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Working With Offenders (Research Highlights in Social Work, 26)
Edited McIvor
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Description for Working With Offenders (Research Highlights in Social Work, 26)
Paperback. Significant changes have occurred in recent years in the nature and delivery of social work services to offenders and their families. Working with Offenders considers the implications for policy and practice of research which has focused upon a range of social work activities. Editor(s): McIvor, Gill. Series: Research Highlights in Social Work. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSN; JKVP; JKVQ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 281.
Significant changes have occurred in recent years in the nature and delivery of social work services to offenders and their families. Working with Offenders considers the implications for policy and practice of research which has focused upon a range of social work activities including
* assessment
* intensive probation programmes
* community service
* reparation and mediation
* social work with prisoners
* work with sex offenders.
It also considers more general issues of effectiveness, race and gender and locates recent developments in practice in the context of the broader policy changes in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Research Highlights in Social Work
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853022494
SKU
V9781853022494
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Edited McIvor
Gill McIvor is a Senior Research Fellow in the Social Work Research Centre, Department of Applied Social Science, University of Stirling.
Reviews for Working With Offenders (Research Highlights in Social Work, 26)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book...Generous use of headings and sub-headings makes the pieces even more reader friendly and each is well finished with a conclusion...Each piece is thoroughly well informed and makes its own interesting contribution. The authors too possess impressive credentials and experience in probation practice, academic work and research.
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