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Book description

Rehabilitating and Resettling Offenders in the Community is a significant examination of the historical development of work with offenders and their treatment by the state and society. It offers unique perspectives and a wealth of information drawn from numerous interviews with probation staff.

• Highlights how the work of probation staff has changed over time and the reasons behind these changes
• Includes discourse with probation staff carried out over many years for a comprehensive, 'insiders' view of the situation
• Focuses on contemporary issues, including the changes brought in by the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition
• Written by a leading academic with extensive experience in the probation service

Anthony Goodman is Professor of Criminal and Community Justice Studies at Middlesex University. He previously worked as a probation officer in a number of settings, including a women's prison and a resettlement unit for the homeless, which supported many high risk offenders. Professor Goodman has conducted research for the probation service as well as in the fields of hate crime, substance misuse and most recently, young people, ethnicity and identity. He is the author of Social Work with Drug and Substance Misusers (2007, 2009).