ABSTRACT

The punitive prison currently dominates the practice of Anglo-American criminal justice, stigmatising its victims as perpetual 'offenders' and failing to change a majority of them for the better. Books of academic 'readings' sometimes profess neutrality over the controversies they invigilate. Offenders or Citizens? sits on no such fences, its pages reflect the fiercely partisan nature of the contest between rehabilitation and punishment. Probation, social work, youth justice, law, corrections, criminology, journalism, philosophy, politics, popular culture, psychology, anthropology, and sociology – the voices of participants, professionals, and writers from many realms are all represented in this lively selection. Its aim - to stimulate and furnish a debate about the proper place of rehabilitation within a plural, morally defensible, and effective response to crime.

This book will be essential reading for both students and practitioners within criminal justice, who have an interest in the rehabilitation of convicted individuals, and providing an essential broader context to the 'what works' debate.

part |102 pages

The historical roots and early forms of rehabilitation

chapter |3 pages

The Panopticon

chapter |1 pages

Working with women

chapter |2 pages

Social clubs for girls

chapter |2 pages

Work with children

chapter |2 pages

Difficult cases

chapter |5 pages

Gang-groups

chapter |3 pages

Hostel groups

chapter |4 pages

Girl groups

part |106 pages

Modern trends and forms

chapter |2 pages

In the Ghetto

chapter |4 pages

The justice model

chapter |2 pages

McVicar

chapter |3 pages

New Careers

chapter |2 pages

A sense of freedom

chapter |2 pages

Induction groups

chapter |3 pages

Limits to pain

chapter |2 pages

Good or evil?

part |84 pages

The future – can rehabilitation be rehabilitated?

chapter |2 pages

‘A daft idea'