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Abstract:Beginning in 1988 government policy as regards incarceration of offenders appeared to move away from custody towards punishment in the community. This piece of research examines two community initiatives which purport to provide viable alternatives to custody which could be utilised by the courts in place of a prison sentence. The work describes and compares a community project based in Dumbarton, which is administered and partially financed by Save The Children Fund in partnership with Strathclyde region social work department; with an initiative in Middlesbrough which is administered by probation officers and forms part of the statutory resource unit for the area of Cleveland. The paper examines the aims of such projects, the programmes they have adopted and their outcomes. It is suggested that the Home Secretary should reconsider such ‘alternatives

ISSN:0265-5527    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2311.1995.tb00822.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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Abstract:The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how the recent trend towards protectionist sentencing has seriously compromised the due process rights of mentally abnormal offenders. The failure to clarify the rationale for sentencing mentally abnormal offenders has produced anomalous sentencing provisions and it has become acceptable sentencing policy that in certain circumstances a mentally abnormal offender may be given a custodial sentence which exceeds the ‘normal’ sentence for that type of offe

ISSN:0265-5527    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2311.1995.tb00823.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract:The task of re‐assessing probation values assumed a new urgency when even its own Chief Inspector (Chief Inspector of Probation 1994, p. 4) complained that the probation service (in 1993) was still ‘clinging to its welfare ethic and had not fully integrated the notion of punishment in the community into its repertoire’. But the way forward is not easy. Those who seek to re‐affirm social work values, (to which welfare is supposed to be central), against the punitive inclinations of the Home Office, do so without regard to the limitations which the new managerial culture in the service ‐ benevolent corporatism ‐ imposes on the expression of personal care and concern. The ‘social work’ school have also, repeatedly and perversely, failed to draw on normative debates within criminology which have prim a facie relevance to the future of the probation service. It will be argued here that a more criminologically sophisticated value‐base, built around the linked notions of anti‐custodialism, restorative justice and community safety will serve the probation service better than a simple restatement of ‘the welfare ethic’, and, by developing its role as a community justice agency, provide it with a means of resisting a w

ISSN:0265-5527    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2311.1995.tb00824.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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Abstract:The evolution of the prison library is outlined in relation to the various models of rehabilitation which have been developed. The failure to develop all the functions that prison libraries can fulfil and to wholly appreciate the unique environment in which they operate are identified as major factors which have had a significant influence in determining both the nature of contemporary prison libraries and their contribution to the rehabilitative process. However, the recent development of the cognitive‐behavioural model requires a library service able to assist rehabilitation in three principal ways: empowering the inmate with information, providing help with a range of practical skills and helping change inmates' attitudes and behaviour. To achieve these objectives prison libraries must cease to be regarded as a peripheral resource, must be better funded and equipped, and must develop as a pro‐active and integrated serv

ISSN:0265-5527    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2311.1995.tb00825.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

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Abstract:Correctional administrator's portrayals of the problematic character of prison administration are analysed as rhetoric designed to justify their behaviours in light of practical realities. The study is based on the daily activities of correctional administrators within a maximum‐security prison. All administrative staff within the prison were interviewed for the study. The analysis considers how prison administrators portrayed their work worlds, and more importantly, examines the decoupling of administrative staff on key issues faced by them. The paper concludes with a discussion of how rhetorical analysis is useful to a more complete understanding of prison administratio

ISSN:0265-5527    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2311.1995.tb00826.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0265-5527    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2311.1995.tb00827.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this article:Integrating Individual and Ecological Aspects of CrimeDavid P. FarringtonCoping with Corruption in a Borderless WorldM. Punch, K. van der Vijer, and B. van VlietChanging Notions of Accountability in the Probation ServiceChristopher Humphrey, Ken Pease and Pauline Carter

ISSN:0265-5527    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2311.1995.tb00828.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0265-5527    

DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2311.1995.tb00829.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1995

数据来源: WILEY