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Emotional Literacy in Criminal Justice
Charlotte Knight
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Description for Emotional Literacy in Criminal Justice
Hardback. Examining the emotional practices of workers within the criminal justice system, this book argues that emotions can have both positive and negative impacts on practice, but are largely ignored in policy and practice discourse. Illustrating the value of these 'soft skills', Knight calls for the building of emotional resources within organizations. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFP; JKSN; JKVQ1; JKVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 505.
Emotions remain largely invisible in the management of criminal justice practice. This book seeks to uncover some of the underground emotional work of practitioners and make visible the impact of both positive and negative emotions, which play a crucial role in practitioner-offender relationships.
Exploring how practitioners understand, regulate and work with emotion, Knight argues that the 'soft skills' of emotion are more likely to achieve motivation and change in offenders than the 'hard' skills of punishment, monitoring and surveillance. The book examines some of the gendered implications of this practice and develops an argument for the explicit building of emotional ... Read more
Emotions remain largely invisible in the management of criminal justice practice. This book seeks to uncover some of the underground emotional work of practitioners and make visible the impact of both positive and negative emotions, which play a crucial role in practitioner-offender relationships.
Exploring how practitioners understand, regulate and work with emotion, Knight argues that the 'soft skills' of emotion are more likely to achieve motivation and change in offenders than the 'hard' skills of punishment, monitoring and surveillance. The book examines some of the gendered implications of this practice and develops an argument for the explicit building of emotional ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137273208
SKU
V9781137273208
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99-15
About Charlotte Knight
Charlotte Knight is an Associate Researcher at De Montfort University, UK. In 1998 she established the Division of Community and Criminal Justice from which probation and police training are delivered through under-graduate and post-graduate degrees in criminology. She previously worked as a probation officer and her research interests include emotional literacy and diversity in criminal ... Read more
Reviews for Emotional Literacy in Criminal Justice
"In this path-breaking study Charlotte Knight integrates research data and explanatory theories in order to cast fresh light on the operation of emotions in the criminal justice system. She focuses on the ways in which experienced probation practitioners understand and manage their own emotions, as well as those of the offenders for whom they are responsible, and the extent to ... Read more