Only Pictures? Therapeutic work with internet sex offenders
Edition: 1st
Authors: Ethel
Quayle, Marcus Erooga, Louise Wright, Max Taylor, & Dawn Harbinson.
ISBN: 1-903855-68-3
Publishers: Russell House
Price £21.95
Publication Date:
Publisher's Title Information
Many practitioners are now confronted with the need to
provide either therapy or effective management of internet sex offending. This
timely book will help them do this well, by enabling more focused intervention
with those who are seeking help as well as those who have committed offences.
It is based on significant collaborative work with those engaged in research
and treatment provision to people in the target groups. It will help
practitioners learn more about Internet-related offending; and about how using
a cognitive behaviour therapy approach might help their clients learn about
their problematic behaviour and ways in which they might effect change. Readers
will learn about · sexual offences and the Internet · cognitive behaviour
therapy approaches · how these approaches might be applied to the specific
population.
By identifying offence-specific targets, the book will help practitioners
Discriminate between different client presentations
Assess the problem target
Draw up an appropriate intervention programme
Evaluate the effects of the implemented programme. Invaluable to
anyone researching or practising in this area in: child protection, social
work, psychology, policing, probation, and criminology.
Contents:
Abuse images and the internet. Theories of child sexual abuse and
the role of cognitive behaviour therapy. The process of offending and the
internet. Images ARE children. Fantasy and its escalation. Emotional avoidance.
Social activity and internet images. Collecting images. Maintaining change.
Review
There has been a gradual literary response to the problem of
how to explain and manage individuals perpetrating sexual crimes using the
modern technologies provided by the Internet.
The COPINE Project in Cork have been at the forefront of pushing the boundaries
of our understanding and this has ensured that the materials and knowledge from
literature and their own research have been tested in practice, to see whether
materials can be developed to assist busy frontline staff in responding with a
robust and reliable evidence-base. The
author line up reflects the range of operational staff involved in such a
venture and fortunately this spans social care as well as criminal justice,
since many of the individuals presenting are not convicted. In the absence of any mandate,
perpetrator-denial is an added problem to be expected and challenged
effectively. This exceptionally
well-written and insightful book is designed to provide essential information
to staff pondering on how best to intervene, change or alternatively manage
safely, the risk such people pose. This
timely book will also help them learn about sexual offences and the Internet
and cognitive behaviour therapy approaches.
The authors explore a lot of essential territory very succinctly
spanning theories of child sexual abuse and the role of cognitive behaviour
therapy, the process and problematic internet use, the role of fantasy and its
escalation, emotional avoidance, social activity and collecting images. The book is functional across a number of
domains: literary overviews, insightful analysis and suggestions for practical
exercises in the face-to-face work. It
is for this reason that the book has such huge appeal and potential to inform
current practice. A must for anyone
wanting to get an informed understanding of the motivations and modus operandi
of internet sex offenders
Martin C Calder
Viewing child Pornography on
the Internet
Authors: Edited by Ethel
Quayle and Max Taylor
ISBN: 1-903955-69-1
Publishers: Russell House
Publishing
Price £22.95
Published: 2005
Publisher’s Title
Information
How
can we understand offending and victimisation processes in relation to abuse
images and the Internet? This book offers unique and deep insights into ways of
thinking about this challenging problem. The contributors are amongst the
foremost researchers and practitioners in this field, and their groundbreaking
chapters lay down the foundations for systematic and critical development of
knowledge and understanding. They address:
The
empirical evidence
Legal
and law enforcement provision
Conceptual
and practical understanding of the offending process and the management of
offenders
Victim
issues.
For anyone involved in therapy or management of Internet child pornography
offenders and victims, this important book will develop professional knowledge
and practice, and extend thinking in new directions.
Contents: Tackling child
pornography: the approach in England and Wales. Combating online child
pornography in Australia. The varieties
of child pornography production. Compliant child victims: confronting an
uncomfortable reality. Behind the
screen: Children who are the subject of abusive images. Identifying victims of child abuse images.
Understanding sexually abusive youth: new research and clinical directions.
What sort of person could do that?
Psychological profiles of Internet pornography users. A relational frame approach to the
psychological assessment of sex offenders. The Internet as a therapeutic
medium? Interpol and crimes against children.
Global issues and regional cooperation fighting child exploitation.
Review
This book is tackling an important
issue in current times where there is considerable effort to seek to understand
the offence of child pornography and the management of the offenders, as well
as helping the victims of sexual abuse.
The Editor Ethel Quayle is a
Lecturer in the Department of Applied Psychology, University College, Cork, and
researcher with the COPINE Project in Cork. Max Taylor is Professor of Applied
Psychology, University of Cork and Director of the COPINE Project.
The authors have all done work in the area of child sex abuse. This includes Alistair Gillespie who considers the tackling of child pornography in the UK and Wales. Tony Crone throws some light on combating online child pornography in Australia. There are a total of 12 chapters in the book with contributions made by a number of experts or specialists in the area of dealing with sex abuse problems. The book hopes to answer the following questions by approaching it from a number of perspectives: "How can we understand offending and victimisation processes in relation to abuse images and the Internet?"
The book attempts to avoid
the uncritical media comments on the subject of child pornography over the Internet.
Four broader areas are
exploited in the chapters that follow: 1) The empirical evidence; 2) legal and
law enforcement provision; 3) conceptual and practical understanding of the
offending process and the management of offenders; 4) victim issues. Other
areas which receive attention are the development of programmes to promote
therapy for offenders, to differentiate this type of sex offender from others.
Preventive procedures are also considered.
The book is intended most
especially for those involved in the assessment and therapy or management of
Internet child pornography offenders as well as victims of such offending.
Chapter 4 is concerned with
a highly controversial issue: "Compliant child victims: Confronting an
uncomfortable reality". Chapter 7 concerns itself with understanding sexually
abusive youths and new research and clinical directions. It is an area in which
the current writer has himself done research.
The authors of a number of
the chapters feel that the current situation of sexual abuse is probably much
larger than what is known at present. Current awareness of child sex abuse
through the Internet and pornography apparently has a long history. As early as
1847 post cards were produced with erotic scenes some of which involved
children. A number of conferences have been held discussing the legal,
psychological and social perspectives of child pornography over the Internet.
In recent times, certainly the law has been tightened in the area of child
pornography referring to the production, distribution and viewing of
photographs depicting the abuse of children.
Among the other contributors
of the book are Psychologists, a Detective Chief Inspector from the UK, a
Barrister and a variety of Academics and Practitioners in the area of
Psychology.
A number of organisations
have sought to help offenders including Donald Finlater from the Lucy Faithful
Foundation. An effort was made to seek amnesty for Internet offenders so that
they might seek help without the threat of punishment, but this was met with
criticism. The Internet itself can provide help for offenders as well as the
use of self-administered therapy or self-help approaches.
This is a book with a
substantial input of academic and research material. It considers both the
victim as well as the offender. It is a
book likely to appeal to specialists in child abuse work, as well as Probation
Officers, the Police specialising in child abuse and vulnerable children,
Social Workers, Psychologist and Psychiatrists.
L F Lowenstein
07-05-06
The
RHP Companion To Youth Justice
Author:
Edited
by Tim Bateman and John Pitts
ISBN: 1-903855-49-7
Publishers: Russell House
Publishing
Price
£29.95 RRP UK
Publication
Date: 2005
Publisher’s information on the book
"This
text should assist the education of a more professional, practitioner workforce
and promote a more balanced public debate about youth justice. If it does so it
will have served a noble purpose."
From the Foreword by Professor Rod Morgan, Chair of the Youth Justice
Board for England and Wales. In recent years, youth justice has drawn in new
groups of professionals and volunteers and impacted on all the agencies and
organisations working with young people in trouble. While most will know something about this complex and changing
field, few will feel that they know enough.
This major new resource offers the most comprehensive and authoritative
account available.
CONTENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS.
Introduction Tim Bateman & John Pitts
Youth crime and the youth justice apparatus.
The
recent history of youth justice in England and Wales John Pitts.
Youth
crime in England and Wales Tim Bateman & John Pitts.
Youth
justice in other UK jurisdictions: Scotland and Northern Ireland Bill Whyte.
The
role of central government and the Youth Justice Board Rob Allen.
Youth
justice at local level Roy Tomlinson.
The
legal framework for youth justice and its administration Sue Bandalli.
The principles of youth justice. Children’s human rights and youth justice
Geoff Monaghan.
The
welfare principle Sarah Curtis.
Proportionality in the youth justice system
Spike Cadman.
The process of youth justice.
The
policing of young people Alan Marlow.
The
role of the appropriate adult Denis Jones.
Reprimands and final warnings Sandy Pragnell.
The role of the courts Chris Stanley. Remand management Sue Thomas.
The
role of family placement in the youth justice system Ann Wheal and Ena Fry.
The
referral order Rod Earle.
Youth
offending teams Ros Burnett.
Court
reports Tim Bateman.
Risk
and protection Jill Annison.
Electronic monitoring Dick Whitfield.
Community
interventions Patricia Gray.
Work
with young people whose offending is persistent: Intensive supervision and
surveillance programmes Charlie Beaumont.
Enforcement
Tina Eadie & Rob Canton.
The
use of custody for children and young people Ann Hagell.
Custody
and policy Tim Bateman.
Face to face work in youth justice.
The
young person - worker relationship Susan Bachelor & Fergus McNeil.
Groupwork
with young people who offend Tim Chapman.
Restorative justice and youth justice Guy
Masters.
Family
group conferencing in youth justice Peter Gill.
Mentoring
in youth justice David Porteous.
Working
with parents Carole Pickburn, Sarah Lindfield & John Coleman.
Preventive work in youth justice Howard
Williamson.
Working
with victims in youth justice Brian Williams.
Working
with volunteers in the youth justice system Tamara Flanaghan.
Debates and controversies in Youth Justice.
Girls
in the youth justice system Loraine Gelsthorpe.
Race,
crime and youth justice Anita Kalunta-Crumpton.
Beyond
formalism: Towards informal approaches to youth crime and youth justice Barry
Goldson.
The
criminal victimisation of children and young people John Pitts.
Conclusion:
What
the evidence tells us John Pitts and Tim Bateman.
REVIEW
by Brian Rowland
This is a book with a formidable list of contributors, virtually all of whom can be considered as coming with a non - custodial sentencing background. This is only to be expected, as generally speaking nobody wants to see young people incarcerated inside walls of any description and this must be especially so when the contributors are involved with youth justice. Having said that, it is important when dealing with young offender crime, to remember that all too often so many young offenders, in common with their non - offending contemporaries, do not have, as is so often described, parents, but rather just one parent. The breakdown of so many marriages and partnerships is something that is all too often overlooked when dealing with the behaviour, in all its forms, of young people in these modern fast moving-times. It can be all too easy to blame the parents when in fact there is only one parent struggling to maintain a home and a family.
Unfortunately
this book went to press before it became known that Martin Narey had resigned
the post of Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service. The linking of the Prison and Probation
Services was never going to be easy and to have a new face in charge in mid
stream as it were, will make the fusion of two so totally different bodies into
one cohesive whole, a task that really needed a lengthy period of continuity,
something which will now be missing.
The successor will have a difficult task in taking over a job, only part
done.
Youth
Justice is never easy to define. Ages differ and justice is so often linked
with crime rather than offending behaviour. Much of the anti social behaviour
experienced today is not regarded as criminal, when from the public point of
view it very definitely is. Every so
often the goal posts on what constitutes a reportable crime are changed, so
statistics get skewed and the fear of crime is often increased. The one constant is that offending, in all
its forms, very largely begins in the teens and ends in the early twenties. It
is no coincidence that so much of our criminal law makes special provision for
that age range. The Table on page 15 derived from the Criminal Statistics for
England and Wales is a prime example. Theft and handling are lumped together,
whereas the detection rate for those offences, so beloved by the Home Office,
differ widely. Theft detection rates
are low, whereas handling cases always show a near 100% clear up rate, because
handling offences only occur when a person is arrested. Likewise, and for the same reason, theft by
shoplifting provides a welcome fillip to the detected figures.
The
poor quality of the educational abilities of many juvenile offenders,
highlighted in Audit Commission and National Audit Office reports, express
shortcomings in the education system in dealing with young people, but these
same shortcomings have always been apparent and in the reviewer's opinion have
much to do with the class structure that still lingers so strongly in this
country. They are not helped in the chopping and changing of learning practices
that seems to take place as often as changes of government. Those with limited learning ability have
trouble coping with one a system, let alone two or more during their
educational cycle. Perhaps those
responsible for youth justice and the contents of this book will take note.
The
establishment of Crime and Disorder Partnerships did not start on the right
note when they were left a lot of local discretion, which inevitably gave the
leadership to the police, because they were better equipped to deal with crime
and disorder and not only with regard to having the tools to do the job, but
also enjoying that most useful resource, namely finance. Whereas local authorities were struggling to
deal with the additional burdens being placed upon them by central government,
the police service was enjoying the bonuses of extra money being provided. It calls in question whether the equality of
Partnerships has been properly considered and may well be the cause of the
Public Accounts Committee reporting that despite £1 billion being expended on
the 376 Partnerships, fewer than half believe that their work has led to a
reduction in crime.
The
ages relating to youth justice is a matter that seems to need adjusting One
must doubt the reasons for raising the age of a young person from 17 to 18 when
at the same time adulthood seems to come at a much earlier age. The concern about teenage pregnancies and
the age of suffrage being reduced to 16, both point in the opposite
direction. The reviewer sees a strong
case for providing the courts with discretion to determine where a young
offender might ultimately be dealt with.
A burly determined and aggressive 14 year old needs different treatment
through the criminal justice system than does a youngster of similar age with
poor intelligence and low esteem. Age
is not the best determinate when dealing with many factors in life and this, in
the reviewer's judgement, is especially so with regard to the criminal justice
system when naming and shaming becomes an issue.
This
book is an excellent expose of what is available in the field of Youth
Justice, but that itself is at a youthful stage and much of the contents are
untried over an extended period.
Whether in the long run, throwing a great mass of complicated
legislation at the problem will produce a desired result, only time will tell,
but things will not improve if young offenders are put back to poor parents, or
worse still a single parent, and social services and probation staff, already
stretched beyond their limits, are expected to produce results when provided
resources are limited. It is essential
that resources are available so that commencement dates for legislation become a
thing of the past, rather than an intricate mess in textbooks over lengthy
periods, which makes them difficult to comprehend.
Of
course locking anybody up is not the best way forward, but it is little good
endeavouring to convince a sceptical populace that robust non - custodial
measures are in place, unless it is plain to all that they are working. Giving names to measures sound all very
grand such as Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes (ISSPs) but
there are still insufficient places to accommodate drug offenders and countless
inquiries have been held over many years into why young children were abused
and killed, sometimes by young offenders, with the problem still
persisting. There is still a lot to do
and this book might well be termed a starting point towards future work.
Brian
Rowland
994/07/05
24th
July 2005
Hammered, Young people and
alcohol
Author:
By Fast Forward Positive Lifestyles
ISBN:
1-903855-51-9
Publishers:
Russell House
Price
£29.95 A4 wirobound
Publication
Date: 2005
Hammered
- Young People And Alcohol By Fast Forward Positive Lifestyles
is
for anyone working with young people aged 10-25, this resource manual will help
newcomers and those with experience to feel comfortable and confident in
delivering alcohol education programmes. Intensely practical, all the material
has been tried and tested in various settings with male, female and mixed
gender groups.
Extensive examples of exercises - and numerous photocopiable resources - will help you address issues such as gender, drinking patterns, role models, cultural differences and the law... in ways that are relevant to the whole of the UK. They cover breaking the ice, passing on information, challenging attitudes, and problem-solving skills. Plus there is advice on devising and delivering programmes in different settings for example, in clubs and detached settings and details of services that can provide further support, consultancy and resources.
Among
the resources provided are two quizzes (for ages 10-11 and 11-15) and (tucked
inside the back flap of the manual) an information leaflet in cartoon form which
doubles as a 2-sided poster. You can get extra copies of this Hammered
information leaflet from Fast Forward. They are a national voluntary
organization whose consultancy, training and support in preventing drug,
alcohol and tobacco abuse is widely sought after.
CONTENTS
Introduction.
Alcohol
information.
Developing
and running an alcohol education programme.
Getting
started.
Group
structure.
Sessions.
The programme.
Using
exercises.
Outreach.
Adult
groups.
Ethnic
minority groups.
Role
models.
Evaluation.
Further
support.
Exercises
and photocopiable resources.
6
icebreakers.
6
ways of passing on information.
Key information on alcohol.
6
ways of challenging attitudes.
REVIEW by Peter Jackson
This book is a great asset
to anyone who is working with young people and its content is logical and
easily understood. It covers a huge age range and it must be understood that
any of the activities must be tailored accordingly, thus the worker must have
some pre knowledge of teaching and young people. Having said that, most of the
activities are readily adaptable.
The Scottish accent on the
inside cover is questionable but if, as a Londoner I can go for a ball of chalk
down the frog and toad to the rub a dub dub, then that is OK by me.
The book explains that it is
a ‘dip in and out of’ type of book that is ideal. On a personal note it is a
shame that this type of education has to be devolved to this. I strongly feel that it should be part of
the national curriculum and perhaps the school day increased to accommodate
life skills type education. I apologies
to all my teacher friends.
The authors could have made
use of the Governments Alcohol Strategy and the implications of the new
licensing Act 2003.
I was impressed with the
background information and it gives the reader a reasonable knowledge of the
subject. I do question a statement made on page 22 that ‘by the age of 13 young
people who drink outnumber the young people who don’t drink’
On page 26 ‘from 16 years of
age’ should be checked against Sec 150 of the new Licensing Act 2003, as I feel
this has changed.
I did like the comments on
page 28 re cultural differences not only across Europe but also across the
world and that it seems that if you are from the UK you drink to get drunk. It
is for people who read this book to try and change this attitude but must
accept that it will take one or probably two generations to make that change.
The book gives a good
insight into developing a programme,
(pages 23 – 40) but again there
will need to be some knowledge of education and young people.
The rest of the book is a
very useful section of activities that can be carried out. Well laid out in chronological order for
delivery. I would have liked to see the
answers to the big body game rather than being referred to the section on
alcohol information.
I am not sure where the
answers for the ‘Cunning Cocktails’ quiz came from, but the last time I checked
there were at least 230-250 calories in a normal strength pint of beer
(question 6) my expanding stomach is a testament to this.
In summary, I found this
book very useful for somebody who wants to run a programme for young people,
but the reader may want to just check the facts as writing a book of this
nature when the whole subject is constantly changing is very difficult.
Peter Jackson
Changing
Policing, Revolution Not Evolution
Author: Michael O'Byrne
ISBN: 1903855004
Publishers Russell House Publishing
Price: £14.95 RRP UK
Publication Date: 2001
If
your first impression is that the glowing endorsement in the introduction by
none other than Sir William Macpherson signals the tenor of this book then you
will not be disappointed. But that in its self is no bad thing. As with the
Macpherson Report, you can appreciate and empathise with most of what is in
this book yet still disagree with some of its conclusions. As one who
spent a large part of his career dealing with the effects of street crime in
South London, I resist the temptation to elaborate here on personal areas of
difference.
Mercifully
the author eschews "academese", that laboured, almost
impenetrable prose, peppered with "managementspeak", favoured by
some other writers in this field. He sticks to plain English with
rarely a superfluous word; and so he makes his points with brevity and
clarity. Even when he gets into Stochastic Frontier Analysis (hands up all
who know what that is!) he still manages to keep it comprehensible. Nor does he
weary the reader with constant source references. That writing style, as
well as its content, is what makes the book a very interesting and stimulating read.
In
one area, although minor in the overall scene, he does show
uncharacteristic reluctance to comment. At page 112, when dealing with the
Police Federation, he mentions how the news media usually go to that that
body for comment on national issues rather than ACPO; and then says this
is "for a complex range of reasons". As he has such trenchant
comment on other matters, it would have been interesting to have his view on
those reasons and how that imbalance in presentation, which has infuriated so
many over the years, could be remedied.
For
those who try to keep abreast of all the mind bogglingly complex issues
that affect the police service today, now greatly added to
by the escalating Muslim extremists' terrorism threats and all its
implications for community relations, this is an immensely useful book.
Despite its slim volume of only 152 pages, it covers almost the whole spectrum
of policing, packs in an awful lot of information and demonstrates a lot
of skilful hard work in its compilation.
I warmly
recommend the book and am delighted to have it on my bookshelf.
Owen
Kelly
AFTER MACPHERSON
Policing after the Stephen Lawrence
Inquiry
Edition: 1st
Author: Edited by Alan Marlow and Barry
Loveday
ISBN: 1-898924-71-6
Publishers Russell House Publishing
Price: £15.95 RRP UK
Publication Date:2000
The Macpherson Report on the Stephen Lawrence
murder investigation has been described as a 'watershed in policing'. It
condemned inefficiencies in the investigation of the crime and introduced the
concept of 'institutional racism'. But what has happened since then?
How have the police responded?
How have police/community relations
developed?
Are we making progress from
'institutional racism' to 'principled policing'?
Will Macpherson work where Scarman
failed?
Prepared at the anniversary of the
Report's publication, this hard-hitting book brings together the views of
senior police officers, former officers now working as criminologists and their
black colleagues.
Written for police officers and for all
policy makers, students, academics and professionals concerned with community
relations, community safety, race relations, criminology and criminal justice,
it offers:
A critical appraisal of police responses
to the Report
An analysis of developments in
police/community relations
Messages from research into ethnic
minorities' experience of policing and the criminal justice system in
contemporary Britain
A picture of the politics of street
policing: who is stopped and who is searched, and recommendations for a more
equitable system
A examination of similar policing
problems in New York, which have been exacerbated by changes in management
practice
A Chief Constable's assessment of
whether Macpherson will work where Scarman failed
A model for developing effective local
communication between the police and other agencies
Ideas on how to achieve principled
policing in a plural society.
Title: Substance Misuse and Child Care
Edition: 1st
Author: Edited by Fiona Harbin and
Michael Murphy
Preface by Keith Hellawell
ISBN: 1898924481
Publishers Russell House Publishing
Price: £15.95 RRP UK
Publication Date:2000
This book is not just about the misuse
of drugs. It is concerned with the effect that substance misuse has on
parenting and the subsequent effect on the care and well being of children. It:
Outlines and explores the extent of the
impact of substance misuse on parenting.
Addresses the difficult issues involved
in inter-agency work in this area.
Describes and explores the helpful
professional responses to problematic parental misuse, when working with
children, their parents or whole families.
It is important not to generalise, or make assumptions about the impact on a child of parental drug and alcohol misuse. It is however, important that the implications for the child are properly assessed.
Title: Young People, Drugs and Community Safety
Edition: 1st
Author: The Editors: Alan Marlow and
Geoffrey Pearson
ISBN: 1-893924-38-4
Publishers Russell House Publishing
Price: £15.95 RRP UK
Publication Date:1999
The reduction of drug-related harm is a
central strategy of the Labour government. Policy is to be 'joined-up' and
intervention based on 'evidence'. Nowhere is this message more relevant than in
the newly formed Community Safety Partnerships, constructed by local
authorities and the Police Service, for it is clear that, at local level,
issues of crime, drugs and community safety are inextricably linked. The newly
constituted Youth Offending Teams are required to liaise with Community Safety
Partnerships, Drug Action Teams and Area Child Protection Committees, each of
which has a statutory brief to reduce drug-use and related crime amongst young
people. In the Youth Service more and more 'targeted' work with drug-using
youngsters is being developed. This is an impressive policy agenda, but how
such co-ordination might be achieved and what the practical programmes might be
has proved harder to specify.
This book is intended for policy makers,
professionals and practitioners engaged in this fast-expanding field. It is
also relevant to teachers and students of criminal justice and criminology.
Including a chapter by George Howarth
MP, the government minister responsible for drug policy and contributions from
practitioners, policy makers and researchers, Young People, Drugs and Community
Safety is a ground-breaking publication. It offers:
A clear exposition of the implications
of government policy for public administrators, welfare and justice
professionals
An analysis of the strongest messages
from research
Models of cost-effective evaluation for
improved practice
Models of 'joined-up', anti-drugs
strategies at local level
Examples of effective drugs work with
homeless young people
Models of effective drugs work with
young people engaged in prostitution Advice on drugs, young people and the
Internet
Models of successful Drugs Education
Work
The Editors: Alan Marlow is a Senior
Development Fellow at the Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime at the
University of Luton and Geoffrey Pearson is Wates Professor of Social Work at
Goldsmithis College, London, and editor of the British Journal of Criminology.
Title: PLANNING SAFER COMMUNITIES
Edition: 1st
Author: Edited by Alan Marlow and John
Pitts
ISBN: 898924-18-X
Publishers Russell House Publishing
Price: £16.95 RRP UK
Publication Date: 1998
From 1998 professional workers in local
authorities, the police and the voluntary sector will be required by the
government to produce 'corporate community safety plans'. But research and
practice all too frequently show serious shortcomings in their implementation.
Focusing on 'what works', Planning Safer Communities provides an opportunity
for community safety planners, managers, and professionals to:
Acquire a range of techniques for
auditing community safety
Locate the core elements of sound
community safety practice
Identify the key principles for determining the appropriateness of
a technique or project in any given situation
Develop techniques for the calculation
and distribution of safety in your community
Explore the role of the community safety
professional
Identify ways to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of community
safety initiatives
You will be given access to the ideas
and evidence generated by decision-makers, researchers and professionals at the
cutting edge of this rapidly expanding work. Alongside accounts of the latest
research are details of the community safety work of NACRO, the Home Office,
the Safe Neighbourhoods Unit and the National Association for Youth Justice.
Editors: Alan Marlow is Development
Fellow and John Pitts is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the University of
Luton. They are joint directors of the Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime.
Russell House Publishing Ltd is a group
of social work, probation, education and youth and community work practitioners
in collaboration with a professional publishing team. Our aim is to work closely
with the field to produce valuable and innovative materials to help managers,
trainers, and practitioners. We are keen to receive feedback on publications
and new ideas for future projects.