The Addicted Offender: Developments in British Policy and Practice

by J. Rumgay

Overview

The probation service's venture into financial partnerships with non-statutory agencies during the 1990s was viewed both as a development opportunity for improving services, and as a threat to professional identity and job security. Judith Rumgay studies partnership development with particular focus on programmes for substance misusing offenders. She explores tensions between probation and voluntary organizations, identifies features common to successful partnerships, and compares partnership arrangements with in-house specialist projects. She argues that the partnership enterprise touches the heart of the probation service's mission in local communities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333754450
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/10/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	261
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

JUDITH RUMGAY is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Her teaching focuses on areas of psychology and crime, rehabilitation of offenders and community penalties. She is the author of Crime, Punishment and the Drinking Offender.

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures Foreword by Michael Hough Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations The Partnership Enterprise The Local Context The Organization of Partnership Partnership and Conflict In-house Specialization Treatment Under Coercion The Statutory Team Social Crime Prevention The Projects Compared Learning from Experience Pathways to Partnership Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

A study of the venture of English and Welsh probation services into partnerships with non-statutory agencies during the 1990s with a focus on programs for substance abuse offenders. Rumgay (social policy, London School of Economics) explores inter-professional tensions, identifies features common to successful partnerships and compares results with in-house specialist projects. The book argues that contemporary probation service needs these strong bonds with outside organizations to preserve its tradition as a rehabilitative, rather than enforcement agency. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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