Fully revised and updated throughout, this fourth edition of Lena Dominelli's influential book
retains its reputation as the go-to text on anti-racist social work practice. As racism continues …

In this article we use Emirbayer and Desmond's institutional reflexivity framework to critically
examine the production of racial knowledge in British criminology. Identifying weakness …

Past studies have suggested that offenders desist from crime due to a range of factors, such
as familial pressures, faith based interventions or financial incentives. To date, little has …

In contrast to the widespread focus on ethnicity in relation to engagement in offending, the
question of whether or not processes associated with desistance–that is the cessation and …

Reducing Reoffending provides a critical overview of social work and community justice in
Scotland, taking full account of recent developments. The book is divided into three …

This book provides a theoretically informed guide to the practice of working with offenders in
different settings and for different purposes. It deals with topics such as offender …

The probation service is at a crossroad in its history with the two sectors, the National
Probation Service and the privatised Community Rehabilitation Companies being reunited …

There is growing evidence that rising levels of prosperity in Western economies since 1945
have not been matched by greater incidences of reported well-being and happiness …

Contemporary probation practice is developing rapidly and is become increasingly
professionalized. Probation officers are typically described now as offender managers, and …

'Offender management'for probation means continuing commitment to constructive work with
individuals who break the law but in a changing multi-agency context. Providing a …