surrounding this prominent social justice issue. The book is broken into three sections: Criminal Justice Considerations, Sociopolitical Considerations, and Applied Social Work Considerations. Across each section, chapters provide explicit implications for the social work professional in a criminal justice setting. The resulting volume equips beginning professionals and students with a holistic overview of the intersection of criminal justice and social justice.

Author : J. Rumgay
Publisher : Springer
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000-10-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230287785

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The Addicted Offender by J. Rumgay Pdf

The probation service's venture into financial partnerships with non-statutory agencies during the 1990s was viewed both as a development opportunity for improving services, and as a threat to professional identity and job security. Judith Rumgay studies partnership development with particular focus on programmes for substance misusing offenders. She explores tensions between probation and voluntary organizations, identifies features common to successful partnerships, and compares partnership arrangements with in-house specialist projects. She argues that the partnership enterprise touches the heart of the probation service's mission in local communities.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UIUC:30112070059537

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Social Development Issues by Anonim Pdf

Author : Fergus McNeill,Bill Whyte
Publisher : Willan Publishing (UK)
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015069300211

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Reducing Reoffending by Fergus McNeill,Bill Whyte Pdf

This book provides reviews the history and development of community justice social work in Scotland. It argues that criminal justice social work emerged as a distinct specialty as a result of the Law Reform Act of 1990, and the subsequent implementation of the National Objectives and Standards (NOS). These created a role for trained social workers within the court system to make a wider range of community sentences available for nonviolent and less serious offenders. This role was again changed with the passing of the Management of Offenders Act (2005) and the release of the first National Strategy for the Management of Offenders (2006), two changes which fostered the development of a consistent approach to managing offenders in prison and in the community. Part I of the book provides a general overview of these developments, and an analysis of the current state of criminal justice social work. It also reviews the available evidence about when, how and why people stop offending; about desistance from crime. Part II provides an account of the legal contexts of criminal justice social work services in Scotland and an analysis of the role that social work plays in both the sentencing process and community supervision. Part III examines how supervision of offenders in the community might be developed in order to support desistance, better social integration, and reduce reoffending.