This book offers a new and innovative way of thinking about desistance from crime, fusing our understanding of desistance transitions, youth transitions, and the impact of significant policy change on people with convictions in a way which is yet...Loe edasi...
An awareness that the effects of prison on offenders were rarely beneficial and may be positively harmful. In this title, first published in 1974, it is argued that there was still the need in society for a commitment, not to reform its deviant me...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1974, this book was the first full-scale work published in this country evaluating carefully whether an active policy of finding suitable employment for men immediately on their release from prison had beneficial results....Loe edasi...
Justice, it is said, is about acquitting the innocent and punishing the guilty. Why then, asks Roger Shaw, are the children of imprisoned parents often penalised the most? The abuse, stigma and neglect experienced by many of these children raise s...Loe edasi...
‘Gate fever’ is the name of a non-medical syndrome said to infect men in prison as the date of their discharge draws near. Its symptoms are euphoria and anxiety, mixed with irrational thinking; and the unfailing cure of the condition is the cold d...Loe edasi...
This collection provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the American federal criminal justice system. This collection provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the American federal criminal justice system. The book...Loe edasi...
Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as well as its history and some of the key challeng...Loe edasi...
Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as well as its history and some of the key challeng...Loe edasi...
This book presents a comparative study of desistance from crime by analysing and comparing the narratives of English and French desisters. In doing so, it uncovers how national and structural differences may lead to varying individual pathways out...Loe edasi...
This book comprises an in-depth ethnographic study of daily life in two local Danish probation offices. It explores the interactions between probation officers and citizens on probation, assessing the potential for manual-based or ‘scripted’ rehab...Loe edasi...
A critical exploration of the role and (in)effectiveness of prisons in contemporary society. It challenges popular misconceptions about what prison is and does, explains links between prison, social inequality and social power, analyses the limits...Loe edasi...
This book challenges the myths and misrepresentations that justify the existence of prisons. It traces the history and failure of prison reform over two centuries, addresses a number of key, contemporary issues and argues for the abolition of pris...Loe edasi...
In Imperfect, Jonathan Hussey author of Reoffending and the Probation Workbook series offers a compelling and unflinching memoir of his two decades working within the Criminal Justice System....Loe edasi...
This book gives voice to justice-involved Canadian youth and young adults by sharing their views on their journey toward desistance from crime and social and community (re)integration. This book gives voice to justice-involved Canad...Loe edasi...
Working with Violent Men gives a detailed insight into working with men who have been violent towards intimate partners. Working with Violent Men gives a detailed insight into working with men who have been violent t...Loe edasi...
The Handbook on Prisons and Jails brings together some of the brightest scholars and thinkers in the field to offer a wide range of perspectives for understanding the experiences of persons incarcerated or working/volunteering within carc...Loe edasi...
Justice, Indigenous Peoples, and Canada: A History of Courage and Resilience brings together the work of a number of leading researchers to provide a broad overview of criminal justice issues that Indigenous people in Canada have faced hist...Loe edasi...
This book offers a one-stop guide to becoming employable and to careers in the criminal justice sector and beyond, exploring the key organisations and employers in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, explaining how they operate and deta...Loe edasi...
This book offers a one-stop guide to becoming employable and to careers in the Criminal Justice Sector and beyond, exploring the key organizations and employers in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, explaining how they operate and deta...Loe edasi...
Trusting Recovery and Desistance synthesises and presents research on the social influences of recovery and desistance. The social processes which underpin and shape our lives have the power to significantly transform the tra...Loe edasi...
