Working with offenders issues, contexts, and outcomes Published in 1996, Sage (London, Thousand Oaks, Calif) Working with offenders edited by Tim May and Antony A. Vass. Change Cover Contributions: May, Tim, 1957-, Vass, Antony A. By statement: edited by Tim May and Antony A. Vass. Series: New directions in social work Language: English Pagination: xiii, 265 p. ; ISBN 10: 0803976216, 0803976224 LCCN: 96124026 Dewey: 364.4/8 LC: HV9346 .W67 1996 OCLC: 34283460 Subject: Criminals — Rehabilitation — Great Britain. Alternatives to imprisonment — Great Britain. Social work with criminals — Great Britain. Probation — Great Britain. Social policy. Criminology — Great Britain. Crime — Great Britain — Sociological aspects.

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Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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	Introduction : The shifting sands of working with offenders -- Tim May and Antony A. Vass
	Probation training : the links with social work -- Mike Nellis
	The essential skills of probation work -- Gwyneth Boswell
	Discrimination and anti-discrimination in probation -- David Denney
	Values in context : quality assurance, autonomy, and accountability -- Ellis Finkelstein
	Masculinity, the probation service and the causes of offending behaviour -- Karen Buckley
	The role of probation committees in policing the development of the probation service -- Simon Holdaway
	Pre-sentence reports -- David Smith
	Community penalties : the politics of punishment -- Antony A. Vass
	The transition from prison to community -- Brian Williams
	New partnerships in work with offenders and crime prevention work -- Bob Broad
	Crime prevention -- Daniel Gilling
	Evaluating probation : the rehabilitation of effectiveness -- Peter Raynor.