Book reviewed in this article:The Non‐Prison: A Rational Correctional Programme—A New Approach to Treating Youthful Offenders. By Harold B. Bradley, Glynn B. Smith, and William Salstrom.The English Prison Officer Since 1950: A Study in Conflict. By J. E. Thomas.Books in Stir: A bibliographic essay about prison, prison libraries and about books written by prisoners and prison employees. By Rudolf Engelbarts. Metuchen N.J.The Legal Framework of Judicial Sentencing Policy. By K. S. Sharples.Two Million Unnecessary Arrests: Removing a Social Service Concern from the Criminal Justice System. By Raymond T. Nimmer.Why not become a J.P.? By D. M. Davies. Barry Rose,An elementary introduction to the work of a Magistrates' Court By Colin E. Jones.A Magistrates' Court Handbook edited by John C. Brooke‐Taylor and David M. Booth.Casework in Probation by Mark Monger. 2nd edn, Butterworths,A Menace to Society, By John William Fletcher. Paul Elek,The Controlled Trial in Institutional Research. R.V.G. Clarke and D.B.Criminological Research Trends in Western Germany. Ed. by G. Kaiser and Th. Würtenberger.Residential Work with Children. By Richard Balbernie.The Wincroft Youth Project—a social‐work programme in a slum area. By Dr. Cyril Smith, M.R. Farrant, and H.J. Marchant.Adolescence: a select bibliography. By D. R. Boorer and S. J. Murgatroyd.The Mentally Disabled and the Law. Edited by S. J. Brackel and R. S. Rock.Drugs Alcohol and Tobacco in Britain, compiled by Jim Zacune and Celia Hensman. Heinemann Med