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What matters in probation /

The What Works initiative is having a profound impact on the work of the National Probation Service, and much has been invested in new accredited programmes -- both in terms of the numbers of offenders planned to complete these programmes and their anticipated impact upon offending. Yet there has be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mair, George
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cullompton ; Portland, Or. : Willan Pub., 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and tables; Preface; Notes on contributors; 1 Introduction: What Works and what matters; 2 The origins of What Works in England and Wales: a house built on sand?; 3 The uses and abuses of positivism; 4 Dangerous thinking: a critical history of correctional cognitive behaviouralism; 5 How cognitive skills forgot about gender and diversity; 6 The barking dog? Partnership and effective practice; 7 Getting tough or being effective: what matters?; 8 Beyond programmes: organisational and cultural issues in the implementation of What Works.
  • 9 Supervision, motivation and social context: what matters most when probationers desist?10 Community reintegration: for whom?; 11 Community service as reintegration: exploring the potential; 12 What Works: a view from the chiefs; 13 Purposes matter: examining the 'ends' of probation; 14 Getting personal: developments in policy and practice in Scotland; 15 What Works and the globalisation of punishment talk; Index.